Dedicated to every extraordinary and unique seeker of knowledge.
MarginNote 4 incorporates cutting-edge techniques and theories to enhance cognitive processes and learning efficiency. It supports various learning stages including previewing, in-class participation, post-class comprehension, practice, and memorization. By leveraging advanced theoretical methods, it simplifies the replication of successful learning experiences.
Dynamic Space for Critical Thinking
• Quick Extend Note: Instantly expand the writing space next to paragraphs, to add personal insights, related materials, or questions.
• Multiple Handwriting Layers
Active Learning by Doing
• Study Set: Advance your learning project. Explore the connections between the materials. Support PDFs, MP4s, EPUBs, MP3s, etc.
• Book Compile: Craft your book in real-time. Mix and match pages.
• Bi-article comparison: Bind closely related materials into one view.
• Distraction-free Mode
• High-performance OCR engine on book layout and text recognition.
• Connect to External Document Source: Access files from any location (Zotera/USB drive...) without copying.
• High-performance Full-text Search Engine
Connect and Reflect with Visual Learning
• Mind Map: Tree-like framework. Cards repurposed with attention.
• Concept Diagram: Use links or gestures to create cross-structural summaries.
• Infinite sized canvas for sketching in mind maps.
• Auto layout for strokes by the branch style. Hide selected strokes with one click.
• 10 mind map branch styles.
• Outliner: Easily edit, select, and control the text nodes.
• Card Board: Classify cards according to colors and tags. Visualize the cards in a Zettelkasten-styled card board layout.
Strategic Notetaking: Relieve Your Germane Cognitive Load
• Custom Toolbar: Let highlighting/annotating become a knowledge encoding process. Colors, labels, and cloze to denote different concepts.
• Content Detection: AI-powered on-demand auto-extraction (formula, chart...) from academic papers.
• Zettelkasten: Card note Markdown supported
• Automated Generation of Mind Maps: Based on up to 10 properties such as labels and colors.
A Knowledge Bridge From What You're Learning to What You've Learnt
• Multiple contextual view combinations. Support real-time internet search.
• Keyword Title Link: Assess past notes by keywords and colors. Auto match previously studied contents.
• Context Backlink: Easily create notes with note-taking trajectory, including cards, page numbers, mind map positions, and stroke timestamps.
Spaced Repetition for long-term memory.
• Inplace Flashcard Editor: Make flashcards with excerpts in one step using the front/back flashcard editor.
• FSRS spaced repetition: Schedule reviews with the latest algorithm
Demo, Share, and Collab
• iCloud note sync across all platforms
• Backtrack via cross-application URL scheme. Support community plugins.
• Adapt to multi-monitor/multi-window views with drag and drop.
• Visible operations in presentation mode. URL sharing for the frozen frame of an operation.
• End-to-end Sharing: Public-key encryption ensures that the study set cannot be distributed without your permission.
Tiers of Membership
Basic:
Take smart notes! Brand-new book reading and quick extend notes for free. Study set read-only for free.
Pro:
Study like a Pro! Tap into iPad & Pencil's potential to support learning. Keep up with the latest hardware features. Leverage Apple Silicon for OCR and AI model, with one-time purchase.
Max:
No need to purchase iPad, Mac, or future devices separately. Introducing Max for all Apple devices! Embrace the future of paperless learning with addtional professional and academic features. One-time purchase or choose Semester to subscribe Max upgrade from Pro.
14-Day Free Trial
For more details just email service@marginnote.com.
Terms of Use:
https://dist.marginnote.cn/MarginNote_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf
Privacy Policy:
https://dist.marginnote.cn/MarginNote_Privacy_Policy.pdf
Show less
Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
🤖
This app hasPowerful OCR function that makes everything easy to search and note
🧠
This app hasHelps organize thoughts and information, especially for those with ADHD
📚
This app hasEnables digesting information from multiple sources (PDFs, ebooks, web, etc.)
🗂️
This app hasKeeps sources and context with ideas while organizing them into hierarchies
🔍
This app hasHelpful for academic research work
Negative highlights
⚠️
This app hasFrequent crashes and bugs
📚
This app hasLack of comprehensive documentation and instructions, especially for new features
🔄
This app hasIssues with file migration and syncing across devices
💰
This app hasPricing concerns, especially for long-time users
🔍
This app hasLimited search functionality (e.g., no NOT operator, limited search terms)
🖌️
This app hasDisappearing annotations when using the extend function
🔍
This app hasDifficulty finding support and English-language documentation
What's New in MarginNote 4
4.1.12
December 6, 2024
1. Fixed the crash issue in the research feature from the previous version.
2. Added support for:
• Viewing mind map handwriting linked to cards in the grouped Kanban view.
• Viewing mind map handwriting linked to cards in the review view.
3. Fixed several other minor issues.
Impossible to import margin note v3 notes to margin note v4 cloud, they only ever import to the local folder, and there is no way to move them from the local folder to the iCloud folder. Disappointing. This issue has persisted the entire margin note v4 release cycle. Support is useless. This makes this app useless. If you are on v3 stay on v3