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24 alternatives to NowLedge

Take notes easily from your books in PDF

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

1
NoteLedge▲210
Take better notes, your way
2021 · its alternatives →
2
Whatting▲898
The iPad diary, just for you
2025 · whatting.com · its alternatives →
3
Paper 3.0▲781
The new sticky note
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Desklamp▲133
Remember everything you read and revise faster
2022 · its alternatives →
5
ClipMyNotes▲96
Export highlights from PDF files with ease.
2020 · its alternatives →
6
OpenNotebooks▲71
A simple and free note taking app for iOS devices.
2021 · its alternatives →
7
SideNotes 1.3▲259
Quick Notes on Screen Side
2021 · its alternatives →
8
A canvas-based note taking and organizer app▲61
So I've been working on this app for a very long time now. Started off by wanting an app that separates long form notes from short form notes visually and keeps everything organized on a canvas. The app features: -Sticky notes for quick, small notes and A4 notes for long form documents -A quick mode that uses local storage to quickly open the app and jot down a thought on the canvas -A PDF export option that exports your notes into 3 custom designed PDF styles -Visual hierarchy to replicate file structure instead of a linear fashion, where your files are notes, stacks are folders and labels…
Jul 2026 · passinote.app · its alternatives →
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Kdan Mobile PDF Reader▲97
PDF editor designed for all the ways you work
2020 · its alternatives →
10
Highlight & Summarize: PDF Companion▲129
Highlight & summarize PDFs effortlessly with powerful tool
2024 · its alternatives →
11
Knotes▲177
An efficient, beautiful Kindle highlights & notes manager
2016 · its alternatives →
12DC
Desklamp – convenient and collaborative notemaking on PDFs▲99
Hey HN! I'm Prajwal, the co-creator of Desklamp! I just completed my undergrad, which is where we got the idea for Desklamp. A bunch of friends and I built this because we hated the experience of studying on our laptops. It was boring, and we found ourselves staring at the screen for hours on end with no output to show for it. To make reading more engaging and to make sure we could remember what we read, we built a note-making system integrated with a PDF reader. The aim is to encourage you to make notes! LaTeX support, clipping out sections from the document, linking notes to sections in…
2022 · desklamp.io · its alternatives →
13
Note It▲59
A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · its alternatives →
14
NotesAlong▲75
Highlight, organize, and share information effectively
2020 · its alternatives →
15
Tyles▲156
An AI-driven note app that magically sorts your knowledge
2023 · its alternatives →
16
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
scatteredNote▲82
Simple UI to grab content and take note easily
2023 · its alternatives →
18
Contexted▲107
Write, connect & visualize your notes
2019 · its alternatives →
19
StarNote▲127
Note-taking and PDF editor for Android tablets
2025 · starnote.ai · its alternatives →
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BookNotion▲108
Easily save Kindle highlights in Notion for free
2023 · its alternatives →
21
Highlights▲109
Rethink the way you use your Kindle highlights
2024 · its alternatives →
22
Good Notes 5▲88
Note-Taking & PDF Markup
2022 · its alternatives →
23
SimplePDFReader▲36
Conveniently find, navigate and read PDFs on your phone
2024 · its alternatives →
24
Roughbook▲71
Tool for quick notes-taking & Productivity.
2021 · its alternatives →

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