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title: "Bear - Markdown Notes - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in South Africa | Apple App Store"
description: "Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, lin"
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# Bear - Markdown Notes — South Africa
> Write naturally

![Bear App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/7a/25/bb/7a25bb6c-49d8-e236-86e5-ccad3a5bf8c2/AppIcon-26-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-sRGB-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Shiny Frog](https://apptail.io/developer/shiny-frog-lQV)
**Category:** Productivity
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (59 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** South Africa
**Version:** 2.7.1 (released 2026-03-27)
**Original Release:** 2016-11-02
**Languages:** English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/za/app/app/id1016366447)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/south-africa](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/south-africa)

## Bear Description
Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life.
​
Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally.
​
"My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times
​
* 2017 Apple Design Award 
* 2016 App Store App of the Year
* Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years
* Most of our parents love it
​
## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE

- Tools stay out of your way so you can just write
- Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli)
- Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension
- The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks
- Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes
- Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian
- Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts
- Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else
​
## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN
​
- Work in plain text - easy to move between apps
- Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown
- Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings
- Markdown hides for a clean reading experience
- Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool
​
## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more
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- Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization
- Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar
- Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons
- Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks
- Fold sections to get them out of the way
​
## SHARING MADE EASY
​
- Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text
- Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required)
- Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet
​
## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE
​
- Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere
- Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required)
- Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday 
​
## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE
​
* Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required)
* Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required)
* Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code
* Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more
​
## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO
​
One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming.
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- Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud
- Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you
- Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID
- Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub
- Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes
- Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons
​
$2.99 monthly
$29.99 yearly
14-day free trial
​
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Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.
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## Bear Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/7e/39/d6/7e39d634-9be9-1bf5-a0e5-5740c8d33ad7/40a0bc48-189b-4516-bd00-be7a262aaa6c_Markdown_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/56/73/64/5673641c-db87-dd8f-b4d8-c4420f331deb/434f4d67-8f7e-4b51-8c06-9702f8e22ff9_Tags_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022@3x.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/99/be/30/99be30d8-331f-b1b9-0d24-5c0889dc5d82/b0ac9072-0586-4692-b930-246f9be1791c_Info_Panel_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022@3x.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/87/02/90/8702908c-5b27-4c84-68aa-4dfd611c4fd2/7158dae0-83de-45d5-a26e-ef9b899b6119_Sketch_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022@3x.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/21/99/d7/2199d7c5-827d-9a53-3a2e-db0ad092bc7b/07fcc2ce-d907-47f6-9a3c-fc59899ae195_Search_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022@3x.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ce/87/55/ce87554a-cfaa-59e2-3d6d-2026f8921e21/78fd5271-2e4e-42d0-8279-02668cfcddea_Encryption_-_iPhone_6.5_U0022@3x.png/1284x2778.png)

## Bear Rating Breakdown in South Africa
- 5 stars: 51 (86%)
- 4 stars: 5 (8%)
- 3 stars: 1 (2%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 2 (3%)

## Bear Reviews in South Africa

### ***** "Stunning … and safe"
Stunningly beautiful, clear, powerful user experience - but above and beyond this, the best thing for me is that you can easily export all your notes in the standard Text Bundles format, so they can be imported into other Text Bundle apps if Bear retires - no more having all your carefully curated notes locked into a platform!!!
-- Neil Hinrichsen, 2024-08-01

### ***** "Brilliant and uncomplicated"
I discovered Bear a few years ago and not only is it easy to use but it offers so many options for customization.
-- FranViet, 2022-12-24

### ***** "My Best App"
Most used app across all devices. Love it. Just a beautiful experience 🐻‍❄️
-- Mickey_row, 2022-09-12

### ***** "Finally, proper organisation!"
I love this app. No matter what I need to write for, what platform, what format, or what length, Bear has me covered. 

Thank you! Now I just need to stop typing notes for EVERYTHING 😅🤔
-- JennHattingh, 2020-12-28

### ***-- "Too much information"
Bear seems like a successful app although it gives you a lot of information how can you keep it all in? The Bear app is too confusing to those who get the app for the first time. I do suggest it to other people but I don’t know how they will get it. I can’t even get it myself. It is a good thing that Bear has given a ‘how to use’ folder but I don’t know how anyone will be able to either remember it or understand it?! It’s just too confusing!! But I’m sure if someone or when someone understands it, it would be a great success and would be very helpful. Again, I do suggest it to others but only if they know someone who uses it and can’t explain it to them.
-- Life is short.. enjoy it!!!, 2020-11-19

### ***** "This app is perfect"
I honestly have no issues with this app, it is perfect. Works well. The organization it provides is really straight forward but so powerful, I love using the tags and also linking my notes to each other is such a simple but amazing feature. 

The UI reminds me of a code editor like sublime text. I love it. 

I have been using this app for two days, and I’ve already shared it with the copywriters at my agency. 

Great work on this great app!
-- QuintonVor, 2020-09-29

### ***** "Great App...."
Just love this app...
-- jeppiex, 2019-02-04

### ****- "Nice app but.."
It is really irritating that you have to pay for your notes to sync! It doesn’t say that in the description, but it says sync all your notes! But nice app!
-- The Enchanted HQ, 2018-01-21

### ***** "Great app"
It’s a clean and simple looking app, very intuitive, the user experience is sublime beyond words and it’s ready for you from the get go
-- SaintBaduski, 2017-11-15

### ***** "In love with this app"
I write and take notes obsessively and this app has made that experience a pure pleasure. Thank you!
-- Wazard88, 2017-06-14

[View all Bear reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews)

## Bear In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Yearly Pro subscription | 599.99 R |
| Monthly Pro subscription | 59.99 R |

## Bear Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Grossing | New Zealand | Productivity | #62 |
| Top Grossing | South Korea | Productivity | #96 |
| Top Free | Russia | Productivity | #300 |
| Top Free | Finland | Productivity | #305 |
| Top Free | South Korea | Productivity | #347 |
| Top Free | Sweden | Productivity | #402 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | Productivity | #464 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | Productivity | #483 |
| Top Free | Chile | Productivity | #488 |

## Bear Discovered Keywords
- markdown
- bear
- markdown notes
- shiny
- html editor mobile
- markdown note
- markdown editor
- rtf
- music tag editor
- markdown writing

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## Bear Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/united-states)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/china)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/russia)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/united-kingdom)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/germany)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/south-korea)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/japan)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/canada)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/france)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/australia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/brazil)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/taiwan)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/india)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/italy)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/ukraine)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/mexico)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/poland)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/netherlands)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/spain)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/turkey)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/sweden)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/switzerland)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/vietnam)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/philippines)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/hong-kong)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/czechia)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/singapore)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/thailand)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/chile)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/austria)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/malaysia)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/belgium)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/indonesia)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/portugal)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/romania)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/norway)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/new-zealand)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/finland)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/ireland)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/colombia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/argentina)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/kazakhstan)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/denmark)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/belarus)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/greece)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/slovakia)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/south-africa)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/israel)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/peru)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/bulgaria)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/croatia)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/united-arab-emirates)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/saudi-arabia)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/estonia)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/pakistan)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/uruguay)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/slovenia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/egypt)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/latvia)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/lithuania)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/dominican-republic)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/armenia)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/luxembourg)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/azerbaijan)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/sri-lanka)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/nigeria)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/uzbekistan)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/cyprus)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/malta)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/ecuador)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/lebanon)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/algeria)
- [Macao SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/macau)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/qatar)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/north-macedonia)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/panama)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/honduras)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/kuwait)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/jordan)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/iceland)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/kenya)
- [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/jamaica)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/nepal)
- [Oman](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/oman)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/bahrain)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/mauritius)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/paraguay)
- [Ghana](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/ghana)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/senegal)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/brunei)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/tunisia)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/namibia)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/barbados)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/uganda)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/bermuda)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/belize)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/suriname)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/grenada)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/cayman-islands)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/mali)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/madagascar)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/bear-markdown-notes-Tlh/angola)

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