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Description

Welcome to Notability: powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation.
Apple Editors' Choice on iPad, iPhone, and Mac!  Top selling paid app on iPad App Store, regularly ranked #1.
Students, teachers, and business professionals use Notability daily to enrich their lives. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note-taking experience at school, home, and work.
CREATE MEMORABLE MULTI-MEDIA NOTES
• Work with a variety of note-taking, journaling, and drawing tools like ink, highlighter, text, and audio.
• Explore endless ideas with continuous page scroll.
• Mark up imported textbooks, documents, lecture slides, class assignments, and images.
• Add photos, GIFs, web pages, and more.
STAY ORGANIZED, PAPER-FREE
• Always keep your notes with you, without the weight, the hassle or the paper waste.
• Group notes with customizable subjects and dividers.
• Quickly search handwriting*, typed text, PDF text, image text, and note titles.
• Secure notes using Face ID and Touch ID.
HANDWRITE AND SKETCH NATURALLY
• Ink is fine-tuned for the Apple Pencil for the most responsive, precise writing experience yet, including double-tap gesture for switching tools, erasing, and more.
• Create custom colors and match any color with the color dropper.
• Precisely erase freehand ink or shapes with varied brush sizes.
• Easily create perfect shapes.
• Quickly switch between ink or eraser styles with the Favorites Toolbar.
RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO
• Get more out of your lectures and meetings when you record them.
• Replay audio recordings and tap anywhere on your note to hear what was said at that moment.
SHARE IDEAS IN PRESENTATION MODE
• Present ideas in full screen without distracting toolbars when connected to an external display.
• Engage an audience with all of Notability's tools including a Laser Pointer.
DO MORE WITH MULTI-NOTE
• Work with two notes side-by-side.
• Quickly switch between notes and Drag & Drop handwriting, typed text, images, etc.
TYPE ANYWHERE
• Full-featured, left-aligned typing with word count and a wide range of fonts, custom fonts, sizes, and colors.
• Create outlines, interactive checklists, and text boxes.
IMPORT AND SHARE
• Import PDFs, DOCs, PPTs, images, GIFs, and more - conversion to PDF happens on your device, so information stays private.
• Easily create searchable multi-page PDFs using the built-in Document Scanner.
AUTO-BACKUP AND ICLOUD SYNC
• Use iCloud to automatically sync your notes to Notability across iPad, iPhone, and Mac.
• Use Auto-backup to send your notes to a cloud service for archiving or recovery. Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, WebDAV, and OneDrive are all supported!
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Customize your note-taking experience in the Notability Shop! Explore an exciting array of content available for purchase:
• *Handwriting Conversion and Search (included with Edu VPP)
• Daily Planner
• Stickers, themes, and more!
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Mac app sold separately.
Notability is a registered trademark of Ginger Labs, Inc.

What's New in Version 10.2.1

*** What's New in Notability 10.2.1 ***
• Kickstart the new year with a brand new planner from Dash Planner: formatted for portrait mode, this clean and functional planner packs 20 powerful templates and 288 stickers to help you streamline your 2021.
• Fixes a rare crash related to math conversion, and another related to PDF links.
*** What's New in Notability 10.2 ***
Features and improvements:
• Introducing Link Sharing*, an easier way to share notes! Anyone with a link can view a note on the web, and download the most recent version.
Now available in the Notability Shop:
• Math Conversion: transforms handwritten formulas and equations into a textbook perfect format.
*Link Sharing will be gradually rolled out to users in the coming weeks.

Seller

Name

Ginger Labs, Inc.

Information

Developer

Categories

Version

10.2.1

Size

329.5 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 12.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

App Store: Customer Ratings

All Versions

 4.8 (12,421 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

Dreadful

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hpz301
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2021-01-01
Version 10.2.1
Doesn’t come with handwriting recognition. You have to pay more. I fell cheated.

Perfect! only one problem :(

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freyasburgess
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2020-12-29
Version 10.2.1
I use this app for all of my schoolwork and it is perfect! Easy to use, and good organisation options. My one problem is that when i use the brush pen to write my titles, the text looks fine, but when I try to move the text or resize it, there are small gaps in the brush strokes which seem to appear. If this wasn’t a problem, I’d give it five stars! Great app for students.

Amazing

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Magical May
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2020-12-27
Version 10.2.1
Loved it, totally worth the value. Using it since The purchase

Amazing

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benjy72_floren
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2020-12-27
Version 10.2.1
I always recomend this product to friends and costumers and now with the math add on its a game changer

Planners?

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RealSting
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2020-12-21
Version 10.2.1
I’m sorry, but what on earth is this ‘trial’ thing all about? Are you selling the planners or renting them to us? And how is renting them justifiable?! No thanks!

They finally put in split screen!!

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yuckyadverts
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2020-12-20
Version 10.2
This app is now perfect :)) I have both GoodNotes and notability, notability for class notes and GoodNotes for revision notes- works pretty well. Now both support split screen idk what else to ask for 😂 better late than never notability !! 👍

a bug crashed my notes

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Jocelyn7233
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2020-12-20
Version 10.2
When I use it on courses I pasted something then a page with notes just gone. ??? I cannot control it and the drawback is of no use. Really really bad experience

Page deletion

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Ezefili
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2020-12-19
Version 10.2
Cannot delete multiple pages at once

Great

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Petrohyhjjknb
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2020-12-11
Version 10.1.7
Very useful as a PDF creator/converter and a note taker in its on right, however strangely when I upload a Word document all the words in italics change font when in Notability (eg. Italics in Times New Roman in Word become Helvetica in Notability) with no way to change it. Very irritating, please please please fix

Deleting work

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s bethell
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2020-12-10
Version 10.1.7
My work keeps on being deleted. This is getting really annoying when you spend a long time creating a document for it to vanish when you swap between apps to get a pic etc. Has wasted so much of my time!

Wonderful

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Sade612rillion
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2020-12-10
Version 10.1.7
The best note-taking app ever!!! Definitely worth the money.

iPad Version

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Danjo 01
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2020-12-09
Version 10.1.7
I have been using the iPad version since August 2019. I had to reset my iPad from factory settings today, once done the Notability app wouldn’t install. I contacted Apple and was told I had to purchase the app again as the developer had updated the iPad version.... not happy !!!

Great but sometimes doesn't save

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Gurte k
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2020-12-09
Version 10.1.6
sometimes doesn't save the work

Quite brilliant

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ED TREV
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2020-12-07
Version 10.1.6
In terms of taking notes digitally instead of a bit of paper it’s remarkable.
Handwriting recognition is great (if your handwriting isn’t a scribble like mine).
With Apple Pencil works seamlessly.
I find the physical act of writing notes a much better learning experience than typing them out, have now switched to this for uni. 👍

Typing issue

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chinamakhu
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2020-12-05
Version 10.1.6
When I typing on my Smart Keyboard if I press space bar it goes backwards pressing space two times it close my file or it goes to home page.
I can’t use my space key on my magic key board.

Much better with the shop for stickers etc

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SprindigoJo
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2020-12-02
Version 10.1.6
I’m glad Notability paid attention to how popular planners and stickers are for users and added their own sticker packs. I’ve bought some and it makes me want to use the app more. I would like it if I could add my own custom stickers to the sticker section, instead of having to load them on a note page and copy/paste them.
It’s also good to see some more themes, please continue making more themes and improving our ability to customise the app!
I haven’t bought the planner because I can’t work out if it’s a one off fee for a planner that will get updated every year, or I’ll have to buy one again in January!
I’m still waiting for notebook covers and a grid view for the notes (pretty please 🙂)

Sorry excuse of an app. Glitches. Notes go missing! BEWARE

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Joaenna
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2020-11-27
Version 10.1.5
Useless pity of an app. I just downloaded it and been working on it for 3 hours. But when I scroll up to highlight some notes I see that some pages have disappeared and some of the text is missing. I go on google to try and see if I can solve the problem... I see many many posts of people who have experienced the same thing and no solution. Some people even failed exams because of this. And no response from Notability. I WANT MY NOTES BACK!!! AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT I WANT MY MONEY BACK TOO!!! DO NOT BUY!

LOVE THIS APP

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xseyveahwyhcs
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2020-11-24
Version 10.1.5
I’m a very visual learner, being able to import lecture slides as well as paste in images and write over them is a fantastic feature! The cut and paste option is also very handy. If I was to suggest anything else, it would be for shapes to be available, such as arrows.

Great, but could do with some improvements.

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Coolaliya123
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2020-11-23
Version 10.1.5
Good app for note taking, I use it mostly for Uni stuff. There are a few things that I would suggest though.
- Better word / spell check
- able to have note titles the same without and error coming up
- able to rotate PDFs within notability
- notability for mac / pc would be great too
- better auto save feature, sometimes the app crashes and I’ll literally loose 30 mins of work, which is a lot, especially if you’re watching a lecture.

Frustrating

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Deeeee11112
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2020-11-22
Version 10.1.5
Rubbish and overpriced. Trying to make a note using the Apple Pencil and the colour changes back to default and a stupid box keeps appearing. I’ve never been so angry and frustrated before with an app like this.
AVOID AVOID AVOID.
SHAME I CANNOT GET A REFUND.
Goodnotes5 is better and cheaper.

One of my important notes disappeared

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Virtuworld
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2020-11-21
Version 10.1.5
One of my important notes disappeared after the recent update, can’t be found in trash folder either, just gone. Shocking.

Photos

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brgodl
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2020-11-20
Version 10.1.5
I tried to use graph paper from online but there’s no option to lock the photo so every few seconds I move the whole image which is really annoying. Other than that it’s been decent so far

Amazing, but

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George Childs
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2020-11-20
Version 10.1.5
I can't go back to pen and paper, I love my undo button too much and the software is nice to use.
The only downside is that it doesn't support dark mode anywhere near as much as light mode. I prefer to have a black background with white text (easier on the eyes you see) and with the new STEM stickers pack that I bought in-app, are barely visible with the black background. Especially the axis stickers that made me want to buy it in the first place. Additional choice to being able to edit the axis inside the stickers so then you have a longer y axis would be appreciated.

Great for Uni

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Brad264
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2020-11-19
Version 10.1.5
This app is really easy to use, it has everything needed to make sure your notes are organised and accessible. I have used both this and GoodNotes 5 side by side and Notability is by far the best in terms of visual structure and design for selecting your pen strokes, page layout and colours. It’s really handy for long lectures and gives you the option to make notes from the mic if you don’t want to write everything.
The only thing I would like to see on Notability is a feature that allows you to search words you have written/typed. GoodNotes 5 had this featured which made it easier to find parts of your notes needed for revision rather than scrolling through text to find the topic.

Just brilliant

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Glor1oso
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2020-11-19
Version 10.1.5
Love it....Just brilliant,I’d be lost without it, nothing more to be said. Absolutely worth the money. And just to put some context around this, I am a senior fire officer and this app, my iPad and the Apple Pencil are literally the only things I need at my side managerially and operationally. The pdf import and mark-up is seamless. Export function and back-up to OneDrive means I can access and share immediately. Would happily pay much more for the app and would highly recommend. Simple and effective. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.
And a guilty pleasure, keep the stickies coming :-) allows for a little extra creativity.

Love the iPad version

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Doog¥
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2020-11-17
Version 10.1.5
Notability hits the sweet spot, balancing usability with feature richness.
I started feeling comfortable in the first hour and got quicker and quicker. Switching tools, changing pen colors, moving stuff around. Mind-mapping like a de Bono.
The support impressed me too. I asked a question about the Mac version and they were open and helpful.
I did a lot of research to find the right note taking app. Chose this and I’m glad I did.

25% Discount Doesn’t Work

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Andy Renals
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2020-11-13
Version 10.1.5
I am rather disappointed to find that upon purchasing this app today, the promised discount does not appear to have been applied.
Has this happened to anyone else, or is it just me?
I’m sure the app itself is lovely but I feel let down hence my 3 * rating.
I’ll update this review when and if I heard from Ginger Labs.

Great potential, at times poor execution.

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randome_characters_i2ndf3(203
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2020-11-12
Version 10.1.5
Issues (ranked)
1. PDF files are 70+ megabytes when they can easilly
be compressed down to 1. Please resolve this, as uploading such large files is not fun.
1.5. When writing NEVER allow the software to convert what you have written into a shape, it’s commical that oftentimes when I finish writing a word and hang slightly too long it will be converted to a line...
2. provide option to increase width with blank space (when importing pdfs) so that notes can be added on the side etc..
3. Fix the shape/line autocompletion, too many times have I drawn a line or a square and it refuses to complete it. The simplest shapes should be fast and easy to do as they are used so often.
4. Recently app force closes when searching through a pdf with 500+ pages.
5. book mark titles, so that I can search through them quickly, just like people actually do with bookmarks.

Who needs paper

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Lordnag
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2020-11-11
Version 10.1.5
No more paper

Latest update fail

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Rexpearson
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2020-11-09
Version 10.1.5
Latest update makes it impossible to copy an image from one notes to another. Use this a lot so this has no become a lot less useful. Fix it please!

Great app for students.

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Sannn_
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2020-11-08
Version 10.1.4
It’s very good. You can keep all your notes in one place and can easily find them using the search tool.

Organisational issues

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126479297383959@1883
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2020-11-06
Version 10.1.4
No folders to organise notes within subjects, no autocorrect on subject names, no way to rename subjects meaning typos lead to subjects being remade

Nice app for note-taking

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Eceul
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2020-11-05
Version 10.1.4
I first saw this app on my online lectures I asked my professor and she said she is using this app. I liked it too.

Best note taking app - but one issue

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dr. h1 uk
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2020-10-31
Version 10.1.4
The only flaw, which I would want correcting is -
Moving annotated images, with text/drawings all in one go.
Not separate image and separate annotation.
This would make organising and the overall smoothness/productivity very well worth it
Fantastic app on the whole

Fantastic product.

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Jakapothu
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2020-10-29
Version 10.1.4
Love the record function and tracking of what you say to what you do on the screen.
Valueable tool to anyone that needs to go over their lectures.

Convert to text

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Bethb9412
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2020-10-26
Version 10.1.3
Does not work!!! An add on purchase that fails to meet the basic standard of actually working. Disappointing in an otherwise useful app.

Amazing bee in using app for 3yrs +

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ffufghfhfvhvgjgjgyyug
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2020-10-26
Version 10.1.3
One improvement to make is when inserting an image or selecting some handwritten text make it possible to flip horizontally and vertically it will really help

love love love this app!

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em765467
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2020-10-26
Version 10.1.3
great features.
a couple things i would like added like inserting video directly from camera, moveable textboxes, a little finger pointer you could use to indicate what youre talking about when recording audio -- i.e, i often use this to annotate lecture powerpoints, this pointer would be useful to point to what im explaining.
also more folders, would like it if you could make folders within folders
but great app - great for university notetaking!

Amazing app

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H A 14
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2020-10-24
Version 10.1.3
This app is absolutely amazing, however, it needs some amendments such as
1. The laser pointer should be available not only in the display mode, it’s needed in the normal mode too.
2. There should an option to screen-record the work on the app as videos, then they’re saved on the device so later on they can be viewed or shared. My lecturers in uni, use Vittle app to record the lectures and I think Notability is way better than that app yet it hasn’t got the recording feature.
3. Allow multiple copy, delete or select pages from a file

Its good but..

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Siani Kumar
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2020-10-23
Version 10.1.3
Tried to scan a document and then it just didnt put it in? And everytime i make a new note it makes a duplicate version also for some reason. Quite buggy. Please fix it. Otherwise its good.

Pencil is not a pencil at all

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nininiminiji
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2020-10-22
Version 10.1.3
the app doesn't have a real pencil tool, it's called pencil but it's actually a pen and when you write with it, it looks totally crap and not legible. This makes this app useless for me, but unfortunately you cannot return it apparently. Great.
Also, doubling up over lines eg worth the marker doesn't make them darker so it looks much less good than the free built-in notes app.
Really a waste of money.

Does not sync

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Little_Aggie
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2020-10-22
Version 10.1.3
It used to work well but since the last update that all my folders are gone so I have to organise everything again. Fix this now!

.

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maxxhunterj
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2020-10-22
Version 10.1.3
I LOVED this app...until it lost an important file which now can’t be recovered due to a glitch in their system. Disappointing as all other aspects of the app are great.

Dark Mode is Poorly Executed

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NahidIslam
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2020-10-22
Version 10.1.3
This is the best note taking app I used on my iPad.
I like how this app can detect when the iPad's in dark mode however, the way it was integrated to the actual notebooks/paper is flakey at best.
I’m one of those people who set their devices to dark mode based on the time of day of sunrise/set because we want the screen want to adapt to our ambient surroundings to minimise eye strain.
The papers, in my notebooks, don’t auto change from white to black. It feels like I’m holding the sun on my hands burning my eyes as 90% of the screen is now extremely bright! I thought it wasn’t end of the world because you change the colour of paper yourself. But when I changed the colour, expected all off my black writing to turn white (the stock Notes app can do that; it’s embarrassing!). It didn’t. Now most of the notes are unreadable because now the inks are blended to the background!
The only work around to this is enabling, not “Smart” but, “Classic Invert” under the iPad Settings. This shouldn’t even need to be a work around. This app is paid and the stock built-in can do it!
This looks very easy to implement. They could even give us (the users) the option to set the inks to one colour for light mode/paper and another one for dark.
Please fix this; I can guarantee this will improve productivity to us and WILL an elegant solution for us (mostly) students who got hit with insomnia

挺好用的学习软件

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skyttk123
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2020-10-21
Version 10.1.3
买iPad就是为了用这个notability来做笔记 虽然还是感觉没有完全挖掘这个app的所有用途 但是还是一款非常不错的软件。

Excellent app

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reviewerAT2
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2020-10-21
Version 10.1.3
Easy to use and make notes. Would be good if it had option to convert handwriting to text and be able to put a date and time stamp within a document

Unreliable

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Ro0732
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2020-10-20
Version 10.0.2
This app just deleted a lot of my uni work. I couldn’t get it back despite the fact it claims to back up everything.

Deleted Everything.

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RAWA8
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2020-10-18
Version 10.0.1
Notability is a brilliant app. Or, it was until it deleted a whole group of notes I really needed for my finals.

Sync is broken

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UselessAppsAreNotUseful
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2020-10-17
Version 10.1.1
All my notes are stuck on iMac Notability and nothing sync over iCloud! My iPhone and iPad have no notes being synced. Tried every trouble shooting step possible. Paid for two apps and they don’t even talk to each other.