Best Goodnotes Apps

Digital Planner – Task Journal

Routine List & Notes Tracker

Free

This app combines a daily planner with creative tools to organize your life and express your imagination. Create habit trackers, to-do lists, and reading lists, all while using colorful templates, stickers, and brushes. It also features AI art generation to add unique visuals to your pages.

Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Highlight. Write. Learn.

Free

This app revolutionizes paperless note-taking on iPad, allowing for handwritten notes, document annotation, and knowledge organization. It offers a fluid writing experience, PDF markup, powerful tagging, and audio recording synced with notes.

Desktop Note - Notes & Photos

Always-on-desktop sticky note

Free

This app allows you to create and display digital sticky notes directly on your desktop. Customize note colors, add checklists, and use widgets to keep your reminders visible. Notes sync across devices via iCloud for secure access.

Microsoft OneNote

Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos

Free

Capture thoughts, ideas, and plans in a digital notepad. Organize, search, and secure your notes, memos, and sketches. Sync across devices for access anywhere, anytime. Collaborate with others on shared notepads.

Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI

Plan, organize, track projects

Free

This AI-powered workspace helps you write notes, manage tasks, organize projects, and collaborate with others. It offers features like AI meeting notes and interactive maps to streamline your workflow for personal, student, or professional use.

Everyday Notepad

Handwritten notes & sketching

Free

Capture your thoughts with a pressure-sensitive pen, highlighter, or pencil. Choose from 10 realistic paper types and a full color spectrum. Export your notes as PDFs or Word documents, with a safety net for recently deleted pages.

CollaNote: Notes & PDF Markup

25+ Pens to Take Better Notes

Free

This app offers a comprehensive note-taking experience with advanced tools for digital planning, PDF markup, and flashcard creation. It features a wide array of pens, handwriting stabilization, and AI-powered assistance for enhanced productivity and creativity. Organize, secure, and share your notes seamlessly across devices.

Notes - Notepad, Notebook

by Nguyen Thanh

Free

This app helps you create, organize, and manage daily notes, to-do lists, and reminders with a clean, user-friendly interface. It's designed for distraction-free writing and staying focused on your tasks and ideas.

Notes: Color Notepad, Notebook

Notes for Daily Tasks

Free

A fast and simple note-taking application for jotting down ideas, managing daily tasks, and organizing information. It allows for quick note creation, color-coding, and easy searching to keep important details accessible. Customize your notes with formatting options and share them in various formats.

Notes: Note taking & writing

Good quick notes & planner

Free

Capture ideas, create to-do lists, and sketch designs with a versatile digital notebook. Customize your notes with various paper templates, stickers, fonts, and colors. Effortlessly organize and share your work as PDFs.

Sticky Notes & Color Widget

Simple Note Checklist Reminder

Free

Capture quick memos, ideas, and to-dos with customizable sticky notes. Organize them by color or pictures, and create them by typing or voice. Add notes as widgets to your homescreen for easy access and sync them with iCloud.

Noteorius Notes

by Kent Displays, Inc.

Free

This app digitizes handwritten notes and drawings from a smart notebook, allowing for easy organization, editing, and cloud syncing. It transforms your physical notes into searchable digital files, making them accessible and shareable.

Notify - Notes and Tasks In Folders

by Damien Gonella

$1.99

Organize your thoughts and to-dos with a beautiful and simple note-taking app. Create custom folders, set reminders, and share your notes easily. Enjoy seamless iCloud sync and full data privacy.

Planner & Journal - Zinnia

Notebook & Creative Diary

Free

This app offers a creative digital journaling and planning experience with a vast library of stickers, templates, and tools. It supports natural handwriting, doodling, and integrates with digital calendars for enhanced productivity and self-care tracking. New content and features are added monthly.

Pandanote: Notes & Flashcards

Mind maps, summaries & quizzes

Free

Transform study materials into concise notes, mind maps, and quizzes using AI. Upload lectures, documents, or record audio to generate instant study guides and practice recall with custom flashcards. Get personalized tutoring by chatting with your content.

Buildin.AI-Docs, Notes & Tasks

Create, Organize, Collaborate

Free

This AI-powered workspace centralizes documents, notes, tasks, wikis, and more. It offers powerful AI writing and analysis tools, flexible organization options, and seamless cross-platform collaboration for individuals and teams.

Camera for Obsidian Notes

Photos to md files in seconds

Free

Transform photos of handwritten notes, whiteboards, or documents into perfectly formatted Markdown files. This app uses AI to extract text and automatically generate YAML frontmatter, streamlining your note-taking workflow for PKM tools.