Apple Notes vs Notability

November 05, 2025 | Author: Adam Levine
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Apple Notes
Apple Notes is a notetaking app developed by Apple. It is provided on their iOS and macOS operating systems. It functions as a service for making short text notes, which can be synchronised between devices using Apple's iCloud service. Allows locking notes with passwords or Face/Touch ID for added security.
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Notability
With Notability and iCloud, your office travels with you. All of your notes, sketches, plans, and forms are available to mark up, review, or send to a client anytime, anywhere. Allows PDF annotation for editing and marking up documents.

Apple Notes vs Notability in our news:

2014. Cloud note-taking app Notability launches Mac version



Evernote competitor, Notability, which was already available for the iPhone and iPad, is now bringing all the same functionality to the Mac desktop, rounding out all the places where its users might want to access their notes. Notability is knows for its support of wide range of inputs. Users can draw on the mobile and tablet apps, add images and text, and even import and embed documents or web pages directly into their documents, all with audio timestamped against the text or media added. Now that it’s moving to the Mac App Store, Notability will become even more useful. Using iCloud, users will be able to sync and update documents with little hassle and access them on all their Apple devices. The desktop version of the app will cost $9.99 to download, which is above the usual $4.99 price for Notability.

Author: Adam Levine
Adam is an expert in project management, collaboration and productivity technologies, team management, and motivation. With an extensive background working at prestigious companies such as Microsoft and Accenture, Adam's in-depth knowledge and experience in the field make him a sought-after professional. Currently, he has ventured into entrepreneurship, owning a thriving consulting and training agency where he imparts invaluable insights and practical strategies to individuals and organizations, empowering them to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. You can contact Adam via email adam@liventerprise.com