NightPDF AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Note-taking Tools

The best Note-taking alternative to NightPDF is Xournal++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to NightPDF and eight of them are Note-taking Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Note-taking Tool alternatives to NightPDF are Linwood Butterfly, xournal, Skim and Drawboard PDF.

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  1. Xournal++ icon
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    Xournal++ (a fork of Xournal) is a handwriting Notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with platform independent GTK, supporting Linux, e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Suse, macOS and Windows 10. Supports Pen input like Wacom Tablets.

    50 Xournal++ alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Xournal++ Features

    1.  Handwritten Notes
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Support for styluses
    4.  Handwriting
    5.  Export to PDF
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  LaTeX Math
    8.  Pen Support
    9.  Pressure Sensitivity
    10.  Freehand Writing
    11.  Multi layer drawing
    12.  Audio with notes
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  2. Linwood Butterfly icon
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    Butterfly is a note 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.

    40 Linwood Butterfly alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • AltStore
    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Handwritten Notes
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  End-to-End Encryption
    8.  Portable
    9.  Cloud Sync
    10.  Decentralized
    11.  Handwriting
    12.  Built-in Note Taker
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    • Linwood Butterfly is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NightPDF.

    • Linwood Butterfly is Free and Open SourceNightPDF is also Free and Open Source
    • Linwood Butterfly is Privacy focused and LightweightNightPDF is not according to our users
  3. xournal icon
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    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.

    49 xournal alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    xournal Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Handwritten Notes
    3.  Edit PDF
    4.  Support for styluses
    5.  Drawing Tablet Support
    6.  Sketching
    Discontinued

    It hasn't been updated since 2017, but there is an active fork Xournal++ icon Xournal++

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  4. Skim icon
     91 likes

    Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

    84 Skim alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Note extraction
    4.  Export annotations
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  5. Drawboard PDF icon
     12 likes

    The top AEC PDF app to markup and manage drawings and documents. Ideal for replacing pen and paper, avoid printing documents again by using our intuitive feature set that makes marking up a PDF easy. Open or create a new PDF, markup using our extensive array of tools, then save...

    52 Drawboard PDF alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    Drawboard PDF Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Handwritten Notes
    3.  Portable
    4.  Handwriting
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  6. iAnnotate icon
     3 likes

    With iAnnotate you can read, annotate, and share PDFs, Microsoft Office files, images and web pages!

    42 iAnnotate alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    iAnnotate Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Sync with Onedrive
    3.  Search-in-files
    4.  Sync with iCloud
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Side-by-Side View
    7.  Apple Pencil support
    8.  Voice Recording
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  7. modern computer flatboat icon
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    modern computer flatboat is a mobile pdf viewer written in Qt and using MuPDF's libfitz.

    71 modern computer flatboat alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    modern computer flatboat Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Fullscreen support
    3.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.8.32, released in January 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  8. GoodWriter icon
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    Good Writer is a must-have app for anyone who reads or annotates PDF documents or want to create or edit notes and formal documents in open standard format which can be opened and edited in any standard word processor like Pages, Microsoft Word or Open Office.

    20 GoodWriter alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    GoodWriter Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Handwritten Notes
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