[3] After 3 years of development, the initial version of Bear was released in October 2016 for macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

[4] It was released as free application, with an optional paid subscription, that unlocks more advanced features, e.g. note syncing and app themes.

[3] To implement all the features planned for Bear 2, the development team had to build a new text-editing system, code-named Panda.

[8] Version 2 was eventually released in July 2023 for macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

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