Articles about note-taking, productivity, and personal knowledge management from the Unit Notes team.https://unit.app/https://unit.app/blog/read-it-later-is-broken/https://unit.app/blog/read-it-later-is-broken/We've been saving articles for over a decade and barely reading them. The problem isn't discipline - it's that 'save and forget' was never the right model. AI is about to change what saving content actually means.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/best-journaling-apps-iphone-2026/https://unit.app/blog/best-journaling-apps-iphone-2026/A hands-on look at 10 journaling apps for iPhone - from mood trackers to long-form writing tools - with honest pros, cons, and a comparison table.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-apps-2026/https://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-apps-2026/A candid look at 14 note-taking apps - what each one actually does well, where it falls short, and which one fits the way you work.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/notes-tasks-ai-are-merging/https://unit.app/blog/notes-tasks-ai-are-merging/AI features in note-taking apps are just the beginning. The real shift is deeper: your notes becoming agent memory, your tasks becoming executable, and your personal knowledge base becoming a living system.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:15:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/things3-alternative-notes-tasks/https://unit.app/blog/things3-alternative-notes-tasks/Things 3 is an amazing task manager for iOS. If you also want notes, images, and voice recordings alongside your to-dos, Unit Notes brings everything into one place.Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:30:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/workflowy-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/workflowy-alternatives-ios/Workflowy perfected infinite outlining with elegant simplicity. But when you need images, voice recordings, web pages, and tasks alongside your outlines, here's what to consider.Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/personal-knowledge-base-iphone/https://unit.app/blog/personal-knowledge-base-iphone/Desktop-first PKM tools miss the point. Most knowledge capture happens on the go - and your iPhone might be the best place to build a personal knowledge base.Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:20:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/craft-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/craft-alternatives-ios/Craft is a beautifully designed block-based editor for Apple platforms. But if you need more than polished documents - voice recordings, web clipping, task management - here's what to consider.Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/todoist-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/todoist-alternatives-ios/Todoist is a powerful cross-platform task manager. But if you want your tasks living alongside notes, voice memos, and web clippings on iOS, here's what to think about.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/notion-vs-unit-notes/https://unit.app/blog/notion-vs-unit-notes/Both apps believe notes should be made of blocks. But Notion built for teams and the web. Unit built for individuals and iOS. Here's what that means in practice.Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:25:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/things3-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/things3-alternatives-ios/Things 3 is the gold standard for task management on iOS. But what happens when your tasks need context - notes, voice memos, web references, files? Here's what to look for.Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-vs-unit-notes/https://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-vs-unit-notes/Apple Notes is excellent and free. So when does it make sense to use something else? A candid look at what each app does better.Sat, 19 Nov 2022 09:45:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-alternatives-ios/Apple Notes is free, fast, and already on your iPhone. So when does it make sense to look for something else? A practical guide to knowing when you've outgrown it.Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/bear-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/bear-alternatives-ios/Bear is one of the most elegant writing apps on iOS. But if you need more than beautiful text editing - voice recordings, web clipping, visual task management - here's what to look for.Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/how-to-organize-your-notes/https://unit.app/blog/how-to-organize-your-notes/Most note organization advice ignores the reality of mobile. Here's a system that works when you're capturing on the go and organizing in spare moments.Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:15:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/evernote-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/evernote-alternatives-ios/Evernote pioneered digital note-taking, but its mobile experience hasn't kept up. If you're thinking about switching, here's what actually matters when choosing an alternative on iOS.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:00:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/notion-alternatives-ios/https://unit.app/blog/notion-alternatives-ios/Notion changed how we think about notes. But its mobile experience exposes a fundamental tension between web apps and native iOS - and that tension matters more than feature lists.Sat, 23 May 2020 10:40:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-app-iphone/https://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-app-iphone/Note-taking apps keep shipping new features, but the underlying model hasn't changed in decades. Here's what actually needs to be different.Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:30:00 GMThttps://unit.app/blog/why-are-we-doing-this/https://unit.app/blog/why-are-we-doing-this/Why we built a modular, block-based note-taking app that gives you true control over your information in a world of digital chaos.Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:00:00 GMT