Notability: AI Notes & PDF app

  • 4.8
    out of 5
    436K Ratings
  • Editors’ Choice

    We rely on this sleek, powerful notetaker to annotate documents, record lectures, sketch illustrations, and more. With built-in iCloud support, it’s perfect for keeping notes, documents, and doodles up to date across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

  • Great note taking app but some missing features

    Tcinca1738

    This app has a better writing feel compared to Goodnotes, but is missing some important features. In my opinion, the organization features are quite limited, and there is no whiteboard option. Furthermore, you guys should add an option so that the eraser does not automatically switch back if you let go of the squeeze to erase, and instead the app should let you squeeze once to switch to erase, then squeeze again to switch back to your previous tool.

    Developer Response

    Hey there! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We really appreciate it and are glad to hear you enjoy the writing feel in Notability.We hear you on organization and whiteboard features, and those are on the team’s radar. Regarding the eraser behavior, you can adjust this in a couple of ways. Notability lets you disable auto-deselect eraser in the app settings, and you can enable "squeeze to erase" or "tap to previous tool" in your Apple Pencil settings. For more details, check out these support articles: https://bit.ly/4qBJ03l, https://bit.ly/3LBGhrnIf you would like to share any additional feedback with us, please send an email to reviewfeedback@gingerlabs.com. Feedback like this helps guide future improvements!Thank you for choosing Notability 💙

  • Classroom to Career

    Ram_Rockz

    Notability has always been my go-to app. Back in college, I used it to take all my class notes. At times, I couldn’t easily find notes I’d written in physical notebooks, but Notability made everything accessible in one place. The ability to use different colors and import PDFs made studying much more organized and efficient. Even now, as a professional engineer, I still rely on it—it truly makes managing notes simple and seamless.

  • Problems keep popping up

    Carol D2

    I have been using Notability for several years and love the functionality. The problems I’m encountering in the past few months seem to revolve around updates made to the app. It appears that every time an update is made, the app has problems downloading my notes on my iPad. I keep getting a message to update the app, but it is updated. If this keeps up I’m going to be forced to switch to another app. I simply cannot afford to lose my notes when my business is so dependent on them.

  • Freezing often and copy/paste stops working often

    CNN2

    Its a great app except when it oftentimes freezes and the copy/paste feature also oftentimes stops working. Its frustrating when it happens because you are in a flow of productivity. I understand this happen with technology. I usually do not complain. However, I have not received help after multiple requests for assistance to correct situation. Hope they get better with customer service because its an awesome application that I use for everything.

  • If you’re in college or university and you have an IPad, 100% recommend

    bbyare31

    Honestly, I started using the app thanks to a classmate while taking anatomy and it changed my life. If you’re a student trying to find a way to use your IPad more efficiently for school, this is a great app, and I really recommend paying the 20$ for the year, it gives you access to flashcards based on the notes you take, as well as being able to take mini quizzes on those same notes that are generated by AI. 100% worth the download and 20$ annual subscription 😁

  • I use this app for all my classes

    Hajanga_Jam

    This app stores all of my notes and documents for all of my classes. I was hesitant to move from paper to a digital form of note taking, but notability made that transition a lot easier. Its easy to organize, add templates, create templates, and customize my notes to what makes the most sense for me. The only feature i wish this app had is i wish it was easier to change the color of my sticky notes and that i could save my favorite colors in the sticky note menu.