Notability: AI Notes & PDF app

Name: Notability: AI Notes & PDF app
Rating: 4.8 (2135 reviews)
Author: Ginger Labs

Write, type, annotate, draw

Free · In-App Purchases

2.1k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

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4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Ginger Labs
Language

EN
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Size

413.2
MB

From your first lecture to your next big meeting, Notability helps you think, learn, and work better. Take handwritten notes, annotate documents, record audio, and stay organized in one place so your ideas are always clear, searchable, and ready when you need them. FREE DIGITAL NOTES FOR WORK & SCHOOL • Write, type, or sketch with digital ink, highlighters, and text tools. • Mark up anything: PDFs, textbooks, lecture slides, images, and more. • Combine handwriting, typed text, images, diagrams, and sketches on the same page. • Stay organized with customizable folders and subjects that grow with you. FOR PROFESSIONALS: WORK SMARTER AND SAVE TIME • Mark up documents, capture meetings, organize ideas, and present with confidence. • Import and handwrite on any document: PDFs, DOCs, presentations, reports, and more. • Fill out forms in the office or on a job site. • Combine handwriting, text, photos and documents in one place. • Record calls and meetings to transcribe voice in real-time. Audio is synced to your notes so nothing is missed. • Receive automated meeting notes, takeaways, and summaries. • Search handwriting, transcripts, text, and PDFs to quickly revisit decisions and action items. • Present notes, documents, and ideas in full screen, with a laser pointer to guide attention. • View and edit two notes side-by-side to stay focused and productive. • Share a PDF of your note in one tap. FOR STUDENTS: STUDY SMARTER AND ACE EXAMS • Take handwritten notes digitally or annotate lecture slides or your textbooks. • Record lectures and get instant audio transcripts and real-time summaries in your notes. • Audio recordings are synced to the exact moment you write in a note — perfect for lectures. • Import lecture slides, textbook PDFs, and assignments into organized folders and subjects. • Search across handwriting, typed notes, and transcripts to instantly find content from classes. • Study content from your note with personalized quizzes and flashcards to practice with active recall. • Chat with your notes to review concepts, clarify ideas, and prepare for exams. WORK YOUR WAY • Seamlessly switch between handwriting and typing. • Import files instantly and keep everything connected. • Share notes easily to collaborate or get feedback when needed. • Access your notes across iPad, iPhone, Mac, and the web. • Create beautiful notes using templates from the Notability Gallery. UPGRADE TO A NOTABILITY SUBSCRIPTION Notability is free to use. With an upgraded subscription, you can receive: • Unlimited note-taking • AI-powered productivity and study tools • Handwriting recognition and math conversion • Live Audio transcripts • Auto-backup and iCloud sync Download for free on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and web. Privacy Policy: notability.com/privacy Terms of Service: notability.com/terms

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MAJOR UPDATE
Notability for Business

Create Shared Libraries of notes your entire team can access in Notability 16. Collaborate on and off site in real time.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

2.1k Ratings

Editors’ Choice

We rely on this sleek, powerful notetaker to annotate documents, record lectures, sketch illustrations and more. With built-in iCloud support, it’s perfect for keeping notes, documents and doodles up to date across devices.
Notability really changed my note taking game completely to the better. I highly recommend.
02/11/2020

i dont care to have a nickname
As person who uses past papers as their preferable method of studying. I was able to use as many past papers as I needed without wasting time or money on printing them. And highlighting things is way easier now too
Notability really changed my note taking game completely to the better. I highly recommend.
02/11/2020

i dont care to have a nickname

As person who uses past papers as their preferable method of studying. I was able to use as many past papers as I needed without wasting time or money on printing them. And highlighting things is way easier now too
Great App! Some required improvements
19/03/2025

Tamim Koroni
When I first purchased the Lite subscription, I was very excited to start using it. All my school books and notes became almost exclusively on my iPad.I have been using the app now for well more than a month now and explored all the features that I can use. It has been amazing. With that being said, there are still a couple of features that I really wish the developers to add, because they will increase efficiency in class note taking:1- Adding a Table: Many exercises and topics require students to sometimes add a simple table. This feature is not available and therefore students have to draw them and since we are on Digital, it would make sense to be able to add a table and continue notetaking.2- Organising audio recordings: I have a problem where the audio recordings mic up the order as I download them. So instead of 1,2,3,4 they get downloaded as 2,1,4,3 for example. I have tried to download each audio alone but had the same problem. It would be great however to be able to add the audio to the note page itself (as in Powerpoint). This will save students time and effort of naming and organizing audio, further improving the user‘s experience.I hope the developers can add these two features in a future update. It’s not too much to ask for, right?
Great App! Some required improvements
19/03/2025

Tamim Koroni

When I first purchased the Lite subscription, I was very excited to start using it. All my school books and notes became almost exclusively on my iPad.I have been using the app now for well more than a month now and explored all the features that I can use. It has been amazing. With that being said, there are still a couple of features that I really wish the developers to add, because they will increase efficiency in class note taking:1- Adding a Table: Many exercises and topics require students to sometimes add a simple table. This feature is not available and therefore students have to draw them and since we are on Digital, it would make sense to be able to add a table and continue notetaking.2- Organising audio recordings: I have a problem where the audio recordings mic up the order as I download them. So instead of 1,2,3,4 they get downloaded as 2,1,4,3 for example. I have tried to download each audio alone but had the same problem. It would be great however to be able to add the audio to the note page itself (as in Powerpoint). This will save students time and effort of naming and organizing audio, further improving the user‘s experience.I hope the developers can add these two features in a future update. It’s not too much to ask for, right?
It’s pretty good, but some other apps have some advantages too
13/06/2021

ThatMed_Student
Hey GingerLabs, I’ve been using the app for quite some time now, and I also tried some of the other apps too. And i have some requests if possible? ..Could you make the laser pointer available even when I’m not screen sharing? I sometimes like to just temporarily circle notes or scribble points over my notes while revising, and would love to use the laser pointer to do it, have it on for a variable amount of time, and then have the words disappear..Could you decrease the size of the exported PDF. The large PDF files are extremely cumbersome to transfer. You could give us options for what features we want in our exported file, to determine file size
It’s pretty good, but some other apps have some advantages too
13/06/2021

ThatMed_Student

Hey GingerLabs, I’ve been using the app for quite some time now, and I also tried some of the other apps too. And i have some requests if possible? ..Could you make the laser pointer available even when I’m not screen sharing? I sometimes like to just temporarily circle notes or scribble points over my notes while revising, and would love to use the laser pointer to do it, have it on for a variable amount of time, and then have the words disappear..Could you decrease the size of the exported PDF. The large PDF files are extremely cumbersome to transfer. You could give us options for what features we want in our exported file, to determine file size

• Improvements to the cross platform experience on Notability Cloud • Improvements to laser tool tail behavior on Notability Cloud. Older laser strokes will now show while making new ones. • Bug fixes and performance enhancements Thanks for using Notability!

Version 16.1.1 2 days ago

Subscriptions

Notability Lite

Unlimited note-taking

QAR 19.99
Notability Plus

Unlock Learn, handwriting recognition and math support

QAR 29.99
Notability Lite

Unlimited note-taking

QAR 49.99
Notability Plus

Unlock Learn, handwriting recognition and math support

QAR 69.99
Notability Pro

Live Transcription, Smart notes and unlimited Learn

Free Trial

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Provider: Ginger Labs, Inc.
Size: 413.2 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 20 more

English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Notability Plus QAR 69.99

Notability Lite QAR 19.99

Notability Lite QAR 49.99

Notability Plus QAR 29.99

Notability Plus QAR 69.99

Notability Pro QAR 69.99

Notability Pro QAR 399.99

Notability Plus QAR 99.99

Notability Plus QAR 49.99

Notability Lite QAR 49.99

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Notability really changed my note taking game completely to the better. I highly recommend.

Great App! Some required improvements

It’s pretty good, but some other apps have some advantages too

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Family Sharing

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