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24 alternatives to conotes

Generate PDFs in Cornell notes format inside your browser

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. conotes launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    Cornell notes as PDF

    2022 · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    InstaNote▲270

    Transform Your Ideas into Notes

    2024 · sanoji.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Handwritten notes and a whiteboard in your browser. Write with a pen, keep the pdf next to your notes. No account, nothing leaves the browser. - swimmingbrain/brainotes

    11d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ghostnote▲132

    Add contextual notes to websites, folders, docs, apps

    2015 · ghostnoteapp.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

    Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    With this plugin you can create literature notes from BibTeX entries, display formatted reference lists, and instantly generate citations.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Grid Note▲130

    A smart way to note with structured layouts 📝

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Everything you need to take beautiful and effective notes

    2021 · chiichan.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9
    Paper 4.0▲181

    Arrange sketches and notes in your online journal

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

    2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Cornell note + flashcard

    2024 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Note-Taking & PDF Markup

    2022 · goodnotes.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Create rich, interconnected notes with blocks

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving

    2022 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    This lets you talk to local LLMs in Apple Notes. I saw Obsidian Ollama (https://github.com/hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama) and thought it was handy, but I'm too lazy to migrate away from the Apple ecosystem, so I quickly hacked this together. I tend to use Notes as a scratchpad for prompts, so it's nice to do some quick inference without leaving the app. Notes doesn't really support plugins so I'm using the macOS accessibility API for reading selections and then stream responses using the clipboard (not ideal but it works).

    2024 · smallest.app · its alternatives →

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    Enote▲107

    Lightweight Desktop Notes

    Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    The app started as my wishful thinking that flashcards should really be derived from notes. I've been constantly writing things down and wishing to remember them. However, I never could convince myself to populate a flashcard app with them. I really tried (Anki, Supermemo), but I guess regular form filling is not for me. So I've started experimenting with flashcards derived from structured notes. Writing the 1st MVP was fast, but productionising it was way harder. Content synchronisation when the user can work from tube/plane and use multiple devices and content is text is… not trivial.…

    2024 · flashnotesapp.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    Export highlights from PDF files with ease.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Contexted▲107

    Write, connect & visualize your notes

    2019 · contexted.io · its alternatives →

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    Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system

    Apr 2026 · asnotes.io · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Open-source shared notes with Markdown & Mermaid support

    2025 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    Highlight and hand write notes on PDFs

    2014 · goodnotes.com · its alternatives →

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    Donote▲13

    Turn audio, PDFs, and videos into perfect notes instantly

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Convert physical books into digital notes

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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