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
thesis is brutal, been there. here’s my advice:
Notion – easy but you’re locked in. export can be messy. fine for collab tho
Obsidian – once it clicks, it’s INSANE. the graph view alone is worth it for literature review. steep curve but worth the investment
Craft – pretty but limited. apple users only basically
my pick for thesis: Obsidian. the linking is built for research. you can literally see how ideas connect.
also – whatever you pick, BACKUP. lost 2 months of notes to a sync bug once. never again 😩