![]() A new note you make in Notability alongside the PDF will automatically match its existing aspect ratio. However, there’s one key difference between both applications. You can import PDFs in both applications. So, it’ll just match your iOS device’s options. Sadly, there isn’t an option to change your theme in the app. The only other thing you can customize in GoodNotes 5 is the location of your toolbar. ![]() However, you can also import your own templates if you want to. The templates are quite similar to Notability with different variants of planners, grids, and music sheets also available. For the paper, you can choose between white, dark, and a pale yellow color. You are also able to import any photo and use it as the cover of your notebook. GoodNotes 5 lets you customize both notebook covers and page covers allowing you to choose between landscape and portrait orientation. For instance, through my usage of Notability, I’ve gone through an entire semester of college without losing a single file, a feat rendered impossible on GoodNotes. I consider that both a negative and a positive. So, if you aren’t one, the application will either turn you into a file organization maniac or will force you out of its ecosystem. ![]() Notability forces you to become a better organizer. You can also view your notes in a gallery / list form, and sort them by date, name, and chronologically. But, it is quite enough for students and professionals as it allows for quite a meticulous amount of organization. You can lock subjects with a specific password if they contain personal information (locking all your notes within them) and can also color code them for ease of use.Ĭurrently, Notability only allows a maximum of five layers in a single divider. In essence, all your notes go into a particular subject, and these subjects go into dividers. Now, this structure is intuitive and simple. The organization hierarchy is as follows: And, they’ve done a great job this time around. Notability has really gone through its strides in the past few years in trying to improve its organization. So, I’ve done the deed of purchasing both applications, running them through their paces, and will be comparing them quite a lot! To preface, I’ll be using the iPad Pro equipped with the Apple Pencil an Apple Magic Keyboard, and Paperlike’s screen protector installed.īefore we get started, here’s what we can expect from both GoodNotes and Notability in terms of features: Featuresīest Tablets With Stylus For Note-Taking Storage and Organization Before we even get started, if you just want a basic note-taking application, Apple Notes is your best bet.īut, if you’d like to shell out some money to be able to get a lot more features, customization, and versatility with your note-taking experience, then both these applications have a suite of utilities that Apple Notes does not have. I still take pen and paper so that I can quickly sketch something if I need to share or develop an idea, but I can easily take photos of anything drawn (by any participant) at the end, and the timestamps give me an easy way to associate things with an event.Without a shadow of a doubt, the best note-taking applications for iOS this year is Notability and GoodNotes. Nowadays I make audio recordings and cough or tap my fingers when the discussion reaches something particularly relevant - if I'm able to participate, I'll use a key phrase such as "So to summarise what we've just discussed." You can get the recordings transcribed pretty cheaply with AWS and the results are usually excellent, you have timestamps that you can match against any pictures you took and since I use Mac and iPhone just about everything ends up in iCloud for access from anywhere. I found the LiveScribe products did a good job, back when I was taking paper notes. I think Apple's iPad handwriting recognition (Scribble) is pretty amazing, but writing on an iPad still doesn't feel natural enough for me to want to use it for more than a demo or signing a credit card receipt on an iPhone at the Apple Store. ![]() Whether this product is able to deliver something that finally hits the mark is yet to be determined. I don't currently have a pressing need for this type of product, but I still feel that it is an unfilled need and something worth trying to solve.
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