I was gonna say how silly it is to require a subscription just to try things out (would skip it without a second thought), but I double checked, and they do have a free 7-day trial. Unless what you meant is that 7 days isn't long enough to decide whether you want to switch completely, but then it could've been phrased better.

Longtime Obsidian user here -- I'm actually in the process of migrating everything to Heptabase. It just has the right mix of features for my use case. I actually signed up for Scrintal and Heptabase last year, almost simultaneously, because I was intrigued by the visual notetaking approach. Obsidian's Canvas had not been implemented yet. I found both to be lacking, although Scrintal had a slight development edge at the time. That's changed, dramatically. I thought that with the rollout of Canvas that I would drop both; instead, Heptabase has impressed me with increased sophistication and features, and they're just getting better. Again, everyone's use case is different. But even though I try out a lot of apps, I don't change them very often (Keynote 1998 - 2008 / Evernote 2008 - 2016 (using Scrivener for publishing) / Standardnotes 2016 - 2020 / Obsidian 2020 - present), but note-taking is such a dynamic field at the moment that my switch frequency is accelerating. But with Heptabase I feel like I might've found a home. For now 😉

Great to hear your thoughts; you were spot on in how Heptabase combines the best of many apps. Note: The new mobile app is more full functionality now; it’s not just capture.

I’m evaluating Heptabase as a replacement for Roam Research, which I love but which doesn’t seem to have gotten any material updates for quite a while. In contrast, I’ve been amazed at the pace of development for Heptabase. They have a document in their wiki that documents their vision and a discord where they communicate directly with their customers and give you the near term roadmap. It does have a bit of a learning curve for me because the model is different from Roam, but I’m finding that all the functionality is there, as well as a LOT more.

Using Heptabase made me realize how much I love databases. But then I realized Obsidian can do it better so I moved back. Thanks to heptabase for giving me database training wheels though!! 😭

Excelent, thanks!

Can you make a video about DeepNotes?

Hmm. Left a comment a few days ago with links to some Heptabase information for anyone who was interested in more info. Any reason that was taken down?

Interesting - I still would enjoy a more visual app, customizable for ideas.

They now have a free trial option

It doesn't have outline feature.

No self-hosting option? No thanks.

Just tried it... ewww... it has nice things but definitely not better then others and on top of that it is paid, so I have to think what will be with my stuff if I stop paying... Card Library is really way worse then in other tools and that should be a foundation