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Noteful
Noteful combines note-taking and PDF markup in an iPad app for highlighting, writing, and studying.
About Noteful
Noteful is a note-taking app for iPhone and iPad for handwritten class notes, annotated documents and personal study collections. It supports Apple Pencil input and combines writing, markup and organization in notebooks. The app is free to use without time limit.
Key features
- High-resolution vector ink with InfiniteStroke engine
- Ballpoint, fountain and highlighter brushes with sizes and colours
- Import PDFs and MS Office documents into notebooks
- Add images, shapes, typed text and multiple paper templates
- Tag organization with #tag and #nested/tag and browse by tags
- Record audio with playback synced to notes
- Export handwritten annotations as PDF
- Editing with eraser, lasso, unlimited undo, redo and Split View
Best for: Students taking class notes and annotating documents on iPad.
Watch out for
- Separate layers and iPhone and iPad sync need a Noteful Pro upgrade via in-app purchase
- Listed as not verified for macOS
Noteful at a glance
- Category
- Mobile Apps › iPhone & iPad Apps
- Type
- App
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- iOS
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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