Best One Notebook Apps

208+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
18 free apps
Updated July 2026

With an average user rating of 4.6★, the one notebook category is one of the App Store's strongest. Browse all 208+ apps we track, sorted so the most loved ones surface first.

Compare top One Notebook Apps (July 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Microsoft OneNoteMicrosoft OneNoteFree4.7★ (1.1M)NoYesSep 2026
2Gemini NotebookGemini NotebookFree4.9★ (60K)NoYesSep 2026
3Notability: AI Notes & PlannerNotability: AI Notes & PlannerFree4.8★ (456K)NoYesSep 2026
4Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDFGoodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDFFree4.7★ (449K)NoYesSep 2026
5CollaNote: Notes & PDF MarkupCollaNote: Notes & PDF MarkupFree4.7★ (14K)NoYesSep 2026
6Evernote: AI Notes & NotebookEvernote: AI Notes & NotebookFree4.4★ (78K)NoYesSep 2026
7Notepad: Easy Notes & MemosNotepad: Easy Notes & MemosFree4.8★ (28K)YesYesSep 2026
8Daily One Notes-Diary NotebookDaily One Notes-Diary Notebook$2.99NoNoAug 2026

Top Picks for One Notebook

Microsoft OneNote#1

Microsoft OneNote by Microsoft Corporation

Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos
Editor's Choice
📊 Productivity
4.7😐(1.1M ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#74in Productivity
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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.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Simple, works well
  • 👍 Great for planning
  • 👍 Powerful note-taking app
  • 👍 Invaluable tool for note taking
  • 👍 Used for years, couldn't be without this app
  • 👍 Helps keep up with college
  • 👍 A+ for getting life organized
  • 👍 Best app to get organized
  • 👍 Excellent across ALMOST all platforms
  • 👍 Excellent for work and school
  • 👍 Wonderful app (better than Evernote)
  • 👍 Paperless uni student
  • 👍 EVERYTHING in one place & mega easy to find
  • 👍 Amazing. Especially since it's free
  • 👍 Awesome app
  • 👍 Using it for years

Room to Improve

  • 🔨 Could be better
  • 🔨 Formatting issues on mobile app
  • 🔨 Buggy widget, no dark app icon
  • 🐛 Glitchy, crashes often
  • 🐛 Terrible sync speeds
  • 🐛 The drawing tool switches to text tool without being selected
  • 🐛 Crashes since iOS 17
  • 🐛 Dude, please fix scrolling issue
  • 🐛 Bugs, lots of bugs
  • 🐛 Terrible on iPad, very slow
  • 🐛 Glitchy af now
  • 🐛 Strokes vanish randomly when writing with Apple Pencil
  • 🐛 No easy way to select large amounts of only highlighting
  • 🐛 Unbelievably unreliable
  • 🐛 Wildly inconsistent syncing
  • 🐛 Very glitchy, too risky
  • 🐛 App crashing
Gemini Notebook#2

Gemini Notebook by Google

Understand anything
Strong Contender
📊 Productivity
4.9😊(60K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#35in Productivity
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This AI-powered tool transforms complex information from various sources into clear, understandable insights. It allows users to upload documents, websites, and videos, then ask questions and receive summarized answers with inline citations. Users can also generate podcast-style audio discussions for a different learning experience.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Fast and accurate audio summaries
  • 👍 Useful for learning and studying
  • 🚀 Convenient mobile access
  • 👍 Great for on-the-go use

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Audio volume issues
  • 🔍 Missing key features from web version
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options
  • 🔍 Inconsistent dark mode implementation
Notability: AI Notes & Planner#3

Notability: AI Notes & Planner by Ginger Labs

Daily notebook & study journal
Worth Considering
📊 Productivity
4.8😊(456K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#63in Productivity
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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.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Great app for note-taking
  • 👍 Smooth handwriting experience
  • 📝 Excellent organization and file management
  • 🎙️ Useful audio recording feature
  • 🔍 Handwriting recognition and search
  • 🌈 Customizable colors and themes

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues with iCloud
  • 🔍 Limited search and organization options
  • 🖍️ Frustrating highlighter behavior
  • 🔒 Concerns about subscription model
  • 🔧 Buggy after recent updates

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FAQ about One Notebook

What are the best one notebook apps for iPhone?
Microsoft OneNote tops our one notebook apps ranking as of July 2026, with a 4.7-star average from 1.1M App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 18 of the top one notebook apps we rank are free to download, including Microsoft OneNote and Gemini Notebook.
Microsoft OneNote has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of July 2026.
We track 208+ one notebook apps on the iOS App Store as of July 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
This app functions as a digital notepad, allowing you to capture thoughts, ideas, memos, and sketches. It helps simplify planning, track errands, and create digital sketchbooks. You can also save images directly into your notes.
Key features include capturing anything from ideas to pictures of whiteboards, powerful organizational tools for quick searching and pinning, syncing sticky notes across devices, and the ability to collaborate on shared notepads. It also supports handwritten notes and drawings with drawing tools.