The 8 best Noteful alternatives
Noteful scores 6.4 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: apple devices only, with no android or windows version. These are the apps that fix that, ranked by overall score.
Grape
Take the note. The AI does the filing, the studying and the searching.
Mac / Win / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: audio transcription, speaker identification, meeting recording. Same territory: students & study.
$3/mo
Apple Notes
Already on your phone, and better than it has any right to be.
Mac / iOS / Web
Gains you: audio transcription, meeting recording, web clipper. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
Free
GoodNotes
Handwriting on a tablet, done better than anyone else.
iOS / Mac / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: audio transcription, internal links, daily notes / journal. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
$9.99/yr
RemNote
Take notes and generate the flashcards in the same keystroke.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: audio transcription, web clipper, quick capture. Same territory: students & study.
$8/mo
Heptabase
Notes on whiteboards, for when the outline is not the shape of the idea.
Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: web clipper, internal links, backlinks. Same territory: students & study.
$11.99/mo
Microsoft OneNote
An infinite paper notebook that has quietly been free for twenty years.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: audio transcription, speaker identification, meeting recording. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
Free
Noteshelf
Handwriting on every platform, with an AI that reads your pages.
iOS / Mac / Android / Win
Gains you: audio transcription, web clipper, ai chat / writing assistant. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
$9.99/mo
Logseq
A journal-first outliner with flashcards baked in, over local files.
Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android ยท Open source
Gains you: web clipper, internal links, backlinks. Same territory: students & study.
Free
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