Okay so I’m a grad student working on my thesis and need to pick a note-taking app.
Tried Notion for a bit but it feels kinda slow?? And Obsidian looks kinda hard to learn?
My use case:
– Thesis writing (lots of long docs)
– Some coding notes for data analysis
– Need it to sync across laptop + phone
– Budget: literally broke student lol
Anyone who switched between these?? Which one actually worth the learning curve??
Halp pls
hi! i’m writing my thesis and was SO confused about this too 😅
basically what i figured out:
- Notion = good for structured stuff, easy to learn, but privacy concerns for thesis??
- Obsidian = local first, connect ideas with links, STEEP learning curve but worth it
- Craft = pretty apple vibes, limited export options
i ended up going with Obsidian because my advisor said local is safer and the linking feature is 🔥 for literature review
but honestly? just pick one and START. don’t spend weeks deciding like i did lol
happy to share my vault structure if you want! 🙏