Pick Agenda if
people who will stay on Free or unlock Premium ~$34.99/yr to date notes — not OmniFocus $74.99 first.
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Our take
Pick Agenda if people who will stay on Free or unlock Premium ~$34.99/yr to date notes — not OmniFocus $74.99 first. Pick Bear if people on Mac / iPhone / iPad who will stay on Free local while they write a first Polar Bears note — then Pro at US$2.99/mo or US$29.99/yr when they want themes / export / OCR / deeper iCloud, not Obsidian Sync $4 first unless they want a graph vault, and not if they need Windows /
Best for
Agenda Date a note at a public $
Bear A note you start at a public $
Free plan
Agenda $0 · , no time limit
Bear $0 · local notes, Markdown, tags, tables. No Pro themes / advanced export / OCR / full iCloud depth
Lowest paid
Agenda Lifetime $179
Bear Bear Pro $2.99/mo
Watch out
Agenda Premium is an unlock
Bear Apple platforms only
Last checked
Agenda 2026-10-26 · agenda.com
Bear 2026-10-23 · bear.app/faq/features-and-price-of-bear-pro
Which one, then?
Pick Bear if
people on Mac / iPhone / iPad who will stay on Free local while they write a first Polar Bears note — then Pro at US$2.99/mo or US$29.99/yr when they want themes / export / OCR / deeper iCloud, not Obsidian Sync $4 first unless they want a graph vault, and not if they need Windows / Android (Bear is Apple-only).
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