Notability vs Slate

From your first lecture to your next big meeting, Notability helps you think, learn, and work better. Take handwritten notes, annotate documents, record audio, and stay organized in one place so your ideas are always clear, searchable, and ready when you need them. NEW: NOTABILITY CLASSIC IS BACK Prefer to pay one time for Notability? Our Classic plan is a one-time purchase with no subscription required. FREE DIGITAL NOTES FOR WORK & SCHOOL • Write, type, or sketch with digital ink, highlighters, and text tools. • Mark up anything: PDFs, textbooks, lecture slides, images, and more. • Combine handwriting, typed text, images, diagrams, and sketches on the same page. • Stay organized with customizable folders and subjects that grow with you. FOR PROFESSIONALS: WORK SMARTER AND SAVE TIME • Mark up documents, capture meetings, organize ideas, and present with confidence. • Import and handwrite on any document: PDFs, DOCs, presentations, reports, and more. • Fill out forms in the office or on a job site. • Combine handwriting, text, photos and documents in one place. • Record calls and meetings to transcribe voice in real-time. Audio is synced to your notes so nothing is missed. • Receive automated meeting notes, takeaways, and summaries. • Search handwriting, transcripts, text, and PDFs to quickly revisit decisions and action items. • Present notes, documents, and ideas in full screen, with a laser pointer to guide attention. • View and edit two notes side-by-side to stay focused and productive. • Share a PDF of your note in one tap. FOR STUDENTS: STUDY SMARTER AND ACE EXAMS • Take handwritten notes digitally or annotate lecture slides or your textbooks. • Record lectures and get instant audio transcripts and real-time summaries in your notes. • Audio recordings are synced to the exact moment you write in a note — perfect for lectures. • Import lecture slides, textbook PDFs, and assignments into organized folders and subjects. • Search across handwriting, typed notes, and transcripts to instantly find content from classes. • Study content from your note with personalized quizzes and flashcards to practice with active recall. • Chat with your notes to review concepts, clarify ideas, and prepare for exams. WORK YOUR WAY • Seamlessly switch between handwriting and typing. • Import files instantly and keep everything connected. • Share notes easily to collaborate or get feedback when needed. • Access your notes across iPad, iPhone, Mac, and the web. • Create beautiful notes using templates from the Notability Gallery. UPGRADE TO A NOTABILITY SUBSCRIPTION Notability is free to use. With an upgraded subscription, you can receive: • Unlimited note-taking • AI-powered productivity and study tools • Handwriting recognition and math conversion • Live Audio transcripts • Auto-backup and iCloud sync Download for free on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and web. Privacy Policy: notability.com/privacy Terms of Service: notability.com/terms

Slate is a focus tool with a physical switch. Tap the Slate Card to your phone and the apps you choose go quiet. Tap it again to come back. Put a blocklist on a schedule and Slate locks those hours on its own: mornings for deep work, evenings off, whatever pulls at you most. No streaks. No scores. Nothing to keep up with. Just a calm way to put your phone down. What you get Blocklists. Named sets of apps to silence, as many as you like. Schedules. Pick the days and hours. Slate starts and ends on its own, even when the app is closed. Breaks. A short break lifts the block for five minutes and the session picks back up by itself. Emergency unlocks. A few for the days the card is out of reach. Activity. Your real Screen Time, week by week, next to the hours Slate was on. Watch one go down while the other goes up. The cost. Onboarding shows what your daily hours add up to over a lifetime, in days. Blocking runs entirely on Apple's Screen Time. Slate never sees which apps you pick and the list never leaves your phone. No tracking, no ads, no data sold. Slate works without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your blocklists, schedules and unlocks waiting on your next phone. Slate is built around the Slate Card, sold separately at tapslate.co. Requires iOS 16 or later.