Freenotes: Freedom to write, organize, and shine
Transform your iPad into a powerful AI-driven digital notepad. Freenotes is an all-in-one workspace designed for students and professionals who want the natural feel of handwriting with the power of artificial intelligence. Whether you are annotating a complex PDF, planning your week, or recording a lecture, Freenotes helps you stay organized with seamless, free-form experience.
AI Summary
Quickly find key points and action items from long recordings or documents.
AI Chat with PDF
Ask questions directly to your imported files to get instant answers.
AI Homework Helper
Take a screenshot or upload a document (PDF or photo) to instantly get answers.
AI Study Companion
Clarify concepts, define terms, and check your handwritten notes for accuracy, turning passive review into active recall.
Organize Notes
Categorize and organize your notes by projects, courses, or topics, automating the organization of your note library.
Quick Search via OCR
Search through your handwritten scripts easily using accurate text recognition.
PDF Annotation
Highlight, underline, and add comments to documents with custom pen styles.
Infinite Canvas
Sketch ideas or mind map on a whiteboard that expands as you work.
Apple Pencil Pro Support
Experience low-latency writing that feels like real paper.
Shape Recognition
Turn rough drawings into clean, perfect geometric shapes for diagrams.
Hyperlink Support
Navigate through digital planners using clickable internal and external links.
Active Recall Tape
Hide specific parts of your notes to test your memory and study better.
Paper Templates
Access various backgrounds including grid, Cornell, and dotted paper.
Flashcards
Build study sets directly from your pages to help with exam prep.
Seamless Video Learning
Use Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to take notes while watching online videos (YouTube, lecture recordings), and instantly capture relevant screenshots directly into your notes.
iCloud & Google Drive Sync
Securely back up your digital notebook to access your data anywhere.
Who is Freenotes For?
Students: Create study guides, annotate lecture slides, and use the "Active Recall" tape tool for exam prep.
Professionals: Record meetings, organize projects into folders, and sign PDF documents on the go.
Creatives: Sketch ideas on an infinite whiteboard and export high-quality files to share with your team.
Join over 1 million happy users transitioning to a smarter, paperless future. Try Freenotes today and experience the next era of AI note-taking.
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Love the app, thank you so much for making this app and not requiring fees for any features. The best thing about FreeNotes is that it’s free to use, not having to worry about limited amounts of notebooks and features. I’ve been having to switch between Noteful and CollaNote to take notes, since CollaNotes tools aren’t as nice as the tools in Noteful, and there was limited notebooks in Noteful. Now I can finally use this app for everything, thank goodness.The features are also The design of the user interface is very nice and clean (very neat), great job on the design. I was so surprised when I first double tapped with 2 fingers and it does the undo for me automatically! Love this feature since very few note taking apps have this feature, and I rely on this so much for undoing. ***The only criticism I have is the “Fitting Figure” feature. This feature does not work very well. Sometimes when I draw squares, it snaps in to circles instead. Other times when I draw squares, it does not snap into perfect squares at all, so this feature works like 50% of the time for me. Also, it would be nice if there’s an option to resize the “snapped squares” manually with lasso tool so that the dimensions/sides of the squares can be manipulated into rectangles like in Noteful
Amazing app for note taking
Shambhavi_k
I recently got an iPad and have been exploring various apps for taking notes. While many apps offer free downloads, I found that most of them limit functionality significantly, often pushing for in-app purchases to unlock essential features. However, I was pleasantly surprised by FreeNotes. Unlike many alternatives, it provides a comprehensive set of features entirely for free!The app's user experience is smooth, intuitive, and easy to navigate, making it a joy to use for everything from quick jotting to more detailed note-taking. I especially appreciate its clean and well-organized notebooks, which keep everything neat and accessible. FreeNotes supports a wide range of note formats without the need for expensive upgrades.Overall, it’s one of the best note-taking apps I’ve found on the iPad—simple, functional, and completely free of the typical paywall restrictions. If you're looking for a versatile, no-cost solution for your note-taking needs, FreeNotes is definitely worth checking out!
Love this app but recently disappointed, can’t call it Freenotes anymore
Vickie W3
I’ve been using Freenotes for more than a year now and it is my favorite app for note taking. The fancy tablet journal in the old Disney movie Read It and Weep was all I wanted as a kid & this was the closest thing I’ve ever found! But the paywalls, ads, and now the disheartening introduction of AI has left me frustrated and disappointed. The ads began and were annoying but tolerable, then there was a set limit to how many notes you could have. I would continue using the app with these restrictions & wouldn’t mind much, except that the notes limit INCLUDES DELETIONS. 35 max, not just 35 you can keep in your library, 35 that you are allowed to create EVER before you have to start paying a subscription. As someone who uses this app for a wide variety of creative projects, I’d consider paying a one time fee like a program like Procreate asks for, but a subscription feels like a kick in the teeth for an app that was free to use with unlimited notes about a year ago. Everything going the way of subscriptions and AI seems par for the course these days and I find it really disappointing that FREEnotes joined the bandwagon. Definitely isn’t free anymore, at least not for dedicated long-term users. It’s time for me to transfer my creative projects out of the app & begin looking elsewhere.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear about your frustration. The note limit helps us maintain quality for all users. Our subscription supports ongoing improvements and new features like AI. We'll share your concerns with our team.For further discussion, please email us at contact@freenotetech.com.
Astonishing
adabatgd
This app is absolutely astonishing, comparable if not better than paid Notes apps, and I thank the developer behind it for the fact that it is 100% free to use. This is my first app review ever, but I had to say something, because there’s a part of me that feels this app can’t even be real. I was looking for a catch. A subscription, a paywall, limited features, clunky design— NONE of these things are part of this app. Insane. The app's layout and user interfaces are very smooth. I’m hoping that the app will be around for a long time. Lastly, I wanted to request a feature that seems arbitrary, but would be really handy— splitting a notebook by bookmarks! Imagine if you had a 100 page pdf and you wanted to split it into separate smaller notebooks— I think it would be cool if you could do so according to where you've placed bookmarks. Even without this very niche feature idea, this app is amazing, and I recommend anyone who crosses upon this review to download it even if you don’t think you need it.
New Features
- NotebookLM Quick Access: The built-in browser now includes a NotebookLM access point, bringing a new AI-assisted reading experience.
- Shape Anchors for Graphics: Fitted graphics can be further adjusted using anchor points for more precise shape control.
- Password Recovery: Multiple password recovery methods have been added, enabling secure retrieval of encrypted notes even if the password is forgotten.
Fixed Bugs
- Fixed several known critical issues to improve system stability.
Thanks for using Freenotes!
Version 3.29.1
The developer, Free Notes (Hangzhou) Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Hangzhou Free Notes Technology Co., Ltd
Size
592.9 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
