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Logseq

Logseq is a note-taking application with whiteboards, networked thought & graph.

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This tool performed well in our tests. Our ratings for tools factor in design, features, performance, practicality and value to help determine the tool's overall score.

Things we like

Visualize notes with whiteboard

Custom themes developed by community

Privacy focused note-taking

Offline abilities

Great for building backlinks between notes

Things we don't like

Can be difficult to learn and embrace

Not best for basic note-takers

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Is Logseq worth it? Our Review

Top Features, Pricing & User Reviews

What is Logseq?

Logseq is a networked thought note-taking application that can create notes, create daily notes, connect notes and visualize in a graph view, use a whiteboard to bring ideas together, and even turn notes into flashcards.

Logseq is similar to Obsidian for managing notes and PKM systems.

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How does Logseq work?

Logseq is a unique way to take notes.

It works offline and allows you to create notes that connect using a graph that allows you to see the relationship between notes created. Notes can have deeper block references and connect between spaces enabling you to create a tree of knowledge.

Graph View in Logseq

Logseq is more commonly used by advanced note-takers who follow principles like PKM (personal knowledge management) that have become popular these last few years and that Logseq has ridden the trend with.

Logseq Features

Let's look at the features of Logseq to see if they meet your criteria:

Features

Helpful for

Advanced Note-Taking

Powerful note-taking abilities mean that Logseq is great for advanced note-taking. More suitable for research, idea generation, and developing projects with plenty of notes.

Graph View

Connecting notes is one of the core elements of Logseq and PKM apps allowing you to build bridges and relationships that better allow you to bring them up later on. Whether that be daily notes or what Logseq calls Journals, for future reference or projects and ideas.

Flashcards

Much like apps like RemNote, this allows you to create notes that can be turned into flashcards. These are perfect for students looking to better revise for exams or those looking to resurface notes.

Whiteboards

Connect ideas using a canvas. Much like Obsidian, Logseq has a way to express ideas visually making it a popular visual note-taking application despite its powerful abilities.

Logseq Plugins

Logseq Pros

Here are our favorite things about Logseq as part of the review:

Pros

Reasons

Whiteboard powers

Having whiteboards in Logseq is a nice bonus. They work very well and allow you to connect pages and bring ideas together that can be intertwined with block referencing. This is perfect for combining research or ideas with imagery and files.

Free access & offline nature

The brilliance of Logseq is the offline and privacy nature. This does make for an exciting tool that can be used without the need for internet access.

Extensive plugins library

The extensive community behind Logseq allows for one of the best plugin libraries developed by the community, allowing you to better service your Logseq account.

Logseq tags

Logseq Cons

Here are some of the reasons why Logseq missed the mark:

Cons

Reasons

Unpolished flashcards

One of the things that Logseq has which is a bonus is flashcards. These are easy to make, you just add "#card" to any of your notes and you can create a flashcard for recall in this area. One of the negatives is that the recall abilities aren't brilliant like you see in apps like RemNote, but are functional for use. Look at student note-taking apps if you're hunting for more tools like this.

Lack of premium pricing

There's not much focus on premium pricing which might be scary for some. Being able to see how the company makes money is always helpful to see where their future lies for notes.

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How much does Logseq cost?

Logseq is free to use.

There are no costs that are available to see.