Freenotes: Freedom to write, organize, and shine
Transform your iPad into a powerful AI-driven digital notepad. Freenotes is an all-in-one workspace designed for students and professionals who want the natural feel of handwriting with the power of artificial intelligence. Whether you are annotating a complex PDF, planning your week, or recording a lecture, Freenotes helps you stay organized with seamless, free-form experience.
AI Summary
Quickly find key points and action items from long recordings or documents.
AI Chat with PDF
Ask questions directly to your imported files to get instant answers.
AI Homework Helper
Take a screenshot or upload a document (PDF or photo) to instantly get answers.
AI Study Companion
Clarify concepts, define terms, and check your handwritten notes for accuracy, turning passive review into active recall.
Organize Notes
Categorize and organize your notes by projects, courses, or topics, automating the organization of your note library.
Quick Search via OCR
Search through your handwritten scripts easily using accurate text recognition.
PDF Annotation
Highlight, underline, and add comments to documents with custom pen styles.
Infinite Canvas
Sketch ideas or mind map on a whiteboard that expands as you work.
Apple Pencil Pro Support
Experience low-latency writing that feels like real paper.
Shape Recognition
Turn rough drawings into clean, perfect geometric shapes for diagrams.
Hyperlink Support
Navigate through digital planners using clickable internal and external links.
Active Recall Tape
Hide specific parts of your notes to test your memory and study better.
Paper Templates
Access various backgrounds including grid, Cornell, and dotted paper.
Flashcards
Build study sets directly from your pages to help with exam prep.
Seamless Video Learning
Use Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to take notes while watching online videos (YouTube, lecture recordings), and instantly capture relevant screenshots directly into your notes.
iCloud & Google Drive Sync
Securely back up your digital notebook to access your data anywhere.
Who is Freenotes For?
Students: Create study guides, annotate lecture slides, and use the "Active Recall" tape tool for exam prep.
Professionals: Record meetings, organize projects into folders, and sign PDF documents on the go.
Creatives: Sketch ideas on an infinite whiteboard and export high-quality files to share with your team.
Join over 1 million happy users transitioning to a smarter, paperless future. Try Freenotes today and experience the next era of AI note-taking.
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I’ve loved this app ever since I downloaded it. During the first year, all its features were free. After that, random ads started popping up, which I felt messed up the experience. After thinking carefully about whether to pay for a lifetime subscription, I gave in—because among all other apps, this one had the lowest price for a lifetime subscription and still offered the best features. Most especially, the multiple tabs feature, which I’ve only seen in this app and GN. Of course, which would I choose? The cheaper, better one—it’s this app. More power to the developer; it’s been a really great help for a medical student like me. Can we at least get a free planner notebook though? haha—this will be great!
Better than Goodnotes
OPPA Macro
As some who uses goodnotes ever since (almost 4 years), and after waiting for the most basic update,,, I finally gave up on it and moved to this app which has the features i’ve been wanting from goodnotes like forever… Namely, the ability to write on page breaks (it connects unlike gn), the ability to expand the notes on both sides, the ability to zoom out (bruh the most basic feature yet gn doesnt give a darn), and lastly, the ability to move the toolbar to the side (honestly, i dont know why i stayed in gn)… I paid the ad free ver to support this app cuz i love it. 5 stars for you!
Simple, straightforward, completely FREE
althea_feliz04
I’m a first-time iPad user and got my iPad in the middle of the semester. I searched for different note-taking apps and tried a couple including Collanote. But it just ain’t for me, it felt too complicated for me; I don’t have time to navigate through it.Then this popped on my recommended. It’s FREE, not freemium. It’s easy to navigate, and it pretty much have everything I needed. It can annotate my existing notes, create new pages below or above it, a user-friendly scribble-to-text interface, unlimited notes, can straighten a highlight or pen.Thank you for this app, from a broke college student.
Absolutely adore this app
Alphesto
i just love the fact that you can upload your pdf files or any book files as much as you want. it’s basically like your own personal library or file system, which is super convenient considering the fact that most apps require you to PAY so that you can upload your files or create notes as much as you want. honestly, this is what separates itself from other apps. it also has really good features that i never exactly saw from other apps. please don’t change for the worse, thank you!
New Features
- NotebookLM Quick Access: The built-in browser now includes a NotebookLM access point, bringing a new AI-assisted reading experience.
- Shape Anchors for Graphics: Fitted graphics can be further adjusted using anchor points for more precise shape control.
- Password Recovery: Multiple password recovery methods have been added, enabling secure retrieval of encrypted notes even if the password is forgotten.
Fixed Bugs
- Fixed several known critical issues to improve system stability.
Thanks for using Freenotes!
Version 3.29.0
The developer, Free Notes (Hangzhou) Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
Provider
Hangzhou Free Notes Technology Co., Ltd
Size
586.9 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
