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24 alternatives to Take Notes

Handwritten notes made easy

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

1. 1
   Supernotes▲421

   The collaborative note-taking app

   2020 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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   Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made▲457

   2020 · collectednotes.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Better Notes▲357

   Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

   2016 · betternotesapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Notebook▲251

   The beautifully simple note-taking app

   2016 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   And Notes▲105

   Note taking on a whole new level

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Notepad▲77

   Simple app to take notes.

   2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Note-taking OS▲129

   Note taking made easy and powerful like never before

   2022 · kerryhue.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Contexted▲107

   Write, connect & visualize your notes

   2019 · contexted.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NoteThisDown▲162

   Your handwritten notes straight to Notion. In seconds.

   2024 · note-this-down.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Online NotesPad▲247

    Free online notes taking app

    2025 · onlinenotespad.com · its alternatives →

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    Fingernotes – handwritten notes which become their own preview image▲67

    Hi HN, I've lurked here for ages and decided to come out of the shadows for my latest side project which reached the point where it’s sort of fun to use and hopefully not totally embarrassing to share. Hacking fingernotes.com together over a couple of weeks was a creative outlet when work got stressful. I think of it as digital sticky notes. The goal was to make notes with a personal touch that are easy to write and share. I also wanted them to appear as their own link preview image on supported platforms. That way when you send the link to a note, the person sees the message without…

    2025 · fingernotes.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    NerdyNotes▲176

    Markdown note taking app for developers

    2025 · nerdynotes.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jot▲235

    The no-fuss way to take notes

    2018 · gogetjot.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SuperNote▲121

    AI-first note-taking that turns any content into knowledge

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Digital Notes▲62

    Note taking with ease

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    YourNote▲92

    Notes app that puts privacy first

    2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Note It▲59

    A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18YA
    YourNote, a note-taking app that puts users’ data first▲68

    2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →

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    Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81

    A command line simple note taking app. Contribute to wsw70/note development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Notestudio▲13

    Note-taking app for iOS and macOS with modern UI

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    UpNote for Android▲80

    Simple, beautiful note-taking app across platforms

    2021 · getupnote.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Notes keeper - speech to text▲114

    Android notepad app

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    QuickNoter▲100

    Let AI take notes for anything you upload/record/paste

    2023 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Grafobook▲83

    An offline, free and open source note taking app for Android

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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