Notability Alternatives and Similar Software

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote, part of the Microsoft Office Suite, 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 Live online storage, and optical character recognition (OCR) for getting a text from pictures, business cards, etc. An online version, https://alternativeto .

• Handles PDFs by converting to screenshots, which eliminates all the advantages of the PDF format (text search, vectorial graphics, lightweightness...). Guest • Jul 2019 • 20 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• too simple and halfbaked on android Guest • Mar 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• You cannot record your classroom session and have the notes you take appear as the professor is talking, you cannot search for words that you've taken, you cannot slip the screen (eg see the powerpoint on one side and take your notes on the other). Guest • Aug 2019 • 9 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• OneNote doesn't handle editing of PDF's as easily. It requires file conversion and doesn't intuitively save annotations over the pdf being edited. Guest • Jul 2018 • 27 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Same draw and text anywhere functionality. It also supports PDF annotation and sync backup. Guest • Feb 2018 • 11 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire

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NoteLedge

NoteLedge provides a workspace for collecting information from multiple sources, connecting thoughts, and quickly tracing references. Organize notes, annotations, and excerpts from PDF documents and web pages all in one place. This digital notepad provides powerful multimedia and creative tools for creating interactive notes and presenting works straight from a smart device. This is an essential app for project planning, creative thinking, writing research papers, and documentation.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Android Tablet iPad

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Zoho Notebook

Online Notebook application: Zoho Notebook lets you combine text, images, audio, video, RSS feeds, documents and much more. Online Collaboration: You can share a single image or selection of text from a page rather than the whole document, giving the author absolute control over what information is shared with others. Notebook also provides real-time collaborative editing. Firefox plug-ins for instant web clipping; Skype integration for instant chat and IP telephony.

• Notability is very focused on handwritten notes and sketches. Zoho Notebook is way off in this comparison Guest • Jun 2019 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Free Personal Mac Linux Web Android iPhone ... Apple Watch

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WizNote

WizNote is a Note software, which is especially designed for Internet users and mobile Internet users. WizNote focuses more on notes of rapid collection, management, reading and sharing. WizNote is smaller, more stable, and more suitable for computers, phones and mobile devices. It has a more abundant notes organization and rapid fulltext retrieval. Using associated online service, you can synchronise the notes between your computer and your cell phone.

• Notability is all about taking handwritten noted and annotating pdfs by hand - not the closest thing in terms of notability Guest • Dec 2019 Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad

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MetaMoJi Note

MetaMoJi Note, previously Note Anytime, is a powerful notetaker, PDF annotation tool, and a digital scrapbook for your life. Capture your ideas anytime with advanced handwriting recognition and handwriting to text conversion, or annotate Office and PDF documents. Use the app as a high resolution sketchbook with a vast color wheel palette, pastel colors and advanced calligraphy pens. MetaMoJi Note is a virtual whiteboard for sketching, annotation, scrapbooking or digital mashup.

• it has almost all Notability 's features and even more ... Guest • Oct 2019 • 4 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• This is as close as it gets, maybe not as clean at Notability, but so far seems to have all the correct functions Guest • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Great note management, pdf editing, zoom writing, and works across ios, android and windows 10 with cloud syncing notes Guest • Dec 2015 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Freemium Windows Android iPhone Windows S Android Tablet ... iPad Kindle Fire

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GoodNotes

GoodNotes for iPhone and iPad is a notetaking app with the theme of "digital paper." It's usable for all your handwritten notes and formerly paper-based information. Take handwritten notes in digital, multi-media notebooks or annotate PDF, PowerPoint, and Word documents. All notes are searchable. Enjoy the freedom of handwriting: Write and sketch with your finger or a stylus on digital paper & imported documents.

• There is no ability to record. Also, they have discontinued support for previous versions and forced users to upgrade without notice. I bought GoodNotes 4 and it stopped working within 3 months. Notability also has issues, and there is no dependable note taking app at the moment. OneNote seems good, but can't record while taking notes at the same time, unless using separate apps, and it has a clunky interface. Guest • Mar 2020 Disagree   Agree
• Because you can do almost anything that notibility allows you to do. Guest • May 2020 Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ iPhone iPad

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Squid

Take handwritten notes naturally on your Android tablet, phone, or Chromebook supporting Android apps! With Squid you can write just like you would on paper using an active pen, passive stylus, or your finger. Easily markup PDFs to fill out forms, edit/grade papers, or sign documents. Import images, draw shapes, and add typed text to your notes. Quickly select, copy/paste, and move content between pages and notes.

Freemium Android Chrome OS Android Tablet Kindle Fire

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wreeto

{ wreeto } is a fast, cluttered-free knowledge organisation toolset. With { wreeto }, you can: - Take Notes: Write everything down in markdown format and quickly search to find data. - Create your own categories: Organise information in folders and subfolders. Re-organise as you wish for fast retrieval. - Easy, secure public sharing: Just press a button and a random impossible-to-guess link will be generated for you to share to the public. Revert to private access easily, anytime.

Freemium $ $ $ Web Software as a Service (SaaS)

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notesmartly

Currently not up to date. Has not been updated to run on IOS 11 or above. Notesmartly is a free app which makes organizing your stuff a breeze .Notebooks, ability to draw using Scribbpads, Wideboards to collaborate in real time and more. It lets you take notes be it text note, image note, audio note or video notes and chat within a document all in one place. Create tasks within a document, your to-do lists, scanned documents and task planner all in one place.

Free Mac iPhone iPad

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Stylus Labs Write

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 set of tools which ease the editing of handwritten text. This is made possible by grouping pen strokes into lines, much like typed text in a word processor. Handwritten text can be reflowed when words are deleted or space is added for new words. Bookmarks are labeled with handwriting.

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