The Ultimate Personal Knowledge Management System for 23$ a Month

The three-step process to make the most of your mind.

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What if you could collect relevant knowledge around you, connect it, and access it whenever you want to?

Choosing the right knowledge management tools is crucial to continually improve and learn.

In personal knowledge management, switching costs are high. But with thousands of apps available, it’s hard to figure out which ones are worth your time.

In the past year, I experimented with different tools for capturing, collecting, distilling, creating, and sharing knowledge. I spent hours exploring and comparing tools like Notion, Obsidian, Miro, MindMeister, Simplenote, Milanote, Feedly, Transno, Hypothesis, Quoteback, Coggle, Typora, Ulysses, PowerNotes, Refind, and the like.

Here’s what ultimately helped me the most to store, manage, and share anything I learn or want to remember. All of these tools are free, except for Readwise (8$/month) and RoamResearch (15$/month).

1. How to Collect and Capture Ideas

Instapaper saves everything you want to consume later.