Best Note-Taking Apps in 2026
Updated
219 note-taking apps ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
219ranked
10free plans on this page
$0.33/molowest paid tier
5 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Note-taking apps 25 channels on this page · 103 of 200 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromOffline accessSupported platformsNote sharingReal-time collaborationStorage limitIntegrations Spec sheet Score
101 Nokta Notes Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformswindows, linuxNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsOneDrive, GitHub, Claude Desktop, Webhooks 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
102 Notes Writer Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsiOS, iPadOS, macOSNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsiCloud, Dropbox, Box, WebDAV, Google Drive 5/8spec lines stated 7.1
103 Growly Notes Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsmacOSNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsDropbox, Google Drive 6/8spec lines stated 7.1
104 Tot Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsmacOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOSNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsApple iCloud, Apple Shortcuts 4/8spec lines stated 7.1
105 Penbook Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsiOS, iPadOS, macOS, Apple VisionNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsApple Calendar; iCloud 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
106 CherryTree Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformswindows, macos, linuxNote sharingNoReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.0
107 Notebooks Free planNoPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsios, macos, windowsNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsiCloud, Dropbox, WebDAV, TextExpander, WePrint, OmniFocus, Things, Firetask, Ideabook, Appigo Todo 6/8spec lines stated 7.0
108 Zim Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformswindows, macos, linuxNote sharingNoReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsGit, Mercurial, Bazaar 6/8spec lines stated 7.0
109 OpenNotas Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsweb, Windows, macOS, LinuxNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsTurso; AWS S3; Google Cloud Storage; Azure Blob Storage; DigitalOcean Spaces; Cloudflare R2; Backblaze B2; MinIO; IBM Cloud Object Storage; Supabase Storage; Ceph 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
110 Notein Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsandroidNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsGoogle Drive, OneDrive, Baidu Cloud Drive 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
111 GitJournal Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsios, android, linux, macosNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsGitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Obsidian, Notable, Foam 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
112 notetime Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsweb, macos, iosNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
113 Openote Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsWindows, macOS, LinuxNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 3/8spec lines stated 6.9
114 Snaptium Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsWindows, macOS, LinuxNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationNoStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsOpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, SiliconFlow, Qwen, Doubao, Kimi, Zhipu AI, Grok, Ollama, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, NAS 4/8spec lines stated 6.9
115 μPad Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsweb, windows, macos, linuxNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 3/8spec lines stated 6.9
116 Collate Free planNoPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOS, LinuxNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.9
117 Synology Photos Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsnot statedNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 6.9
118 Many Notes Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessnot statedSupported platformsweb, self hostedNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationYesStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsOpenID Connect, Pocket ID, Keycloak, Authentik, Entra ID, Auth0, Okta, Google, GitHub, GitLab, Slack 5/8spec lines stated 6.8
119 Squid Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsandroidNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsGoogle Drive, Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Google Classroom 5/8spec lines stated 6.8
120 MindForger Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformswindows, macos, linuxNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsOllama, OpenRouter, OpenAI 4/8spec lines stated 6.8
121 Fable Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsweb, windowsNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 3/8spec lines stated 6.8
122 Unit Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsiosNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsiCloud 4/8spec lines stated 6.8
123 RNote Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformswebNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationYesStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.8
124 Notezilla Free planNoPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsweb, windows, macos, ios, androidNote sharingYesReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 6.8
125 jrnl Free planYesPaid fromnot statedOffline accessYesSupported platformsnot statedNote sharingnot statedReal-time collaborationnot statedStorage limitnot statedIntegrationsnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.8
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Offline access | Supported platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Nokta Notes | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | windows, linux |
| 102 | Notes Writer | 7.1 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | iOS, iPadOS, macOS |
| 103 | Growly Notes | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | macOS |
| 104 | Tot | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS |
| 105 | Penbook | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | — | iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Apple Vision |
| 106 | CherryTree | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | windows, macos, linux |
| 107 | Notebooks | 7.0 | No | — | No | — | Yes | ios, macos, windows |
| 108 | Zim | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | windows, macos, linux |
| 109 | OpenNotas | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | web, Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 110 | Notein | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | android |
| 111 | GitJournal | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | ios, android, linux, macos |
| 112 | notetime | 7.0 | Free plan | $2.99/mo | Yes | — | Yes | web, macos, ios |
| 113 | Openote | 6.9 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 114 | Snaptium | 6.9 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 115 | μPad | 6.9 | No | — | Yes | — | — | web, windows, macos, linux |
| 116 | Collate | 6.9 | No | — | No | — | — | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 117 | Synology Photos | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | — |
| 118 | Many Notes | 6.8 | No | — | Yes | — | — | web, self_hosted |
| 119 | Squid | 6.8 | No | $0.33/mo | Yes | — | Yes | android |
| 120 | MindForger | 6.8 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | windows, macos, linux |
| 121 | Fable | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | web, windows |
| 122 | Unit | 6.8 | Free plan | $2.92/mo | Yes | — | Yes | ios |
| 123 | RNote | 6.8 | Free plan | £2/mo | Yes | — | Yes | web |
| 124 | Notezilla | 6.8 | No | $1.66/mo | No | — | Yes | web, windows, macos, ios, android |
| 125 | jrnl | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — |
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