If you are someone who takes notes more often than not on your iPad, you’ll know how essential it is to have a dedicated app for this purpose instead of relying on the default one. In short, just having your iPad and an Apple Pencil won’t be enough. You’ll require an app to help you and make the work easier and more organized.
Now some apps feature a handwriting interface, which means you will have to write using the Apple Pen, while some also allow the keyboard feature. It is up to every individual to decide which one they are more comfortable with to use. Having said that, below are some of the best note-taking apps for the iPad.
Notability
Notability is one of the best note-taking apps for the iPad, and its reviews speak for themselves. Apart from letting you take notes with the Apple Pencil, this app also has audio sync. To simplify, it will sync the recorded audio with your handwritten notes. This way, you will be able to remember anything that you made notes about even better.
Furthermore, the app features audio transcripts, which allow you to have time-stamped text of the recording you make. There is also multi-note support, which allows you to open two notes at once to compare them or do multitasking. Lastly, it also has a pencil tool, which lets the usersdraw or sketchif needed. Notability is also available foriPhoneandMac.
Goodnotes 6
Goodnotes 6 is a blend of both handwriting and typing. Moreover, it allows you to create unlimited notebooks, which you can edit in multiple ways. For instance, you can add images, doodles, stickers, diagrams, and more. There is also a feature to take the help of AI and improve your written notes.
Goodnotes 6 offers multiple customizable paper templates, including blank, cornell, ruled, planners, checklists, and more. Besides, it has the same audio syncing feature as Notability, and additionally, it syncs your notes to your iCloud, so you may access them from your iPhone and Mac as well.
LiquidText
LiquidText is a bit of an untraditional note-taking app due to the fact that it is more focused on research-based work. For example, if you open a PDF in LiquidText, it will divide the screen in half, with one half featuring the PDF and the other one being blank for notes.
Now you’re able to easily move important text of the PDF from one side to the other, and LiquidText will show those texts in the form of cards. You can move them around, highlight them, include them in a group, etc. And of course, it lets you make handwritten notes along the way. However, it might not be best suitable for those who only want to take simple notes and don’t do much research-based work.
Nebo
Nebo is similar to Notability and Goodnotes 6 when we talk about features, but there are a few things that make it distinct. Firstly, it can efficiently convert your handwritten text to typed text if you want. Otherwise, you’re able to have notes containing both typed and handwritten text.
Moreover, its interface is very clean, and the app doesn’t look cramped. The note sheets are big and organize the text pretty well, keeping a distance between typed and written notes. You can choose between lined or freeform pages, whichever suits you best.
Apple Notes
Apple Notes is the evergreen note-taking app that almost every iPhone/iPad user has used. It was introduced with the first iPhone and has been running long since. Although it might lack some premium features like the other apps, Apple Notes is great for taking quick notes on the go.
You don’t even need to open the app for this. Simply open a Quick Note and note down whatever you want. It will be saved in the Quick Notes section of the app. Furthermore, you can mix both handwritten and typed notes in a single sheet in Apple Notes, and they will be separated by a line between them to keep the sheet clean. If you prefer simplicity, it is probably the best app.
Conclusion
There are hundreds of note-taking apps for the iPad, but we can’t mention all of them. The ones we have mentioned cover all the boxes and will enhance your note-taking experience in many ways.
A few of them have premium plans as well, but their free version just might be enough for many people. Anyway, you’ll enjoy using any of them.
