Smartphone has become our companion in today’s generation. Every day to day activity can be done using a smartphone. You can avoid carrying a pen and paper every time you go around because now we have access to the notes app on your phone. For all the iOS users here, following is a list of notes app that will help you take down your to-dos or just to jot down a piece of information or thought for later in a jiffy.

Evernote

Developer:  Evernote | Size: 160.1MB | Price: Free.Whether you solely want to jot down random ideas, create a checklist and, a to-do list, you can surely rely on this app. Notes can be taken down in various formats like text, video, images, audio, web clippings, PDFs and hand-drawn sketches, among others. It also has an inbuilt scanner, using which you can digitise your documents and store them in an organised manner.

You can download Evernote here

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Bear

Developer: Shiny Frog Ltd.| Size: 79.7MB | Price: Free.

Its three-panel design makes it easy for users to perform different tasks. Notes can be exported in several formats which include text, MD, PDF, HTML, RTF, DOCX, and JPEG. Its archive feature lets you hide notes. The USP of this app is the ease of carrying tasks. The sync feature isn’t available in the free version of the app.

Download the Bear app here

Google Keep

Developer: Google LLC | Size: 84.4MB | Price: Free. This app is a smartly designed combination of note-taking app and reminder sans any fancy feature. You can take down notes in the form of text, images, videos, audio and, checklist. The attractive thing about this app is that it supports location-based reminders. All the notes are synced to Google Drive.

Download the Google Keep app here

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Notebook

Developer: Zoho Corporation | Size: 160.6MB | Price: FreeThis card-based note-taking app is perfect for recording and organising text, images, videos, audio and, hand-drawn sketches. You can also register in the app using your Google account. It can be appealing to visual thinkers. The app has gesture-based controls for grouping notes, and an individual note can be locked with the help of passcode and Touch ID.

Download the Notebook app here

Paper by Dropbox

Developer: Dropbox  | Size: 102MB | Price: Free.This app is designed in such a way so that you can share notes with your colleagues. You can take down notes in text, images, videos, audios, and links formats. Your notes can be synced with all devices plus your dropbox. You can also access notes offline. You can link events from your calendar.

Download the Paper by Dropbox app here

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Pages

Developer:  Apple | Size: 479.3MB | Price: Free. This app is a complete word processor and is compatible with Microsoft Word. The app provides its users with pre-designed templates that help to create reports, CVs, digital books, and write down running notes. Users can also add images, videos and audio files in notes. The documents can be shared directly from the app in PDF, Word, RT and EPUB formats. Its real-time collaboration can help you know who is currently editing/viewing the document with you.

Download the Pages app here

Simplenote

Developer: Automattic | Size: 15.3MB  | Price: Free. As the name suggests, this app is designed for merely taking the notes. Unfortunately, this app does not allow you to format text or attach files in the notes. It has tags and pins for sorting notes. Notes that are created using this app can be synchronised across different platforms. The notes can be accessed by downloading apps for Android, iOS, Windows, and Linux.

Download the SimpleNote app here

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