MarginNote 4: AI Notes·MindMap

MarginNote 4: AI Notes·MindMap

Read & Flashcards All in One

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 12, 2024
  • August 23, 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

4.4.6

August 23, 2026

This update adds an in-app Message Center and continues to improve AI Extract Questions, study set document management, Markdown text boxes, handwriting, version history export, and overall stability. AI Extract Questions - After AI Extract Questions is complete, use “AI Read-Through & Re-Breakdown” on chapters with unsatisfactory splitting. AI re-evaluates question or content-unit boundaries and rebuilds the cards from the original text. - Improved recognition of specially formatted documents, reducing separated choices, merged questions, and missed questions. Message Center - Added an in-app Message Center for official messages and product updates. Study Set Management & Backup - Added “Organize by Source Path” for study set documents, with collapsible hierarchies for local files, iCloud Drive, and external folders. - Missing source documents can now be re-linked. - Added duplicate card detection and repair for study sets. A protective backup is created before repairs are applied. - Study set backups can be exported without version history, with the five most recent versions, or with all versions. MarginNote Agent AI Breakdown (Lab) - MarginNote Agent organizes long documents chapter by chapter into structured mind maps. It supports General Breakdown, Original Book Structure, Key-Point Q&A, and Terminology Dictionary tasks. - Review and refine results chapter by chapter, and view or restore previous chapter versions. - Supports automatically applying card color styles. - MarginNote Agent uses MarginNote’s built-in AI service. Running tasks consumes MarginNote credits. - To use this feature, enable MarginNote Agent in Settings > Lab. Other Improvements & Fixes - Fixed Markdown text boxes failing to render, overflowing, disappearing, or displaying incomplete content. - Fixed font, color, and other formatting being lost after moving text boxes across pages. - Reduced memory usage when loading Markdown caches and large study sets. - The card editor now supports pasting copied handwriting strokes. - Improved handwriting rendering performance when zooming and scrolling large mind maps. - Fixed handwriting being incorrectly disabled after leaving Immersive Mode. - Fixed a potential crash after exiting handwriting mode. - Fixed automation settings for different excerpt tools overwriting one another. - Fixed compatibility issues affecting some mind map branch styles. - Fixed existing layouts and styles being reset when inserting a table of contents or grouped content. - Fixed incorrect PDF export ranges for collapsed pages. - Fixed crashes caused by invalid crop dimensions on certain malformed PDF pages. - Fixed an iPad issue where incorrect settings pop-up heights clipped the bottom input fields.

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Read more about 学习,从此更『沉浸』

学习,从此更『沉浸』

阅读、笔记、回忆,进入同一个专注空间

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User reviews

更新的字号问题

因为我文本一直用八号字体输入,更新之后之前的八号字体大小相对文档本身的来说外观没有变化,但是点进文本框可以发现字号都变成了3-5号,此时我再次输入最低只能选到8号字体,相对于文档来说就变得很大了,能否修复一下这个问题呢,或者有无可能增设更小的字体样式呢

闪退和bug

今天我弄思维导图,结果这个软件它不仅闪退,而且我的思维导图里面的摘出来的重点突然就全部不见了,突然就消失了,而且点击思维导图他不会和同步了顶多就是跳到首页,我不知道为什么会这样,能不能赶紧打个这个补丁优化一下呢?毕竟这样体验感真的差,差爆了

Response from developer

您可以在首页-更多-版本库里恢复历史版本看看,如果还有更多问题请在App内反馈与客服中联系我们

Necesito español

Le daré 5 estrellas cuando pongan español en el idioma de la aplicación

强烈建议MN4接入notebooklm 功能

作为一名文科留子,需要阅读并整理大量英文文献,目前的MN只能提供整理和归纳这一步,其中的研究功能并不完全(很多只提供网页搜索和简单的翻译),不能满足文献研究的需求。NotebookLM可以提供文献精读服务,识别专业词汇和厘清文章思路,更为专业。但目前二者需要分开使用,经常要切换页面。MN能否出一个接入AI的功能,实现随问随答随生成笔记和复习卡片?

Response from developer

您好,您的需要现在完全能实现,您可以打开AI对话框,调用相关工具写好提示词处理,同时现在MN也支持自定义API,您可以接入自己使用的AI模型的API使用。

Still awesome since 5 years

With major latex features pointing towards rendering. I feel marginnote should also make a “pdf reflow” mode for iPhones

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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

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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.