In the information age, it can be hard to keep track of all our to-dos, to-reads and to-ponders. Enter note-taking apps: these elegant tools will allow you to capture and organise your every thought and inspiration.

This robust note-taker packs a whole lot of functions into an accessible package. Set permission levels on your shared notes, link notes to each other, and track your tasks. Note that you’ll need to upgrade for several features, like syncing on more than two devices or uploading over 60 MB per month.

Turn thoughts, annotated images and checklists into a digital wall of perfectly spaced sticky notes. You can organise and filter by colour, category and tag, with pinned notes remaining at the top. Deleted notes are archived, so you can still search them while keeping your screen clean.

Notebook makes navigating your notes a pleasure by using intuitive gesture controls and colour coding. Customise notebooks with 30+ cover designs (or upload your own) and use a grid or landscape view. Keep everything tidy by pinching notes to stack them and double-tapping to expand.

With its wide array of speciality brushes, Squid is one of the best apps that we've seen for recreating the pen-and-paper experience. Draw with your finger, or jot down notes with a stylus and optional pressure sensitivity. You can also mark up imported PDFs with Premium.

File-storage stalwart Dropbox provides an integrated team workspace with Paper. Collaborate on documents with rich formatting tools that let you change text size, add bullets, insert links and more. We love how the task menu pulls in to-dos from documents and allows you to sort by date or file.

Now those little lifesavers that you stick everywhere can go with you anywhere. Take pics of your Post-it® notes and the app will recognise and auto-import the text. Or create notes directly on your device. However you add your information, you can share it to Miro, Trello, Dropbox and more.