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Craft
Free · $8/mo · ranked #6 of 30
★ 4.8 / 5 · 6.7k user reviews
· App Store + Capterra + G2 + PH, cross-referenced · display-only, not part of the SoftwareScore
67
SoftwareScore · ranked #6
A beautifully designed docs-and-notes app, polished and easy, with clean export and solid cross-platform sync.
Value (price vs features) 6
Ease of use 8
Feature depth 7
Cross-platform & sync 8
Data ownership / privacy 5
Collaboration 6
AI capability 6
Craft pros and cons
Pros
- High-performance native apps provide comprehensive offline editing and instant loading times across Apple platforms
- Visually elegant block-based layout supports embedding sub-pages, rich media, and customized presentation templates
- Web-publishing tools let users instantly convert notes into polished public web layouts
Cons
- Entry-level free tier severely limits data expansion by enforcing a strict 1500-block creation cap
- Built-in document tables are lightweight and lack multi-view relational database capabilities
- Premium individual subscriptions are relatively expensive at $10 month-to-month or $8 monthly billed annually
Best for Writers, designers, and Apple ecosystem users who want a visually stunning, high-speed editing workspace with robust native offline capabilities.
Skip it if You want an entirely unrestricted free notes app or require robust relational databases to track complex project schemas.
On the SoftwareScore, Craft is strongest on Ease of use (8/10) and weakest on Data ownership / privacy (5/10). That's what drives its 67/100.
Compare Craft head-to-head
Craft vs Notion 73
An all-in-one workspace where notes, databases, and wikis live as flexible blocks, powerful and collaborative, with a learning curve and cloud lock-in.
Craft vs Obsidian 70
A local-first markdown knowledge base with a huge plugin ecosystem, unmatched on data ownership, lighter on real-time collaboration.
Craft vs Anytype 66
A local-first, encrypted, open-source 'everything app', strong ownership and structure without going full plaintext.
Craft vs Google Keep 65
Google's free sticky-note app, dead simple and synced everywhere, but light on structure and depth.
Simplenote 65
A free, minimalist plain-text notes app by Automattic, instant and synced, with no frills by design.
FuseBase 64
A team-and-client collaboration workspace (formerly Nimbus) with notes, docs, and portals, strong on collaboration.