Noto - Elegant Note

• Free to download
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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.6 1292 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5So good, but with room for growth

   This is the best note organizing app I’ve worked with yet. I was a longtime Evernote user and then have used Bear hardcore for the last two years, but needed more organization than tags can provide. My choices came down to Notion, Craft and Noto. Noto wins for my purposes. Notion is too clunky and Craft doesn’t allow for manual organization of notes only sorted lists. Noto not only allows for manual sorting, but makes it instant, intuitive and fun. As I organize thoughts and documents, that is what I want. Now as for room for growth, I would like to see expanded export options. Getting imported content into Noto is a snap, but getting it out seems to be a note by note affair, no group exports. This needs to happen to make this a serious app and is really the only weak spot of great magnitude. Cosmetically, I would like to see more color options for folders and notes, but it’s no deal breaker. The short: the more I use it, the more I like it.

   Campfly · 31 Jul 2026

2. 4/5This app should have 5 stars if it weren’t for the lack of support

   This app is honestly the best note taking app there is in my experience, and I’ve tried a lot. Its smooth, fast, and lets you make lots of folders and organize things. It also has decent manual export options if you’re not into backing them up ways that are unfortunately more popular now. All that said, the big issue is the app has a couple really annoying bugs as I write this. Mainly you can make a folder completely unusable to where you can’t even access your notes if you copy and paste hyperlinks from bingai I believe and they won’t help you get those notes back. In addition, folders somehow get messed up and won’t make your most recent note appear at the top so you have to search for it every time or move everything to a new folder to correct this. So yeah, support is lacking a lot to the point where I may have to switch apps at some point, but really I don’t want to. I paid for this and I really think it is the best note app by far, and with no subscription as well. So I really hope they step up their support.

   Monsieur Reasonable · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Very good!

   This app is very good and functionally does what I need it to. I spent months looking for an app to replace my previous one that is no longer supported. This came the closest to doing what I need. It allows multiple folders and folders within folders, allows both video and photo uploads, allows manual organization and lets you put written notes within the folders (surprisingly some apps don’t allow notes or manual organization!) Like I said, functionally works great. Esthetically, it could use a slight upgrade. It looks almost sterile. The two biggest upgrades I’d like to see that would make it five stars is to allow inserting multiple photos at a time instead of only one by one and to have a number count for the photos. (Such as 1 of 20 etc). I use this to organize my collections using photos and it would be nice to know how many I have simply by clicking on one of the pictures. Edit: I’ve been using this app for two years and sadly there have been none of the updates I’d love to see. I add multiple pictures and it is soooo tedious to have to add them one at a time.

   Rjs1226 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5One of the BEST

   As a very critical user of only the best apps I can find among hundreds over time I highly recommend this app. The app is for quickly, taking notes and being able to include all kinds of items in them from pasted images, to Web links and much more. Other apps have a similar abilities, but to sum it up: in this app, it is EASY. Also, it’s ability to have multi columns that can be resized gives it a modest but useful database ability. For instance, you can put a note in the first cell of a row, and then have a copy of an email related to the note in the next column, a picture in another column related to the note, and if you have a little ingenuity, you can even insert a sound recording link in another column related to the note. I could go on here, but I don’t want to overdo your patience in reading reviews. I can only say that personally I thank the developer of this app for creating it

   JohnF9 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5I LOVE THIS APP

   I probably use this app about once every few hours, no joke—which is a lot for me, considering I rarely spend much time on any app. But this app has genuinely improved my life in so many ways, especially in managing my ADHD. I’m pretty scatterbrained, but being able to organize different folders for things I want to revisit later—like articles, essays, or personal journal entries—has made my life feel much more organized. I’m paying for the subscription, and in my opinion, it is SO worth it. Customization is really important to me, so I’m thrilled that I can change the app icon and font to my liking. I also love that there are multiple versions of light and dark mode; sometimes, the default options can feel too bright or too dull depending on my surroundings, so having a choice is amazing. I even prefer this app over Notion! I’ve tried several times to make Notion work for me, but it’s just too cluttered and overwhelming. With Noto, I feel free to customize it without feeling bogged down by unnecessary features. It’s literally perfect—I can’t think of a single thing I’d change. And to be clear, I’m not sponsored or affiliated with Noto. I rarely write reviews and don’t remember getting any notification to review this app, but maybe I missed it. Honestly, I just felt compelled to write this because I love it that much. I’d recommend it to anyone!

   Ummmmmmmhi · 31 Jul 2026

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