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Notability for Mac

Note-taking and annotation made easy.

$8.99
In English
Version 10.4.5
3.4
Based on 14 user rates

Notability overview

Notability is a powerful note-taker to annotate documents, sketch ideas, record lectures, take notes and more. It combines, typing, handwriting, audio recording, and photos so you can create notes that fit your needs. With iCloud support, your notes are always available on iPad, iPhone and Mac. Anytime, anywhere.

Notability is optimized for Mac:

  • Quickly create notes by dragging documents, photos, or audio recordings from the desktop and dropping onto the library.
  • Enhance notes by dragging photos, audio recordings, and PDFs from the desktop and dropping onto a note.
  • Get more done with smart keyboard shortcuts.
  • Handwriting and sketches can be scaled, transformed, free and constrained rotated, nudged (with arrow keys), and restyled.
  • Notes look the same on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Capture memorable notes with these essential features:

  • Type reports and outlines in a variety of fonts, sizes, colors and styles.
  • Text automatically reflows around images.
  • Handwriting has been fine-tuned to be smooth and expressive using a trackpad or mouse.
  • Sketch and write using a variety of colors, line widths, and styles.
  • Record audio during lectures and meetings to capture more detail.
  • Import audio recordings from other sources.

What’s new in version 10.4.5

Version 10.4.5:
  • Now allowing the same note to be viewed in multiple windows
  • Improvements to the web clip feature
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for changing the font size, zooming and deselecting
  • Bold / italic / underline keyboard shortcuts work on captions
  • Text boxes are now created using the last used font and size
  • Fixed a bug using the delete key while renaming notes
  • Fixed an issue where actions would not apply to all selected notes
  • Thumbnails of notes are rendered correctly in the trash
  • Stability improvements

Notability for Mac

$8.99
In English
Version 10.4.5
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3.4

(17 Reviews of Notability)

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ltownsend
ltownsend
Dec 16 2021
10.4.5
0.0
Dec 16 2021
0.0
Version: 10.4.5
Since I already have Notability (with >4000 documents), I can't find your new pricing scheme but I saw it once and was horrified. You need to have a plan similar to Goodnotes - your prime competitor. I am afraid you are going to see a huge decline in new customers - a.k.a. your income. See https://beingpaperless.com/notability-vs-goodnotes-5/.
forsteric2020
forsteric2020
May 20 2021
10.4.1
3.0
May 20 2021
3.0
Version: 10.4.1
This application is very useful, especially the recording function. There is a slight lag for notes and audio, so while the recording capability is the main feature of this app, this feature needs to be improved.
Zx81
Zx81
Mar 9 2021
4.4.4
0.0
Mar 9 2021
0.0
Version: 4.4.4
The app seems to have disappeared from the App Store!!!
lorettafireworks
lorettafireworks
Feb 25 2020
4.2.2
3.0
Feb 25 2020
3.0
Version: 4.2.2
In principle a nice app, first of all because of the synchronisation between different devices (iOS, iPAD, MacOS), but: -PDF are not searchable, because they are converted to raster - why? -Inserting individual text boxes is a pain in the *** -there is a bug in in the current 4.2.2 for macos: PDF-export of annotated notes does not work, also it would be good to export many notes in a bulk, eg as zip file containing all pdf
Radus
Radus
Apr 18 2018
2.9.1
3.5
Apr 18 2018
3.5
Version: 2.9.1
for a Version 2 with an "Insert Space" function I would happily pay 50$ !!
forsteric2020
forsteric2020
May 20 2021
10.4.1
3.0
May 20 2021
3.0
Version: 10.4.1
lorettafireworks
lorettafireworks
Feb 25 2020
3.0
Feb 25 2020
3.0
Version: null
Aetnaria
Aetnaria
Jul 17 2019
5.0
Jul 17 2019
5.0
Version: null
Radus
Radus
Apr 18 2018
3.5
Apr 18 2018
3.5
Version: null
anonymous-trout-1840
anonymous-trout-1840
Mar 10 2018
4.0
Mar 10 2018
4.0
Version: null
PsycheMentoring
PsycheMentoring
Sep 27 2017
3.0
Sep 27 2017
3.0
Version: null
Aklein3876
Aklein3876
Apr 25 2017
3.5
Apr 25 2017
3.5
Version: null
RunTime
RunTime
Nov 4 2016
0.5
Nov 4 2016
0.5
Version: null
Diarbyrag
Diarbyrag
Oct 12 2016
4.0
Oct 12 2016
4.0
Version: null
Strider72
Strider72
Feb 23 2016
5.0
Feb 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
Sigil
Sigil
Jan 17 2016
5.0
Jan 17 2016
5.0
Version: null
OhEssex
OhEssex
May 10 2015
2.5
May 10 2015
2.5
Version: null
Sheagirl
Sheagirl
Feb 13 2015
4.0
Feb 13 2015
4.0
Version: null
Pauhana658
Pauhana658
Sep 15 2014
4.5
Sep 15 2014
4.5
Version: null