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Scan handwritten notes and sync across devices

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   Powrbook▲3

   Turn handwritten notes, sketches and ideas into workflows.

   Mar 2026

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   Papper: Scan Handwritten Todos▲176

   Blending handwritten warmth with digital precision

   2023

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   Handwrytten▲154

   Notes written in pen at scale

   2020

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   Muse 2.0 with local-first sync▲178

   Hey HN, I want to share with you something I and my four colleagues have been working on for the last several years. It’s a whiteboarding and notes tool called Muse[1]. We just released a 2.0 version which includes local-first sync. A little backstory: I’m one of the authors of the 2019 essay Local-first software[2]. (Past HN discussions[3][4].) The thesis is to reclaim some of the ownership over our data that we’ve lost in the transition from filesystems to cloud/SaaS. So I’m excited to bring CRDT technology “out of the lab” and into a commercial product as a chance to prove the value…

   2022 · museapp.com

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   NoteThisDown▲162

   Handwritten notes to Notion

   2024

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   Codex Scanner by Baron Fig▲133

   Hashtag, back up, and share your notes and photos.

   2017

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   Panobook▲128

   A panoramic notebook for your desk.

   2017

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   Totallib▲226

   Note-taking for better thinking, augmented by AI.

   2021

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   Trilium Notes – Scriptable note-taking application▲328

   2019 · github.com

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    UINotebook▲183

    A notebook for creatives and engineers

    2017

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    Defter Notes▲111

    iPad app for handwritten spatial notes

    2022

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    Handiemail▲104

    Handwritten letters & notes on request

    2014

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    NoteBuddy▲142

    Collaborate with others live using an online notebook.

    2020

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    Universal Typeface▲100

    Unifying the world’s handwriting

    2014

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    ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain text▲140

    2017 · shakydraw.com

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    Scanner Pro 7▲171

    Probably the best way to scan papers

    2016

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    MeisterNote▲181

    Stunning online documentation - write, organize, collaborate

    2021

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    RexPad▲86

    Nimble collaborative note-taking.

    2018

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    Fuzzynote – terminal-based, CRDT-backed, collaborative note-taking▲153

    2021 · github.com

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    WallSync Capture▲124

    Digitise your handwritten notes instantly

    2019

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    PeekNote▲176

    Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers

    2025

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    Panobook▲103

    Panoramic notebook for your desk

    2017

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    MinkNote▲157

    Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files

    Jul 2026 · muse23.com

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    NotesHub 3.3▲135

    Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

    2024

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