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Note-taking and PDF annotation application

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Notability - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: December 2025

Notability overview

What is Notability?

Notability is a mobile-based note-taking application, which helps individuals collaborate and manage projects using sketching and PDF annotation tools. Users can create hand-crafted notes with GIFs, web pages, or images, rotate or color the ideas, and organize them as per requirements.

The application allows creators to combine various sketches or outlines and share the notes with team members through third-party platforms such as Dropbox, Google Drive, AirDrop, and more. Users can create custom content, receive written or verbal comments from colleagues, and playback audio recordings by tapping on the required note. Notability enables users to markup photos, documents, lecture slides, imported textbooks, and more.

Individuals can categorize notes with customizable dividers or subjects and secure notes using Face ID and Touch ID. It lets users create searchable multi-page PDFs using a built-in document scanner and allows left-aligned typing using various fonts, sizes, and colors. It also includes a partial eraser feature, which enables users to remove objects to split them apart and select the subdivided object separately for different purposes.

Starting price

15 /
per year

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Notability’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Notability reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

47

Positive reviews

94

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.55/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

33

11

3

0

0

Pros
“Being able to draft my notes from my phone & continue where I left off on the bigger iPad screen is a great experience thanks to its flawless synchronization.”
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Mohammad M.

Technical Office Engineer

“Overall very user friendly software, perfect for beginners and technology experts. Very easy to use and navigate around, all the tools are fairly self explanatory which is great.”

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“The ease of use and UX are way better than any other similar tools. The audio recording and its synch with the note taking is a killer feature and works like a charm.”
JL

Jussi L.

Author - Facilitator - Coach

Cons
“The pricing mechanism on the application have been shifted annual which is downside for those individual for whom this application have been designed.”
HS

Himanshu S.

Research Scholar

“In the past I have had some problems using the desktop version.”
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Luciano Z.

ChatBot and Automation developer

“When there are new updates or new app services it generates annoying interruptions.”
ML

Mauricio L.

Independent

Who uses Notability?

Based on 47 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Education Management
Hospital & Health Care
Higher Education
Computer Software
Others

Use cases

Note-Taking
Productivity

Notability's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Notability users:

Notes management
Commenting/Notes
Search/Filter
Drag & drop
Meeting notes
Annotations

All Notability features

Features rating:

Data import/export
Handwriting recognition
File sharing
Collaboration tools
To-Do list
Project management
Audio recording
Productivity tools
Templates

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Notability pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Starter

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No pricing info

Lite

15

Per year

Plus

19.99

Per year

User opinions about Notability price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Notability's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Being able to draft my notes from my phone & continue where I left off on the bigger iPad screen is a great experience thanks to its flawless synchronization.”
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Mohammad M.

Technical Office Engineer

“Overall very user friendly software, perfect for beginners and technology experts. Very easy to use and navigate around, all the tools are fairly self explanatory which is great.”

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Notability integrations (3)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 47 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Notability integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.7 (3)

For online sharing & backup of my notes & file exports, I use DropBox Business to secure my data in the event of a system failure of my aging office machine.

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Mohammad M.

Technical Office Engineer

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Google Drive

Integration rating: 4.0 (3)

Other top integrations

Notability support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Videos

Notability FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Notability offer?

Notability has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: One Time License, Free, Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Notability?

Notability has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does Notability support?

Notability supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Notability support mobile devices?

Notability supports the following devices:
iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Notability offer an API?

No, Notability does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Notability integrate with?

Notability integrates with the following applications:
Dropbox Business, Google Drive


Q. What level of support does Notability offer?

Notability offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base

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