Bear vs Craft: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors Bear. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, Bear leads 1 and Craft leads 0 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, Bear is ranked in 2 categories; Craft is ranked in 1 category. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #8BearUp 2 from the last closespread 9Claude#10Gemini#8PPLX#7
- #9CraftDown 3 from the last closespread 10Claude#6Gemini#6
On consensus rank, Bear leads here, #8 to Craft's #9. 23 to 22 on the 0-100 score. The models split: Claude and Gemini rank Craft ahead, while keep Bear in front. Bear climbed 2 since the last close.
What the models actually said.
The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.
Bear
Bear — Best for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users who mainly want a beautiful, fast writing app with powerful nested tags, excellent search, and note links rather than a full workspace.
ChatGPT
Craft
Craft — Best for people who value a polished writing experience and want notes, daily planning, calendar context, and tasks without building a complicated Notion system.
ChatGPT
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category Bear and Craft both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
Model by model, Perplexity is Bear's strongest backer, placing it ahead in 1 of the 1; Claude leans the other way, favoring Craft in 1.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudefavors Craft 1-0
- Geminifavors Craft 1-0
- Perplexityfavors Bear 1-0