Best note-taking app on Reddit

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GoodNotes

4.7

(109)

"Goodnotes 5 specifically for iPhone and iPad."

"I’ve used Good notes for an entire semester of college and have easily written 400+ pages."

"Goodnotes. $29 for the lifetime license, incredible feature set."

"Goodnotes."

"I found goodnotes has been my greatest investment of this year."

"Goodnotes is awesome."

"One note is good but I moved to Goodnotes and I am very happy with it."

"I love GoodNotes."

"GoodNotes is great! Been using it for over 5 years!"

"I think GoodNotes is the best one."

Notability

4.6

(57)

"For me, it is Notability."

"I use Notability at school and I love it."

"Notability."

"Notability is amazing for me and is perfect for all notes!"

"I suggest Notability. even though its a subscription based app, i think its much better than goodnotes."

"Notability."

"Has all the features you ask for plus the ability to import lecture slides."

"My go to app is notability if i’m being honest."

"Notability, hands down. Simplest to learn the basics and advanced tools."

Obsidian

4.6

(54)

"Obsidian."

"I love Obsidian. It's simple - to me, simpler than Notion or Evernote."

"I’ve recently started using Obsidian. It’s really great and versatile."

"Obsidian and if you still want to write with the pencil use the plugins Excalidraw or Ink."

"Obsidian, it’s free for personal use and I love how I can make my notes look."

"I like obsidian."

"Obsidian because of the document linking feature."

"Obsidian + Zettelkasten for ideas."

"Obsidian all the way"

"Obsidian. Unbelievable flexibility and it truly becomes a mapping of your brain."

Notion

4.4

(44)

"Notion has the drop down feature and syncing across multiple platforms."

"I use Notion for literally everything - its so good for meeting notes."

"Notion will suit all of your needs."

"Notion! You can build as deep as you want on there, tasks, reminders, assign people, add notes, change up the styling, and there's plug ins, you can build almost anything."

"If you are not familiar, check out Notion. I started using it a while ago and I am in love."

"Notion is hands down the best!"

"I use notion for work, obsidian for storing knowledge."

"Notion"

OneNote

4.1

(43)

"OneNote imo is the best."

"OneNote treated me well. Available across platforms."

"For your iPad, your best bet is OneNote using your school's Microsoft 365 account."

"My classmates like OneNote on their iPads."

"OneNote."

"ONENOTE for sure"

"I used onenote. A notebook for each class."

"ONENOTE Literally an online notebook you can make tabs for sections."

"OneNote! - it's easy to use for someone na tamad aralin ang interface."

"Onenote is the best."

Apple Notes

4.1

(42)

"I’m back to Notes from Apple."

"Considering Apple Notes is free and native."

"Apple Notes has improved so much over the years."

"Apple Notes honestly has been so great for me."

"After using many, I have found Apple Notes to be the best choice."

"Apple Notes."

"Absolutely with no doubts Apple Notes (>iOS 17)"

"Tried loads of different ones and always end up back on Apple Notes."

"Simple, Apple Notes lol."

"I really only use apple notes."

Noteful

4.5

(26)

"Noteful. It takes everything GoodNotes does and improves it."

"Noteful has the best apple pencil writing experience imo."

"I recently got noteful and imo it's better than goodnotes & notability."

"Its a one time payment for the pro version and has all the features I need for daily note-taking."

"I use an app called Noteful which is a one off purchase and is great"

"Give Noteful a shot. I love using it for work and school."

"Noteful is great. Check it out!"

"Literally there’s nothing wrong with it and it has a one-time purchase"

"Noteful!"

"Noteful is my main note taking app."

CollaNote

4.6

(18)

"I use Collanote and love it."

"COLLANOTE."

"Collanote bc it’s free"

"From my perspective, CollaNote is a great choice for students looking for a digital note app."

"Collanote easily."

"CollaNote is just incredible."

"I use collanote! Didn’t want to dish out the payment for notability/goodnotes."

"CollaNote. It's not as popular as the others but the amount of features available for free."

"CollaNote ! Great UX and by a student for students!"

"Colla note. Best free note taking app"

Nebo

4.5

(17)

"Nebo hands down."

"Nebo is my favorite. Not a subscription, but you can purchase the full version fairly cheap."

"Nebo has been awesome for this."

"Nebo for sure."

"I use Nebo and am very happy with it."

"Nebo is the king when the problem is handwriting."

"Big fan of Nebo personally."

"Nebo, noteful and the classic Onenote."

"Nebo. It has the best handwriting recognize."

"Nebo is great, cross platform aswell."

#10

Google Keep

4.1

(18)

"Google Keep is the best."

"For general notes and thoughts and checklists and ideas, Google Keep"

"Nothing beats Google Keep"

"For day-to-day use, I like Google Keep."

"I feel google keep is pretty simple for daily life."

"I stick with a combo of Google Keep for quick notes and reminders."

"For personal stuff, Google Keep is perfect for quick notes."

"Google Keep works for me for quick, brief, or temporary notes."

"Google keep"

"It's by Google and great for basic notes."

#11

Joplin

4.3

(16)

"Joplin is my favorite!!! EverNote makes every note proprietary."

"Joplin is free and open source, and works great!"

"I’m a fan of Joplin. Use it extensively for work and school."

"I believe Joplin is the best note taking all across all platforms."

"I use Joplin for just about everything."

"Joplin"

"Either Joplin with sync to one drive or triliumnext notes self hosted."

"Free and Open Source."

"Take a look at Joplin for notes."

#12

Notein

4.2

(13)

"N ive been using Notein for 3 years now n it’s so good."

"Notein is great, I used the free version for a long time but then I decided that was it, and bought the premium version."

"Criminaly underrated.check it out folks."

"Notein for note-taking/pdg reading"

"Notein for notes"

"Notein for notetaking"

"NoteIn supports Infinite canvas and you can link between stuff."

"Notein!"

"Note-In has very active development, layer support, the option of an unlimited canvas."

"Touchnotes, notein and flexcil"

#13

UpNote

4.1

(13)

"Upnote, without a doubt."

"Upnote."

"Worth it because it's useful on all my devices."

"UpNote."

"It has everything (except doing math for you like One Note does)."

"UpNote."

"I've tried them all practically. It's not e2ee, but it's outstanding."

"Solid and lightweight app, has all the features you expect plus more."

"Cross platform, very reasonably priced and easy to use."

"UpNote is something to look at for typed notes."

#14

Samsung Notes

4.3

(10)

"Samsung notes is great, especially the hand writing recognition."

"Great, especially the hand writing recognition."

"Samsung notes will always be the answer."

"I found Samsung's to be way more productive and easy to use."

"For me I love using Samsung notes."

"I use a combo of Samsung Notes, Nebo and Flexcil."

"I used Samsung Notes"

"Their notes app is good."

"Samsung notes is great for writing and annotating and exporting pdfs, no lag, many pens and customization features."

"Samsung notes is good"

#15

Freenotes

5.0

(8)

"Try freenotes it has almost all features and has good stability and is completely free!"

"Free notes app! Its has all the features you can find in good notes 6."

"Freenotes is free and has most of the things I need."

"Freenotes: use: completely free & best."

"Freenotes Completely free, completely."

"For me FREENOTES is really good and optimised app."

"I’ve been using freenotes. It has tones of features and honestly does everything I need for school."

"Definitely free"

#16

Apple

4.9

(8)

"Apple Notes is the best free App I've used."

"I use the built in apple notes app several hours a day in medical school."

"I love the notes app and it’s free with no syncing issues."

"Apple notes. I do my music notation, slide in voice memo, pdf, entire online classes from my Mac."

"Apple Notes is really good. It automatically corrects your handwriting, records audio while taking notes and gives a transcription of it."

"Apple Notes is much easier to keep organized."

"I find it hard to pay a monthly subscription when Apple notes is free."

"Search YouTube for how to use Apple Notes as a planner and implement the advice that makes sense for you."

#17

Microsoft

4.9

(7)

"OneNote has been my go to for years!"

"OneNote gets my vote 10/10 times, it's all I use."

"One Note. I use it on my PC, Android phone, Android tablet, iPad and Chromebook."

"I still like OneNote most."

"OneNote free, clients for Mac/PC."

"Syncs to all your devices, has great organizational options."

"It can sync between devices so it is convenient, typing writing whatever you want."

#18

Flexcil

4.3

(7)

"If you shift to Flexcil, its the best app out there."

"Try Flexcil👍🏻"

"Flexcil and Notein are very very similar and Flexcil has the dashed pen."

"Flexcil. daming features."

"Flexcil."

"Flexcil!"

"Touchnotes, notein and flexcil"

#19

AmpleNote

5.0

(6)

"The first result was AmpleNote. After that never looked to other tools."

"Amplenote is a hidden gem that works like a charm for all areas of life."

"I rely on AmpleNote’s Jot feature to quickly capture ideas, thoughts, or reminders."

"For Professional/Daily Life—AmpleNote."

"I use Amplenote. It works great for both my professional and personal works."

"I'd recommend Amplenote for you in this case."

#20

Bear

4.1

(7)

"Honestly, no one will mention it, but I fucking love bear."

"Bear."

"I like bear. No one ever mentions it."

"Update: i’ve found an app called “Bear” on the app store."

"Bear."

"I use Bear."

"Bear Notes App with smart tagging."

#21

Notesnook

4.0

(7)

"Notesnook"

"Notesnook and Standard Notes are FOSS, and I think you can even self-host them."

"Notesnook Premium, Standard Notes and Simple Note."

"You can try Notesnook."

"It's open-source and it is cross platform. It's a great note taking app, and you can use it for free."

"Is what you need."

"Notesnook might meet a lot of your requirements."

#22

Noteshelf

4.5

(6)

"I think it really comes down to the features you want. I've settled on Noteshelf for the time being."

"Currently my favorite is Noteshelf."

"Noteshelf"

"I've been using Noteshelf since I bought my tab S8U."

"Noteshelf."

"I work with this App from the first version."

#23

Microsoft OneNote

4.2

(6)

"I use OneNote. It can sync across all my devices, and has all the features, and absolutely free."

"OneNote can be a solid choice for both academic and professional scenarios."

"OneNote works well for the student/Professional functions."

"Microsoft One note."

"Microsoft OneNote is the best for me."

"One Note, Notion, Obsidian, Good Notes, and Bear are popular."

#24

Collanotes

4.4

(5)

"I love collanote"

"Collanotes!"

"Collanotes is great if you want a free version."

"Collanote went for the free app for a while but just ended up buying the one time payment."

"Collanote!"

#25

Notes+

4.8

(4)

"Notes+ is literally the best i’ve tried."

"[Notes+] app which looks = [Notes+ : Note-taking app PDF] in this way is free and has great features."

"Notes+ sounds like a game changer! I'm definitely giving it a try for my upcoming exams."

"Is Notes+ on Android? It will do all this."

#26

RemNote

4.8

(4)

"I'm using a software/app called Remnote."

"What you are probably looking for is Remnote if it is for academic purposes, learning and/or studying."

"I highly recommend looking into RemNote for typed notes."

"I like RemNote because it lets you create cuecards while taking notes."

#27

Element Note

4.5

(4)

"It’s super simple and I really like all of the customizations it has."

"Element Note. best kept secret! much better experience and so much cheaper than goodnotes."

"I like Element Note because of the pen selection."

"Element Note"

#28

Standard Notes

4.3

(4)

"I use StandardNotes, it is really fantastic."

"Standard Notes and/or Joplin. TBH, Joplin is very Evernote-like, but much better IMHO."

"Standard Notes, Nooknotes."

"Standardnotes, does encryption. but requires an account, but its pretty open."

#29

Saner.ai

4.0

(4)

"Can check out Saner.AI, it has note and task and reminder assistant with AI."

"AI second brand like Saner.ai or Obsidian plugin is pretty good."

"If you want to explore AI option, can check out Saner.ai."

"Can try Saner.ai, it has neat UI with AI"

#30

Logseq

4.0

(4)

"Logseq for sure."

"I like Logseq, open source"

"I think the following at worth checking out: - Logseq - Affine - Appflowy - Tangent Notes"

"I would recommend Logseq."

#31

Evernote

4.0

(4)

"Evernote for me."

"14 year Evernote user here. While it's gone through its ups and downs, it's been my go-to for personal and professional note-taking."

"I’m involved in an 8-year torrid love affair with Evernote."

"I used Evernote. It was good."

#32

kilonotes

4.0

(4)

"Recently, I found out about kilonotes, it's free."

"I think Kilonotes has it"

"Kilonotes"

"Try kilonotes pooo"

#33

Anytype

4.0

(4)

"You can checkout Anytype. Its like notion but has offline mode."

"Anytype"

"It's cross platform with may features and free."

"Try Anytype."

#34

Notewise

4.0

2.0

(1)

"ConniePad may be an option, but it lacks sync between iPad and Mac."

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