Notability: AI Notes & Planner

• Notability Lite — $5.99
• Notability Lite — $14.99
• Notability Plus — $7.99
• Notability Plus — $19.99
• Notability Pro — $99.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.8 454100 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Love it but Need Improvement

   🥲Update: can we please have the option to choose color for tape covering function? Sometimes the white stripe is not popping out very much. It is very useful for us, students. PLEASEEEEE!,!!!! I had been using notability throughout my college years, and even during my grad school. I love how you can record audio and track/syn with your note. But if it has these following three things, it will be perfect. 1. We want more pens. For ipad users, we want to keep changing the colors of our pen, and we Know that we have space on our interface. Please put 2 more pen location. Or at least one more. It will help so much with taking notes. Please. 2. We wish we can add mp3 files for the audio please. We can record through our ipad, but during class, we have to actually write down our notes with our apple pencils etc, and it make a huge noise when we later listen to those recorded audios. Therefore we (manyyy students) usually take our ph and put it near the teacher, so that we can hear his voice clearer. And we all wish to be able to put those files back to the lectures note because when we re listen to the lecture, man.., it help a lot man. Please. 3. Make a book-like format option. It is understandable that you (the notability app developer) has your own style but many of us, students, want to make books like files, to not confuse our notes. The current format looks ok but once you had been using notability for more than 2 years, it become a mess. Please please please. Thank you.

   Arti Dahte · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Almost perfect

   I’ve been using the app for years and I really love the latest upgrade that includes transcripts because I often have to record meetings with clients and I don’t have to spend too much time trying to take detailed notes. Having the transcript is really helpful and keeps me from having to go back and listen to the entire audio especially when you have a fairly long audio file. That said, there are a few features that I would love to see in Notability, and these include layers, tags, and the ability to create outlines or a table of contents of the pages in the document. I use a digital planner as well as a multi section notebook for work, and only being able to bookmark pages is not helpful when I have a lot of notes. I would love the ability to actually add the page with a label into an outline that I could click on to quickly navigate to that page like you are able to do in Goodnotes. This is similar for digital planning when I add extra template pages to various sections of the planner they often are not hyperlinked the way the standard pages are, and therefore makes it difficult to sometimes find those pages, and so having the ability to outline, or even tag, the page would make it easy to navigate to. Lastly, because I digitally plan as well as do a lot of notetaking for coursework having layers would be helpful because then I could have a layer with notes or annotations or stickers that can be turned on and off as needed like you are able to do in Noteful and ZoomNotes

   Jd966875 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Amazing App

   I’ve been using Notability since college and now I use it for my personal and professional life. Most importantly, I’ve come to rely on it for therapy - where I don’t have to ‘think’ in the general sense. Of course, I’m challenged to think and talk through issues, but that’s where notability comes in. I can give 100% of my focus to each session and draw placeholders on the screen when something enlightening, challenging, etc. - is discussed during recording. My therapist no longer needs to wait as I take notes - I’m a very slow writer - resulting in far more dialogue each session. Later, I’ll review placeholders with the benefit of experiencing the tone of how and why something was said. It’s phenomenal. May I request the addition of a zoom percentage feature to the main notepad screen? When writing, my ‘ink’ can be too thick or too thin making it difficult to maintain the same level of penmanship continuity, regardless of the different pen sizes. I know this is nit picky, but having clean notes to start each day makes for a productive day. A percentage feature would save time and a little frustration trying to match cleanliness of previous notes. We’ve all been there when looking back at notes saying, “I really like how I wrote that! It started me off on the right foot and really made for a productive day.” It’s truly self-motivating. Thanks for creating Notability. It has been life changing.

   The Jacob · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Best notes app I’ve ever used

   I love this app, I’ve been using it for a few years and it’s the only app I’ve ever left a written review on because I just think that it is such a good app and deserves a good review. I love that there are templates that let me take unique notes and that I can organize everything. There’s so many useful features like the math conversion and the learn features. I like that I can easily import documents and large files to directly annotate and take notes, it is super easy to do and doesn’t take a long time to load the imported files. It’s really useful to be able to access my notes across devices and without internet as well so I can review anywhere any time. One thing I hope to see from this app in the future is an expansion on the AI Learn features, there is so much potential for this feature. A few suggestions, it would be nice to be able to easily access the material generated by learn in one separate area instead of having to open each not individually. Perhaps a separate section that contains all the generated Learn materials from the individual notes so you can easily view and access them. Furthermore I would love more options of study features similar to those of apps like Quizlet or Knowt, that way instead of exporting the AI generated material to a different app everything could be done on Notability. The Learn feature has so much potential and I can’t wait to see where it goes. I highly recommend this app.

   Marianna_g123 · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Game changing study application!

   I’ve used this app through the entirety of my undergraduate studies, and now in my doctoral studies. This is hands down the MOST USEFUL, time saving, and engaging learning application I’ve ever used. My Notability files contain years of text searchable, handwritten, typed, and audio recorded notes, that I regularly reference, which I can also access, edit, and study from my phone, computer, or iPad. Over the years, I’ve seen many features added that users have indicated a desire for, and the developers pay attention to what we want and expect out of an educational utility such as this, so it just keeps getting better. The ‘AI study’ feature that can generate quizzes and other study material from notes is extremely useful! Since AI proficiency and utility has reached the point it’s at currently, it would be game changing if Siri could be used as a verbal interface, with verbal proficiency equal to the Safari ‘reader,’ to interact with the AI generated study content (specifically the quizzes), enabling hands free use of Notability’s powerful AI study feature by individuals who need to maintain high productivity, but who have to spend a lot of time in the car. Having the ability to verbalize and articulate recalled study material conversationally, take the generated quizzes, or essentially ask the notes questions through Siri, would be exceptionally beneficial for professional development. I would certainly open my wallet and hand over money for something like that.

   nashben87 · 30 Aug 2026

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