Bear

Tags

Palette

Sizes

On the home screen

ChatGPT

Bear

Microsoft Outlook

ChatGPT

Bear

Microsoft Outlook

App info

Developer

Shiny Frog Ltd.

Category

Productivity

Price

Free

Rating

4.7 (6,864)

Age rating

4+

Version

3.0.1

First released

Nov 2, 2016

Last updated

Sep 28, 2026

About the app

Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app exten