Notes Writer: PDF, AI, Markup

Name: Notes Writer: PDF, AI, Markup
Rating: 4.5 (7330 reviews)
Author: Kairoos Solutions SL

Docs,Flashcards,Voice Recorder

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

7.3K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Kairoos Solutions SL
Language

EN
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Size

691.9
MB

iOS 27 ready! Notes and documents in one place: PDF, voice, text, handwriting, whiteboards, LaTeX papers, math notebooks, ebooks, outlines and Microsoft Word documents. Every note. Every format. Unlimited Digital Notebooks. Like paper, but better. Take lecture notes, prepare for exams and develop your research. Bring the same tools to manuscripts, interviews, lesson plans, meetings and creative projects. Notes Writer keeps your work together on iPad, iPhone and compatible Apple silicon Macs. Designed for students and anyone who wants to learn, create and stay organized—including teachers, writers, journalists, doctors, architects, illustrators, mathematicians, researchers and business professionals. WRITE & CAPTURE • Handwriting, sketching & painting Take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil, type a document or explore a concept through drawing. Use dedicated sketching, watercolor and oil painting tools for illustrations and creative work. • PDF annotation Review lecture slides, medical literature and professional reports. Highlight PDFs, add comments, images and shapes, fill forms and sign documents. Keep your annotations beside the source material. • Recording & transcription Record lectures, business meetings and interviews, transcribe the audio and search the transcript for the detail you need. Add recordings to PDF notes and whiteboards, then listen back at your own pace. STUDY & RESEARCH • Courses, manuscripts & research projects Choose an optional project tree to arrange topics, sources and drafts in a Study Project. Use the Binder for structure, the Corkboard to plan sections and compilation to assemble a document or ebook. • Whiteboards, diagrams & outlines Create whiteboards with notes, images, recordings and tables. Build flowcharts and diagrams to explain a process, compare findings or plan a lesson or project. Use Outline Notes when your ideas need a hierarchy. • Flashcards & review Create flashcards with text, handwriting and images, or generate them from notes and PDFs with optional AI tools. Review with spaced repetition, answer by typing or speaking, and track your progress. MATH & SCIENCE • Calculations, Python & charts Math Notebooks combine written reasoning, symbolic calculations and Python cells. Plot results, explore a model and present your data in editable Chart documents. • LaTeX & technical PDFs Write technical papers in LaTeX and compile them to PDF with a preview of the result. For plans and technical drawings, set a scale and measure distances, perimeters and areas directly on the PDF. ORGANIZE & SHARE • Notebooks, folders & templates Create and customize folders, subfolders and notebooks. Choose names, covers and paper templates that suit each course or project. Scan handouts, search your collection and manage documents with sorting, moving and grouping tools. • Documents side by side Open documents in tabs and work with your reading and draft side by side. Create a study planner, lesson plan, research journal or manuscript within the same library. • Formats for your work Work across PDF, Microsoft Word (DOCX), EPUB, RTF, Markdown, plain text (TXT), HTML, LaTeX and OPML outlines. Edit formatted documents, read ebooks and export supported documents as PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML or EPUB. Export options vary by document type. • Sync, backup & privacy Sync with iCloud and work with Dropbox and Google Drive files through the Files app, with changes synced by your provider. Set up automatic document backups, use autosave and recovery, and protect the app and folders with a passcode. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT Ask questions about your notes and documents, simplify an explanation, summarize a reading or refine your writing. Use translation, grammar and tone tools when they help. Review every suggestion and decide what belongs in your work. Start a notebook. Study, create and work your way. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

7.3K Ratings

Best combo of Note taking and PDF editing
08/29/2022
jaggner
I have been trying to find an App that worked better with PDF annotation (in addition to being good at note taking), but one HUGE drawback of other note taking Apps (i.e. Goodnotes, Flexcil, Nebo, Notability) is that every file has to be imported to be used, and therefore becomes a duplicate, non-sycronized file (not a big deal if you just use it for notes only). Well, NotesWriter fixes that! All files can be saved natively in the iPad Files folder and useable by any PDF program, not just Noteswriter. To me that makes NotesWriter a perfect combination of Goodnotes and PDF Viewer. Considering other PDF Apps charge a subscription, this feels like a steal. You even get a lasso/clipping tool, the ability to scan pages in, and a ton of page templates (all of which most free PDF Apps don’t have). PDF Expert and PDF viewer are the most similar, and but this is slightly better than those if you want note taking abilities. Note to Developers: The layout/user interface could still be improved: if the toolbar was customizable (like PDF Expert), if the view layout was more full screen (neither Reader or Presentation mode are as good as PDF Viewer’s layout), and if the handwriting had a simple zoom feature and was recognizable (like Goodnotes). Great job!

Developer Response
Thank your very much!Notes Writer Team
Best combo of Note taking and PDF editing
08/29/2022
jaggner

I have been trying to find an App that worked better with PDF annotation (in addition to being good at note taking), but one HUGE drawback of other note taking Apps (i.e. Goodnotes, Flexcil, Nebo, Notability) is that every file has to be imported to be used, and therefore becomes a duplicate, non-sycronized file (not a big deal if you just use it for notes only). Well, NotesWriter fixes that! All files can be saved natively in the iPad Files folder and useable by any PDF program, not just Noteswriter. To me that makes NotesWriter a perfect combination of Goodnotes and PDF Viewer. Considering other PDF Apps charge a subscription, this feels like a steal. You even get a lasso/clipping tool, the ability to scan pages in, and a ton of page templates (all of which most free PDF Apps don’t have). PDF Expert and PDF viewer are the most similar, and but this is slightly better than those if you want note taking abilities. Note to Developers: The layout/user interface could still be improved: if the toolbar was customizable (like PDF Expert), if the view layout was more full screen (neither Reader or Presentation mode are as good as PDF Viewer’s layout), and if the handwriting had a simple zoom feature and was recognizable (like Goodnotes). Great job!
Developer Response 04/03/2023
Thank your very much!Notes Writer Team
The worst 💕
02/22/2024
Silly goooose
You will not be able to have any form of autonomy over your notes unless you buy it. I can’t share MY notes or create any new ones, I was not even able to edit them! If you have homework you need to submit and no budget for random apps… just like every other student ever, this app is the worst combination! I understand being greedy and asking for money every other second but some decency would be to let users at least share a copy of their own work. Why claim this is free in the first place?! This is a next level scam! Not only did I take all the notes but I also have to pay 7 dollars for them. Why? I did the work and the app gets a small commission regardless.. very greedy and gross.

Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for your feedback. There is a limit on the number of new documents you can create, but you can always delete some if you exceed that limit. Essentially, you can use the app for free and create an unlimited number of pages for each document. Best regards,Notes Writer Team
The worst 💕
02/22/2024
Silly goooose

You will not be able to have any form of autonomy over your notes unless you buy it. I can’t share MY notes or create any new ones, I was not even able to edit them! If you have homework you need to submit and no budget for random apps… just like every other student ever, this app is the worst combination! I understand being greedy and asking for money every other second but some decency would be to let users at least share a copy of their own work. Why claim this is free in the first place?! This is a next level scam! Not only did I take all the notes but I also have to pay 7 dollars for them. Why? I did the work and the app gets a small commission regardless.. very greedy and gross.
Developer Response 02/25/2024
Hello! Thank you for your feedback. There is a limit on the number of new documents you can create, but you can always delete some if you exceed that limit. Essentially, you can use the app for free and create an unlimited number of pages for each document. Best regards,Notes Writer Team
Needs Refining
09/15/2020
appleitunesstorereview
I like this app overall but after using it for a while I have a few bugs that NEED to be fixed1) Erasing!!! I take my notes on the dark paper, and when you write in white pen, your notes disappear for some reason. I have to just guess where my handwriting is and it’s super frustrating. 2) Cutting function! Selecting multiple pen marks is not useful at all because the app automatically groups all of the things you drew into seemingly random groups. If I want to move two words out of a sentence I wrote, I can’t because notes writer groups the whole sentence together and there’s no way to select only those words. The cutting function needs to be able to select the exact pen marks you are selecting and nothing more. 3) adding pages ! I’ve recently noticed that when I add pages it takes forever to load. If I am taking notes during class I can’t wait an extra 30 seconds for a new page to load I will miss many notes
Needs Refining
09/15/2020
appleitunesstorereview

I like this app overall but after using it for a while I have a few bugs that NEED to be fixed1) Erasing!!! I take my notes on the dark paper, and when you write in white pen, your notes disappear for some reason. I have to just guess where my handwriting is and it’s super frustrating. 2) Cutting function! Selecting multiple pen marks is not useful at all because the app automatically groups all of the things you drew into seemingly random groups. If I want to move two words out of a sentence I wrote, I can’t because notes writer groups the whole sentence together and there’s no way to select only those words. The cutting function needs to be able to select the exact pen marks you are selecting and nothing more. 3) adding pages ! I’ve recently noticed that when I add pages it takes forever to load. If I am taking notes during class I can’t wait an extra 30 seconds for a new page to load I will miss many notes
Limits and Bugs
09/20/2022
Dòbhran
I am running the latest version (16.0.3) as of this writing. I had the app lying around, but didn’t use it for a lot. Recently I decided to give it a shot for note-taking in classes. I was immediately met with a message telling me that I’d hit my limit of notes (I only had 2 I created for testing the app a while back) and to delete notes. There was a “samples” notebook that had also appeared. I tried deleting that. I couldn’t even delete notes due to a ridiculous arbitrary limit. I tried emptying the trash (bad UI and UX for that alone). It still complained that I had hit limits. No matter what I did, I was limited and at every turn I was constantly nagged to upgrade to pro.I had considered upgrading to Pro, but these bugs and arbitrary limits added to the “free version” have made me reconsider. There should be real, good incentives for upgrading to Pro. You should never, ever suddenly impose limits and then say, “Pay for Pro!” to get access to that which had been lost.

Developer Response
Hello! Thanks for your message. Please, install the latest app update available on the App Store to fix this problem. ;)Best regards,Notes Writer Team
Limits and Bugs
09/20/2022
Dòbhran

I am running the latest version (16.0.3) as of this writing. I had the app lying around, but didn’t use it for a lot. Recently I decided to give it a shot for note-taking in classes. I was immediately met with a message telling me that I’d hit my limit of notes (I only had 2 I created for testing the app a while back) and to delete notes. There was a “samples” notebook that had also appeared. I tried deleting that. I couldn’t even delete notes due to a ridiculous arbitrary limit. I tried emptying the trash (bad UI and UX for that alone). It still complained that I had hit limits. No matter what I did, I was limited and at every turn I was constantly nagged to upgrade to pro.I had considered upgrading to Pro, but these bugs and arbitrary limits added to the “free version” have made me reconsider. There should be real, good incentives for upgrading to Pro. You should never, ever suddenly impose limits and then say, “Pay for Pro!” to get access to that which had been lost.
Developer Response 04/03/2025
Hello! Thanks for your message. Please, install the latest app update available on the App Store to fix this problem. ;)Best regards,Notes Writer Team

- iPhone Duo and iOS 27 ready! Huge major UI/UX app update! Now Microsoft Word and LaTeX compatible documents! - We update Notes Writer frequently to make it even better. Each update has product improvements or bug fixes. If you enjoy using the app, please leave us a review!

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Seller: Kairoos Solutions S.L.
Size: 691.9 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 26.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

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