Notability is a note-taking app that mixes handwriting, typed text, PDFs and audio with AI study tools. You can annotate imported documents, record a lecture while taking notes, search your handwriting, and turn notes into summaries, action items, quizzes and flashcards. A YouTube link-to-note feature converts a video into a note with a transcript and summary, and a chat feature answers questions about what you wrote. The free Starter plan allows 5 notes, and paid plans run $11.99 to $79.99 per year for individuals, with Business plans at $60 and $180 per user per year.
It suits students who want to learn from their notes rather than only store them, and professionals who capture meetings, documents and ideas by hand or voice. Educators and study groups can use the templates and shared libraries, while teams in business plans get centralized administration and billing, audit logs and Intune mobile management on the top tier. It runs on iOS, Android, web, Mac, Windows and iPad.
Typical scenarios include recording a lecture and getting a live transcript with a summary, importing a PDF reading and marking it up with a stylus, generating practice questions the night before an exam, and pulling a checklist of action items out of a recorded meeting. A study guarantee promises to cover the cost for the rest of the semester if Notability does not help. Business teams share note libraries for real-time collaboration and annotate documents together. Version history ranges from 7 days on the free and Lite tiers to 90 days on Pro, which helps when a note needs to be recovered.
