Tags or folders for notes? A practical example

Try it with four notes

Open Travel for the trip's material. Filter by Writing material for notes that live in Reading and Travel. These names are examples, not a system you have to adopt.

Give a tag a job

If you would never look for notes by “blue,” there is little reason to put that label on every seaside photo. Think about how you will search or filter before adding it.

Choose one label for the same idea instead of switching between “To read” and “Read later.” If the list becomes hard to choose from, combine labels before adding more structure.

Some notes don't need either

A passing thought can stay uncategorized. A distinctive phrase may be enough to find it again; “Dalian coastal path” does not require a five-level folder tree.

A folder name also need not become a tag. Reusing the word makes sense when it gives you a way to find the same topic across different folders, rather than duplicating the filing you already did.

Use both in Noppima when they help

A Library record can belong to at most one folder and have several tags. Tag groups organize your tags; folder levels organize where Library content lives. They have different jobs.

You can set the folder and tags while editing, or organize later from the list. The side corner offers quick filters, while the management drawer holds fuller list controls. Try a small collection first, then expand the structure when you know how you use it.