Best Quick Notes Apps

4.8😐(667K ratings)

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.

What We Love

📝 Versatile note-taking app
🔒 Secure with password/biometric lock
🌐 Seamless sync across devices
🚀 Quick and responsive
📂 Organized with folders and tags
💻 Integrates well with Apple ecosystem

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
🔍 Difficulty finding/retrieving notes
🔋 High battery drain when using Apple Pencil
📝 Limited formatting options (font, color, etc.)
🔒 Password reset issues with locked notes
🗑️ Accidental deletion of notes

Quick Notes - Capture by Furkan Simsir

Brain dump thoughts & ideas

Strong Contender

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF

4.8😊(319 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app helps you quickly capture thoughts, ideas, and tasks on your mobile device. It offers seamless organization, intuitive reminders, and easy export to over 20 other applications, keeping your inspiration flowing and your to-dos managed.

What We Love

🚀 Quick and easy capture
👍 Simple and intuitive UI
💡 Great for organizing information
✨ Satisfying categorization
💰 Lifetime license option
🔄 Seamless iCloud sync
🎯 Replaces multiple apps
⚡ Zero friction for capture
🌟 Essential daily app
💯 Well-designed and polished
✅ Flawless performance
💡 Great for ADHD users
🚀 Efficient workflow integration
💡 Powerful yet minimalistic
👍 Smooth performance
💡 Great for journaling
🚀 Streamlined simplicity
💡 Natural language processing
🚀 Quick sharing to other apps
💡 Game changer for iOS usage
💡 Perfect bridge for saving/sharing
💡 Second brain functionality
💡 Super useful and evolving
💡 Voice transcription feature
💡 Minimal friction and distractions
💡 Good for quick notes
💡 Feature-rich yet minimalistic
💡 Beautiful and simple interface
💡 Attachment and photo features
💡 One-click routing
💡 No unnecessary features
💡 Consistent and reliable
💡 Well-thought-out design
💡 Little powerhouse
💡 Easy capture to Apple Notes
💡 Responsive developer
💡 Decent quality quick note app
💡 Polish and smooth feel
💡 Exactly perfect for triaging
💡 Brilliant functionality
💡 Super quick capture
💡 Love it!
💡 Great date and time recognition
💡 Solid and getting better
💡 Essential app
💡 What Apple's quick notes should have been
💡 Beautiful little app
💡 Terrific app, straightforward
💡 Nearly perfect
💡 Very good start
💡 Chronological ordering
💡 Rich link previews

Room to Improve

🐛 Defective, data loss
🐛 Sidebar sorting buggy
🐛 Crashes a lot
🐛 Mac app non-functional
🐛 MacOS app crashing
🐛 Stickie notes bug
🐛 Crashing when making lists
🐛 Cannot share more than 1 note
🐛 Limited functionality with Things 3

Sticky Notes & Color Widget by Hive 5 Studio DOO

Simple Note Checklist Reminder

Worth Considering

🔧 Utilities

4.6😐(6.6K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

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Create colorful sticky notes, checklists, and reminders that can be pinned directly to your Home Screen as widgets. Dictate notes with your voice, add photos, and organize them by color. Sync across all your Apple devices using iCloud.

What We Love

🚀 Easy to use
👍 Customizable notes
🚀 Convenient home screen widgets
👍 Helps with organization and memory
👍 Fun and enjoyable to use

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive subscription cost
🔍 Limited free features
🐛 Bugs and glitches
💤 Poor widget functionality
📢 Excessive ads in free version

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Write thoughts & memos

One-tap instant accessDistraction-free writingMarkdown and lists support

A minimalist notepad designed for quick note-taking without unnecessary features. It offers a distraction-free writing experience with essential tools like markdown, lists, and search. Easily access notes via widgets and export them in various formats.

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Tasks, memo & lists organizer

Capture notes, photos, web articles, and moreOrganize with notebooks and tagsAI-powered search and transcription

Capture, organize, and find anything you need with this AI-powered note-taking and organization tool. From quick thoughts to complex projects, it helps you manage information across devices and brings your ideas back when you need them.

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Plain-text notes, fast

Capture Fast. Search Smart.

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Five customizable notesiCloud synchronizationRich text formatting

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience with a maximum of five customizable notes. Personalize each note with icons and colors, and sync them seamlessly across all your Apple devices. It provides rich text formatting and quick access options.

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Quick Notes & Draft - Nanonote

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Auto-paste copied textHashtag organizationExport notes to files

Capture thoughts, links, and to-do lists effortlessly. Organize your notes with hashtags for easy retrieval and set reminders with a single click. Export your notes to Apple Files or other locations.

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noglow: quick notes scratchpad

same place, same note

Titleless scratchpadEight color slotsSearchable archive

This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.

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