MyNotes vs Apple Notes

In one paragraph

Apple Notes ships free with macOS and iOS, syncs through iCloud, and is genuinely good. The catch is the moat: it works on Apple devices and iCloud-for-Windows, and that's it. No Linux, no Android, no public web URL, no API, no native sharing with non-Apple users. MyNotes is a browser-based notebook with a $19/year paid tier and a REST API — it works wherever a browser does.

Pricing — side by side

What MyNotes does that Apple Notes doesn't

• Cross-platform without compromise. Linux, Android, ChromeOS, an internet café browser — same notes, same view.
• Public share links per note. Send a colleague on Windows a link to a note; they read it without an Apple ID.
• REST API for scripts. Append-by-filename means cron jobs, CI runners, and AI agents can write into named notes from any host. /docs.
• Owns your data outside the Apple ecosystem. Export a .zip of every note in .txt / .docx / .pdf any time — no Apple-specific format lock-in.
• Independent of Apple's product strategy. If Apple removes a feature, deprecates a sync model, or changes the privacy posture, your notes are unaffected.

Pick MyNotes if you live across operating systems, want a public URL for a single note, need an API for automation, or simply prefer a notebook that's portable away from any one platform vendor.

Switching from Apple Notes

Apple Notes can export individual notes as PDF or share them as text via the share-sheet. There's no bulk-export, but copy-paste from Notes into MyNotes preserves rich formatting (bold, italic, headings, lists, links). For large libraries, third-party tools can extract Apple Notes data as HTML; once you have the HTML, upload it via the in-app importer at /options (single files or .zip archives). Email hello@example.com if you'd like a tool recommendation.