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Notebook Taking Notes

The Best Note Taking Apps for iOS

Looking for the best note-taking app for your iPhone or iPad? These iOS apps let you keep your notes close and your ideas in sync.

Access Notes On All Your Devices

You can stay organized and on top of things with note-taking apps available across devices and platforms. Sync with your iPhone and iPad or via the web so that your notes are always close.

Notability: Notes, PDF

Notability is a powerful all-in-one note-taking solution.

Notability: Notes, PDF

Create smart notes on the fly

For those who need a note app that does it all

The biggest addition in the update involves handwriting. You can now search handwritten notes from the Library and within a specific note. Any handwritten note can now also be converted into text. Just to note, the first time you launch the app after updating the library will be scanned and indexed for handwriting. If you have a significant amount of handwriting, that process may take a while. With the Multi-Note feature for iPads, you can work with two different notes side by side. And a new note switcher makes it easy to switch between notes quickly. That feature even supports audio recording and playback. In the Library, you can view a new recent notes features that shows the 10 most recently opened notes. An updated Help Center also features articles and tutorials to learn the finer points of the app. Designed for the iPhone and all iPad models, Notability can be downloaded now on the App Store for $9.99. Notability's combination of numerous features, an intelligently-designed interface, a fluid, readable handwriting experience, and value is enough to make it unbeatable. The app has a host of great features and they are virtually all implemented in a highly intuitive, user-friendly manner.

Why we love it

Notability has a ton of powerful features and tools to make note-taking a breeze.

ZoomNotes

Draw, diagram, and be creative with your notes.

ZoomNotes

For those who want a note app with sketching and diagram features.

ZoomNotes is a wonderful tool for creative note-takers. The editable guide lines help you to scale, rotate, and flip objects in your diagrams. Unlimited paper sizes, styles, and colors give you complete freedom. And, the various pen types, shapes, and symbol library provide you with great flexibility. For sketches, diagrams, and note-sharing, ZoomNotes is a terrific app.

Why we love it

ZoomNotes provides an array of robust features for sketching, note-taking, and creating diagrams with ease.

Mark It Up

For a great app that offers awesome annotation options, PDF support, and rich note-capturing, check out one of these full-featured tools.

MarkNote - Markdown Note

MarkNote - Markdown Note

淑敏 孙

Take notes with markdown.
Sync notes into iCloud.
Access your documents with any of your mac or iOS devices.
Share your notes with your friend.
You can easily embed photos, format text, create tables, send rich formatted mail message, and share and edit notes from any devices.

FEATURES
- Embed photos and images into note
- Live preview while writing
- Auto save
- Send mail with rich format
- Swipe to delete a note
- Syntax highlighting
- Embed code snippets and mathematics formulas
- Click to update the task status in todo list
- Review and edit your notes from any web browsers or smart devices
- Sync your notes into iCloud drive, and share with all your devices. You can read and edit your notes with marknote app on iPhone/iPad or marknotes on mac
- Publish your note as blog posts
- Import web page shared from apps like mobile safari, save in markdown format, so that you can read it later or edit it later
- graph view, visualize notes relations

You have complete control to your data.

SUPPORT
If you have any feedback or questions, reach us by mail at marknote@aliyun.com

AnnotDoc - Annotation for MS Office and PDF

AnnotDoc - Annotation for MS Office and PDF

EncGoo

The ONLY iPad app to support all these: Annotation on MS Word! Annotation on PowerPoint! Annotation on PDF! Reached Top 1 in 7 App Stores around the world!

*****"a handy little application that provides big results. This is a must have app" *****
Rick Rockwell, AppPicker

*****"AnnotDoc offers an impressive number of features at a comparatively low price tag", ***** AppAdvice.com

*****The only iPad app to support annotation on PowerPoint documents. Very useful and friendly. For this price, I give 5 stars and will recommand to my friends. ***** User review from appolicious.com.

AnnotDoc supports annotation on popular document formats including MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and PDF. It is the only iPad app that supports annotation on all of these document formats, and it outperforms iAnnotate, GoodNotes, and Notability! It provides more features than all the other annotation applications, with newly introduced features like bookmark, sticky note, and link. It also provides the best user experience. The newly added submenu helps users easily switch among different annotation tools and change settings. Please check the impressive videos below in the support website.

Now you can use your iPad to show a PowerPoint presentation to your customers, and make notes to address customer comments directly on the PowerPoint document. You can also sign a PDF document and email it out. In addition, you can do math and physics assignments, handwriting equations and drawing diagrams, with the help from handy features like zoom-in editor, auto alignment, and built–in wavy/dotted lines. You can take notes directly on the text in class. You can even create an empty PDF document and take note. Please check the support website for great user experience from our customers!

To support large documents, you can add colorful bookmarks to your text book documents. As a salesperson, you can bookmark important technical specs before meeting customers.

AnnotDoc also offers in-app-purchase for adding links and sticky notes (one in-app-purchase of $0.99 for BOTH powerful features). You can add colorful sticky notes to your document. AnnotDoc shows a table of all the sticky notes you added to a document, so you can easily go to the note you added.

Link is another very powerful annotation tool. You can add link for the following purposes:
*A link to a website for reference
*A link to a textbook for a concept definition you learned before
*A link from an assignment back to the textbook that explains how to approach a problem
*A link from a presentation to its original data source
*A link from a technical spec to a help document

Please check the screenshots for the wonderful features AnnotDoc supports.
Features:
* Support annotation on MS Word 2003, MS Word 2007 (2010), MS PowerPoint 2003, MS PowerPoint 2007 (2010), and PDF.
* Highlight document with different colors and different degrees of translucence;
* Underline;
* Add PDF watermark;
* Add colorful sticky notes;
* Add external links;
* Add internal links;
* Add colorful bookmarks;
* Portrait mode and landscape mode viewing and annotating;
* Hand writing notes, in English, Chinese, Japanese, or your preferred language;
* Fill forms and sign PDF documents;
* Auto-align for hand writing equations. Now you don’t need to use the MS Equation any more for your math assignments.
* Build-in wavy line and dotted line for diagram drawing. Specially designed for Feynman diagram drawings.
* Show/hide annotations.
* Type on documents using 19 different fonts, include English, Chinese, and Japanese.
* Icon stamping. Select from 85 high quality build-in icons.
* Export MS Office documents with annotations to PDF.
* Email documents.
* Sync with iTunes.
* Integration with popular Dropbox and Box.com;
* File management and folder support, including creating/renaming/deleting folders and duplicating/renaming/moving/deleting files;
* Open-In feature.

支持网址有中文帮助网页!

Voice Your Thoughts

When you are on-the-go, there is no easier way to capture your thoughts or important ideas then with note-taking apps that offer audio recording. Effortlessly record a meeting, lecture, or your own voice.

Audio Memos SE: Mic Recorder

Audio Memos SE: Mic Recorder

Imesart S.a.r.l.

Audio Memos SE: Mic Recorder

For those looking for a voice recorder for their notes with extra features.

Audio Memos Free lets you record your notes easily and offers extra features you will enjoy. You can record when your device is in sleep mode with an automatic pause for incoming calls. Then, view an advanced listing of your recordings, email them, and play recordings back with easy controls. The app is available for iPhone and iPad and provides additional features with the pro version such as stereo recordings, FTP upload, and timer activation.

Why we love it

Audio Memos Free is an intuitive app that makes recording your notes simple.

Jot Down Your Notes

With all of the amazing apps for taking notes, some people just prefer to keep it traditional. If you like to jot down notes with a pencil and paper, then there is a mobile app that lets you hand-write your thoughts just as easily.

Nebo: Endless Paper & Notebook
Nebo: Endless Paper & Notebook

Nebo: Endless Paper & Notebook

MyScript

Create beautiful notes and professional documents by hand, sketch ideas on an endless canvas, and annotate PDFs with our dynamic notebook tool. Powered by the world's best AI handwriting recognition, seamlessly mix handwriting, text, drawings, diagrams, and images on the expandable canvas. Edit effortlessly with pen gestures, converting handwriting and shapes to typed text and perfect forms. Redefine your note taking experience with a modern approach - it's more than notes, it's where ideas take shape.

Nebo understands every word you write in your choice of 66 languages, and works on all platforms - so you can access and search your notes from any device.

Enjoy 3 powerful experiences in one app:

** Create freely in a Nebo Note – the world’s most advanced freeform canvas with full write-to-text and shape conversion **
** Handwrite a responsive Nebo Document, adding math and diagram objects as needed **
** Import existing documents as PDFs, ready to annotate **

** NEBO ON IPAD: FEATURES **
• Digital handwriting:
- Write¹, type or dictate in the same page, sentence or even word.
- Accurately convert handwriting and math to typed text, and drawn diagrams to perfect shapes. Diagrams stay editable when pasted into PowerPoint!
- Write emoji and symbols with your pen.

• Edit with your pen:
- Use intuitive gestures to edit and format content without breaking your flow.
- Use the marker to highlight or color, the lasso to select, and the eraser to delete entire strokes or precisely defined content.

• Write, type and draw freely in a Nebo Note:
- Enjoy an infinite canvas ideal for brainstorming and freeform note-taking.
- Pan around and zoom in or out for a fresh perspective.
- Use the lasso to select, move, copy, delete or resize content - and to convert handwriting to typed text.

• Switch to a Nebo Document for a responsive experience:
- Create and edit structured notes – your handwriting will automatically reflow as needed.
- Make edits, adjust layout, rotate your device or split your screen without worrying about readability.

• Enrich your notes:
- Personalize content using a range of pen types and page backgrounds.
- Add photos, sketches and smart objects like math and diagrams.
- Handwrite math equations and matrices across several lines, solve simple calculations and copy math as LaTeX or image.

** LOVE FOR NEBO **
- “Perfect with Apple Pencil” (App Store)
- “For note-takers with needs that go beyond the basic” (TechRadar, 2019)
- Best App 2017 (CES Mobile Apps Showdown)

Nebo respects your privacy and never stores content on our servers without your explicit consent.

For help or feature requests, create a ticket at https://myscri.pt/support

Check minimum and recommended requirements for Nebo: https://myscri.pt/devices

¹You can use any compatible active or passive pen, including Apple Pencil, to write in Nebo. More details at https://myscri.pt/pens

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Notes Pro - Notebook, Handwriting & Vector Draw
Notes Pro - Notebook, Handwriting & Vector Draw

Notes Pro - Notebook, Handwriting & Vector Draw

Global Mobile Game Limited

Fully optimized for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil! Enjoy the most accurate work with Notepad Plus which is now compatible with Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro to use all the awesome features of your device!

Notes Pro is pen and paper right on your iOS devices exactly when you need them. Take notes, draw, make sketches, annotate PDFs, create lists and memos, export your notes, and discover other great features. From now on you can be more productive than ever!

CREATE & ANNOTATE
- Take notes in lectures, seminars, business meetings, and conferences
- Аnotate PDF documents
- Organize notes on a virtual board
- Quickly assign a unique title to each note
- Change the template of any note in seconds
- Protect sensitive notes with a password
- Always pick up where you left off with the autosave feature

CUSTOMIZE & EDIT
- Choose your template from 8 template galleries (Basic, Education, Lifestyle, Business, Sports, Games, Photo Frames, Music)
- Enjoy the editing options you're used to: easily cut, copy and paste any content
- Make the most of ink pens, highlighters and colors for true handwriting experience
- Zoom in and out to pay attention to details while sketching or drawing
- Add photos to make your notes more visually appealing
- Reorganize your notes with a drag-and-drop gesture, sort them by date created or modified
- Use the iPad keyboard to type your notes
- Experience all the advantages of maximum portability when using Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro
- Use your finger or stylus when writing or drawing
- Use Apple Pencil to create sketches or take notes without accidental marks or blots applying palm rejection function
- Adjust the palm rest to prevent marks
- Photo extension: mark up images right in your iPad's Photos app, use pens and highlighters to add notes and captions easily.

EXPORT & SHARE
- Share a page or the whole notebook
- Select a format (PDF or image) for better manageability
- Email, print, save to Photos or iTunes
- Export to Evernote or Dropbox
- Use the Quick Search to find important notes in an instance

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Draw and Diagram

For designers or those creating diagrams for work or school, a note-taking app that brings drawing capabilities is a no brainer. Sketch, draw, diagram, and keep it all together in your notes.

Paper by WeTransfer

Your note-taker, sketchbook, and diagramming tool.

Paper by WeTransfer

Swipe to stylize

For those who want to take simple notes, draw sketches, or annotate photos.

This one burst onto the scene and immediately became the darling of artists and non-artists alike. It is just so easy to pick up and start using, with or without a stylus. Its free price tag makes it an absolute must-download, though of course, in-app purchases unlock even more features. It's simply beautiful on the iPad's retina display and a pleasure to use.

Why we love it

Paper is simple to use and comes packed with a ton of useful tools that make note-taking, photo annotation, and drawing easy.

Linea Sketch

Sketch and Write With Ease

Linea Sketch

It is Simple

For those who want to write and sketch on iPad in an uncomplicated way.

Linea comes with a wide range of pre-defined colors or you can customize colors with a single tap. Auto-generated tints and shades are also included. Simplified layers are easy to merge or rearrange. A Touch Eraser allows you to wipe the screen clean with ease.

Why we love it

There's a lot of sketchpad apps on the App Store and Linea doesn't offer anything new in terms of the features it provides. However, if you're new to digital sketching, Linea is a great product to consider.