What are the best apps for building a personal knowledge base?
Note-Taking AppsNamed in 3 of 6 answers
#5
34.2
Rank by surface
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Google AI Mode#4
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Brand profile
Heptabase is a knowledge management and note-taking application launched in 2022, featuring a unique whiteboard interface for visual organization and linked notes.
2 questions · 2 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026
| Categories | Category rank | Questions | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Note-Taking Apps | #25of 56 | 1 | 34.2 |
| Groupware & Collaboration | #66of 99 | 1 | 12.3 |
Brands named in the same answers as Heptabase in the last four weeks, counted in answers.
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Notion | 53 | Obsidian (48), Microsoft OneNote (43), Apple Notes (31) |
| Obsidian | 49 | Notion (48), Microsoft OneNote (40), Apple Notes (30) |
| Microsoft OneNote | 45 | Notion (43), Obsidian (40), Apple Notes (28) |
| GoodNotes | 26 | Notion (23), Notability (22), Microsoft OneNote (22) |
| Apple Notes | 33 | Notion (31), Obsidian (30), Microsoft OneNote (28) |
| Google Keep | 26 | Microsoft OneNote (26), Notion (26), Obsidian (25) |
| Notability | 23 | GoodNotes (22), Notion (21), Microsoft OneNote (20) |
| Joplin | 16 | Microsoft OneNote (16), Notion (16), Obsidian (15) |
| Evernote | 11 | Notion (11), Obsidian (9), Microsoft OneNote (8) |
| Logseq | 11 | Obsidian (11), Notion (11), Apple Notes (6) |
| Nebo | 5 | Obsidian (5), Microsoft OneNote (4), Notion (4) |
| Samsung Notes | 6 | Microsoft OneNote (6), Obsidian (6), Notion (6) |
| Notion AI | 3 | NotebookLM (2), Mem (2), Microsoft OneNote (1) |
| Capacities | 6 | Obsidian (6), Notion (6), Logseq (6) |
| Mem | 6 | Notion (5), Reflect (4), NotebookLM (3) |
| NotebookLM | 6 | Notion (5), Microsoft OneNote (4), Obsidian (4) |
| RemNote | 8 | Obsidian (8), Notion (8), Microsoft OneNote (7) |
| Craft | 7 | Notion (7), Obsidian (6), Apple Notes (5) |
| Granola (product) | 4 | Apple Notes (3), Obsidian (3), Notion (3) |
| Reflect | 6 | Notion (6), Obsidian (4), Mem (4) |
| LiquidText | 5 | Apple Notes (5), Notability (5), GoodNotes (5) |
| Noteful | 3 | Apple Notes (3), Notability (3), GoodNotes (3) |
| Bear | 7 | Obsidian (7), Notion (7), Apple Notes (6) |
| ClickUp | 3 | Microsoft OneNote (3), Notion (3), Evernote (2) |
| Heptabase | 4 | Obsidian (4), Notion (4), Logseq (3) |
| Otter.ai | 4 | Notion (3), GoodNotes (3), Notability (2) |
| MarginNote 4 | 4 | LiquidText (4), Apple Notes (4), Notability (4) |
| Squid | 2 | Samsung Notes (2), Joplin (2), Microsoft OneNote (2) |
| Anytype | 2 | Obsidian (2), Notion (2), Logseq (2) |
| Tana | 2 | Obsidian (2), Notion (2), Logseq (2) |
Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | reddit.com | 3 |
| 2 | toolfinder.com | 3 |
| 3 | storyflow.so | 2 |
| 4 | youtube.com | 2 |
| 5 | capacities.io | 2 |
| 6 | abechallah.com | 1 |
| 7 | dessence.ai | 1 |
| 8 | effortlessacademic.com | 1 |
| 9 | golinks.com | 1 |
| 10 | guideflow.com | 1 |
For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1What are the best apps for building a personal knowledge base? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Which whiteboard and brainstorming tools are the best? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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