The Bear alternative that ends the rent

Bear is elegant and subscription-only. If you stopped to do the math on $2.99/mo for a note-taker, Enfoca is the one-time answer — with markdown files you own in a folder.

Where Bear falls short

Bear in 2026

$2.99/mo forever — $35+/year for a text editor
Proprietary SQLite store, hard to migrate out
iCloud-locked sync, bad for non-Apple workflows

What Enfoca does differently

$12.99 one-time — pays back in 4 months vs Bear Pro
Plain .md files in any folder you choose
Works with any sync: Dropbox, Syncthing, git, nothing

The thing Bear can't do

Bear's beauty is in its presentation. Enfoca's beauty is in its honesty — the same editorial typography, the same focus, but your files stay yours in folders you control.

$12.99

One-time. No subscription. No cloud. No telemetry.

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Coming from Bear?

Enfoca reads any folder of .md files. Open your existing directory and keep working — no import, no migration.

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