Bear - Markdown Notes

1.3M installs
26.3K ratings
2.9K monthly active users
$<10K monthly revenue est.
IAP 100% · Ad 0%
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Bear - Markdown Notes Summary

Bear - Markdown Notes is a with in-app purchases iOS app in Productivity by Shiny Frog Ltd.. Released in Nov 2016 (9 years ago). It has 26.3K ratings with a 4.60★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 2.9K monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (100% IAP / 0% ads). Store metadata: updated Feb 17, 2026, version 13952.

Recent activity: 3.00 new ratings this week View trends →

Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Feb 22, 2026.

Store info: Last updated on App Store on Feb 17, 2026 (version 13952).


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Ratings: 26.3K

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App Description

Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life.

Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally.

"My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times

* 2017 Apple Design Award
* 2016 App Store App of the Year
* Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years
* Most of our parents love it

## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE

- Tools stay out of your way so you can just write
- Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli)
- Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension
- The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks
- Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes
- Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian
- Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts
- Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else

## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN

- Work in plain text - easy to move between apps
- Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown
- Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings
- Markdown hides for a clean reading experience
- Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool

## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more

- Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization
- Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar
- Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons
- Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks
- Fold sections to get them out of the way

## SHARING MADE EASY

- Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text
- Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required)
- Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet

## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE

- Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere
- Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear