Looking for note taking software for Windows

[AMD A10-9600P]

I'm looking for some good note taking software for Windows, with similar functionality to Apple Notes (but I do not want to use the web version) and Notion. I did download Notion and like how it works but would rather be able to keep a local copy of my notes on my device. This would have to let me save the notes to a specific folder, as I often need to save specific notes for projects to a specific folder for that project, often sometimes a few subfolders deep, so that I can keep things organised. I have used Word for notetaking in the past but I find it just too much for casual note taking, and have also tried OneNote, but don't really like using it, especially since it lingers after closing, which I do not want on my laptop.

 

If you have any recommendations, I'd love to hear them, thank you!

[flibberdipper]

Have you tried Evernote yet? The free tier does have some pretty lame size/upload limits (25MB per note and 60MB monthly), but there is the chance that it might work out for you.

[AMD A10-9600P]

4 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Have you tried Evernote yet? The free tier does have some pretty lame size/upload limits (25MB per note and 60MB monthly), but there is the chance that it might work out for you.

Thank you very much for the suggestion. I have in the past yeah but it seemed to me that Evernote relied on cloud uploads to places that you can't manually access or choose. I basically need something that allows me to save as Word does, so to a specific folder for just one set of notes, but also that allows for easy and focused note taking. I hope I'm not looking for a program that doesn't exist

[LogicalDrm]

Notepad? Or Notepad++ for dark themes?

 

What functionality you want?

[AMD A10-9600P]

2 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

Notepad? Or Notepad++ for dark themes?

 

What functionality you want?

I need something simple, but I feel Notepad is too simple. I have used both Notepad, and Notepad++ in the past but neither suit me incredibly well.

 

I basically just need to be able to save notes locally to wherever I need on my machine, whilst making simple notes with bullet points, at most with bold/italics/underlining.

 

I have also tried Simplenote, Notion (too overcomplicated) and Joplin (forgets when I've pressed enter twice to leave a free line) and I can't save in specific local folders with any of them.

 

Thanks for the reply!

[LogicalDrm]

5 minutes ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

I need something simple, but I feel Notepad is too simple. I have used both Notepad, and Notepad++ in the past but neither suit me incredibly well.

 

I basically just need to be able to save notes locally to wherever I need on my machine, whilst making simple notes with bullet points, at most with bold/italics/underlining.

 

I have also tried Simplenote, Notion (too overcomplicated) and Joplin (forgets when I've pressed enter twice to leave a free line) and I can't save in specific local folders with any of them.

 

Thanks for the reply!

There's WordPad which is simple rich text processor. But that's about all software I've used.

[AMD A10-9600P]

23 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

There's WordPad which is simple rich text processor. But that's about all software I've used.

How did I forget WordPad!! That's a great suggestion, thank you!

 

One thing though, is there a possibility of MS ever removing it without warning?

 

Edit = I have just gone back to OneNote, although I originally didn't like it, that was on the iPad rather than Windows, so I think I might use it instead as it will allow me to save my Notebooks locally and organise them as needed.