Best Note-Taking Apps 2026

SilverBullet suits people who want Markdown-based personal notes, documentation, or shared wikis.

Dash suits people who want offline notes with local storage and device-level locking, or who need to export notes in several formats.

Noteriv supports offline notes, shared notes and live editing on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and browser extensions.

Standard Notes keeps notes available offline on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and the web.

Paper suits teams that need shared documents with assigned to-dos and deadline views.

Bear offers offline notes and sharing on iOS, macOS and the web.

Noteshelf organizes notes and lets users annotate PDFs on iOS, macOS, Android and Windows.

Milanote may suit creative professionals and teams such as filmmakers, writers, designers, photographers, marketers, and content creators.

Zoho Notebook suits people who want notes across desktop, mobile, and web, including offline access and collaboration.

Craft suits people who want notes and documents available across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, including offline.

Gemini Notebook organizes PDFs, websites and other materials, then answers from them with source citations on Android, iOS and web.

Recall is a freemium app for saving and retrieving information with offline access on mobile, web and extensions.

Reflect is a paid note app with offline access on iOS, macOS, the web and browser extensions.

Mem captures ideas, meetings and research, then uses AI to retrieve and organize workspace notes.

Evernote is a freemium note-taking app for Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows with offline access and sharing.