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Fact. Our lives revolve around our digital devices. From attending online lectures,
joining virtual meetings, even shopping... We do everything
on our smartphones and laptops these days. Even take notes. Pen and paper? That’s for
dinosaurs. Note-taking apps are where it’s at baby. So you might be wondering what the best
note-taking app is. I mean you’re not just gonna download any old app are you? Your grocery list
deserves more. Well don’t worry, we’ve done all the leg work for you. In this video, we’ve
reviewed 7 of the best note-taking apps for 2022. But before we go any further - we’d love to know
what your favorite note-taking app is. So make sure you let us know in the comments below.
Seriously. Do it - we love reading your comments. We’ve reviewed our top picks in descending order,
so stick with us till the end to see which one is the best of them all.
Let’s get started. In 5th place, we have Simplenote.
As its name implies, Simplenote makes note-taking simple. With the easy-to-use app, you can create,
store, and maintain an endless number of notes. The app also lets you categorize your notes
using tags and pins for better organization. The most impressive aspect of this app is its
efficiency and speed, which means you can easily set it up. It has super-fast search functionality,
so you can easily and quickly find entries and notes inside the app.
This app also features impressive collaboration features, which allow you to work together with
your colleagues by adding comments, sharing, and editing notes. And since your notes can
be backed up to cloud storage, you can always revert and read your old notes.
Simplenote is available on both Apple and Android devices, which can’t be said of some of the other
options on this list. On top of that, it automatically syncs your notes across all
your devices, which is pretty awesome too. However, there are a few downsides. First,
the app only allows text notes. It also doesn’t have any formatting tools or web clippers.
Nor does it support Markdown on every device. The fourth spot on our list goes to Google Keep.
Google Keep is another excellent note-taking solution that we absolutely recommend. Not
only does it allow you to take notes, but it also lets you share them with others from any
of your devices. While Google Keep is not the richest note-taking app in terms of features,
it’s a platform that focuses on convenience. Google Keep lets you organize your notes with
colors or labels, and you can pin important notes to the top for quick access. Apart from
allowing you to share your notes, you can also collaborate on the notes in real time with other
people. Google Keep also provides speech-to-text functionality, allowing you to record your notes
instead of writing them. There is also the option of setting up checkboxes, so you can easily work
through your notes. And the best part? This app is totally free. It’s actually kinda crazy.
In third place, we have Notion. The notion is a very popular note-taking
app with great collaboration and personal features, providing a powerful note-taking
experience for users. The app lets you write on a neat workspace, plan using multiple views,
create your personal wiki, and create databases and spreadsheets to record all your activities.
One of the most outstanding things about Notion is its real-time collaboration features and
team functionality. It lets your teams assign tasks, add comments, share, and set reminders.
While collaboration is obviously a major plus, it also gives you a personal private section. Here,
you can note personal things and work on your projects
without the rest of your team getting nosy. The notion also comes with tons of built-in
templates and it offers support for previewing tools and media embedding. Finally, it offers
multi-platform support as it’s compatible with Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, and other browsers.
But while there’s no doubt about Notion’s place on this list, we don’t like how it lacks some simple
features like email forwarding, pdf annotation, audio recording, and average web clipping.
Second, from the top is Microsoft OneNote. If you mostly work with Microsoft products,
then it only makes sense to use a note-taking app that’s designed for Windows. While it’s a
cross-platform app, there is no denying that it works best with Windows. This feature-rich
note-taking solution lets you attach symbols, audio files, Excel tables, and even images
to your notes. As if that’s not enough, it also lets you extract text from any image.
Onenote also allows you to clip web pages via a browser extension, and you can add sketches
and diagrams created on a Surface tablet. Even more impressively, the app provides
an Accessibility Checker. This feature helps highlight issues like images with no alt text or
low contrast that makes it difficult to read. There are also some excellent collaboration
and sharing features, like letting others add comments to your notes.
That said, the most impressive thing about OneNote is how its free version comes with
tons of features. The only catch with the free version is that it only gives you 5
GB of storage space. If you need more space, then you'll need to go premium.
And finally, our number one note-taking app is Evernote.
Despite being one of the pioneers in this industry, Evernote doesn’t seem ready to
relinquish its spot at the top. Packed full of features, user-friendliness,
and multi-platform support, it’s the best note-taking app in the world.
Evernote is integrated with Siri, so you can easily record voice notes,
you can also set reminders, and you can save web pages using the Web Clipper
browser extension. For convenience, the app also allows you to search your notes by text, tags,
media type, location, date, and even more. While the free version is truly brilliant,
it does come with some limitations. For starters, you can only sync across two devices. To get rid
of those limitations, we advise you to upgrade to either Evernote for Individuals or Evernote Teams.
The Individual plan comes with extras like the ability to sync your notes across an
unlimited number of devices, a monthly upload limit of 10GB, a maximum note size of 200MB,
the ability to annotate PDFs, and more. Obviously, the Team's plan is designed for
businesses, and it provides some amazing team collaboration features and larger
uploads. However, this plan is quite expensive. We hope this video will help you decide which
note-taking app is the right choice for you! Now we’d love to know, have you tried any of
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