
Notes 4+
Take note of almost anything
Apple
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- Free
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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.
• 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.
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.
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
Simple, Easy to use and convenient
The design is very straightforward, which I really appreciate. It also gives me the flexibility to customize my notes—whether that’s drawing, inserting photos, or aligning the content with my goals.
I do have a suggestion, though. I hope there could be an option to view notes in a “read-only” mode, where no changes can be made unless the Edit button is specifically clicked. This would help prevent accidental deletions or edits, which sometimes happen when I’m just trying to view the content. Adding this feature could help avoid unnecessary confusion or data loss
Just works!
Does everything I need it to do. Sometimes does lag a bit with really large checkable lists but nothing major. Overall a great text editor - using it for daily to-dos, written notes on iPad, various snippets and so on basically all note taking happens on here (migrated from OneNote to G! Keep and now to Notes, I think this will stick!)
Notes Disappeared
My 100+ notes suddenly vanished. Tried several workaround with Apple support but nothing. What’s more frustrating is that it’s supposedly backed up with iCloud but when I checked it has zero notes. Other stuff like photos are there except for the notes! I work a lot with my notes it’s my life and now it’s all gone!
They even had the nerve to insinuate that I accidentally deleted those 100+ notes when the RECENTLY DELETED folder is not even appearing!! I was just working with my notes then slept then when I woke up it’s all gone! The only thing that I can see when I open the Notes App are two words: “Folder” and “Edit”, the search bar, and write new icons.
All my product infos are there that’s why I can’t just “accidentally” delete all 100+ notes!
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 based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Apple Distribution International
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.2 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
- Price
- Free