Mental Note ๛

Mental Note ๛

The digital notepad

15 ratings
200 reviews
$4.99
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • November 20, 2009
  • June 10, 2025
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This app offers a versatile digital notepad experience, allowing users to combine text, photos, voice recordings, and drawings on a single page. Capture ideas in any format, organize them with tags, and share them easily.

Combine text, photos, audio, and drawings
Finger drawing with multiple colors
Add photos from album or camera
Record audio while editing notes
Organize notes with tags
Password protect private notes
Export notes in various formats (PDF, text)
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What's New in Mental Note ๛

3.17.2

June 10, 2025

Fixed a crash issue affecting some customers.

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In-App Purchases

$2.99

Paper Customization feature

Use a letterhead, a watermark, a simple form.

User reviews

Great App!

I’ve been using Mental Note for many years and I can say that there are no other note apps that compare to it. So many great features but the app is also not over-crowded or complicated at all. Very easy to use. In all the years I’ve had the app, I only ever ran into one small problem with an update, and support very quickly fixed the issue completely. In these times, when good customer service is very very rare, it was so refreshing and surprising when I had such a smooth and helpful experience with support. Genuinely shocked me. Get this app because it’s great, period. But also get it because the people at Zymbiotic Technologies are great. I couldn’t be more impressed with this app and the people who run it.
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Great 4 Jotting

I’ve been using Mental Note for years ever since iPhone came to Verizon. I like the interface better than the Notes app that’s preinstalled.

In Mental Note, you can jot down a note, give it a title, assign a tab to it (for organization grouping), password protect, put a image in the note or record a soundbite, backup and restore all your notes, and you can assign tab colors. You also have the option of changing typefaces and their size for readability.

I don’t think it has sync functionality, so if you have multiple phones or devices the only way to make sure both have the same Mental Note info is to backup and restore — always use the same device to add notes and then backup, and then restore on the other devices that way you don’t accidentally overwrite the correct file.

You have options on how to and where to store the backup file and I use iCloud and Dropbox.

Of all the years I’ve been using Mental Note, I only had to restart my phone twice (different times) when the app wasn’t responsive otherwise I has worked like a charm. Love it!
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Doesn’t do copy cut n paste

Wants to delete! Notes made during church saved but as leaving mtg…. All gone!

Всё пропало

После последнего обновления системы, приложение почему-то загрузилось заново. При открытии исчезли все мои записи! Это катастрофа! Я прощаюсь с этим приложением после более чем десятка лет использования…

Response from developer

It should be possible to restore from a backup. Please get in touch with us at support@zymbiotic.com for instructions.

A job well done

I generally dread customer service experiences but my recent experience was quite different. The customer service rep was totally user friendly, stuck with me through several email exchanges well into the evening. Needless to say they ultimately uncovered and fixed the issue, after getting a little bit more information from me.
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Developer apps

User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Notes sometimes disappear or get deleted unexpectedly

Bug

Audio recording feature not working properly

Bug

Keyboard issues causing loss of typed text

Bug

Location services not accurately detecting user's location

Bug

Requested Features

6 requests

Add iCloud or Dropbox sync

Feature

Implement copy/paste and text formatting options

Feature

Improve drawing tools with more customization

Feature

Introduce a task/to-do list feature

Feature

Add video recording capability

Feature

Provide more font and color options

Feature

FAQ

What is Mental Note?

Mental Note is a digital notepad application designed to replicate the experience of using a physical notepad but with enhanced digital capabilities. It allows users to combine various media types like text, photographs, voice recordings, and drawings on a single page to capture ideas comprehensively.

What are the key features of Mental Note?

Key features include the ability to combine text, photos, audio, and drawings on one page, finger drawing with multiple colors, adding photos from your camera or album, recording audio while editing, organizing notes with tags, and password protection for private notes. It also supports exporting notes in formats like PDF and text.

How much does Mental Note cost?

The application is available for free and offers in-app purchases. This means you can download and use the basic functionalities without charge, with optional features or enhancements available for purchase within the app.

What devices is Mental Note compatible with?

The version described is optimized for iPhone. A separate version, 'Mental Note for iPad', is available for iPad devices, suggesting it is designed for Apple's iOS ecosystem.

How can I use Mental Note to capture ideas?

You can capture ideas by typing text, drawing with your finger, adding photographs from your device or by taking new ones, and recording voice memos. The flexibility to combine these elements on a single page allows for rich and contextual idea capture, making it useful for brainstorming, journaling, or project planning.