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Best Record And Take Notes Apps

250+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.8 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated October 2026

Whether you're new to record and take notes or looking for an upgrade, our curated collection of 250+ iOS apps has something for everyone. Each app is reviewed and rated by real users, helping you make an informed decision.

Compare top Record And Take Notes Apps (October 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDFGoodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDFFree4.7★ (466K)NoYesOct 2026
2Summary - AI Note TakerSummary - AI Note TakerFree4.7★ (56K)NoYesOct 2026
3Microsoft OneNoteMicrosoft OneNoteFree4.7★ (1.1M)NoYesOct 2026
4Google Keep - Notes and listsGoogle Keep - Notes and listsFree4.6★ (29K)NoNoOct 2026
5SuperNote Notes Recorder&PhotoSuperNote Notes Recorder&PhotoFree4.8★ (8.4K)NoYesOct 2026
6Notely - Write Notes on the GoNotely - Write Notes on the GoFree—NoNoMay 2026
7Notes: To do list & RemindersNotes: To do list & RemindersFree—YesYesOct 2026
8Notesy: AI-Note TakerNotesy: AI-Note TakerFree—NoYesOct 2026

Top Picks for Record And Take Notes

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF#1

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF by Goodnotes Limited

Note taking, Planner & Journal
Editor's Choice
📊 Productivity
4.7😊(466K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#99in Productivity
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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
  • 🖼️ Ability to annotate PDFs and documents
  • 🌈 Customizable paper styles and covers

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🔍 Syncing and iCloud issues
  • 🔍 Lack of flexibility with text input
  • 🔍 Limited eraser and highlighting options
  • 🔍 Subpar performance on Mac app
Summary - AI Note Taker#2

Summary - AI Note Taker by Labhouse Mobile

Transcribe audio to text
Strong Contender
📊 Productivity
4.7😞(56K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#13in Productivity
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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.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Instant translation and summarization
  • 👍 Useful for peer counseling and meetings
  • 💡 Supports multiple languages

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Fails to record or save recordings
  • 🐛 Freezes or gets stuck during transcription
  • 🐛 Stops recording when screen goes dark
Microsoft OneNote#3

Microsoft OneNote by Microsoft Corporation

Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos
Worth Considering
📊 Productivity
4.7😐(1.1M ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#77in 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

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FAQ about Record And Take Notes

What are the best record and take notes apps for iPhone?
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF tops our record and take notes apps ranking as of October 2026, with a 4.7-star average from 466K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top record and take notes apps we rank are free to download, including Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF and Summary - AI Note Taker.
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of October 2026.
We track 250+ record and take notes apps on the iOS App Store as of October 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.