I thought Google Keep was enough, until I tried this open source app

Google Keep has been my default scratchpad for years. It’s good enough for grocery lists, reminders, and quick notes.

Logseq is the opposite. It’s open source, local-first, and built around daily journals. It’s a thinking tool for people who enjoy structure.

I downloaded it expecting to experiment with it for writing. I didn’t expect it to touch my Keep workflow.

But over time, I noticed that I wasn’t reaching for Keep as often. Without planning to, I ended up shifting a significant part of my note-taking into an app I originally installed to try.

Here’s how that shift happened, and how I actually use Logseq in practice.