Note Taking reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 242 Reddit reviews across 23 subreddits and 48 posts to rank the best Note Taking brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/ipad, r/androidapps, r/NoteTaking, r/iPadPro, r/productivity. Top-rated brands include Goodnotes (4.5/5), Notability (4.5/5), OneNote (4.0/5).

Stats

Reviews242

Subreddits23

Posts48

Brands62

Products5

Top communities

r/ipad51 r/androidapps43 r/NoteTaking34 r/iPadPro31 r/productivity27

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Goodnotes

4.5

(35)

"I use GoodNotes for note taking or annotating maths/physics papers."

"GoodNotes is actually one time payment."

"I’m a GoodNotes app person."

"Goodnotes!"

"The one i like the most is goodnotes."

"Goodnotes."

"For handwritten, Goodnotes would be my pick."

"I bought the one time offer for GoodNotes 2-3 weeks ago, it’s a good deal if you have an iPhone and sync the notes with iCloud."

"I use GoodNote and I love it!!"

"GOODNOTES"

Notability

4.5

(20)

"I have been a big fan of Notability through the years."

"If you're willing to splurge a bit more, I really liked Notability."

"I’ve been using notability for the past 4 years and its goated."

"Either notability or good notes."

"I never really enjoyed anything as much as Notability."

"Notability."

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

"Notability, hands down."

"Notability"

"Notability is pretty good, I'm using it for university"

OneNote

4.0

(20)

"I use OneNote and it's truly a great catchall."

"1st choice- Microsoft OneNote. Love the organisation system."

"If you prefer whiteboards OneNote is free and a little better than Apple Notes for hand writing."

"One of the most flexible app is OneNote."

"Try OneNote, Nebo, and Touchnotes."

"I like OneNote."

"I use onenote purely because of its cross platform capabilities."

"If you can afford it. Surface with 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."

UpNote

4.3

(12)

"[UpNote](http://getupnote.com) was my clear winner."

"Is the best app for your needs."

"It has most of the features I need and also sync and cross device support."

"Without a doubt."

"Upnote, best alternative for evernote."

"UpNote."

"It has everything."

"But I ended up settling on UpNote and love it."

"It's not e2ee, but it's outstanding."

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

Obsidian

4.7

(11)

"Obsidian because of the document linking feature and numerous plugins."

"Obsidian + Zettelkasten for ideas and some templates for different context."

"Unbelievable flexibility and it truly becomes a mapping of your brain if used correctly."

"I love Obsidian because it stores files locally on my system."

"For note taking, I love obsidian.md"

"It's absolutely not an Evernote clone or alternative."

"Fully featured, free, notes are saved in storage in text format."

"Obsidian"

"Obsidian is my tool of choice."

"Have you tried Obsidian?"

freenotes

4.4

(10)

"Freenotes. Hands down."

"I recommend Freenotes. I use it daily for multiple meeting and tracking daily progress."

"I use freenotes, it’s great tbh, doesn’t drain the battery much."

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

"Go for freenotes I am using since July it will fulfill all your needs."

"Freenotes is great."

"I use Freenotes."

"Freenotes. Especially after other apps started doing outrageous cash grabs."

"As others have mentioned I use Free Notes."

"You can try freenotes noteful or collanote."

Notion

4.3

(10)

"I personally like notion, there are premade templates as well that you can edit."

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

"Notion will suit all of your needs that you've mentioned."

"For professional work I use notion and it's very powerful while being free."

"I use notion for everything: daily life tasks, hobbies and keeping track of them."

"Notion for students, Evernote or Microsoft Onenote for Professionals."

"I enjoy Notion for students, it's easy, versatile and highly customizable."

"If you are not familiar, check out Notion."

"Notion"

"For web experience."

Apple Notes

4.0

(10)

"Apple Notes is just simply far superior."

"At least is Apple Notes the best choice for me."

"Apple Notes. Audio transcription, Apple Pencil support, syncs with all Apple devices."

"I ended up sticking with apple notes after trying good notes."

"Apple notes does a good job."

"If you're apple only: Apple Notes"

"Primarily handwriting: Apple Notes."

"Apple notes is the best for notes."

"Give the default Notes app a shot and see how it suits your needs."

"Apple notes is perfect…except for the ability to highlight."

Noteful

3.9

(10)

"Noteful with one time payment (5 $) is the best!"

"Noteful is really nice."

"Came here to recommend Noteful too."

"I suggest Noteful :) !"

"Noteful/Nebo/Onenote."

"Noteful is my go to."

"I use noteful. $5 for lifetime access and has tags like apple notes."

"Noteful is great. Check it out!"

"I stick with paid noteful."

"Noteful and Nebo."

#10

Flexcil

4.9

(8)

"Flexcil is the best I found especially the dark mode feature nothing has it beside flexcil"

"I recently switched from Samsung notes to Flexcil."

"I'd say Jnotes but if your focus is more on PDF annotations, I say flexcil."

"If you wanna mostly work on annotating textbooks, slides, and pdfs, flexcil has so much more capabilities."

"I used flexcil, easy to use + may voice recorder."

"Flexcil for pdfs until Bluebeam actually has a worthy android app."

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

"2nd choice- Flexcil. 2 in one note taker + pdf reader."

#11

Joplin

4.6

(7)

"Tried them all and settled on self hosted Joplin"

"Joplin has become my goto."

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

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

"Joplin"

"I’m a fan of Joplin."

"Free and Open Source."

#12

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: It emulates my daily routine."

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

"I'd recommend Amplenote for you in this case, based on my experience."

#13

NotesNook

4.0

(6)

"I'm a fan of Notesnook."

"It's NotesNook for me."

"NotesNook"

"It's cheap. Opensource and is E2EE, you can also self host it."

"It's open-source and it is cross platform."

#14

Google Keep

3.8

(6)

"Try **Google Keep** for simplicity."

"Try Google Keep."

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

"Google Keep is the best."

"Best for note organization."

"Gets the job done."

#15

Samsung Notes

4.4

(5)

"I always find myself going back to Samsung Notes. It's quick and easy to get something out of my head."

"The best one that I've tried that's also free is hands down Samsung Notes."

"Just use Samsung notes, second best note all after good notes for ipad"

"I use samsung notes itself"

"Use the inbuilt samsung notes. Works best with spen."

#16

Apple

4.2

(5)

"It’s awesome now and can auto clean up your handwriting, record/transcribe, do everything."

"Apple Freeform?"

"Start with the built-in Apple Notes app."

"Notes has come pretty far over the years. Worth a try."

"You can start by trying Apple Notes and see if it fits your needs."

#17

FoxyNotes

4.3

(4)

"Because it had the option to show folders right after launching the app."

"Its a simple and fast notepad with some cool features."

"They recently added a Windows and Mac version."

#18

Collanote

4.0

(4)

"Try noteful, collanote and freenote."

"Collanote is really good if you want a free notes app."

"I use Collanote currently. I like it for economics and business analysis"

"I use Collanote but I recommend it if you prefer to write your notes digitally."

#19

Supernote

5.0

(3)

"Both Supernote and Boox excel at these things."

"I prefer the Supernote for notetaking."

"I'm enamored with my Supernote."

#20

Notein

4.3

(3)

"It has everything that goodnotes has minus the fancy features."

"I'm using Notein."

"Notein for note-taking."

#21

Notewise

4.0

(3)

"Notewise!"

"Notewise."

"Notewise for notes!!"

#22

Noteshelf

5.0

(2)

"The best experience I’ve had is with noteshelf."

"Noteshelf - This is my go to app for note taking."

#23

Craft

4.5

3.0

(1)

"It is not really a note app, but a Markdown application."

#62

EscapeApp

3.0

(1)

"It has an infinite canvas."

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