Tana
Note-taking app that uses AI to actually do something with your notes.
The Spinoza Journal verdict
Reviewed by Kamran Arshad. See how we evaluate · Updated 2026-06-05.
- Type
- Productivity Tool
- Category
- productivity
- Starts at
- Free
- Platforms
- Web
- Launched
- Apr 2022
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-05
What Roam should have evolved into.
Tana takes the outliner + graph + tags pattern Roam invented and adds AI workflows on top — turn a meeting note into action items, extract entities, run scheduled queries. It's a thinking tool that bites back.
What Tana actually looks like
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Best for
- Outliner-shaped thinkers
- Personal knowledge graphs
Not for
- Anyone who finds Roam confusing
Composite of editorial review, hands-on testing, and reader-reported value. Each sub-score is rated 0–5 against The Spinoza Journal's published criteria.
- Overall
- 4.0/5
- Output quality
- 4.0/5
- Utility & features
- 4.0/5
- Usability & UX
- 4.0/5
- Performance & reliability
- 4.0/5
- Cost vs. value
- 4.0/5
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