StarNote: Handwritten Notes

StarNote

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About this app

StarNote is a handwritten note taking app for students who want to take class notes, annotate PDFs, review lecture notes, and study with AI on Android tablets. Write naturally with a stylus or S Pen, organize every subject in a digital notebook, and unlock Pro with a one-time purchase—no subscription.

✍️ Handwritten Notes for Class

Take clear handwritten notes with smooth, low-latency ink.

• Create class notes, lecture notes, study notes, and meeting notes
• Write with a stylus or S Pen on your Android tablet
• Use pens, highlighters, erasers, shapes, text, layers, and the lasso tool
• Organize notes by course, subject, project, or topic
• Build a paperless notebook for school, college, work, and everyday ideas

📄 PDF Annotation & PDF Markup

Import study materials and write directly on PDFs.

• Annotate PDF textbooks, lecture slides, worksheets, and documents
• Highlight, underline, draw, and add handwritten PDF notes
• Mark up PDFs while reading, studying, or reviewing assignments
• Keep PDF annotation and handwritten notes in one workspace
• Export notes as PDF for sharing, printing, or backup

🤖 AI Audio Summaries

Use AI-powered audio summaries to review lectures, classes, and meetings more efficiently.

• Turn long audio into concise AI summaries
• Review important ideas without replaying an entire recording
• Keep audio summaries together with your study notes and notebooks
• Use AI assistance for lecture review, meeting review, and daily learning

📚 Digital Notebook for Students

Keep every class and study resource organized in one place.

• Create separate notebooks for each subject or course
• Use templates for study notes, student planners, and daily organization
• Import documents, images, and PDFs into your notebooks
• Organize study materials with hyperlinks, tags, folders, and page tools
• Use the tape tool to hide key information and test yourself
• Take notes while watching lessons with picture-in-picture support

🖊 Tablet Note Taking with a Stylus

StarNote is designed for handwriting-first note taking on Android tablets.

• Enjoy natural writing with smooth pen strokes and low latency
• Take tablet notes with a stylus or S Pen
• Work with notes and reference materials side by side
• Use handwriting tools for study, planning, drawing, and PDF annotation
• Designed for note taking on supported Android tablets and phones

💡 One-Time Purchase, No Subscription

Use the core note taking tools for free, then unlock Pro with a one-time purchase.

• No monthly subscription for Pro
• Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and digital notebook tools in one app
• Useful for students, teachers, professionals, and tablet users
• A flexible digital notebook for the new semester and beyond

Start the school year with organized class notes, annotated PDFs, and smarter AI-powered review. Download StarNote and build a better study workflow on your Android tablet.

Ratings and reviews

Don't want a note app that can't hold a note. Purchased Starnote app on August 31, 2025. POOF! Starnote made me sign in again on September 3 with the SAME email address. My account and all of my work of the previous 2 days was gone. It was supposed to be saved on my phone's memory. Then, they wanted me to pay again. If it worked, it was a good app. But, if you're going to wipe out my account, particularly after I paid, then I need to go elsewhere for my notetaking.

I rarely feel compelled to leave a review - or buy the PRO version - the first day of using an app. I have been using Samsung Notes on my S6 Lite, but I want to try using hyperlinked digital notebooks, and while Samsung Notes can do that, it requires going into reading mode to navigate. StarNote does not do that. You can write with your stylus and navigate by finger without having to switch modes. Has zoom lock! Only ask I have is 2-finger scrolling. One-finger scrolling is awkward somehow.

this is a wonderful app, especially for medical/healthcare note taking, with using their stickers and infinite canvas. Please please please add a way to export lecture recordings out of the app or to transcribe the recordings. With that, this would be a perfect app!! i would love to have the ability for the recording to be transcribed and for the transcription to remember what slide and what notes were being written when scrubbing through the transcription. thank you for adding this!

What’s new

1、Added voice transcription and smart summary features.
2、Added manual angle input for ruler.
3、Added auto count-up after timer timeout.
4、Fixed some issues.