Orgzly
Shares rank 17 of 18 note-taking apps by recommenders
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.
5 people recommended Orgzly in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 2
The record
Recommended in 3 of 12 months
In 5 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 5 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 20% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 3 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Org-mode scheduling, linking and search
“Both apps support Org-mode's scheduling, robust linking, and search features”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Notes not compatible with other tools
“I ended up dropping it after finding out that what I had made in it wasn't compatible with some other thing”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text”
Other note-taking apps people recommend
The four most recommended other note-taking apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian | 306 | 104 | 114 | 73% | 12 | 1 yr13 people | Approved |
| Org mode | 133 | 30 | 29 | 82% | 12 | 7 yrs12 people | Approved |
| Notion | 43 | 37 | 96 | 31% | 11 | — | — |
| Logseq | 30 | 19 | 23 | 57% | 10 | — | — |
| OrgzlyThis page | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
Also compared with Apple Notes, Joplin, Google Keep and Microsoft OneNote.
What people said
3 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't think it was by choice”
“I ended up dropping it after finding out that what I had made in it wasn't compatible with some other thing”
“Both apps support Org-mode's scheduling, robust linking, and search features”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.