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Did Remnote Just Leapfrog Tana?
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Posted by Lucas
Aug 1, 2023 at 10:17 PM
I agree—Tana has a lot of power that puts it in its own category, and it’s still in alpha. But to be fair to RemNote, they didn’t just start as a spaced repetition app. RemNote emerged at about the same time as Roam (as opposed to all the Roam-inspired apps, which came later), and from the beginning RemNote had the Dynalist-like outlining structure coupled with daily notes. They also focused from the beginning on flashcards, but I wouldn’t say that cards form the basis of RemNote.
Posted by nathanb
Feb 24, 2026 at 07:53 PM
Well it’s 2026 and I continue to double down on RemNote. It just got yet another solid update. Most the updates are performance, it’s very mature at this point.
It still hits that sweet spot for me as backlinking outliner like Roam/LogSeq with supertag/database tricks like Tana/Capacites. The development continues to be strong and steady.
What keeps me there is it’s already “configured” as a college-oriented learning platform. My college years are waaaay behind, but I’m a knowledge worker, so the education never stops. Therefore, I don’t feel the need to continuously customize it like I do with Obsidian/Notion, etc.
Also, as a forgetful ADHDer, I’ve found that Spaced Repetition is huge for me. It’s obviously great for locking in rote facts and definitions….but it’s also great for the re-surfacing of intentions, decisions, motivations, jokes, dilemmas to ponder etc. My greatest weakness with any “2nd brain” system is my resistance to reviews, fueled by a silly recency bias. Spaced Repetition, applied broadly, keeps my meat brain and 2nd brain “synced up”.
I’ve been so satisfied with RemNote’s philosophy that I haven’t been obsessively “CRIMPing” for a while. I have no idea if RemNote is even considered a “top 10” outliner these days. I’m curious what this forum’s thoughts are. I feel like I’ve been shouting “guys, this is THE ONE” since before Tana was even released. :-)
Posted by Graham Rhind
Feb 25, 2026 at 09:39 AM
I’m using the free versions of both Tana and RemNote, but neither have quite hit the sweet spot for me as yet. Tana development is obsessed with AI implementation and they’re neglecting basic and much requested features such as PDF annotation. I use the flashcards in RemNote for language learning, and I’ve found that very well implemented - I’ve never found before that flashcards work for me and that in most programs creating them is slow and painful, but in RemNote it just works and they are very easy to create.
That said, I’m not yet entirely convinced that I can afford yet another subscription (and RemNote seems to price itself in the same way as most similar programs aimed at businesses rather than at students - perhaps American students just have more money than the rest of us), so for the time being I have to use software which I have to pay for anyway (basically MS Office 365). I feel their free version is also a little restrictive - if I had more possibilities to really play about with the more advanced features it might end up being more appealing.
Graham
Posted by exatty95
Mar 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Do Remnote users find it to be a memory hog? There are some older posts in Remnote Reddit to that effect, and I’m wondering if it is still a current problem. The recent announcement about Tana is leading me to take a hard look at other options, as collaboration-focused programs are not what I need. Thanks.
Posted by Graham Rhind
Mar 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I noticed in a video about the release of version 1.23 a few months ago that they had reduced memory usage by 40%. The current version is 1.24.
exatty95 wrote:
Do Remnote users find it to be a memory hog? There are some older posts
>in Remnote Reddit to that effect, and I’m wondering if it is still a
>current problem. The recent announcement about Tana is leading me to
>take a hard look at other options, as collaboration-focused programs are
>not what I need. Thanks.