With so many note-taking apps out there for you the iPad, I wanted to run through my personal top 5 note-taking apps for an iPad! Let me know what you think!
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0:00 – Intro
1:34 – Screen Protector
1:55 – EverNote
4:32 – GoodNotes 5
6:52 – Notability
8:46 – Microsoft One Note
11:44 – Apple Notes
14:20 – Final Thoughts
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I’ve used Apple Pencil on my iPad for almost 3 years and have no scratches on the screen. The pencil doesn’t cause any scratches. If you’re getting scratches it due to another reason
@Dior How long have you had it?
@PinMan 2 and half years
Yeah, I don’t think that’s even possible, the Apple Pencil tip is plastic, the screen of the iPad is glass, plastic doesn’t scratch glass unless you apply abnormal pressure to it, even then it’s more likely to see the tip of the Apple Pencil receiving damage rather than the screen of the device, don’t really get where they got that idea from.
@NXGen I’m pretty sure it’s because they are using a paperlike screen protector that gets scratches
Yeah the new version of paper like is amazing
For my use case, OneNote is the only notes application for me. I use it daily in my corporate life, across all my devices.
When I decided to move to a paperless world due to constant travel, I narrowed down to OneNote as I use it across Windows computers, Surface tablets, iPads, Apple and Android devices. The fluidity and integration with the Office 365 products is perfect.
Interesting, the one surprise for me was Evernote. I never thought of it as a notebook to write in.
If you can familiarize yourself with the UI, CollaNote is free and very versatile and always being updated.
This is the best one for me. I’ve tried every note taking app and this is the most complete and versatile. Have a really active community and the developer Reaally listen the feature requests. The only thing that I need to be perfect is a pdf sync so I can read my notes in my windows laptop. If you have an Apple ecosystem, then this is already perfect
I loooove GoodNotes! I’ve been using it as a PDF annotator for eight years now. It keeps them all well organized and it’s been a great tool for annotating PDFs since way before it was possible with Apple stock apps.
I’ve been a huge Evernote for years and have 100’s of notebooks stacked and use template and the dashboard but I can see the benefit of OneNote or AppleNote. I look forward to your MS app review on iPad.
I use Apple notes more and more as they add features… I also use OneNote as well…. But not as much as I used to.
GoodNotes and iPad is a marriage made in heaven.
I utilize Onenote simply because it is the best app that allows you to draw over typed text and photos with the pencil as well as the infinite canvas. If Apple Notes allowed these two features, I firmly believe it would dethrone Onenote.
thats also a great feature of One Note
I agree with you regarding Apple Notes. However, I don’t understand why everyone overlooks Zoom Notes when reviewing note taking apps. While Zoom Notes has a fairly steep learning curve, it’s versatility and functionality is unmatched, especially for the price which is a very reasonable one time purchase with regular updates by the developer. I stopped using Notability when it became subscription based. I just can’t justify so many subscriptions. I’ve been using Evernote for years but am finding it clunky and slow, too high priced for less functionality, so have been looking for a better alternative, possibly Notion. But in y he mean time am using Apple Notes to collect clips, links, images and such. BTW fully functional One Note is completely free, no subscription to Microsoft 365 needed and its whiteboard layout is infinite.
GoodNotes is much better than note ability for handwriting recognition. I only use note ability when I want to record and take notes at the same time… Which is rare
Noteshelf should be on this list for Evernote users. It will sync to your Evernote account.
I love Apple notes but the reason why I am watching this video right now is because there is a glitch with the Apple Notes app especially while using Pencil. When you are constantly using using the Apple Pencil in the notes app, it will lag a like a good noticeable lag. There are other users having the same issue as well.
Anyone faced this before…. ???
I tried Paperlike with a previous iPad and THAT I am not sure I can get behind. The material is known for chewing through pencil tips, at attracts finger oils like no ones business and also washes out the vibrant colors of the iPad screen in favor of glare reduction
One of the best reviews on note taking apps I’ve seen. I go back and forth between OneNote and Apple Notes.
The Apple Notes app has been disappointing me consistently. It has lost the ease of navigation, does not allow you to separate out pages, can’t zoom in on specific writings (or infinite canvas for that matter). And now with the iPadOS 16 update, has been lagging horrendously. Writing using a pencil is practically unusable now as the strokes literally appear seconds after you move on to a different portion.
If you use the expensive Paperlike, be prepared to replace your apple pencil tips regularly especially using Procreate etc. I now use the ESL screen protector and for less than half the price I got 3 in the pack and they’re better and don’t wear out our pencils. Just sharing my experience.