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.
• Record and transcribe audio directly into a note.
• 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, highlighting and more.
• Tap next to section headers to reveal a chevron to collapse text.
• 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.
• Take a Quick Note without opening the app — add Quick Note to your Control Centre, swipe up from the bottom-right corner with an Apple Pencil on iPad, or use Fn-Q on a keyboard.
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, or add tags to categorise them. Type or handwrite tags directly in your note — like #cooking or #expenses.
• 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.
Notes for Apple Watch
• View all of your iCloud notes right from your wrist; you can also pin notes, complete checklist items, or create new notes with dictation or Siri.
Certain features are available only in selected languages and regions.
For many years, Notes was a rare example of a free, simple, text-first app. It worked like a digital notebook: perfect for writing, journaling, study notes, long thoughts, lists, and tables — without getting in the way.Since iOS 26.2, this has changed. With the keyboard open, the permanently visible formatting bar and enlarged top navigation bar reduce the usable text area to just a few lines, even on the largest iPhones. As a result, it is no longer possible to see or edit text as a whole.This breaks core use cases:• writing and editing paragraphs• working with lists and tables• journaling and daily notes• long-form thinking and studyingThis is not a cosmetic change — it is a functional regression. Notes now prioritizes interface elements over content, turning a writing space into a control panel.Please bring back an option to hide or collapse UI elements, or add a minimal, distraction-free writing mode. Notes used to be a place for thinking in text. I hope it can be again.
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Anashalika
Apple somehow deleted my whole notes I collected for 5 years now
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Sandrik2014
Worst note i evwr seen
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 .
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