DevonThink alternative?

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 18, 2010 at 10:44 AM

As Hugh implies, I do not think you will find anything quite like DevonThink that is cross-platform. I can only think of two info managers that are cross platform: PersonalBrain and Evernote. I’m sure you’re familiar with both of them.

I’ve been using PersonalBrain a lot lately, and I am enjoying its totally unique user interface, which is unmatched in allowing the user to both drill-down on information and still see context. It has lots of thoughtful features for exploring and finding information, and it reputedly handles huge databases with ease. While it is cross-platform, and you can use the same database on a PC and a Mac via a service like Dropbox, you have to be careful to never try to use them simultaneously, and you have to be sure to close the database on one computer before opening it on the other.

Steve