AxNote is an intelligent canvas that holds your thoughts.
Generate summaries from your notes and audio recordings with Apple Intelligence. Transcribe meetings into text. Turn summaries into flashcards. Handwrite your notes and convert it to typed text. Drag and drop images, and instantly annotate on a blank canvas, lined, or grid paper. Snap perfect shapes. Create beautiful tables and charts to visualize your data. AxNote is a next-level digital note-taking experience.
FEATURES
Magic Summary: Generate summaries of your text, handwriting, or audio recordings using a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Summaries are perfect for catching up with meetings, revision, and for creating flashcards. Magic Summary cards can also be converted to a PDF or plain text for use in your favorite flashcard platform.
Audio Transcription: AxNote features fast, accurate audio transcription that runs directly on your device and supports languages other than English. Audio transcriptions can be added to your note or shared with others.
Images, PDFs, Tables, and Charts: Drag and drop images and PDFs anywhere in a note. Images can be annotated directly over using a markup tool. Create simple tables and link them with charts to create beautiful data visualizations. Images, tables, and charts live right alongside your handwriting and typed text. AxNote also supports Image Playground, so you can turn a prompt into an image and add it to your note (requires a device with Apple Intelligence enabled).
Made for Pencil: AxNote is the perfect companion for Apple Pencil. With support for tilt and pressure sensitivity, shape snapping, Apple Pencil Hover, and handwriting-to-text, it's the only app you need to turn your ideas into beautiful ink.
Layouts: Transform your iPad or iPhone into a real notebook with a selection of preset Layouts, including lined, grid, dot grid paper, and a freeform canvas. Customize your layouts with specific measurements for line and grid spacing and colors.
Bookmarks: Pin what matters most in your notes. You can access your bookmarks from anywhere in a note, allowing you to jump within (and between) pages for quick access to important content.
Privacy and Flexibility: With AxNote, you're in control of your data and where it's stored. Save your documents in your preferred cloud storage provider with the Files app or keep them on your device. AxNote's AI features also run directly on your Apple Intelligence-supported device, so your notes are never sent to an online service for processing or AI model training.
Offline Support: AxNote's AI features (including Magic Summary and Audio Transcription) don't need an internet connection after initial setup, so you can work even when you're off the grid.
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AxNote+
- Unlimited pages
- Unlimited Magic Summary usage
- Customize Layouts
These features are available with a one-time in-app purchase to AxNote+. Please read the Terms of Service at axnote.app/terms
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Need help? Please visit support.axnote.app
Terms of Service: axnote.app/terms
I have tried ALL of the free note taking apps but and this one by far is the best. This includes PDF exporting, a clean display, and looks very similar to Apple’s Files app which I love. It has multiple sections and folder so organization is not a problem. Very simple and efficient. One specific detail is that the highlighter highlights UNDER the writing, which is AMAZING. Seriously don’t know why there aren’t more reviews on this app.
Good start
Mr Gmixer
I do like how native it looks, but at the same time, I think it feels way too much like Apple Notes. It doesn’t have any zoom and the handwriting is the same as apple notes, mediocre. If you can fix those two things, I think this app has some serious potential!Edit: Also if you want an example for what I consider to be the best handwriting I’ve seen in a note taking app, try Element Notes which is what I’m using right now, but I want to ditch it because it’s been unstable on newer updates and the dev seems to have abandoned it.
Just what I've been looking for!
twhsnsn
Just what I've been looking for..hope you keep improving it 🙏
Developer Response
Thanks for your support!
Meh
Duly.Noted
I'm not impressed. I found this to be a bare minimum, simplistic, unappealing-to-the-eye note taking app with below average quality feautures, a very poor selection of note taking tools, and lackluster customizable options -- all of which are giminicky to use.
Welcome to AxNote 3. This update includes a broad redesign with intelligence features to supercharge your note-taking.
- Introducing Magic Summary: Turn text, handwriting, and audio recordings into summary cards. Export summaries to PDFs or plain text for use in other platforms. (Requires a device with Apple Intelligence)
- Added support for audio recording and transcription
- Added support for multiple pages inside a single document
- Snap shapes by holding down your Apple Pencil
- Added support for vector shapes
- Adopted the new Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
For more information about AxNote updates, please visit https://support.animantlabs.com/axnote/updates
Version 3.0
The developer, Jonathan Benjamin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More