I like electronic notebooks, and I’ve spent a lot of time over the years trying out all the different ones on offer. The latest newcomer is myRichTexts and from what I’ve seen of it so far, I’m quite impressed.
The concept is simple enough: it’s a rich text editor that autosaves everything to a database. You don’t need to fret about filenames; each note just needs a title, and some optional tags.
So in that respect alone, it’s just like a lot of other notepads. It also lets you create Smart Folders (based only on tags for now), add meta-notes about each of your notes, has a decent full screen view, and that all-important essential feature for writers, a live word count.
It cleverly supports syncing with other Macs, by giving you the chance to save the app’s database in a folder where iDisk or Dropbox can find it.
And the price is very reasonable too: just $21 for a license, which is good for use on all your Macs.
It took me a while to realize it, but myRichTexts is not far from being a good alternative to Mori, the much-loved notebook app begun by Jesse Grosjean at Hog Bay Software and subsequently sold off to Apokalypse Software.
What I particularly like is developer Michael Göbel’s statement of attitude: “Less is more. Keep it simple. All updates a free. Trial versions do not expire. There is more to life than making money.”
I’ll raise a glass to that.
