OpennoteYC S25 landing page report.
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Opennotehttps://opennote.com/

Your landing page’s weakest score is CTA.

How Opennote ranks

  1. 1.Notion83
  2. 2.Obsidian75
  3. 3.Tana75
  4. 4.Mem64
  5. 5.Reflect64
  6. 6.Opennote50
Fix CTA
50Growth scoreupdated

category scores

CTA25Trust42Value props45Information hierarchy68Mobile web68
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CTA25Trust42Value props45Information hierarchy68Mobile web68

Score over time

908070605040Notion 84 on May 3 (Wayback)Notion 84 on May 17 (Wayback)Notion 83 on May 31 (Wayback)Notion 83 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Notion 83 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Notion 82 on Jul 6 (Wayback)Notion 83 on Sep 20 (Live)Mem 56 on May 6 (Wayback)Mem 56 on May 23 (Wayback)Mem 56 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Mem 64 on Sep 22 (Live)Reflect 64 on Sep 10 (Live)Obsidian 71 on Jun 6 (Wayback)Obsidian 76 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Obsidian 75 on Jul 15 (Wayback)Obsidian 75 on Jul 29 (Wayback)Obsidian 76 on Aug 10 (Wayback)Obsidian 74 on Sep 8 (Wayback)Obsidian 75 on Sep 22 (Live)Tana 68 on May 10 (Wayback)Tana 76 on May 21 (Wayback)Tana 74 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Tana 70 on Jul 9 (Wayback)Tana 71 on Aug 11 (Wayback)Tana 75 on Aug 28 (Wayback)Tana 75 on Sep 22 (Live)Opennote 68 on Apr 22 (Wayback)Opennote 66 on May 7 (Wayback)Opennote 70 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Opennote 71 on Jun 27 (Wayback)Opennote 68 on Jul 23 (Wayback)Opennote 48 on Sep 3 (Wayback)Opennote 50 on Sep 22 (Live)Apr 22May 7Jun 14Jun 27Jul 23Sep 3Sep 22
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  1. Sep 22, 202650LiveOverall +2 · CTA +10 · Trust −10Viewing
  2. Sep 3, 202648Overall −20 · CTA −69 · Mobile web −12View →
  3. Jul 23, 202668Overall −3 · Mobile web −12 · Value props −4View →
  4. Jun 27, 202671Overall +1 · Value props +4 · Mobile web +2View →
  5. Jun 14, 202670Overall +4 · Mobile web +14 · Information hierarchy +4View →
  6. May 7, 202666Overall −2 · Information hierarchy −4 · Value props −4View →
  7. Apr 22, 202668First tracked report — strongest CTA 82, weakest Value props 56View →

CTA

25Poor

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Notion
Obsidian
Tana
Reflect
Mem

Problems

  • no button or input anywhere
  • only inline text links to act on
  • next step buried in body prose

Trust

42Poor

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Opennote
Notion
Obsidian
Reflect
Tana
Trust read
OpennoteReducto + Opennote co-branded acquisition banner with dated announcement "On May 6, 2026"
Notion"Trusted by 98% of the Forbes Cloud 100" with Riot Games, affirm, and 1Password logos (mobile)
MemMobile product screenshot showing "Sep 28 JFK-SFO Roundtrip Fli…" flight details in the Mem app UI
ReflectReal product UI showing daily notes editor ("Sun, April 2nd, 2023") with backlinking, search, and calendar
ObsidianReal product screenshot showing the "Writing is telepathy" note with file tree, tags, and graph view
TanaProduct demo panel showing a Linear issue marked Sent ("Capture drops on calls longer than an hour") and a Gmail draft d

Value props

45Poor

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Opennote’s headline vagueOpennote has been acquired by ReductoOn May 6, 2026, we announced that Opennote has been acquired by Reducto. Everything we learned building a notebook that helps people make sense of scattered information is now going into Reducto's work on document intelligence, helping peop

Working

  • Plainly states the acquisition and date
  • Explains where the team's work goes next
  • Offers a support email for data recovery

Could improve

  • No pitch or CTA routing traffic to Reducto
  • Hero image is a logo lockup, shows nothing
  • No stated benefit for returning users

Information hierarchy

68Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Data request paragraph — The one actionable step — emailing support@opennote.me for data — is buried as an inline text link in the third paragraph instead of a visible button.
  2. Blog nav link — The only styled navigation element points away from the announcement, pulling attention to an exit before the data-retrieval action.
  3. Truncated closing paragraph — "Thank Opennote for trusting us…" is cut mid-sentence at the fold, so the message's emotional close and any final action sit below the scan line.

Mobile web

68Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Inline text links — Only actions are underlined mid-paragraph links; no tappable button anywhere in the fold.
  2. Oversized serif headline — Headline wraps to four tall lines, pushing the announcement and links far down the viewport.
  3. Truncated support email link — The support@opennote.me link is cut off at the fold edge, half-visible and hard to tap.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Notionnotion.com83 #2Obsidianobsidian.md75 #3Tanatana.inc75 #4Memmem.ai64 #5Reflectreflect.app64
#6Opennote50