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Thank you! I am long time obsidian user looking for something that will work decently on Android and this looks promising.

I only really struggle with one basic feature - I want to be able to write note within 1-2 seconds of clicking the app icon. Obsidian makes it 10-15 seconds at best. The HelixNotes sometimes can get this in under 10, still looking for better options.


I'm having the same issue with Standard Notes. It's almost 30 seconds now and becoming an issue, especially with Android's aggressive memory freeing. It wasn't so bad early on but it gets worse as notes accumulate.


There are few importers available which have been opensourced (look at the Actual's github org), I have only tried one during migration from greedy YNAB.

There is also an API which works quite well. I am using it to import transactions from Revolut. So no Open Banking yet, but afaik it's painful to get in the UK anyways


Do you really want to carry around yet another gadget with you all the time? How about remembering to charge yet another gadget ~daily?


That's the downside and I'm by no means suggesting someone should do this unless they really want to! The comment was more for those who really do want to.

But yes: I do that. I personally think it's very interesting to see where I've been and to visualize the traces, especially when I'm traveling around the world.

When I originally started a few years ago, battery drain from running a GPS logger 24/7 on a phone was significant. This was a good alternative. I'm now used to it and appreciate that I'm fully in control of that data.


It is possible. I have successfully migrated all of the data from Google Timeline to self-hosted owntracks. Quick and dirty conversion script is available here - https://gist.github.com/skrobul/bd1f64309123c34bf5cfcad144e6...

I have not looked into deleting data from Google yet as my free time is taken up by migrating from other Google not-really-forever-"free" services.


Treating your potential customers like kids who don't have self control? Yes, that's how you go bankrupt.


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