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24 alternatives to OpenNotebooks

A simple and free note taking app for iOS devices.

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

1
OpenNotas▲379
The best personal note-taking app, fast, secure & free
2024 · opennotas.io · its alternatives →
2
Evernote 8.0 - January 2017▲415
The popular note-taking app, re-designed for iOS
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Supernotes 3▲427
Take notes everywhere
2023 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
4
Online NotesPad▲247
Free online notes taking app
2025 · onlinenotespad.com · its alternatives →
5
NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020 · noteplan.co · its alternatives →
6
SideNotes for iPhone and iPad▲110
Your quick notes with you
2022 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
7
Stupid Notes▲337
Minimalist note taking app
2025 · stupidnotes.com · its alternatives →
8
Better Notes▲357
Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
2016 · betternotesapp.com · its alternatives →
9
SideNotes▲311
A 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 →
10
Evernote Web - Oct 2014▲435
Dictate notes, perform searches, and see recent content.
2014 · evernote.com · its alternatives →
11
Open source non-linear notepad app▲222
MicroPad is a free non-linear note taking app that allows for easy organisation of all of your notes and notebooks.
2018 · getmicropad.com · its alternatives →
12
Notebook for Mac▲341
The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac
2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →
13
Notebag▲298
A keyboard-focused note-taking app that gets out of your way
2020 · notebag.app · its alternatives →
14
My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)▲313
Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
Take Notes▲78
Handwritten notes made easy
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
16
QuickNote.io▲145
📝 Minimalist, 🙈 anonymous and 🆓 free note taking app
2018 · quicknote.io · its alternatives →
17
Gooba▲155
A free note-taking app for iPhone & iPad 📝
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017 · standardnotes.com · its alternatives →
19
Drafts▲171
Distraction-free note taking app
2022 · getdrafts.com · its alternatives →
20
Penbook▲117
The nicest freehand writing app ✍️
2018 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
21
Note It▲59
A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Grafobook▲83
An offline, free and open source note taking app for Android
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
23
Quick Notes 2.0▲84
Quick note taking app
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Evernote for iOS▲142
The most popular note-taking app, reengineered.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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