Notes 4+

Take note of almost anything

Apple

    • 4.8 • 13.7K Ratings
    • Free

Description

Notes is the best place to jot down quick thoughts or to save longer notes filled with checklists, images, web links, scanned documents, handwritten notes or sketches. And with iCloud, it's easy to keep all your devices in sync, so you’ll always have your notes with you.

Features

Powerful note-taking
• Add attachments - PDFs, photos, maps, web links and more. Scan paper documents with the built-in document scanner.
• Secure sensitive or personal data in a locked note.
• Create checklists. Make a shopping list, a wish list or a to-do list, then tap to tick off items as you go.
• Apply different text styles, such as heading or body, bulleted lists and more.
• Add tables to quickly organise information.
• Use your finger, or Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad, to sketch directly in your note or an inline PDF. Choose from a variety of brush styles and colours, and add lines and grids to a note for easier writing and drawing.

Organise and search
• Search for text in notes, your handwriting, and even inside scanned documents and photos like receipts or bills.
• Link from one note to another to connect ideas, content or any information. Try typing >> for a shortcut to add links while writing in your note.
• Keep your notes in folders and subfolders, and sort them in the order you prefer.
• Use tags as a fast and flexible way to categorise and organise your notes. Add one or more tags by typing or handwriting them directly in the note — like #activities or #cooking.
• Automatically organise notes in a Smart Folder based on filters. Create rules to filter for Date Created, Checklists, Attachments and more.

Collaborate
• Collaborate on entire shared folders or on specific shared notes.
• Mention friends to notify them of important updates and link them directly to a shared note.
• See what others added to a shared note while you were away with Activity view, a day-to-day list summary of activity from each collaborator.

Take notes anywhere
• Just swipe with an Apple Pencil or finger from the bottom-right corner on any compatible iPad to start a Quick Note outside the app. You can also use Fn-Q (Globe-Q) on a keyboard or create Quick Notes on iPhone from the share menu in an app.
• Add deep links from an app or website to a Quick Note to mark your place.

Certain features are available only in selected languages and regions.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
13.7K Ratings

13.7K Ratings

HiBerry123 ,

Notes app is great but has some issues

The app is good, with lots of quality functions. The online pen and highlighter is smooth with a large range of colours to chose from, which I find very nice. It also orders my work neatly in the ‘gallery’ based on the dates I wrote them. I can insert both text and images in a page, which is lovely. However, there is some issues the app needs to fix. Whenever I write a large piece of text and I scroll down, it always automatically scrolls up again, and I have to keep going to the part I am to. This is extremely inconvenient. Also, this could just be my iPad but I cannot find an undo function on the app, and it is very frustrating when I accidentally delete my work. Overall, I think the Notes app is amazing except for a few tweaks. ;)
I hope they can fix these issues.

emnlex11 ,

A few minor things could make this the best app

I use notes all the time, I have notes shared with people for various things. I wish there was a little more creative freedom with the app.
Colour coding notes would be good. I have many lists relating to my daughter and partner and would love to make the notes certain colours for easier identification.
Google keep has various layout options for notes and think something similar could strengthen Apple notes, and make it more user friendly.

mahli111 ,

There is one problem that really bugs me.

This app is great, I use it a lot. I wish you could change the font size to way larger text. Also, when I have a note file with a lot of text in it, (I’d say over 1500 words, and above). When you scroll down with your finger , it will jump to another section of the note file, so I have to scroll back to where I was reading. It happens quite often that it is really irritating. Also, sometimes when I copy text from a different app, then I open notes again, and it has moved to a completely different section of text to what I was viewing a few seconds ago, before I switched app so I could copy some text. And then I have to scroll and find my place where I was. It’s so annoying, particularly if you have large notes. It doesn’t happen with small notes. Please fix this issue. Otherwise I will find a different note app.

App Privacy

The developer, Apple, 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 Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • User Content
  • Identifiers

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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