Notability: Notes, Audio, PDF Software
Company Name: Ginger Labs
About: Ginger Labs develops productivity software for iOS devices and Mac.
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States.
Notability Overview
What is Notability? Notability is a note-taking and PDF annotation app that is simple yet powerful. It is an Apple Editors' Choice and top-ranked app worldwide on the App Store. It is used by students, teachers, artists, and professionals to enrich their lives. The app allows users to create memorable multi-media notes, stay organized and paper-free, handwrite and sketch naturally, record and playback audio, share ideas in presentation mode, work with two notes side-by-side, type anywhere, import and share, and find and share inspiration. The app is available for free on iPad, Mac, and iPhone, with limited editing and features. Users can unlock unlimited note-taking and premium content with a Notability subscription.
Features
- Variety of note-taking, journaling, and drawing tools like ink, highlighter, text, and audio
- Mark up imported textbooks, documents, lecture slides, class assignments, and images
- Instantly create notes from a selection of templates with customizable spacing and backgrounds
- Continuous page scroll for exploring endless ideas
- Add photos, GIFs, web pages, and more
- Group notes with customizable subjects and dividers
- Ink fine-tuned for the Apple Pencil for the most responsive, precise writing experience yet
- Double-tap gesture for switching tools, erasing, and more
- Precisely erase freehand ink or shapes with varied brush sizes
- Quickly switch between ink or eraser styles with the Favorites Toolbar
- Record lectures and meetings
- Replay audio recordings and tap anywhere on your note to hear what was said at that moment
- Present ideas in full screen without distracting toolbars when connected to an external display
- Engage an audience with all of Notability's tools including a Laser Pointer
- Work with two notes side-by-side
- Quickly switch between notes and Drag & Drop handwriting, typed text, images, etc.
- Full-featured, left-aligned typing with word count and a wide range of fonts, custom fonts, sizes, and colors
- Create outlines, interactive checklists, and text boxes
- Import PDFs, DOCs, PPTs, images, GIFs, and more
- Easily create searchable multi-page PDFs using the built-in Document Scanner
- Publish notes for the world to see in the Notability Gallery
- Browse notes from the community, search topics/tags, save favorites for later, and download notes
- Unlimited edits, Auto Backup support, and iCloud sync with a Notability subscription
- MyScript Handwriting Recognition and Math Conversion technology with a Notability subscription
- Premium content like academic planners, journals, stickers, and much more with a Notability subscription
- Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled, and will be charged via Apple iTunes account on an annual basis
- Prices may vary by location
- Manage subscription in account settings after purchase
- Family Sharing is not supported
- Technical assistance available at [email protected]
- Privacy policy and terms of service available on notability.com
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Notability Pricing Plans
| Duration | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|
| Billed Once | $10.91 |
| Yearly Subscription | $16.22 |
**Pricing data is based on average subscription prices reported by Justuseapp.com users..
Product Details and Description of
Welcome to this app: powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation. Apple Editors' Choice and top ranked app worldwide on App Store, regularly #1. Students, teachers, artists, and professionals use this app daily to enrich their lives. Notes are just the beginning; find inspiration, capture ideas, and unleash your creativity with this app. CREATE MEMORABLE MULTI-MEDIA NOTES • Work with a variety of note-taking, journaling, and drawing tools like ink, highlighter, text, and audio. • Mark up imported textbooks, documents, lecture slides, class assignments, and images. • Instantly create notes from a selection of templates with customizable spacing and backgrounds. • Explore endless ideas with continuous page scroll. • Add photos, GIFs, web pages, and more. STAY ORGANIZED, PAPER-FREE • Always keep your notes with you, without the weight, the hassle or the paper waste. • Group notes with customizable subjects and dividers. HANDWRITE AND SKETCH NATURALLY • Ink is fine-tuned for the Apple Pencil for the most responsive, precise writing experience yet, including double-tap gesture for switching tools, erasing, and more. • Precisely erase freehand ink or shapes with varied brush sizes. • Quickly switch between ink or eraser styles with the Favorites Toolbar. RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO • Get more out of your lectures and meetings when you record them. • Replay audio recordings and tap anywhere on your note to hear what was said at that moment. SHARE IDEAS IN PRESENTATION MODE • Present ideas in full screen without distracting toolbars when connected to an external display. • Engage an audience with all of this app's tools including a Laser Pointer. DO MORE WITH MULTI-NOTE • Work with two notes side-by-side. • Quickly switch between notes and Drag & Drop handwriting, typed text, images, etc. TYPE ANYWHERE • Full-featured, left-aligned typing with word count and a wide range of fonts, custom fonts, sizes, and colors. • Create outlines, interactive checklists, and text boxes. IMPORT AND SHARE • Import PDFs, DOCs, PPTs, images, GIFs, and more. • Easily create searchable multi-page PDFs using the built-in Document Scanner. FIND AND SHARE INSPIRATION • Publish your notes for the world to see in the this app Gallery. • Browse notes from the community, search topics/tags, save your favorites for later, and download notes! --- Download this app for free on iPad, Mac, and iPhone and enjoy the this app experience with limited editing and features. Unlock unlimited note taking and premium content with a this app subscription. Subscribers have access to: • Unlimited edits, Auto Backup support, and iCloud sync. • MyScript Handwriting Recognition and Math Conversion technology. • Premium content like academic planners, journals, stickers, and much more! --- Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled, and will be charged via Apple iTunes account on an annual basis. Prices may vary by location. You can manage your subscription in account settings after purchase. Family Sharing is not supported. For technical assistance reach out to our team at [email protected] Visit this app.com to learn more, or connect with us @notabilityapp on Instagram and Twitter. Privacy policy: https://this app.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://this app.com/terms this app is a registered trademark of Ginger Labs, Inc.
Top Reviews
By busylife0000
Great app
I absolutely love this app. Between work, school, and life, this app helps with notes, and my planners for everything. It’s so much more convenient to carry my iPad around rather than a bunch of books. This app is very user friendly, making it very easy to take notes and convert from the pen to highlighter, etc. You can even search your own handwriting and text from a pdf that has been uploaded in the same file which makes it easy to go back and look for something specific instantly rather than scroll through pages of notes. Great app!!! Update: I recently tried to access my notes on my iPhone, but half of the files wouldn’t sync between the ipad and my phone, which was annoying. I had down time to study and couldn’t because they wouldn’t sync. The only way to fix was to duplicate the file on the ipad so it would sync to my phone. It wasn’t a huge deal for that day, but could potentially be a major issue down the line if you don’t have the original device you used for the notes. Other than that, I still think it’s a great app and recommend it to anyone who is switching to digital notes and who doesn’t want to carry around a bunch of binders/notebooks!
By lalah-007
Almost perfect
This app is almost perfect. From the beginning I downloaded both GoodNotes and this app to try both. I can honestly say I can hardly use GoodNotes now, because I can do so much more here I one place. If I could suggest a couple of things that may make this program a little better for a student. First , It would be great if you could choose a folder from the drive or photos(of slides)and then pop the entire file IN the document I’m writing on and it default to a page size image - as doing them one by one , then having to size each one is a real pain when I have a bunch to add. One thing GoodNotes / books does well. Or at least if I could choose more than one image from my note to drag in ...OR not have to click back into the photo options button after each one as its a real pain if I want to import several pages and to a note in a hurry. I would love to have the option to read and turn my pages horizontally like a book and have a book folder file to confine or open it easily - like GoodNotes. Besides these two things - it seems perfect. Its a great well thought out program that keeps progressing with so many great options. Good job to the developers
By Coug-Terp92
Saved My Bacon
I’m currently in grad school and after my first semester, I decided to switch to digital note taking. I was simply overwhelmed by the massive paper trail that often happens in grad school. I shopped around and I saw this app and decided to give it a go. I don’t normally spend $10 on an app, but it has been worth every penny! The organization is top notch, it works with many different type of styli (I use the Friendly Swede interchangeable tip stylus, because of the cost, but Apple Pencil works great if you have an iPad Pro), the recording feature is great, sharing notes is super easy and it’s been so convenient to have all of my school documents in one place. So far, I’m at 600+ documents and I haven’t lost anything since using this app. I absolutely credit this app with helping me pass my comprehensive exams. My only complaints is that I wish I wouldn’t have to buy it again for Mac. I also would like it if they were to incorporate tabs, so I wouldn’t have to back out to the menu every time I wanted to switch between a few related notes. In spite of these shortcomings, I still give it five stars because of how much it’s helped up my game as a grad student. Thanks, this app!
