Bear turns 10 after starting as three friends' spare-time notes app
Shiny Frog's Markdown notes app reaches a decade since its November 2016 launch, with Bear Web's full release still undated.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
Bear's decade shows a small, subscription-funded studio can keep a focused writing app alive through a five-year editor rewrite and intense platform competition, provided users trust it with private notes and keep paying for polish.
Shiny Frog cofounder Matteo Rattotti and his colleagues are marking 10 years of Bear, the notes app that began as a spare-time project. Shiny Frog's anniversary post on November 3rd traces Bear from a 2013 side project to an App Store launch in November 2016.…
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