MarginNote 4: AI Notes·MindMap

MarginNote 4: AI Notes·MindMap

Read & Flashcards All in One

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 12, 2024
  • July 24, 2026

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This app integrates reading, note-taking, mind mapping, and flashcards into a unified study environment. It supports active learning with features like study sets, book compilation, and dual-article views. Enhance your understanding with visual learning tools and AI-powered content extraction for long-term memory retention.

Integrated reading, note-taking, mind mapping, and flashcards
Quick Extend Note and Handwriting Layers for annotation
Study Set for organizing PDFs, EPUBs, videos, and audio
Mind Map and Concept Diagram for visual learning
AI Content Detection for formula and chart extraction
FSRS spaced-repetition algorithm for reviews
iCloud sync across Apple devices
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What's New in MarginNote 4

4.4.5

July 24, 2026

This update introduces a visual formula editor and Custom AI provider presets, continues refining AI Extract Questions, and focuses on improving the stability of plugins and Markdown editing. Formula & Markdown Editing - New MathLive visual formula editor, accessible via the ƒx button in the Markdown editing toolbar. It supports inserting inline and block formulas. - Formula editing can now be used in Markdown text boxes, document extend notes, mind map cards, and other scenarios. - Text boxes can now be switched between plain text and Markdown modes, and the last input mode is automatically saved. AI Extract Questions - Improved answer pairing for centralized answer key areas and pure-screenshot question cards, reducing issues such as missing answer cards or failed links. Question number relationships are now saved with the cards, supporting re-splitting and cross-session recovery. - Optimized full-book AI Breakdown for virtual documents and multi-document notebooks. Appended PDFs can also be included in the breakdown process, and the issue of skipping subsequent documents when no table of contents exists has been fixed. - Fixed an issue where a few pages of a newly created virtual document were incorrectly expanded into numerous processing segments. Pages clearly unsuitable for question recognition in appended documents are now skipped, reducing invalid AI requests and long wait times. - "Generate Title & Summary" has been adjusted to "Generate Title", allowing AI to generate concise key-point titles while preserving original question numbers as much as possible. - Question cards and answer cards no longer duplicate low-quality OCR text, reducing content duplication, blurriness, and noise with screenshots. - Streamlined the AI Breakdown settings panel. Custom AI - New Custom AI provider presets: selecting a preset automatically fills in the Base URL and recommended Mini/Normal models while preserving any previously entered API Key. - Enhanced compatibility testing for Custom AI. Other Optimizations & Fixes - Fixed issues such as consecutive crashes, loading failures, abnormal toolbar buttons, failed pause or resume, and some plugin features becoming unavailable caused by runtime changes to plugins. - Optimized handwriting rendering for large mind maps, now only processing strokes that intersect the currently visible area, reducing unnecessary computation and improving performance during zooming and scrolling. - Fixed a display issue with the floating AI chat window in full-screen document mode. - Fixed a state cleanup issue after canceling an AI conversation.

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阅读、笔记、回忆,进入同一个专注空间

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User reviews

这个软件太好用啦!

集齐各大笔记软件的优势于一体,强大的脑图直呼这是什么二十一世纪新发明,看文献做笔记的好搭子,不是托不是托

比较实用的笔记软件

用过苹果和win端的很多笔记软件,这是目前用过的比较好用的笔记软件,像ocr、脑图、摘录、折页、留白之类的功能,对科研人尤其文科生来说都很实用,构建知识库,买断会员还是挺值的。唯一的缺点是mac端不如pad端好用,页面、脑图的拖拽的操作过于繁琐,另外就是学术翻译如果可以接翻译引擎的话会更准确一些,自带的百度翻译和谷歌翻译精度有些不尽如人意。总的来说还是非常好用。

这闪卡功能超级难用啊

想制作一张卡太难了,做填空划重点的那个界面太小了,我没有电容笔简直没法用,图片遮挡也好难用啊,卡的答案页还给我带着一坨荧光笔干嘛,荧光笔就告诉你这块给我遮挡就好了啊。感觉作者自己都没用过就端上来了。标榜备考用的软件,想做一个例题的闪卡费九牛二虎之力太搞笑了。

Response from developer

您可以在软件内反馈与客服中联系我们,寻求更便捷的操作方法呢

功能建议

在不同设备云同步后会造成部分卡片脑图位置改变。卡片分组看版请在过滤中不要默认全选或至少加一个全部反选,否则项目过多只要其中1个很麻烦。 再有搜索卡片点击显示所在脑图都须排列縮放至合適大小,能不能直接显示不要调整。还有卡片手写时难免手触碰屏幕,能否不让卡片来回划动甚至手写一半划到别张卡片。

界面有点不一样。。

改 界面改了习惯之后太方便了
界面改了之后不习惯了,笔的图标不一样了,很多按钮的位置也变了,我想改回去。也找不到脑图在哪里了
哦找到了 但是不同的设备同步不了,确实显示了下载了比笔记但是看不到在哪

Response from developer

旧版笔形在设置旧版功能里开启,下载下来的应该在学习集列表有显示

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Disappearing annotations when using extend function

Bug

Inability to restore accidentally deleted mind maps

Bug

Inconsistent behavior with PDF file management

Bug

Requested Features

4 requests

Improved iCloud/cloud sync reliability

Feature

More intuitive and user-friendly interface

Feature

Better support for external document libraries

Feature

Ability to disable auto-excerpt selection

Feature

FAQ

What does MarginNote 4 do?

MarginNote 4 is a comprehensive study application that combines reading, note-taking, mind mapping, and spaced-repetition flashcards into a single workspace. It aims to help users preview, consolidate, practice, review, and remember information using proven study methods.

What are the key features of MarginNote 4?

Key features include Quick Extend Note for adding extra writing space, Handwriting Layers for managing ink, Study Sets for organizing various media types, Mind Maps and Concept Diagrams for visual learning, AI Content Detection for extracting academic data, and the FSRS algorithm for spaced repetition reviews. It also offers iCloud sync across Apple devices.

How much does MarginNote 4 cost?

MarginNote 4 offers a free 'Basic' tier with limited features. 'Pro' and 'Max' tiers are available as one-time purchases or upgrades, unlocking advanced features like on-device OCR, AI extraction, and multi-window support across all Apple devices. All plans include a 14-day free trial.

What devices is MarginNote 4 compatible with?

MarginNote 4 is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. It supports iCloud sync across these platforms, allowing users to access their study materials and notes seamlessly.

What are common use cases for MarginNote 4?

Common use cases include annotating PDFs and EPUBs, creating mind maps to visualize connections between ideas, generating flashcards for memorization, organizing research materials from various sources like Zotero, and preparing for exams through active recall and spaced repetition.