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Find the perfect note-taking app for you

With AI features, calendar integrations and more, these apps are essential workhorses.
With full Markdown support, Bear is super-efficient at handling text, but it also lets you add photos and math formulas (via LaTeX).

For simplicity and speed

Organise notes with Bear’s intuitive hashtag system, or let Grammarly polish your content as you write. With a simple command, Notion’s AI will customise a template for your task, while iA Writer’s Focus mode dims everything but the line you’re writing to tune out distractions.

With Ulysses, set a daily writing goal and see your progress (left). Add colour-coded keywords to documents to see their status at a glance.

For deeper features

Ulysses’ robust folder system and templates make it perfect for bigger projects. Noted can record meetings and generate a tidy transcript. Marrying a calendar with robust note-taking, Agenda bubbles up the right note at the right time. And Craft makes it easy to format and rearrange blocks of text on the fly.

For writing by hand

These apps work seamlessly with Apple Pencil. Goodnotes converts messy scribbles into clean text and charts, while Notability generates quizzes from longhand notes. Use Penbook’s elegant stationery to keep your daily agenda or task list. If you’re mostly drawing, check out Paper, which has myriad markers and pens.