Work · alternatives · 2026
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.
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Summarize▲256Remember the books you read through organized notes 📚
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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SideNotes▲311A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
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A simple and free note taking app for iOS devices.
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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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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PDF editor designed for all the ways you work
2020 · pdf-reader.kdandoc.com · its alternatives →
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Highlight & summarize PDFs effortlessly with powerful tool
2024 · glasp.co · its alternatives →
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Knotes▲177An efficient, beautiful Kindle highlights & notes manager
2016 · knotesapp.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Note It▲59A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tyles▲156An AI-driven note app that magically sorts your knowledge
2023 · tyles.io · its alternatives →
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BookNotion▲108Easily save Kindle highlights in Notion for free
2023 · en.booknotion.site · its alternatives →
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Conveniently find, navigate and read PDFs on your phone
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Roughbook▲71Tool for quick notes-taking & Productivity.
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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CopyNote▲92Smart snippets and message templates for your phone
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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