In the age of digital note-taking, I see a continuous debate between using a single app versus multiple apps for organising and managing information and note-taking / sense-making. There are a plethora of apps out there, each with their special golden nugget about why it is the best app for you. Each app is built slightly differently, and although you might like one app, there is a special feature in another app that you need to complete your best work.
I am not talking about day and night differences in apps (take Photoshop and Excel, for instance) but more about similar apps that offer something slightly different (take Notion and Obsidian, for example).
What do you do? Do you stick to your one app and plough through to make things work, or do you divest from the golden egg and start to bring in other apps? Does the additional feature make it worthwhile to invest the time and effort in a new app (which may carry an additional cost), or is this another way to procrastinate while seeming busy?
Taking the one app vs multiple apps approach has its pros and cons, and the choice ultimately depends on your preferences and specific use cases, but I wanted to touch upon some key differences and highlight my thinking.
