Is the super hyped roam worth the hype ?

Can it beat notion. ?

Whats new in it. ?

Why should you care about it ?

All questions answered just for you along with my review,

So let’s begin

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Rashmi

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Hey , guys I am Rashmi a youtuber and a student and welcome back to the third episode of 🚀 Tools to improve .

Tools to improve series talks about various tools out there which helps us to make our life better and more productive

And today we are gonna talk about one of the super hyped notetaking app Roam research

So let’s get started 🛫

Roam Research review by

Rashmi

So from the past months there have been many cool apps showing up which are giving tough competition to the stable Kings and have been even winning. Here in the notetaking productivity gene the stable kings evernote , OneNote, etc. Are facing some trouble from the cool new apps like notion , remnote and obsidian and Roam Research.

Notion has set a very high standard for a notetaking app. By bringing everything together in one app for a one productivity solution . And Roam Research after the Notion’ s hype is really gotten a hype in the past few months.

And if it is a productivity app I thought I could try it out. So I tried it and here’s what I found out broken down into question :

What the hell is Roam anyway? 🤷‍♂️

Roam is a new and a very hyped notetaking app . Degined to help you network your thoughts. And help you make a second brain and collect your thoughts .

Ok fine , what does it do ? How does it work ? 🤔

It works on the basis of the basis zettlekasten method or the method of slipbox . If want to read about this zettlekasten method in detail then make sure to subscribe the blog . Cause I am gonna explain it in great detail in my next blog.

But for now , let me explain it briefly . This method actually links your every day thoughts to one another.

Like on day one you wrote about may be an anime . ” I love the anime fruits basket. The main character (kyo) ,toru and yuki are so good. ” I don’t know if you have watched it or not , but if haven’t then man you are ruining your life. Go and watch it , but after reading the blog . 😜

Then on day two you wrote somethings about it like : “kyo and toru are cute ” . Now you can link these two sentences as both has something in common like ” kyo and toru ”

So in its mind map they would be linked and connected.

I know that could be the stupidest of example , that one can give but thats what I could think for now . And if it makes you confused then don’t worry. Let’s move on

What are its main features? 🤔

Ok , I won’t take about all the features here . But I would like to tell you the main features of the app . Or the key features

• First is the bidirectional linking
• Second is the mind map

So let me explain it to you.

The first feature of this app which just pops out 😯 is the bidirectional linking.↗️↙️

Let me explain it to you with an example . Like ” I love rashmi’ s blog ” . And you wanna add extra information about the Rashmi . .

So you just add two brackets around it like this: [[Rashmi ]] . It would create a page for just this word rashmi .

Then here you can write , like for e.g. ” Rashmi is a content writer and content creator with an amazing YouTube channel and blog ” . Now on this New page it will show you the back link to the first page .And it would make navigation real easy .

Its what they call networked thought of I call connected thoughts .

Second key features would be it’s mind map :

Its shows they info you have written in the app in a connected form . Or in even simpler words how your notes are connected to each other.

Like we have : Revolution a simple term in history, then how French Revolution , Russian Revolution are connected or how Napoleonic Wars are connected to these Revolution. They show you this in a real connected mind map format.

That’s what makes it special : 🤷‍♂️

The networking of thoughts here is what makes it standout between other notetaking apps .

So , is it complicated to use ?

About how complicated can it get , I can take you out of your mind in complexity. The app is real complex for some people like me and is really not for everyone out there . It’s designed for networking thought and writing in the app can get complex . It has many many cool features some even better than notion but they are hidden. And it can take you a fine amount of time to learn them.

Is it available on android? 📱

Yes. you can download it from there official website, and it doesn’t matter if you are an Android user or and iOS user . You can download and try the app.

Is it free ? 🤑💸

No , it’s not , the fact that roam is real expensive can be a down point , cause many students don’t have that much financial support to send that much money on one app .

Like seriously 15 dollars a month thats like half of my room rent .But this may not be the issue for some but is one for a student who hasn’t started earning yet . They provide scholarship too , you can apply for them .

So now you know .

Notion v/ s Roam smack down 🥊

Ok , so the best and all in one productivity app notion. Which just came and made every buddy a fan can Roam beat notion . And which one of them I would like .

So , without wasting any of your time my clear cut winner is notion .

If you want to read a dedicated blog about the comparison of two . Then please subscribe my blog. And if you wanna read a dedicated review and tutorial of notion then stay tuned the next blog is about it. It would come out tomorrow.

And for now let me give a brief points for why I love notion over roam.

• Its free
• It got a very beautiful interface
• It is highly customizable
• It has amazing templates
• Its all in one productivity solutions
• And it also has the bidirectional linking.

So , do I like it ? If you care

Yeh Roam is a real good app and part of our paperless Revolution. But I guess it’s not for me . I am using notion for a good part of the year now and I love it . It’s so good that it’s hard for me to leave it . And hard for Roam to take its place .

Roam is an amazing app but it depends on the person wether it suits them or not..

Conclusion

So , in conclusion I won’t force you to use roam , but if you love to explore productivity tools like me so go ahead and try it out.

Byeeeeeeee guys

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