If Obsidian is too complex for you, try Bear or iA Writer
I love Obsidian, but I’ll admit that it can be a bit much for non-nerds, especially if they’re looking to switch from Apple Notes. I made the (minor) mistake of migrating a friend from Apple Notes to Obsidian recently and that lasted less than a day. And really, I couldn’t blame them and I felt bad I had steered them wrong.
The whole thing sent me down this rabbit hole of revisiting a couple of apps I had used in the past—Bear and iA Writer, both of which are exceptionally well-designed and simple to use. Opening them up after so many years was refreshing. They differ a bit in that, similar to Obsidian, iA Writer keeps all notes as individual files and Bear has a database. Practically speaking, this matters if you’re going to use them with AI, but Bear’s recent release is pretty great news for using it with Claude. So, all of this to say that if you are in Apple’s ecosystem, you keep digital notes and you want to use your notes with AI, I recommend checking out Bear and iA Writer.