GoodNotes is, I think the best for taking hardwritten notes in a “notebook” like paradigm. The biggest problem is the paradigm in which you basically have an unlimited sized canvas to write on, rather than a specific-sized page.
#Notability windows app mac#
OneNote has is very convenient, has a lot of nice features including the ability to create a large number of pens which you can selected with a single click, making it very easy to switch colors, widths, etc, and as you have pointed out, syncs smoothly with Mac and Windows. Yes, you can add sketches with handwriting, but the UI is very inconvenient - each sketch is limited to screen size, and so each “page” of notes requires adding a new sketch. We tried out OneNote, Evernote, and GoodNotes.Įvernote doesn’t really fit the bill. My experience with Evernote is dated-haven’t used it for a couple of years-but I used it throughout my Master’s degree and had a great time. And, Evernote’s excellent OCR features act on the handwriting, so it’s searchable too. You can open them back up and keep handwriting. They’re size-constrained (no infinite canvas) so you can add them one after another. Instead you insert handwriting “objects” (they probably have a better term for it). They built their own ink engine a number of years ago. However! Evernote does have a great handwriting feature. I used OneNote throughout my undergraduate degree. It is a solid, stellar experience, especially if the user isn’t super tolerant of learning new experiences-the skeuomorphism (notebooks, tabs, pages) is really well-designed. I also wouldn’t call something cross-platform if it offers no native apps (or on-device storage) on any platform. Roam’s mobile experience leaves a lot to be desired. I would appreciate any comments viz OneNote from anyone who has more experience than I do, or suggestions for any other platforms we should look at.
#Notability windows app pdf#
The downside is that if she were to edit the PDF on the Windows computer, those edits will presumably be lost if she changed the document in GoodNotes, but if she is careful about that, I could see this approach working as well.) It seems that if you edit the note in GoodNotes the backup process automatically updates the PDF on the cloud storage, so this might been an option.
(Edited to add: I did discover that GoodNotes has a feature where you can set up a backup location on a cloud service and have GoodNotes make those backups in PDF format, which makes them accessible on Windows. Since the school provides a Microsoft OneDrive account (and access to the Office suite) she will have sufficient storage space for whatever is needed. In playing with it a bit, is seems quite usable possibly the biggest complaint may be that it provides a kind of unlimited canvas rather than logically creating pages of specified dimensions as one might do in Notability or GoodNotes, but she can presumably work around that. The only thing I have come up with that seems applicable is Microsoft OneNote. While Evernote is cross platform (and while I don’t love it, it is quite usable, she is familiar with it, and it does work), unless there has been a recent change, I do not believe Evernote supports handwriting / Apple Pencil. If the school was Mac-based, I would have had her try out Notability and GoodNotes and see which one she prefers, but that is not the case. Adding figures, pictures, PDFs, etc would be ideal. Typing into the notes will be convenient but not absolutely necessary. In additional to the cross platform requirement, she needs to be able to take notes in handwriting (Apple Pencil). The idea is for her to take notes in class and studying on the iPad, but have all documents available to her (in a convenient and usable manner) on the iPad and Windows laptop, and if she wishes also on her MBAir. Therefore I am looking for a good cross-platform solution for her. While she does have a MacBookAir (circa 2015), her computer for school will be Windows (the school issues the laptops to all students, so sadly this is not negotiable).
#Notability windows app pro#
My daughter is planning to take class notes (medical school) using her iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2. I was wondering if anyone might have some suggestions regarding a note taking app that is cross platform - Mac, iOS, and Windows.
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