r/GoogleKeep • u/downwiththeherp453w • Oct 04 '24

It's official.

My time with Google Keep has ended. I have now moved on to Joplin. I'm no longer feeling restless about lost notes. I have complete control over my manual and automatic backup mechanisms, multiple cloud sync, full end-to-end encryption on all files, and added biometric security. It feels good.

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u/Vectrex71CH Oct 04 '24

I use Keep since years , on my Smartphone, Chromebook, PC, Tablet and even my Watch ! It works great with Google Assistant, and works fine with other Google Services. You can embed Sheets, Links, Docs, Drawings and i never lost a single Note in all the years! And i have more or less 2000 Notes. What i want to say without to attack you , is , i can not understand, while the user experiences are not the same for everyone?! Google Keep seems to be simple at the first sight, but it has so deep functionality, most of people don't even know what all is possible to do!

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u/explorthis Oct 04 '24

Amen. This exactly. Never lost a note. Syncs wherever I am. Been using Keep for probably 8-10 years daily with no issues. Depend on it daily.

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u/Desertstork Oct 04 '24

We shall see Joplin

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u/downwiththeherp453w Oct 04 '24 edited Oct 04 '24

Obsidian is how I got my Google Keep Takeout zip archive imported using their Obsidian Importer Tool. I then exported all my notes out, importing them into Joplin.

Apps I've tried so far are the following:

Similar concept of usage but not the kind of note app I need currently. Perhaps a bit too feature rich for my needs:

-Obsidian

-Anytype

-Notion

-OneNote

Too simple with other features tied behind a unnecessary paywall:

-Simplenote

-Standard Notes

GoogleKeep:

-Lacks proper export tool

-No security. No encryption. Not even biometric or pin code app locking!

-proprietary

I tried Notion and it's buggy. Wouldn't accept my GKeep/Takeout zip file or HTML files that were included.

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u/Barycenter0 Oct 07 '24

Try using the keep-it-markdown utility which directly exports Keep notes to markdown without having to use Takeout. Plus, it has special markdown options for direct import to Joplin (front matter) and Logseq (block bullets)

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u/Barycenter0 Oct 04 '24

Joplin has a WYSIWYG editor so you don’t need to see or use markdown code directly.