Agenda

Agenda organizes notes along a timeline. Every note can be attached to a date and linked to a calendar event, so your project history, meeting notes, and plans all sit on one continuous track — "On the Agenda" for what is active now, dated entries for everything else.

Why it makes the list

Agenda won an Apple Design Award for good reason: it found a genuinely new shape for notes and executed it with taste. Rich Markdown-style editing, deep macOS integration (Shortcuts, Share extension, Reminders, Calendar), and a refreshing business model — you pay once for the features that exist today and keep them forever.

Standout features

• Timeline view connecting notes to dates and calendar events

• On the Agenda — a live shortlist of what you are working on now

• Rich text with Markdown shortcuts, styles, and inline attachments

• Project and category organization with saved searches and overviews

• Two-way links to Reminders, Calendar, and other notes

• Works fully offline, syncs via iCloud or Dropbox

Pricing

Free to use with the full core app. A one-time premium purchase unlocks the latest features permanently; buy again later only if you want the next year's additions.