I have a certain reluctance towards software subscription models. I'm not at all saying that software shouldn't be paid for, quite the opposite, every piece of code written is a form of art from my point of view that deserves a lot of respect and all the necessary appreciation. However, I can't accept (I'm surely wrong) the fact that every month I have to pay the same amount for something that essentially changes little or nothing over time, like a note-taking application.

Specifically, I had been looking for a few months for a note-taking app that was platform-agnostic, that I could install through the Mac OS App Store because it doesn't require machine admin permissions, that made a clear distinction between work notes and personal notes, but above all had the ability to export what was written in markdown, so I could paste the newly written text on the blog backend quickly.

My choice had fallen on iA Writer, which I used for a few months with great satisfaction and with a lifetime purchase. But iA Writer is nothing more than a long list of txt files and, for my mindset, with a difficult distinction between work and home things. Moreover, since there was no Android app, I couldn't jot down notes on my dumb phone that I keep next to my bedside table.

I switched to Bear App. An application that I have always loved even if with an annual subscription and without an Android app. I sent out an SOS for help to those who might know others. And after various attempts, I landed on UpNote. It shamelessly copies Bear App and even if perhaps less elegant, it has some more features:

• It allows you to have both different vaults, so as to keep business notes separate from personal ones, and different Notebooks so you don't have to catalog everything through Tags, which I deeply hate
• It's platform agnostic so wherever I need it, I find it
• It exports notes in practically any format
• But above all, it's currently on a lifetime offer, so I hope I'll never have to worry about a note-taking app in my life again

My quest has ended. What about you, do you prefer to pay a small portion each and every month or are you a lifetime subscriber like me?