**Last Update**: 25.07.2024 *** >Your note-taking app is the core of your Second Brain, the central place where you store your most important information and use them to do your best work. >\~ Tiago Forte You may consider the Tiago Forte's 10 factors: - **Search ability:** The search function. The ability to quickly and reliably find the notes you need. - **Duplication:** The ability to reuse pass work and [[What a Knowledge asset is | knowledge assets]]. - **Access anywhere:** The ability to give you access to a given note with as minimal hassle as possible. - **Share ability:** The ability to share your notes as well as collaborate on them. - **Ease of use:** The ability to edit and format your notes with as minimal hassle as possible. - **Upgrade ability:** The ability of the app to stay with you, in your path from a beginner note taker to intermediate, maybe even advance expert. - **Transferability:** There may come a day that you need to move your notes to a different app. Could you be trapped? How easy is it to migrate your notes to another app? - **Linking:** the ability to link your notes internally within your workspace - **Multimedia:** The ability to interact with different file formats (text, images, videos, hyperlinks, attachments) - **Organize:** The ability to organize and shape content. Additionally, I consider the following aspects explained by Tiago Forte quite important: - Mobile-first experience for both capturing and accessing notes. - Local storage, available offline. - Complexity-free writing environment. - Mature, polished design with modern UX interactions For more guidance and a detailed list of the best note-taking apps for building a Second Brain, [check out this article](https://www.bloks.app/post/second-brain-apps). *** **References**: - [The Rise of Obsidian as a Second Brain | ft. Nick Milo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz99I7apNLI&t=33s) - [Should Notion Be Your Second Brain? | ft. Thomas Frank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50hWDN21ZC0&t=336s) - [How to Choose Your Second Brain App](https://fortelabs.com/blog/how-to-choose-your-second-brain-app/)