Smart Search
Search that reads your mind.And your attachments.
It matches the meaning of what you asked for as well as the words, forgives typos, narrows as you type, and shows you why each result is there. It even searches the text inside your images and PDFs. Free on every account.
Filmed in the real app - results narrow with every keystroke, best match first.
The right note, buried in the wrong results
Most note apps list whatever is newest and hope you remember the exact word you used at the time. One typo and you get nothing. Describe the idea instead of quoting it and you get nothing. And anything trapped inside a photo or a PDF might as well not exist. Finding a note should not take longer than writing one.
Four ways it just finds it
The fast typer
Types "recieve" instead of "receive" and still lands on the right note. Smart Search forgives the slip and finds the match anyway.
The as-you-type finder
Starts typing and the list narrows instantly. Partial words match, so you rarely need the whole thing.
The half-rememberer
Cannot recall a single word of the note, only what it was about. Describes it instead - "getting honest answers from nervous interviewees" - and the note on interview technique comes back, even though it never uses those words.
The scanner
Photographs a receipt, then finds it a month later by the vendor name that only ever appeared in the image.
What is included
How Cimanote compares
| Feature | Cimanote | Evernote | Notion | Apple Notes | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finds by meaning, not just words | Paid AI | Paid AI | Plugin | ||
| Says why a result matched | |||||
| Relevance ranking | Basic | Basic | Basic | Plugin | |
| Typo tolerance | |||||
| Match as you type | |||||
| Highlighted snippets | |||||
| Search inside images / PDFs | Pro only | ||||
| Search tags + notebooks | DB property | ||||
| Keyboard shortcut | |||||
| Price | Free | From $8.25/mo | $10/mo | Free | Free |
Where search goes next
On Cimanote Pro, a result can also arrive through a connection: a note linked to the one you asked about, labelled with what connects them. That comes from the knowledge graph, which has a page of its own.
Included in every account
Free for everyone
Smart Search is free on every plan, with no limits - including search by meaning and the reason shown on every result. Searching the text inside attachments depends on those attachments being read first: printed text is read for free, and Cimanote Pro reads handwriting and whiteboards too.