Notability: AI Notes & Planner

Notability: AI Notes & Planner

Daily notebook & study journal

452K ratings
3334 reviews
#79 in top-grossing Productivity
📚 Education
📊 Productivity
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • April 1, 2010
  • August 17, 2026

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Capture, organize, and enhance your thoughts with a versatile digital notebook. Seamlessly blend handwriting, typing, and multimedia to annotate documents, record lectures, and generate summaries. Ideal for students and professionals seeking to boost productivity and learning.

Handwritten and typed notes
PDF and document annotation
Audio recording and transcription
AI-powered summaries and quizzes
Customizable organization
Cross-device sync
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What's New in Notability

16.9.1

August 17, 2026

• Import flashcard sets or manually create your own. Now with spaced repetition to review gradually at different time intervals. • Faster editing in large notes and improved memory footprint for large libraries on Notability Cloud • Browse your nested folders directly from your note list • Many miscellaneous bug, crash, and performance improvements Thanks for using Notability.

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Charts

Top Grossing

📈 79+4

Productivity

This app rose +4 positions in Productivity chart.

Last updated on August 18, 2026.

Top Free

📈 110+2

Productivity

This app rose +2 positions in Productivity chart.

Last updated on August 18, 2026.

Events

Read more about Make flashcards in a flash

Make flashcards in a flash

Import your deck and study on a smarter schedule.

Aug 17, 2026 Aug 31, 2026

Read more about 2026-2027 Academic Planners

2026-2027 Academic Planners

New planning pages for the upcoming school year.

Aug 3, 2026 Aug 17, 2026

Read more about Try Notability Learn today

Try Notability Learn today

Study smarter with new quiz modes

Jul 29, 2026 Aug 24, 2026

User reviews

Free notes app!

It is free, it asks you which plan but you can exit out and use most the features without paying for something. Maybe colors, easy to use pen with. You can make books specifically for each subject. Voice notes, links, it’s overall a great option for the average person who just wants to write notes on your tablet or phone.
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Best app!

It has been one of the best apps I’ve used for my productivity.

What happened?

I’ve enjoyed using Notability for years until the most recent Cloud migration. My planner is no longer functioning. It lags so bad that it barely opens. Tech support is slow and offers the most basic/pointless tips. Not good.

Best note taking software and more

I use this at conferences to take notes. I can load the pdf of the presentation and can then underline and highlight, just like I was doing it on paper. Yes, I’m old enough that I grew up taking paper notes.

New updates in the past few months are annoying

Please for the love of god, change back the 1.0 spacing to what it was previously. Now, when I type notes on powerpoint slides I’ve imported, the amount of space that gets taken up is way too much because the space between text lines is too wide. I’m having to make the font size smaller to try and accommodate, which makes it more difficult for me to read once I export the file and print. Also, please stop hyperlinking dates and times. I submit a calendar for work and color-code days/times based on availability, and I’m unable to color-code when all of the text keeps turning blue. Lastly, the developers use a sly tactic in regards to app reviews. When you’re in Notability and go to rate the app, a pop-up shows up allowing you to select “Needs work” or “Love it.” Selecting “needs work” takes you to providing email feedback while selecting “love it” takes you to the App Store to provide a good rating.
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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Notes disappearing or getting corrupted

Bug

Frequent crashes and performance issues

Bug

Palm rejection problems after updates

Bug

Inconsistent behavior when importing files

Bug

Requested Features

5 requests

Improved folder/hierarchy organization

Feature

More shape recognition and drawing tools

Feature

Side-by-side viewing of multiple notes

Feature

Ability to edit/rename audio recordings

Feature

Better integration with other apps and services

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FAQ

What does Notability do?

Notability is a digital note-taking application that allows users to write, type, annotate, draw, and record audio. It helps users organize their thoughts, study materials, and work documents in one place. The app supports annotating PDFs, lecture slides, and other documents, and offers AI-powered features for summaries and quizzes.

What are the key features of Notability?

Key features include the ability to combine handwriting, typed text, images, and sketches on a single page, annotate PDFs and other documents, record audio synced to notes, and generate real-time transcripts and summaries. It also offers AI-powered study tools like quizzes and flashcards, and allows for side-by-side note viewing.

How much does Notability cost?

Notability is free to download and use with basic features. An optional subscription unlocks unlimited note-taking, AI-powered productivity and study tools, handwriting recognition, math conversion, live audio transcripts, and auto-backup with iCloud sync.

What devices is Notability compatible with?

Notability is available for free on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and the web. Users can access and edit their notes seamlessly across all these devices, ensuring their information is always connected and accessible.

Who is Notability for?

This app is designed for students who need to take lecture notes, annotate textbooks, and study effectively, as well as professionals who need to mark up documents, capture meeting details, organize ideas, and present information efficiently.