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Alternatives to Notability

Notability brings handwriting, typed text, recordings, images, and imported documents together, with offline access, sharing, and real-time collaboration. Its study features include audio transcription, summaries, Smart Notes, quizzes, flashcards, chat with notes, and YouTube transcripts with summaries. Integrations include iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, and WebDAV, and it runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows.

  1. 01 Notion

    Notion suits individuals organising personal projects and teams sharing notes and coordinating work.

    From $10/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.5 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Goodnotes

    Goodnotes suits people who want notes available across mobile, desktop, and web platforms, including offline.

    From $1/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.5 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Obsidian

    Obsidian suits people who want offline notes in open file formats and a customizable workspace.

    From $4.17/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS
    9.5 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Notesnook

    Notesnook suits people who want encrypted note-taking across desktop, mobile, and web, with offline access and note sharing.

    From $1.67/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.4 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Amplenote

    It suits people organizing notes, tasks, calendars, and long-term goals across several devices.

    From $0.49/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.4 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Supernotes

    Supernotes is designed for individuals managing personal knowledge through linked, searchable notes.

    From £6/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.4 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Joplin

    Joplin suits people who want open-source notes across devices, offline access and multimedia attachments.

    From €2.39/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.3 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Turtl

    Turtl suits people who want to organize mixed notes and share selected Spaces with collaborators.

    From $3/mo Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · Android
    9.3 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Mem Agent

    Mem may suit people who want to capture, search and organize notes, meetings and research across a workspace.

    From $9/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.3 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Google Keep
    From $7/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · Browser extension
    9.1 Visit Specs
  11. 11 SiYuan

    SiYuan suits people who want linked, block-based notes with databases, flashcards and offline access.

    From $148/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.1 Visit Specs
  12. 12 RemNote

    RemNote suits learners who want notes, source files, and flashcards in one study workflow.

    From $8/mo Free plan iOS · Android
    9.1 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Workflowy

    Workflowy suits people who want to organize notes and lists in a nested document and connect related material with tags, backlinks or mirrors.

    From $6.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.1 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Snippets

    Snippets may suit people who want notes, task tracking, and flashcards together, with offline use and local or GitHub storage.

    From $1/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS
    9.1 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Milanote

    Milanote suits creative professionals and teams, including filmmakers, writers, designers, photographers, marketers and content creators.

    From $9.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.1 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Microsoft OneNote
    From $8.33/mo Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.0 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Logseq

    Logseq suits students, academics, writers, project managers, and developers who want linked notes, tasks, and PDF annotation.

    From $5/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Twos

    Twos suits people who want notes, tasks, reminders and links in a single daily organizer across devices.

    From $3.33/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Poznote
    From $2/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Mochi

    Mochi suits learners who want Markdown notes and flashcards with offline access.

    From $5/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS
    9.0 Visit Specs
  21. 21 HackMD
    From $5/mo Free plan Web
    8.9 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Pellet
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS
    8.9 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Notewise
    From $2.42/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android
    8.9 Visit Specs
  24. 24 ZenNotes
    From $1/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.9 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Bear
    From $2.50/mo Free plan Web · macOS · iOS · API
    8.9 Visit Specs
  26. 26 NoteLedge
    Free plan Windows · macOS · iOS · Android
    8.9 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Hillnote
    From $0.83/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · iOS · Android
    8.8 Visit Specs
  28. 28 NotePlan
    From $8.25/mo Free trial Web · macOS · iOS
    8.8 Visit Specs
  29. 29 Heptabase

    It suits students, researchers, and lifelong learners who organize sources visually and want AI assistance.

    From $8.99/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  30. 30 Recall

    Recall identifies researchers, founders and operators, students, writers and creators, and lifelong learners among its users.

    From $10/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.8 Visit Specs

Choosing instead of Notability

Readers may look elsewhere because Starter permits five notes, Pro costs $19.99 a month, Business Pro costs $180 a year per user, and several plans have no price listed. iOS and iPadOS require version 17 or later, while Android requires version 12 or later. Switching means weighing each alternative's platform coverage, offline behavior, collaboration, storage, integrations, task or calendar tools, knowledge-management structure, and price against Notability's mixed-media notes and study workflow.

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