Side-by-side comparison of two listed Productivity tools — real listing data only, no paid placement.
On record, they differ in: pricing (Yana Free vs Capacities Freemium); unique tags (Yana 6: #indie #note-taking #rich-text +3 more vs Capacities 3: #notes #pkm #objects); category rank (Yana #26 vs Capacities not in top 50). Same category (Productivity). Listing facts only — not a recommendation.
Powerful note-taking app
Yana is an intuitive notebook application that is easy to get started with and free to use. It allows users to organize thoughts by tagging, searching, and structuring notes in tree views, and supports rich text notes as well as code snippets in an editor powered by Visual Studio Code. The app can manage tens of thousands of notes efficiently, ensuring the notebook never becomes a bottleneck.
Published 2026-08-08 · Links checked 2026-09-06
Object-based note-taking that organizes itself
Capacities structures notes as typed objects — people, books, meetings, ideas — that interlink automatically into a networked knowledge base with daily notes, calendar context and AI assistance.
Published 2026-08-06 · Links checked 2026-09-16
| Yana | Capacities | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Rank in Productivity | Position #26 of 77 | not in top 50 of 77 |
| Alternatives listed | 12 → | 11 → |
| Shared tags | none | |
| Unique tags | #indie #note-taking #rich-text #code-snippets #tree-view #search | #notes #pkm #objects |
| Platforms | Web app (installable) | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-17) |
| Pricing page | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-18) | Official pricing page |
| Free trial | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-18) | Mentioned on the official pricing page |
| Source code | github.com/lukasbach/yana | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-17) |
| Documentation | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-18) | docs.capacities.io/ |
| Company | Not detected on official site (checked 2026-09-18) | Capacities |
| In their own words | Manage your notes in a rich text editor with tons of features, or manage code snippets in the editor that powers Visual Studio Code.— official site (homepage description), checked | Capacities is a note-taking and knowledge management app that organizes your ideas as connected objects instead of files and folders. Available free on Mac…— official site (homepage description), checked |
| Official channels | Product Huntdeclared on yana.js.org via homepage link with a matching handle | X (Twitter)YouTubeDiscordRedditInstagramdeclared on capacities.io via schema.org sameAs |
| Official website | yana.js.org | capacities.io |
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Yana is Free; Capacities is Freemium. Both are listed in Productivity on ToolDock.
Yana is listed as free; Capacities is listed as freemium (free tier alongside paid plans). Pricing label set at listing time; official pricing page linked where verified — see each official website for current details.
Both are Productivity tools listed on ToolDock.
ToolDock keeps a tag-matched alternatives list for each: see Yana alternatives and Capacities alternatives.