Notability: AI Note Workspace

Ginger Labs

In-app purchases

About this app

From your first lecture to your next meeting, Notability helps you think, learn, and work better. Take handwritten lecture notes, add annotations, transcribe using the voice recorder, and use the app as a study organizer, workspace or notebook. Keep your learnings in one place so your ideas are ready when you need them.

A DIGITAL NOTEBOOK FOR LEARNING, WORK & PRODUCTIVITY
• Use handwriting, type, or sketch with digital ink, whiteboard pens, highlighters, annotation and text tools in this notebook app.
• Use your own handwriting in the app to mark up PDFs, textbooks, lecture notes, learnings, images, and more.
• Combine handwriting, typed text, images, diagrams, annotations, and sketches in the same in-app workspace.
• Ditch the notebooks: Boost your learning and productivity with customizable folders, study organizers, and subjects that grow with you.

PRODUCTIVITY FOR PROFESSIONALS
• Mark up documents, capture meetings, organize ideas, and present with confidence.
• Import and add handwriting or annotations to any document with the app: PDFs, DOCs, presentations, learning summaries, reports, and more.
• Fill out forms in the office or on a job site.
• Combine handwriting, text, photos, and documents in a collaborative app workspace.
• Use the voice recorder in calls and meetings to transcribe in real-time.
• Receive automated meeting takeaways, learnings, and summaries.
• Search handwriting, transcripts, text, and PDFs in the app to quickly revisit decisions, learnings, and action items.
• Use as a notebook or whiteboard, or present learnings, documents, and ideas in full screen, with a laser pointer to guide attention.
• View and edit two notes side-by-side to stay focused and boost productivity.
• Share a PDF of your notebook in one tap.

LEARNING FOR STUDENTS: STUDY SMARTER AND ACE EXAMS
• Use as a digital notebook, study organizer or whiteboard. Create a collaborative workspace for group projects.
• Use your handwriting to add annotations to lecture notes, slides, or your textbooks in the app.
• Use the voice recorder to get instant audio transcripts and real-time learning summaries.
• Voice recorder syncs to the exact moment you write — perfect for taking lecture notes.
• Study organizer: Import lecture notes, notebooks, textbook PDFs, and assignments into categorized folders and subjects. Add annotations in the app with ease.
• Search handwriting, typed annotations, and transcripts in the app to instantly find learnings from classes.
• Study content from your digital notebook with personalized quizzes and flashcards to check your learning progress and practise active recall.
• Chat with your lecture notes to review learnings, clarify ideas, and prepare for exams.

WORK YOUR WAY
• Seamlessly switch between handwriting and typing in the app workspace.
• Create a shared workspace to collaborate or get feedback when needed. Use as a whiteboard or notebook to take quick notes.
• Access your lecture notes and learnings across the web, and Android and Apple devices.
• Create beautiful digital notebooks, study organizers and whiteboards using templates from the Notability Gallery.

UPGRADE TO A NOTABILITY SUBSCRIPTION
Notability is free to create 5 notes. With an upgraded subscription, you can receive:
• Unlimited note-taking
• AI-powered productivity and study organizer tools
• Handwriting recognition and math conversion in the app
• Live audio transcripts with the voice recorder
• Auto-backup and sync across devices

Download for free on Android and web.
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Ratings and reviews

It's a great app overall and I recommend it for note-taking over similar apps. There are still opportunities for improvement. 1. It is either not possible (or not intuitive to me) to quickly create drag and drop functionality. If you write/type and then draw a box, they aren't easily pinned together. Sometimes(?) they can be grouped, but that isn't great. if you drop in a sticker, you CAN write on that and move it all as one, but I could not get typed words to do the same.

I have a similar but better app that came with my phone because its the new Samsung Ultra and it's FREE and does so much more!! I wouldn't pay for this one because it's not better than the one I already have or have anything unique about it! The ads look so much better than the actual app free or not it should let you do a lot more to get you sold on it. This app is just basic to me!! plus on the right side that side menu is in the way and is pointless to be there.

I was excited to try out this app on an Android 14 e-ink device (Ainote Air 2). Unfortunately like many graphics apps it doesn't straddle the transition to e-ink well. There is considerable delay in handwriting and drawing although the UI looks crisp.