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Bear Notes pricing
Bear Notes publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Bear Notes pricing is free, then $1.99/month across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $1.99/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Bear Notes plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Premium | $1.99/month | 4 | +$1.99/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers note creation and organization, tags, local sync.
Premium
$1.99/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- iCloud sync
- Themes
- Markdown export
- Advanced features
Where Bear Notes stops being free
Free, Free
- Note creation and organization
- Tags
- Local sync
Premium, $1.99/month
The first thing you pay for:
- iCloud sync
- Themes
- Markdown export
- Advanced features
What the product covers
The full Bear Notes feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Markdown-based notes
- Powerful tag system
- Rich text formatting
- Image support
- iCloud sync
- Dark and light themes
- Encryption support
- Backup and restore
People bring Bear Notes in for markdown note taking on apple devices, organising notes with nested hashtags rather than folders, exporting notes to pdf, docx, html or epub. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Bear Notes are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Productivity
Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $22/month. Bear Notes starts at $1.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Notes (this page) | Free, then $1.99/month | freemium | - | |
| Memtime | €10/month | subscription | - | vs Bear Notes |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | - | vs Bear Notes |
| Bluemail | Free | quote | - | vs Bear Notes |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Bear Notes |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | - | vs Bear Notes |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | - | vs Bear Notes |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Bear Notes badges page.
Before you pay for Bear Notes
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $1.99/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Bear Notes runs on macos, ios, ipados, and is published by Shiny Frog of Italy. The full record is on the Bear Notes review, and the rest of the category is under best productivity tools.
Bear Notes pricing questions
- How much does Bear Notes cost?
- Bear Notes publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to $1.99/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Bear Notes have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers note creation and organization, tags, local sync. Paying starts at $1.99/month for Premium.
- What is the difference between Free and Premium on Bear Notes?
- Premium costs $1.99/month against Free, and adds icloud sync, themes, markdown export, advanced features.
- Is Bear Notes expensive for a productivity tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $22/month; Bear Notes starts at $1.99/month.
- Which productivity tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 productivity tools listed alongside Bear Notes have a free tier: Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred, Day One, Canary Mail.
- What am I actually paying for with Bear Notes?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for markdown note taking on apple devices, organising notes with nested hashtags rather than folders, exporting notes to pdf, docx, html or epub.
- Does Bear Notes charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Bear Notes prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Bear Notes against before paying?
- The closest productivity tools in this directory are Memtime, Bring!, Bluemail, Alfred. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Bear Notes covering price, platforms and features.