Notebook – Notes, Tasks, AI

Zoho Corporation

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About this app

Zoho Notebook is an AI note-taking app that helps students and professionals remember what was said in meetings and lectures — by recording and transcribing them, turning them into summaries and action items, and keeping every note searchable in one place.

WHO IT'S FOR

• Students taking lecture notes and revising from them.
• Professionals who need a record of a meeting without typing through it.
• Freelancers and teams tracking tasks, clients and ideas in one notepad.
• Anyone keeping a private journal, a daily planner or a grocery checklist.

It suits people who take notes in more than one form — typed, handwritten, spoken, photographed or scanned — and want them searchable together.

WHAT PEOPLE USE NOTEBOOK FOR

1. Meeting notes. Record the meeting and Notebook AI transcribes it live, then writes the summary and action items — so you can take part instead of typing through it.

2. Lecture and study notes. Record a lecture while you type, and scan textbooks, documents and handwritten pages into searchable PDFs — so you can find one phrase months later.

3. To-do lists and planning. Build checklists and task lists with reminders — so tasks buried in your notes don't get lost between apps.

4. A private diary or journal. Lock any note or notebook with a password, fingerprint or face lock — so entries stay private on a shared device.

5. Research and documents. Save articles with the Web Clipper, drop in files and photos, and search the text inside images and scans — so one topic sits in one notebook.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

What kind of notes app is Notebook?
A free notes app and digital notepad combining an AI note taker, a task organiser, a document scanner and a private journal. Notes use seven card types: text, checklist, audio, photo, smart, sketch, file.

Can Notebook take notes in my meetings for me?
Yes. Record or upload audio or video and Notebook AI transcribes it in real time, then writes a summary with action items. It also turns rough ideas into outlines, to-do lists or mind maps, suggests grammar and tone fixes, translates notes, and tidies hand-drawn shapes.

Is Notebook good for students?
Yes. Record a lecture while typing, handwrite with the S Pen or a stylus, scan textbooks into searchable PDFs, and search a phrase across every note you have.

Can I switch from Evernote, Google Keep or OneNote?
Yes. Dedicated migration tools import your notes, so nothing is left behind.

Does Notebook work offline?
Yes. Create, edit and read notes offline; they sync when you reconnect, across Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and the web.

Is Notebook free?
Yes. The free plan includes 500MB of cloud storage, with no ads or hidden fees. Notebook AI and a Pro plan are optional paid add-ons.

Is my data private?
Notes are encrypted in transit and at rest. Zoho never sells your data, shows no ads, and shares no data with third parties.

Can my AI assistant use my notes?
Yes. Connect Notebook to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools via MCP, so your assistant can capture and organise notes.

BUILT FOR ANDROID

• Home-screen widgets and pinned shortcuts — so a note is one tap from your launcher.
• A Quick Settings tile to open a new note instantly.
• Sticky notes in picture-in-picture, floating above whatever else you're doing.
• Multi-window, keyboard shortcuts, printing, grid and landscape views.

MORE IN THE APP

• One card holds text, checklists, tables, images and audio — so everything about one thing stays together.
• Nested notebooks, tags and custom sorting — so notes stay findable as they pile up.
• Handwrite and sketch with the S Pen or a stylus; add videos with chapter markers.
• Covers, themes and note colours to suit how you work.
• Share with view, edit or share access, publish a public link with an expiry date, or export as PDF.

ABOUT NOTEBOOK

Editors' Choice on Google Play, with over 5 million downloads. Rated 4.5/5 on Capterra and listed in the G2 Best Software 2025 Top 100. Free, ad-free and synced across your devices.

Ratings and reviews

It depends on what you want, but it's buggy on my phone and I've found some of the changes disappointing. I think there used to be more formatting options, like headers. I've lost a link from one of my notes by accidentally deleting the text, and the undo button wouldn't restore it; instead, it started adding new letters to my words, like "attttt". Bizarre. I'm also having bugs with the group feature unintentionally deleting things, but fortunately there's a trash can.

I moved from Keep Notes just because it didn't offer enough themes and colors. been using Zoho for 6 weeks. i hate that when you update a note, it doesn't update. like a sync takes a long time and even then you may not even see your changes. it doesn't handle sorting of notebooks or notes very well either. sort by most recent, select, then a whole lot of nothing. usually when someone is actively working in their notebooks and notes they expect changes and sorts to happen immediately.

I have a paid version of this app, which I purchased after going through the reviews. However this app can't seem to get the basic thing of saving simple notes right. The notes don't save when created. I some times see a double version of the same notes. Sometimes I find my notes has disappeared all together. The notes which disappeared had some important medical information I had noted. My free notepad app does a better work than this paid app.