Freenotes: AI Notes Taking 4+

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Free Notes (Hangzhou) Ltd.

Designed for iPad

    • 4.8 • 33.5K Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Freenotes lets you experience true paperless learning, enjoying the pleasure of writing while boosting your study efficiency. Realistic pen strokes bring the feel of writing on paper, and tools like handwriting-to-text, stickers and drawing brushes help you take notes effectively.
iCloud sync and multi-cloud backups keep your notes seamlessly accessible across iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Features like PDF annotation, picture-in-picture video, and split-screen for courses meet diverse learning needs.
Plus, an AI assistant provides instant answers and content summaries, making learning even easier!

[Just like writing on real paper]
- Realistic Pen Strokes: By combining handwriting pens, you can experience lifelike pen strokes on electronic devices, providing a natural feel for writing on digital platforms.
Smooth Writing: The handwriting tool provides a smooth writing experience, accurately capturing your strokes whether you're sketching or taking detailed notes.

[AI Assistant]
Take a screenshot or upload a document to instantly get answers to questions and summaries of content.

[Organize your notes easy and neat]
- Organized and Neat: The folder feature allows you to categorize and organize your notes by projects, courses, or topics, keeping your note library tidy and orderly.
- Quick Search: No more wasting time searching for specific notes; with the folder function, you can easily find the content you need.

[Annotate PDFs]
- Interactive Learning: Annotate, mark up, and highlight PDF files. Select text to translate and look up words directly, making learning more convenient and engaging.
- Content Integration: Combine text and handwritten notes to better understand and memorize study materials.
- Hyperlinks: Add hyperlinks to jump to different pages within your notes or to external web pages for easy access to related information.

[Enhance learning efficiency]
- Batch Import: In addition to local import, supports batch importing from cloud services like Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox.
- Video Learning: Use picture-in-picture to take notes while watching videos and instantly capture screenshots directly into your notes.
- Course Learning: Display your handwritten or mind map notes alongside course content for a deeper understanding and quick review.
- Exam Prep: The resource center provides exam materials for various tests, combined with timers, layers, and in-app split-screen, allowing you to practice and simulate exams without re-importing files.
- Review and Memorization: Use the tape tool to mark key information for memorization and quickly test yourself by toggling visibility.

[Dark Themes]
- Eye Protection and Comfort: Dark mode adjusts the background color of the app to darker tones, reducing glare and protecting your eyes, allowing you to focus on learning and working for longer periods.
- Nighttime Reading: Night mode adjusts the app's background to a darker tone, reducing glare and protecting your eyes.

[Personalized Note-taking]
- Custom Brushes: Create custom brushes with different parameters in the custom pen box for quick access. Now supports Apple Pencil Pro.
- Custom Templates: Create or import your favorite templates and covers to create note formats and layouts that suit your needs.
- Templates Center: Provides original templates, stickers, and curated fonts and color palettes for you to download and use to create beautiful digital notebooks. You can also import your own resources.

Payment will be charged to subscriber’s iTunes account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriber’s account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscribers can manage their subscriptions by going to their account settings on the App Store.

Privacy Policy: https://www.freenotetech.com/policy/
Terms of Service: https://www.freenotetech.com/terms/

What’s New

Version 2.35.0

New Features
- We've added support for searching folder and trash content.

Thanks for using Freenotes!

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
33.5K Ratings

33.5K Ratings

Hon.T ,

FreeNotes Review

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

Shambhavi_k ,

Amazing app for note taking

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!

adabatgd ,

Astonishing

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.

App Privacy

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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