Mimir compared
Mimir next to Logseq, Roam Research, Workflowy, Tana, Obsidian, Reflect, Bear, and Capacities: status, price, platforms, and which to choose.
These pages put Mimir next to other note-taking and thinking apps, one app per page. Each page starts with which app suits whom, then covers what the app is, where it’s heading, what it costs, what people say about it, and how it differs from Mimir.
Every fact on these pages was checked on 2026-10-11. Apps change, and prices most of all, so check the other app’s own site before you decide. Prices are in US dollars, as each app lists them.
Each page gives the other app’s status in one of four words:
| Status | Means |
|---|---|
| New | First released, or rebuilt, within the last two years. |
| Active | Updated within the last few months. |
| Maintenance | Still available and fixed, with no new features. |
| Not supported | No longer updated. |
Outliners
Mimir vs. Logseq
Two outliners built around a daily journal.
Mimir vs. Roam Research
Notes on your device, or on Roam’s servers.
Mimir vs. Workflowy
Pages and a daily journal, or one endless outline.
Mimir vs. Tana
Plain bullets and links, or supertags, fields, and AI.
Other thinking tools
Mimir vs. Obsidian
An outliner that works as it is, or a Markdown editor you shape with plugins.
Mimir vs. Reflect
Two daily-notes apps that keep notes on your device.
Mimir vs. Bear
One built on bullets, the other on documents.
Mimir vs. Capacities
Plain pages and bullets, or typed objects with fields.
Mimir in brief
So you can read each page on its own, here’s what the comparisons assume about Mimir:
- Mimir runs on Mac, iPhone, and iPad today. Writing, linking, search, and sync work the same on each.
- Your notes live in one database file on each device, and Mimir works fully offline. There’s no account. See Where your notes live.
- Mimir is a bullet outliner that opens on today’s
journal entry. Typing
[[links to a page and creates it if it doesn’t exist. - Mimir is free on every device. Cloud Sync is the one paid feature, a one-time purchase. It encrypts your notes on your device before sending them, and keeps both versions when two devices disagree.
For everything that sets Mimir apart, see Why Mimir.