# Bear app screens & user flows Lazyweb publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.lazyweb.com/agent-access. Source: https://www.lazyweb.com/company/bear Source observed: 2026-09-30T01:12:30.354Z Last checked: 2026-10-08T02:02:18.748+00:00 Indexed: 2026-09-30T05:36:42.217+00:00 --- # Bear app screens & user flows We provide a company-library entry for **Bear**, a Productivity product in the Notes & Knowledge subcategory. This entry contains 10 app screens from Bear, focused on Settings Paywall flows, and was updated in August 2026. It is intended for comparing onboarding, paywall, checkout, search, pricing, dashboard, and other product-design patterns with real competitors inside Lazyweb. Lazyweb is our design-research library with 281k+ real app screens, user-flow examples, UI patterns, and product-design patterns for competitive analysis and benchmarking. ## Screenshots We show 5 of Bear’s 10 available app screens here. The visible screens cover a payment sheet and paywall, an editor, a note-detail view, and search/onboarding-related states. The remaining 5 screens are available through Lazyweb. ![Bear app screenshot 1](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/screenshots/uploaded_bear/settings_paywall/compare/2026-08-05/1785941488972_01_net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS-20260805T011400Z-cap-payment-sheet-1785892668.png) ![Bear app screenshot 2](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/screenshots/uploaded_bear/settings_paywall/compare/2026-08-05/1785941488143_00_net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS-20260805T011400Z-cap-paywall-1-1785892585.png) ![Bear app screenshot 3](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/screenshots/uploaded_bear/auto/compare/2026-08-04/1785894811451_00_net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS-20260805T011400Z-cap-editor-1785893973.png) ![Bear app screenshot 4](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/screenshots/uploaded_bear/auto/compare/2026-08-04/1785894806257_00_net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS-20260805T011400Z-cap-note-detail-1785893940.png) ![Bear app screenshot 5](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/screenshots/uploaded_bear/auto/compare/2026-08-04/1785894800160_00_net.shinyfrog.bear-iOS-20260805T011400Z-cap-search-1785893882.png) **Showing 5 of 10 app screens from Bear.** [Sign up (free)](https://www.lazyweb.com/product) ## Bear metadata | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | Category | Productivity | | Subcategory | Notes & Knowledge | | Tagline | Markdown-first note-taking app for writing, organizing, and connecting ideas across Apple devices. | | Website | [https://bear.app](https://bear.app) | | App Store | [Bear on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear-markdown-notes/id1016366447?uo=4) | ## Bear app Bear is a Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing personal information. We describe it as useful for notes, day planning, journaling, tables, lists, tasks, sketches, linked notes, and book writing. Bear can be started without a signup or account: open a note and write. The App Store description identifies writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, and parents among Bear’s users. It also lists a 2017 Apple Design Award, 2016 App Store App of the Year, and Editors’ Choice recognition for 7 consecutive years. ### Writing, privacy, and Apple features - Tools stay out of the way for writing. - On iPad, we support an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil and other styli for sketching ideas. - Bear’s app extension clips web pages and other content. - The Info Panel includes a Table of Contents and Backlinks. - Apple Watch can dictate and append to recent notes. - We support all scripts, including right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. - Siri and Shortcuts can create notes. - Bear states that it is private at its core and that we cannot see users’ notes, tags, or anything else. ### Markdown and linking - Write in plain text so content is easy to move between apps. - Use Markdown formatting including bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more. - Combine styles such as bold and underline, including in headings. - Markdown can remain hidden for a clean reading experience. - WikiLinks connect notes and can be used to build a personal wiki or knowledge-management tool. ### Organization - Add `#tags`, `#multi-word tags#`, and `#multiple/nested/tags` anywhere in a note. - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar. - Use TagCons to make important tags stand out in the Sidebar. - Add tasks to notes and view all notes containing tasks. - Fold sections to move them out of the way. ### Sharing and export Bear can export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text. Bear Pro is required for export to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. Notes can also be shared with third-party apps through the Share Sheet. ### Search - Use Spotlight to search notes from anywhere. - Bear Pro is required to search for text inside photos and PDFs. - Special Searches can focus on note types, including `@todo`, `@images`, and `@yesterday`. ### Personalization - Bear Pro includes nearly 30 themes for Light and Dark Mode. - Bear Pro includes additional app-icon choices. - Set fonts for plain text, headings, and code. - Adjust line height, width, paragraph spacing, and more. ## Bear Pro One Bear Pro subscription enables Pro features on all supported devices. It includes: - Syncing notes between iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud. - Encrypting individual notes with a password that is private to the user. - Locking Bear with Face ID or Touch ID. - Exporting to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. - Searching for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes. - More than 30 app themes and app icons. ### Price and subscription terms - **$2.99 monthly** - **$29.99 yearly** - **14-day free trial** Price may vary by location. Subscriptions are charged to the user’s credit card through the App Store account and automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. The subscription cannot be canceled once activated. After purchase, subscriptions are managed in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free-trial period is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. ## Bear user flows - [Settings Paywall](https://www.lazyweb.com/flow/bear/settings-paywall) ## More Productivity companies - [Aboard](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/aboard) - [Activecollab](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/activecollab) - [Acuity Scheduling](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/acuity-scheduling) - [Acunote](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/acunote) - [Agendahero](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/agendahero) - [Ai Chatbot](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/ai-chatbot) - [Airtable](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/airtable) - [Akiflow](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/akiflow) [Browse all Productivity companies →](https://www.lazyweb.com/company/category/productivity) ## Contact and policies - Email: bear@shinyfrog.net - Twitter: BearNotesApp - Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp - Facebook: BearNotes - Instagram: BearNotesApp - [Privacy Policy](http://www.bear.app/privacy/) - [Terms of Service](http://www.bear.app/terms/) --- [Read this page’s summary](https://www.lazyweb.com/api/public/v1/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lazyweb.com%2Fcompany%2Fbear&trace=t_bc7e1c4e5b07) ## Ask a follow-up about this page Need a more specific answer? 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