# Orgzly

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/orgzly/

5 people recommended Orgzly in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Orgzly as a free Android app for org-mode notes, citing its scheduling, linking and search. One critic says notes made in it may not work with other tools.

Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Org-mode scheduling, linking and search (1 comment in the sample): "Both apps support Org-mode's scheduling, robust linking, and search features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567962))

## What people warn about

- Notes not compatible with other tools (1 comment in the sample): "I ended up dropping it after finding out that what I had made in it wasn't compatible with some other thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46568104))

## Other note-taking apps people recommend

- [Obsidian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsidian/): 306 recommend, 104 mixed, 114 criticize
- [Org mode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/org-mode/): 133 recommend, 30 mixed, 29 criticize
- [Notion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/notion/): 43 recommend, 37 mixed, 96 criticize
- [Logseq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/logseq/): 30 recommend, 19 mixed, 23 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Orgzly", https://hackerapproved.com/p/orgzly/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.