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Best Note Taking Text Apps

233+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated July 2026

With an average user rating of 4.6★, the note taking text category is one of the App Store's strongest. Browse all 233+ apps we track, sorted so the most loved ones surface first.

Top Picks for Note Taking Text

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF#1

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF by Goodnotes Limited

Note taking, canvas & work app
Editor's Choice
📊 Productivity
4.7😊(431K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Capture ideas, enhance productivity, and unlock insights with advanced AI features. This app offers tools for professionals, students, and creatives, including infinite whiteboards, AI-powered transcription and summarization, and customizable digital notebooks.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent note-taking experience
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Smooth writing with Apple Pencil
  • 📁 Powerful organization with folders and notebooks

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🔍 Syncing and iCloud issues
  • 🔍 Lack of flexibility with text input
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes#2

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes by Otter.ai, Inc.

AI Note Taking, Memo Recorder
Strong Contender
📊 Productivity
4.7😊(60K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
#12in Productivity
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This app offers real-time voice transcription for meetings, lectures, and conversations. It acts as an AI assistant, capturing slides, generating summaries, and allowing for collaborative editing and sharing of notes. Available in multiple languages and on web.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent transcription accuracy
  • 👍 Convenient features like speaker identification and timestamps
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient transcription process
  • 👍 Versatile for various use cases (meetings, interviews, lectures)

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional transcription errors, especially with technical terms
  • 💰 Concerns about increasing subscription costs and reduced free minutes
  • 🐛 Buggy behavior and crashes reported by some users
Bear - Markdown Notes#3

Bear - Markdown Notes by Shiny Frog Ltd.

Clean text editor for focus
Worth Considering
📊 Productivity
4.7😊(459 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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A beautiful and simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing your thoughts and ideas. It offers a distraction-free writing environment, flexible formatting, and powerful organizational tools like tags and tasks. Ideal for anyone looking to streamline their note-taking and creative processes.

What We Love

  • 👍 Elegant and minimalist design
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 💡 Flexible tagging system for organization
  • 🔒 Secure and private notes

Room to Improve

  • 🔒 Subscription required for syncing and advanced features
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality within notes on iOS
  • 🖼️ Issues with image handling and resizing

More Note Taking Text apps to explore

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NoteGen - AI Note Taking
NoteGen - AI Note Taking
NoteGen - AI Note Taking
Smart AI Note-Taker & Recorder
Free

This app automates note-taking by recording audio, transcribing it in real-time, and generating formatted notes with summaries. It allows for easy searching of key terms and topics, ensuring privacy. Ideal for meetings, lectures, and interviews.

Real-time audio recording and transcriptionAI-powered note formattingAutomatic punctuation and capitalization
📊 Productivity
(384)
free with in-app purchases
5
Freenotes®: AI Notes Taking
Freenotes®: AI Notes Taking
Freenotes®: AI Notes Taking
Docs PDF Memo Planner Pencil
Free

This AI-powered digital notepad transforms your device into an intelligent workspace. It offers handwriting recognition, PDF annotation, and AI assistance for summarizing documents, answering questions, and aiding in study. Organize notes, sketch ideas, and sync across devices for a seamless paperless experience.

AI Summaries and Chat with PDFsAI Homework and Study HelperHandwritten Note Organization
📊 Productivity
(54K)
free with in-app purchases
6
Noteflow: AI Notes Taking
Noteflow: AI Notes Taking
Noteflow: AI Notes Taking
Live Transcribe Voice to Text
Free

Effortlessly capture, transcribe, and organize spoken content into searchable notes. This AI-powered tool transforms voice memos, meetings, and lectures into concise, highlighted summaries, saving you time and ensuring no detail is lost.

AI-powered transcriptionReal-time summariesHigh-accuracy voice-to-text
📊 Productivity
(589)
freemium
7
Voice Memos-Note Taking Writer
Voice Memos-Note Taking Writer
Voice Memos-Note Taking Writer
Transcribe speech to text pad
Free

Effortlessly capture and manage your thoughts with this voice recording and note-taking app. Record lectures, meetings, or quick ideas, then edit and export them in various formats. Streamline your workflow with a simple interface designed for on-the-go users.

Voice recordingNotepad functionalityAudio playback with speed control
🎵 Music
(47)
free
8
Summary - AI Note Taker
Summary - AI Note Taker
Summary - AI Note Taker
Transcribe audio to text
Free

This app records, transcribes, and summarizes audio conversations, making meetings and lectures more productive. It uses AI to generate accurate transcripts with speaker labels and provides instant answers to questions about the content. Users can easily export and share notes.

One-tap audio recordingAccurate transcription with speaker labelsAI-powered summaries and key points
📊 Productivity
(41K)
free with in-app purchases
9
n+otes
n+otes
n+otes
Quick, easy note, private lock
Free

Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple interface. Secure your notes with a private lock feature. Optional subscription removes ads and supports development.

Quick note-takingPrivate note lockAd-free experience (subscription)
📊 Productivity
(44K)
free with in-app purchases
10
AI Note Taker - Talk To Text
AI Note Taker - Talk To Text
AI Note Taker - Talk To Text
Transcribe Audio Speech Voice
Free

Transform spoken words into structured notes instantly with AI-powered transcription. Features real-time and file transcription, smart formatting, speaker identification, and meeting summaries. Organize, edit, and share your notes easily.

Real-time speech transcriptionAudio file transcriptionSmart formatting with punctuation
📚 Education
(3)
freemium
11
Notes
Notes
Notes
Take note of almost anything
Free

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and important information with a versatile note-taking app. Attach various file types, scan documents, create checklists, and even sketch directly within your notes. Organize with folders, tags, and smart searches, and collaborate with others on shared notes.

Add attachments (PDFs, images, links)Scan paper documentsCreate checklists
📊 Productivity
(540K)
free
12
Sticky Notes & Color Widget
Sticky Notes & Color Widget
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.

Creating memosCreating checklistsCreating reminders
🔧 Utilities
(6.6K)
free with in-app purchases
13
Notability: AI Notes & PDF app
Notability: AI Notes & PDF app
Notability: AI Notes & PDF app
Write, type, annotate, draw
Free

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 notesPDF and document annotationAudio recording and transcription
📊 Productivity
(450K)
freemium
14
Note!
Note!
Note!
The ultimate simple notes app!
Free

This app offers a minimalist approach to note-taking, focusing on speed and simplicity. It allows for quick plain text entries, organized by modification date, with options for text resizing and passcode protection for privacy.

Quick plain text notesSorted by latest modifiedPinch to zoom text size
📊 Productivity
(981)
free with in-app purchases
15
MyScript Notes: AI Handwriting
MyScript Notes: AI Handwriting
MyScript Notes: AI Handwriting
Smart note taking, PDF & study
Free

Transform handwritten notes into editable text with advanced AI. Brainstorm on an infinite canvas, annotate PDFs, and create structured documents. Supports 66 languages and works across devices.

AI handwriting recognitionInfinite canvas for brainstormingPDF annotation
📊 Productivity
(38K)
free with in-app purchases
16
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote
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.

Capture thoughts and ideasDigital sketchbookOrganize and search notes
📊 Productivity
(1.1M)
free with in-app purchases
17
AI Note Taker: Lisnr
AI Note Taker: Lisnr
AI Note Taker: Lisnr
Transcribe Voice Notes to Text
Free

Effortlessly convert audio, text, and documents into organized notes. Get AI-powered summaries and ask questions about your content for deeper understanding. Ideal for students and professionals seeking to boost productivity.

Audio transcriptionAI-powered summariesInteractive AI chat
📚 Education
(113)
free with in-app purchases
18
EasyNotes - Note Taking Apps
EasyNotes - Note Taking Apps
EasyNotes - Note Taking Apps
Sticky Notes, Color Note Pad
Free

Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Create rich text notes, add photos, sketch, record audio, and organize with colorful backgrounds and widgets. Secure your notes with multiple lock options and sync across devices.

Rich text notes with formattingCustomizable note backgroundsStylish sticky note widgets
📊 Productivity
(3.5K)
free with in-app purchases
19
SpeakApp AI: Voice Notes
SpeakApp AI: Voice Notes
SpeakApp AI: Voice Notes
Transcribe speech to text
Free

This app transforms your spoken words into accurate, ready-to-use text. It can transcribe meetings, voice notes, and even import audio from other sources. AI features allow for summarization, tone adjustment, and translation.

Voice to text transcriptionReal-time recording and transcriptionImport audio from files and apps
📊 Productivity
(8.2K)
free with in-app purchases
20
AxNote: Note Taking
AxNote: Note Taking
AxNote: Note Taking
Sketches, text & images
Free

This app offers an intelligent canvas for note-taking, allowing users to generate summaries from text, handwriting, and audio recordings. It supports image annotation, data visualization with tables and charts, and handwriting conversion to typed text. Designed for Apple Pencil, it provides flexible layouts and on-device AI features.

AI-powered summaries from text, handwriting, and audioAudio transcription and topic explorationImage and PDF annotation
📊 Productivity
(7)
free

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