r/NoteTaking is a subreddit with 62k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses app, note taking, note app, note, and notes, and they frequently recommend/review notetaking app, note taking, and note-taking app.
This subreddit is a useful guide to see how others take notes and how you can take notes effectively yourself. Posts here range from informational to to pictures of your note pages and handwriting.
Posts with a "?" in the title will be automatically flaired as an unanswered question. If OP comments "Answered!" or "answered!" the post flair will changed to be answered.
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Popular Themes in r/NoteTaking
#1
Solution Requests
: "Looking for alternatives to notion"
28 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How can I describe my note taking style to find an app that best works for me?"
12 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "What is your personal pain point when you started out with note-taking?"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "i built a local-first note app and would love feedback from serious note takers"
3 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "trying to understand whether tools like tana are an actual shift in note taking or just another productivity cycle"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/NoteTaking
#1
App
: "Built an AI study App that actually handles diagrams, multiple sources, and lets you chat with your notes!"
49 posts
#2
Note Taking
: "I got tired of writing notes I never revisited, so I built this"
42 posts
#3
Note App
24 posts
#4
Note
: "Favorite Note pad apps for your phone?"
10 posts
#5
Notes
: "Tired of spending so much time in notetaking apps with tiresome systems for linking Notes, so had to get creative."
9 posts
#6
Tablet
6 posts
#7
Free
4 posts
#8
Android
3 posts
#9
: "Looking for a Notability alternative with strong Pdf annotation + web support"
3 posts
#10
Note Taking
: "Looking for a better GoodNotes alternative that works on Windows and Android"
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/NoteTaking
Notetaking App
42 reviews
#1
Obsidian
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Nebo
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Notion
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Note Taking
34 reviews
#1
OneNote
3.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
Goodnotes
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Noteful
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Note-taking App
32 reviews
#1
OneNote
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
Noteful
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Microsoft OneNote
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/NoteTaking
#1
Question: Unanswered ✗
: "How can I describe my note taking style to find an app that best works for me?"
62 posts
#2
App/Program/Other Tool
: "If you like organizing notes visually, you might love this"
49 posts
#3
Notes
: "Physical vs ipad"
44 posts
#4
Method
: "Finally figured it out!"
36 posts
#5
Video
: "A note-taking experiment without titles, folders, or tags"
4 posts
#6
Question: Answered ✓
: "the rabbit hole of notetaking apps"
4 posts
#7
Meta
: "Rule 3 Updated"
1 post
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Last updated: July 13, 2026