3rd Generation Note App Improvements by Month, 2023

Published by Bill Harding January 03, 2024

Last changed over 2 years ago

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What were the biggest features/improvements/events for the main three 3rd gen note taking apps in 2023?

Month	Reflect	Obsidian	Amplenote
January	AI palette editor	Canvas available for mobile	Plugin API+plugins directory
February	Adding iOS audio memos	Canvas improvements	Mobile widgets (iOS & Android)
March	iPad Testflight app	Bookmarks core plugin	Edit drawings
April	Desktop & mobile redesign	Lighthouse Metrics reach 100%	Content outline in published sidebar
May	Drag and drop bullets	New PDF viewer	Toggle headings
June	ChatGPT plugin	Support for deep linking in PDFs	Calendar coloring (external & local tasks)
July	Mobile app speed improvements	Metadata properties	Apple calendar sync
August	iPhone widget	2FA available	Mobile Backburger navigation
September	AI added to mobile app	Properties improvements	Table formulas
October	Bug fixing	iOS added a "Create" button to menus	Writable Graph View mode
November	Advanced search & AI chat	New editor for Markdown tables	Native Windows/Linux/macOS apps
December	We're profitable	Outline "collapse all" button	Local/OpenAI images, thesaurus, chat

Obsidian list comes from NoteApps professional researcher browsing the Obsidian blog

Amplenote's list comes from parsing through blog posts.