--- description: Review of Notability Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Notability | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Productivity Software](/directory/4366/productivity/software) > [Notability](/software/225496/notability) # Notability Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/225496/notability Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/225496/notability?page=2) > Notability is a mobile-based note-taking solution designed to help individuals manage projects ideas with sketching and PDF annotation tools. It allows employees to build hand-crafted notes using web pages, GIFs or photos, scale, rotate and recolor ideas, and organize them with custom dividers or subjects. Notability enables users to combine multiple outlines or sketches and share them with peers via third-party platforms such as Google Drive, Dropbox, AirDrop and more. Users can prepare searchable multi-page PDFs and make use of left-aligned typing with various fonts, sizes and colors. The application also allows users to markup lecture slides, images, documents and imported textbooks. Individuals can receive written or verbal comments from other members, and playback audio recordings by tapping on specific notes. Notability offers mobile application for iOS. It is available on a one-time basis and support is extended via documentation. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 47 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 47 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Ginger Labs ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Notability is available for $10.82 - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Annotations - Audio Recording - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Data Import/Export - Drag & Drop - File Sharing - Handwriting Recognition - Meeting Notes - Notes Management - Productivity Tools - Project Management - Search/Filter - Templates - To-Do List ## Integrations (2 total) - Dropbox - Google Drive ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Productivity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4366/productivity/software) ## Related Categories - [Productivity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4366/productivity/software) - [Note-Taking Apps](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4457/note-taking/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Changing the fonts for each notes also quite fun as i can choose more relax or casual fonts for personal notes. > > **Cons**: Things that i notice with this software is, there are no option to integrate the application with third parties software like Google Chrome. It is much needed integration as it will making it easy to clipping a website or notes directly from the web browser. > > It has its pro and cons, but i feel the cons is much more and the pricing is not too bad. ----- ### "High Utility, Promising New Features" — 4.0/5 > **Madden** | *27 April 2023* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have used Notability the past five years as a student and it has been essential in keeping my information organized and easily accessible on all my devices. I also love the new tape feature, it has already been a quick addition to my workflow for learning. > > **Cons**: The cloud syncing really should be much faster, if I have the same document open on my computer and iPad it takes far too long for them to catch up. That and I often have to restart the Mac app as pages will just randomly be blurry. > > Despite the small flaws, I don't see a near future where I'm not using Notability on a daily basis - its essential to my workflow as a student. ----- ### "Good product bad business model" — 3.0/5 > **Ian** | *4 September 2024* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: It was great for taking handwritten notes > > **Cons**: I did not like that. They moved to a subscription model. I despise software that is a subscription. > > The product was good. I do not agree with their business model. ----- ### "Good notes taking app for school and university students in need to develop productivity skills" — 5.0/5 > **Himanshu** | *5 October 2022* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: to be able to work on text, scribble and subjects to divider mechanism to divide each section in predefined format. also having different notes template that fits in school, university and research background which are handy. one can also work it out in social experiments requiring working on multiple pdf questionnaires into subject specific. also the with audio ability to record interviews and lecture is plus point in case for individual which like taking up revision and optimising the notes at later phases > > **Cons**: The pricing mechanism on the application have been shifted annual which is downside for those individual for whom this application have been designed. if following could have been something like 30-50 $ for version and if there are major feature updates, they could make version once in every 3-5 years which can be provided as upgrade for exisintng user at certain discount and retain the 30-50$ price. additionally family sharing could be restricted to single user across multiple devices, instead of provided family sharing which can provide better ability to understand usages and version upgrade feasibility. > > having bought it as my first notes taking application and having it at base price with no annual pricing. I initially had no such use of the application. however overtime with understanding of notes and reducing paper footprint in long way have been major motivators for me utilising this application. however due to its annual pricing the feature that I bought initially have been the only one that I am using as the feature that I forgot to buy in initial phase due to restricted financial income have not really affecting my work but same may not be said for current new user who go though annual subscriptions. overall the application is great for usage and has good interface in comparison to goodnotes and native notes taking application. ----- ### "Amazing software for organization and productivity, I would highly recommend it 10/10" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *29 September 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: 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. There are lots of templates for like planners, journals, to do lists, daily planners available which I really like using. The software has a great organization feature where it is very easy to organize all the notes. You can also send files directly from the app without much effort and can send files to Notability with ease which is very convenient. I would highly recommend Notability if you are looking for a reliable digital notebook because it has all the useful functions you would need. Notability is always very reliable because it never crashes and fails to save my work - it has autosave. > > **Cons**: I honestly don't have anything to criticize about Notability. I wish it were free but for the $12 that I have to pay per year, I think it is honestly very worth it and a great deal. > > Great software for taking notes or planning general. Notability also pretty much all the resources and templates you would need. Saves you time with the autosave feature. Highly recommend 10/10 ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/225496/notability?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/225496/notability) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data