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Note-Taking Apps

Note-taking apps can better help you manage notes, collect ideas and distill them to the world. Whether you're using it as a second brain, or as your daily post-it notes, to plan and plot out what thoughts you have, note-taking software can help unlock a better way of reducing reliance on your brain's memory. Many people use note-taking tools as a way to combat remembering things and hosting all of their ideas in one location. AI is making note-taking tools even more powerful, ideal for collating ideas and reflecting on brewed concepts. Here are all our recommendations for note-taking tools.

Tana logo
Sponsored

Tana is a powerful PKM note-taking app designed for advanced note-taking & beyond.

Craft logo
Editor's Choice

Craft is a personal and team documents application that creates beautiful docs.

Capacities logo

Capacities is a note-taking application with no folders and a focus on objects.

NotePlan logo

NotePlan is a unique note-taking app with a focus on calendar and tasks in one.

xTiles logo

xTiles makes for managing projects and tasks with your yourself and team members.

RemNote logo

RemNote is an advanced note-taking app popular with students for creating flashcards.

Scrintal logo

Scrintal wants to be a way to brainstorm your mind and capture your ideas & thoughts.

Twos logo

A light to-do list, calendar and note app ideal for remembering everything on mind.

Notion logo

Notion is an all-in-one workspaces for notes, projects, tasks, documents & calendar.

Recall AI logo

Recall AI wants you to summarize news, docs, media for recall and organization later.

Amplenote logo

A GTD users dream for managing notes, ranking your tasks and co-ordinating calendar.

Heptabase logo
Rising Star

Heptabase is a networked thought note-taking app designed for deep thinkers.

Napkin logo

A creative, simple visual note taking application to plan your thoughts and ideas.

Obsidian logo

Obsidian is a locally stored note-taking application with millions of PKM fans.

Bear Notes logo

Bear Notes is a minimal, markdown note-taking application perfect for iOS and Mac.

Anytype logo

Anytype is a privacy-focused, open-source, note-taking application for notes & PKM.

Evernote logo

Evernote is a note-taking application with tasks, calendar and AI features inside.

mymind logo

If Pinterest and Google Keep had a baby, it would be MyMind for notes and ideas.

Workflowy logo

Workflowy is an outliner based note-taking application with a way to connect notes.

Notesnook logo

Notesnook is an E2E note taking application with a focus of privacy and security.

Logseq logo

Logseq is a note-taking application with whiteboards, networked thought & graph.

Sublime logo

Sublime allows you to save your ideas, PDFs, links, videos and highlights.

AFFiNE Pro logo

AFFiNE Pro is a open source note-taking app coming after the likes of Notion.

Noteshelf logo

A note-taking application with range of features and customisation abilities.

Lazy logo

Lazy is a capture tool that can be used to quick capture ideas, bookmarks & uses AI.

Supernotes logo

A beautifully-designed note-taking tool that was originally developed for students.

Reflect Notes logo

Reflect Notes is a networked thought note-taking tool for notes, daily notes & tasks.

Goodnotes logo

Goodnotes is a iPad focused note-taking application with AI and handwriting tools.

Pocnote logo
New

Pocnote is an AI assistant for note-taking with voice notes & transcription.

Mem logo

Mem is an AI focused note-taking application with no folders and AI-chat for notes.

Agenda Notes logo

Agenda Notes is a note-taking app with calendar focus for managing dates & notes.

iA Writer logo

iA Writer is designed as a focused writing app that 2M users use worldwide.

Zinnia logo

Zinnia wants to be a creative way to do your journal, planner & more on iPad.

Apple Notes logo

Apple Notes is a note-taking that comes with all iOS and macOS devices for notes.

Inkdrop logo

Inkdrop is a markdown note-taking app popular with developers & code editing.

UpNote logo
Editor's Choice

UpNote is a simple way to handle notes, notebooks, add to-dos and categorize ideas.

Google Keep logo

Google Keep is the digital version of Post-it Notes created by the folks at Google.

Microsoft OneNote logo

Note-taking and organising app perfect for students, academics and general notes.

Notability logo

A popular with students, visual notes app with tons of Apple Pencil abilities.

Kortex logo
Rising Star

Kortex is a second brain note-taking application for notes, bookmarks & ideas.

ProNotes logo

ProNotes turns Apple Notes into a markdown, AI-writer like app for macOS users.

Cleft Notes logo
New

Cleft Notes turns your voice notes into written notes on iOS & macOS.

Standard Notes logo

Standard Notes is a secure E2E note-taking application with a simple markdown nature.

Moleskine Flow logo

Moleskine Flow is a creative drawing and note taking application for iOS users.

Apple Freeform logo

Apple Freeform is a collaborative whiteboard app for your team/friends with FaceTime.

Plume logo

Plume wants to be a super fast note-taking app for markdown lovers and note-takers.

Zoho Notebook logo

A notebook app for creating all kinds of notes and organise them accordingly.

Acreom logo

Acreom is a personal knowledge management tool using markdown in plain text.

Bublup logo

Bublup is the all-in-one organization and collaboration app that simplifies life.

Simplenote logo

Simplenote is an efficient light note-taking application and a Bear alternative.