Best learning app with integrated task management for Academics?

Posted by Lucine
May 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM

What are some older gems as well as new innovations (preferably with a decent free plan, even if to just try out the concepts), in the area of mostly active studying with sideline abilities such as notetaking, tasks and (recurring) reminders? Some that come to mind are Scrivener for the modular writing capability, but I don’t see much use for it beyond what Rightnote can already provide with nested pages, nav pane and ability to export any selection of notes as one merged file.

What is good for honing your thinking as well as processing vast amounts of info? Preferably the ability to add images would be great, like I use Dynalist all the time for the beginnings of drafts or class notes, but the inability to add images or in-line multimedia severely limits it, and I end up using Logseq or Siuyan for it if this need ever arises. What the latter two have that make them stand out is the ability to open pdf highlihgts to that specific area in the pdf in a side pane in-app, as well as the ability to insert the reference/link to those paragraphs anywhere in any outline. It’s awesome, but it’s like all these apps are islands in themselves, each with certain features that are great but nothing that’s even remotely satisfying enough. I guess that’s the one thing that brings many of us back here again and again.

Thanks.