Free Windows Software filtered by 'Handwritten Notes and Note-taking'

Browse 31 Free Windows Software filtered by 'Handwritten Notes and Note-taking' on AlternativeTo with popular options like Windows and Windows + Free.

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  1. Obsidian icon
     1124 likes

    Obsidian is a note-taking app that lets you create a personal knowledge graph with ease. It is designed for non-linear thinking and allows you to easily link your notes together wiki-style.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • AppImage
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    4.7
    Excellent172 reviews
  2. Evernote icon
     2485 likes

    Cross-platform app for creating and organizing notes from text, web pages, images, and voice memos. Offers security features and integrates with various tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
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    99 alternatives
    2.8
    Poor56 reviews
  3. Google Keep icon
     840 likes

    Multifunctional cross-device tool captures ideas, lists, voice/photo notes. Features color coding, geo-fencing, checklists, and cloud sync.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Android Wear
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    126 alternatives
    3.7
    Good35 reviews
  4. Microsoft OneNote icon
     1141 likes

    Microsoft OneNote, part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot, is a digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. It also offers shared notebooks, syncing between multiple computers and devices via Windows...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
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    178 alternatives
    3.3
    Fair41 reviews
  5. Xournal++ icon
     194 likes

    Handwritten notes and PDF annotation app with pen input, shape drawing, customizable toolbar, image insertion, audio recording, and multi-platform support.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    62 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent31 reviews
  6. AFFiNE icon
     116 likes

    Open-source, privacy-focused workspace merging notes, tasks, project management, Kanban, Pomodoro timer, interactive whiteboard, and real-time collaboration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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    Write your way to better productivity
    166 alternatives
    3.3
    Fair10 reviews
  7. Butterfly is a note-taking app where your ideas come first. You can paint, add texts, and export them easily on every device. This app works on android, windows, linux, and in the web.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • AltStore
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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    48 alternatives
  8. Lockbook icon
     20 likes

    End-to-end encrypted notes, sketches, and files synced across devices with no personal info collected, using open-source, native apps for privacy and security.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Self-Hosted
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    74 alternatives
  9. Rnote icon
     38 likes

    Rnote aims to be a simple but functional note taking application for freehand drawing or annotating pictures or documents. It eventually should be able to import / export various media file formats.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. Saber icon
     32 likes

    A (work-in-progress) cross-platform libre notes app. Please note that this app is still in early stages and not ready to trust with your notes yet.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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  11. NoteLedge icon
     197 likes

    Capture inspiration from the web, organize ideas in one place, create mood boards, make sketches, and share with multimedia aids for creative projects.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    85 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent17 reviews
  12. Zoho Notebook icon
     91 likes

    Web-based note-taking tool with sync, multimedia support, real-time collaboration, checklist creation, cloud integration, AI-powered features, handwriting, and mobile compatibility.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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    327 alternatives
  13. NoteKit icon
     21 likes

    This program is a structured notetaking application based on GTK+ 3. Write your notes in instantly-formatted Markdown, organise them in a tree of folders that can be instantly navigated from within the program, and add hand-drawn notes by mouse, touchscreen or digitiser.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    48 alternatives
  14. xournal icon
     74 likes

    Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  15. GoodNotes icon
     76 likes

    Easily take notes on mobile devices, annotate PDFs, and organize in folders. Handwritten notes are searchable and sync across devices with iCloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    72 alternatives
    3.6
    Good7 reviews
  16. SpeedyNote icon
     2 likes

    SpeedyNote is a fast, open-source note-taking application designed for stylus users who need iPad-quality annotation on budget hardware. Built with native C++ and Qt, it delivers 360Hz stylus input on hardware as modest as an Intel Celeron N4000 at 1.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPad
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  17. Write is a word processor for handwriting, designed primarily for tablets with an active stylus. Write has the functionality of a vector drawing application, plus a unique set of tools which ease the editing of handwritten text.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad
    • iPhone
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    36 alternatives
  18. Samsung Notes icon
     7 likes

    With Samsung Notes you can create notes containing texts, images with footnotes, voice recordings, and music. Moreover, you can share your notes easily to SNS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
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    40 alternatives
  19. Jarnal icon
     13 likes

    Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    75 alternatives
  20. Muenzo icon
     2 likes

    Muenzo is a visual note-taking app to capture ideas, organize thoughts and bring your creativity to life, an offline and powerful alternative to Miro and Milanote.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
    Think, Create, Publish on Canvas
    Structure your sources and ideas visually
    Embed all content in one canvas
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  21. Bamboo Paper icon
     6 likes

    Bamboo Paper, a seriously fun new app from Wacom, provides you with the ability to create virtual notebooks for your tablet, letting you share your ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  22. AINotes icon
     1 like

    AINotes is an open-source notebook application similar to OneNote but focused on improving the experience for students.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    1 alternatives