UpNote - notes, diary, journal

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases: $1.99 - $39.99 per item

Last verified 4 Sep 2026

4.7 1040 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5It’s so so so underrated

   I wish this app will go on for a long long time. I hope it will reach the popularity it deserves and give the developers the cashflow to keep it running. First of all, it’s cross-platformed. Not just available on every platform but looks and works the same too. You won’t even feel any difference. This might be small deal to many but trust me it makes the app so much more useful if you got different devices. Second of all, it got lifetime license for a reasonable price. Now to the app, it is simple, markdown-based note taking. What makes it more useful is they implement the most basic, the most useful features very very well. They don’t over complicate anything, just make it work right. Tag? # write checked. Headers? # space write checked. Table? Markdown table is complicated but they built in a func to generate tables so checked. Modifying tables? Checked. You know what’s crazy? They got mathjax integrated too so you can write beautiful equations within your notes too. It’s crazy. I’ve never seen any app being able to do it so gracefully. This app is a gem. It blends the simplicity of markdown with more advanced features in a seamless way making writing notes so much easier. Thank you so much everyone who works on this! The only thing Id ask is if you can provide dmg file installer for mac along side the app store option. Thanks again!

   Olalaalolo · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Cliche or not - I’ve tried them all, and this is by far the best

   After years of being a faithful and paying user of a major competitor product, I finally had to look for a replacement due to regular large price increases and some (to me anyway) unnecessary bloat in that app and service. Having tried nearly every notetaking app at some point over the last few years, I couldn’t find a good replacement. being in the Google ecosystem, I tried keep as my primary notetaking app for quite a while, but I just couldn’t make it work. I had seen UpNote on a few lists of worthy products to try, and I gave it a shot. I immediately felt like this was going to be a good solution and potentially even a better solution than what I had been using for years. Having now used it for a couple of months now, being a paid premium user for most of that time, I can absolutely say this is a nearly perfect solution for me. It can work simply as a place to jot some quick thought, or it can easily organize the thousands of notes that I currently have. The folder and notebook structure makes sense to me, and the ability to use tags is incredibly convenient. Importing from other major services is extremely simple. I would encourage anyone to at least give this a try. Once you see how much more affordable it is on top of everything else, I would imagine it could be hard to go back to another premium note taking app.

   PhilMullins · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5I Have Found My Note App!

   I recently got to the point where I was no longer willing to suffer with the note taking app that I had been using for nearly 20 years. That other app kept increasing prices and adding distracting, annoying and pointless interface changes and adding other features that I did not need or want. So, I did a fairly exhaustive search for a new note taking app to use for work and personal use. I looked at over 10 well-reviewed alternatives, and finally found UpNote. It is perfect for me. It has a simple, straightforward interface. Syncing works very well. It handles large numbers of notes and did a great job of importing my previous notes. Now I can focus on making clear notes, recording information so I can easily find it later. Further, I emailed in a question and got an effective response the same day. UpNote is great and definitely worth your time to learn it and transition to it. Very highly recommended!

   CC95051 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 2/5Formatting needs work.

   One of the most annoying things with notation app is you often find yourself fighting with them for formatting and it ruins really good apps. I stopped using Craft docs for this reason and I’m now running into it with Upnote. An example is if I have a list and I’ve switched from number bullet to symbol sub-bullet - this part is fine. When pasting text in (because there’s no copy and paste and match style on iPad) sometimes this will throw formatting off so instead of continuing with the nested bullet format, Upnote strips all bullet point symbols (even though the toolbar shows bullet point enabled there’s none on the screen). When you try to backspace to get the non-bulleted item back on the line with the previous point (which IS bulleted) and return to create what should be a new bulleted point, it does not retain the formatting and again you have the nested item just floating with no bullet point. This seems isolated to the iPad app, as I don’t run into it as much on the Mac. Update: this is also happening when mixing bullets and numberings. I can’t use numbers for major headers and bullets for sub insets because when you try to go back to the numbering system it starts back over at 1 instead of having that continuity and again you spend so much time fighting the formatting - it’s very reminiscent of Microsoft products where Word tries to “predict” what you want to do but in doing that it’s actually making so much more work because it’s often not what you’re trying to do and to go back and try to undo the predictive formatting is so tough and time consuming.

   mytw0b1ts · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5My Favorite Note Application

   I have a folder of different note applications, and I tried about 12 different ones, and UpNote is my favorite. Here is why. Features Add image covers to your notebooks, or upload your own Organize notebooks in notebooks Create templates that you can later apply to new created notes Organize content into accordions, even image content Resize imported images to make space on your note Apply up to six different heading styles or normal text⁠⁠ The pro version only costs $2.00 per month. I also like Zoho Notebook, and Gorillized Outline. UpNote and Notebook are the only two I know that allow you add image covers to notebooks, and I like how Outline allows tag options for different checklist icons such as “Important” or “Critical.” But in the end, UpNote did it for me, because of the features I mentioned. I would personally like more design options to the UI. I like the layout, but it needs more color and contrast in my opinion. Maybe a light gray sidebar, and a colored header that matches the theme that you have applied. And as a suggestion, maybe add an option for line spacing. For numbered lists, for example, I like to have more spacing in between each listing. These are not criticisms, just personal preferences. I would say that my only criticism is that that the Undo and Redo options, after backspacing, undos and redos each character, rather than the entire action. But that’s it. I love this application, and I am now syncing it on all my devices.

   BriVester · 31 Jul 2026

4.8 20667 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   doesn't even launch

   guai · 5 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   Good app. Browser clipper needs to be improved.

   Igor Ruderman · 5 Aug 2026

3. 4/5

   Most simple and effective notes app I've found. Prides itself on being low-frills, low complexity, yet fast and powerful. It isn't a Notion or Evernote by any means but that's exactly why I've chosen UpNote instead. This is one of those few apps that knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything more. The lifetime purchase (rather than a subscription model) is another key plus for me. The one thing that would bring my rating to a 100% 5⭐ is if UpNote introduced end-to-end encryption.

   Maxwell Gawlick · 5 Aug 2026

4. 5/5

   Awesome app. I am transitioning from EverNote which has an outrageous $266.49 annual. Perfect for what I need.

   Dan Pena · 5 Aug 2026

5. 4/5

   stagnant development, primitive web clipper

   Lubo Tobias · 5 Aug 2026

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