Notability is a powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation app for iPhone iPad. It has also the Mac version which is sold separately.
Students, teachers, and business professionals use Notability daily to enrich their lives. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note-taking experience at school, home, and work.
STREAMLINE YOUR WORKFLOW
- Become fully paper-free, in the classroom, office, and at home.
- Complete, sign, and share documents in Notability.
- Drag and Drop to move files, text, photos, GlFs, web pages, and more from other apps into Notability with Multitasking.
- Secure and lock your notes using Face ID and Touch ID.
HANDWRITE AND SKETCH WITH BEAUTIFUL INK
- Fully express your artistic side with custom colors and match any color with the color dropper.
- Easily create perfect shapes.
- Precisely erase freehand ink or shapes with varied brush sizes.
- Ink is fine-tuned for 1st and 2nd generation Apple Pencil for the most responsive, precise writing experience yet, including double-tap gesture for switching tools, erasing, and more.
SEARCH AND CONVERT HANDWRITTEN NOTES
- Search for handwritten words from the Library and in the note view in any of our 15 supported languages.
- Convert handwriting to text.
- It all happens on your device, so your information stays private.
SAVE TIME WITH MULTI-NOTE
- Multi-Note lets you work with two notes side-by-side.
- Quickly switch between notes with the Note Switcher.
- Drag & Drop handwriting, typed text, images, and more between notes.
TYPE ANYWHERE
- Notability includes full-featured, left-aligned typing with word count and a wide range of fonts, sizes, and colors.
- Create outlines, interactive checklists, and text boxes.
- Save time with keyboard shortcuts.
IMPORT AND SHARE
- Import PDFs, DOCS, PPTs, images, GIFs, and more – conversion to PDF happens on your device, so your information stays private.
- Annotate imported pictures, lecture slides, and meeting agendas, or complete class assignments.
- Share notes via email, AirDrop, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, and more, or share note content to other apps with Drag and Drop.
RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO
- Get more out of your lectures and meetings when you record them.
- Notes are automatically synced with audio recordings so during playback you can listen to what was happening as you wrote.
AUTO-BACKUP AND ICLOUD SYNC
- Use iCloud to automatically sync your notes to Notability on iPad, iPhone, and Mac, or to retrieve previous versions of your notes.
- Use Auto-backup to send your notes to a cloud service for archiving or recovery. Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, WebDAV, and OneDrive are all supported!
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