Why Apple Notes may be the best note taking app

Great review! I'm a 15 year user of Evernote, but now that I'm retired I don't like Evernotes continual rise in price. I exported all my Evernotes into PDF, then uninstalled it in favor of Apple Notes. Up until now, I've not paid for Apple iCloud. But if my Notes storage gets larger, Apple's Cloud storage is far cheaper than Evernotes yearly cost.

I have a folder in Apple Notes that I named Wallet and this is where I store individual photos of my loyalty cards, library card, etc., so I don’t have to keep key tags or full sized cards. I open Apple Notes, open my Wallet folder, touch the file with my CVS card and hold my phone up for the clerk to scan. It works every time.

I tested the limits of Apple Notes in terms of memory. I wanted to transform into a note this big file I had, the full 614 pages of a dictionary I summarized. And I was astounded: no problem whatsoever, the note is fully functional, no slowing down as I scroll into it.

Nice video! One quick creator tip - Avoid using the trigger phrases out loud e.g. "Hey Siri", "Alexa", etc...edit that out. It makes the listening experience a little more enjoyable.

I am a doctoral student and I use Apple Notes extensively while doing research. I keep two screens open on my iPad at one time-the article I'm reading and Apple Notes. Using smart notes I can organize my research and quickly find it when needed. I use Apple Notes in my personal life as well. The checklist feature is great for grocery lists. Once you tap on an item, it goes to the bottom of the list but is still there for the next shopping trip. In my work I use the scan document feature to turn in time sheets and other documentation. I agree with you that the Smart note feature is a great search tool.

Another great integration is between Notes and Reminder. Highlight any text in a noter, chose Share, select Reminder and add tags, dates etc to the reminder. I use that to add and share our dinner plan with the Today filter so I know whats on the menu today - simple but effective 😅

FYI, if you hold the Apple Pencil stroke (stop moving it, but don’t lift it from the iPad surface) at the end of creating certain markups (circle, arrow, straight line, heart, triangle, square, heart, etc) it will create a ‘perfect’ version of said object .. in your example, you would have had a couple of arrows, a square, and straight lines of highlight color on your text ..

I've used dozens of different note taking apps, and I keep coming back to Apple Notes for multiple reasons.

Have you considered discussing the Reminders app? I found the most amazing thing when I set a reminder for a specific location (like when I drive past a certain store on my way home). You can actually increase or decrease the radius from that location so you get the reminder a little sooner and not too late (like when you are passing said store). It was brilliant!

I love Apple Notes. On the iPad, you also have a quick note feature, where you can swipe up from the corner to bring up Notes on the fly. Handy when in another app and wanting to take some quick notes. Thanks Steve!

I would like to see a video comparing Google Keep and Apple Notes. Thanks for the video.

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One “feature” of Notes that I use is its ability to strip formatting, when copy and pasting. If you copy formatted text from a website and wish to paste it into an email, by first pasting it into Notes and re-copying it, the original formatting is removed.

I love that I can lock my passwords in Notes & use Face ID to open it. I have learned something new today. Thanks very much. As an 80 year old, remembering passwords is getting more & more difficult. This way I can also access them in Notes as well as in Settings on my iPhone 11.

Apple Notes is my go to solution for my family; my favorite feature is "sharing" content to Apple Notes; I share hotel reservations; tickets; etc... to shared Apple Notes folders. note: you can even share to an existing Apple Note to append new content to an existing note. It's also possible to put an "apple notes folder" on the desktop; that makes it easy to access tickets, hotel reservations, amazing return QR codes, etc...

Would love to see a comparison between Google keep and notes. Thanks for all you do!

The most powerful thing about this app is the simplicity. Other apps might have richer features but I find myself always switching between apps like notion, evernote etc. It is the switching that impacted my productivity with the apps. Apple notes gives me the sense of reliability that I can forget about the app and focus on making notes, instead of constantly searching for the best solution.

For a long time I've been thinking about finally moving away from Evernote to Apple Notes ... you may have just closed the deal with your awesome overview. .. I use siri to take quick notes all the time (even while walking the dog, haha).. so convenient.. you pointed out some other cool features I didn't know about too. Thanks for that!

I have been an Apple Notes fan since the first day I bought my first iPhone. I’ve always appreciated the simplicity of it. That said, I have also tried so many note taking type apps because they had the one or more shiny things than Apple’s. No matter what new shiny object other apps have, I end up transferring those notes back to Apple. Great job on your story telling of Apple Notes. I even learned about the option to capture text. Thank you.

I use notes to scan documents and store them safely. I can scan text from a document and keep it for future use. My wallet stores cards for use with Apple Pay. No need to carry cards. Apple Notes is POWERFUL!