Notability: AI Notes & PDF app

Name: Notability: AI Notes & PDF app
Rating: 4.6 (56038 reviews)
Author: Ginger Labs

Write, type, annotate, draw

Free · In-App Purchases

56k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Ginger Labs
Language

EN
+ 20 More
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

Events

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

4.6

out of 5

56k 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.
Excellent up but just needs small minor updates
21/09/2019

Roro 339-2012
In my library I want to be able to sort notes the way I WANT THEM, not by dates or names. It is really bothering that I have to number each note so that I can control the editing 🤦‍♀️. Even when I want to open two notes together , in the note switcher instead of opening recent notes or searching for the note can’t it be searching through the library? Sometimes I want to open a note that I haven’t opened recently and I don’t recall its name so I have to go out and open that note then use the switcher for my previous note to add them both 🤷‍♀️One last thing that I used to enjoy having on another note app that I really hope it be here is the ability of writing outside the border of the slide! For example if one of the slides are filled with words and pic , and at the lecture I had to write notes beside that particular slide I have to open a new page beneath this slide. I want to be able to zoom out of this slide or even add the page BESIDE this slide ( preferably at the right of that slide) so that even if I wanted to put some arrows or add a continuation text to that slide I’d be able to do that in the same alignment not after the slide is done ( below it ). Please do take my suggestions,Thank you
Excellent up but just needs small minor updates
21/09/2019

Roro 339-2012

In my library I want to be able to sort notes the way I WANT THEM, not by dates or names. It is really bothering that I have to number each note so that I can control the editing 🤦‍♀️. Even when I want to open two notes together , in the note switcher instead of opening recent notes or searching for the note can’t it be searching through the library? Sometimes I want to open a note that I haven’t opened recently and I don’t recall its name so I have to go out and open that note then use the switcher for my previous note to add them both 🤷‍♀️One last thing that I used to enjoy having on another note app that I really hope it be here is the ability of writing outside the border of the slide! For example if one of the slides are filled with words and pic , and at the lecture I had to write notes beside that particular slide I have to open a new page beneath this slide. I want to be able to zoom out of this slide or even add the page BESIDE this slide ( preferably at the right of that slide) so that even if I wanted to put some arrows or add a continuation text to that slide I’d be able to do that in the same alignment not after the slide is done ( below it ). Please do take my suggestions,Thank you
Great but there is an issue
23/05/2021

Hamza_81
By far your app is one of the best in the market however, it lacks important features. Unfortunately the app doesn’t support creating a folder inside a folder etc. For example I could not do the following: creating a folder for my final year at university then inside it creating separate files one for each semester then inside each semester creating a folder for each subject and inside that folder I would put my files. Another issue is that I cannot select multiple pages from the same pdf file and delete them at once. I remember having a file with 30 unnecessary pages and I deleted the pages one by one. Hopefully this constructive criticism reaches you and hopefully you consider adding these features. Btw I’m not the only one complaining of this. Many of my friends will not switch to notability because of this.
Great but there is an issue
23/05/2021

Hamza_81

By far your app is one of the best in the market however, it lacks important features. Unfortunately the app doesn’t support creating a folder inside a folder etc. For example I could not do the following: creating a folder for my final year at university then inside it creating separate files one for each semester then inside each semester creating a folder for each subject and inside that folder I would put my files. Another issue is that I cannot select multiple pages from the same pdf file and delete them at once. I remember having a file with 30 unnecessary pages and I deleted the pages one by one. Hopefully this constructive criticism reaches you and hopefully you consider adding these features. Btw I’m not the only one complaining of this. Many of my friends will not switch to notability because of this.
Disappointing Experience with Notability
06/12/2024

R3mas45
I’ve been using Notability for the past two years, and I must say, my experience has been incredibly frustrating. Each year, I find that it deletes important documents that I’ve spent hours making notes on. It's heartbreaking to lose valuable information without any explanation. I’ve tried looking for those lost notes, but they seem to vanish into thin air.On top of that, the app lags significantly, especially when I’m in the middle of taking notes during a lecture or meeting. This lag makes it difficult to keep up, and it disrupts my workflow. I had high hopes for Notability, but these issues have made it nearly unusable for me.I really wanted to love this app, but the constant fear of losing my work and the frustrating lag have left me disappointed.
Disappointing Experience with Notability
06/12/2024

R3mas45

I’ve been using Notability for the past two years, and I must say, my experience has been incredibly frustrating. Each year, I find that it deletes important documents that I’ve spent hours making notes on. It's heartbreaking to lose valuable information without any explanation. I’ve tried looking for those lost notes, but they seem to vanish into thin air.On top of that, the app lags significantly, especially when I’m in the middle of taking notes during a lecture or meeting. This lag makes it difficult to keep up, and it disrupts my workflow. I had high hopes for Notability, but these issues have made it nearly unusable for me.I really wanted to love this app, but the constant fear of losing my work and the frustrating lag have left me disappointed.

• 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

SAR 24.99
Notability Plus

Unlock Learn, handwriting recognition and math support

SAR 34.99
Notability Lite

Unlimited note-taking

SAR 59.99
Notability Plus

Unlock Learn, handwriting recognition and math support

SAR 89.99
Notability Pro

Live Transcription, Smart notes and unlimited Learn

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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 SAR 89.99

Notability Plus SAR 34.99

Notability Lite SAR 24.99

Notability Plus SAR 89.99

Notability Lite SAR 59.99

Notability Pro SAR 399.99

Notability Plus SAR 59.99

Notability Pro SAR 89.99

Notability Plus SAR 99.99

Notability Plus SAR 89.99

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