Notebooks – Write and Organize

Notebooks – Write and Organize

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Notebooks – The Professional Workspace for Your Writing, Projects, and Digital Life

Build your second brain with a powerful Markdown editor, task manager, and file organizer in one. Take full control of your data with standard file formats and no proprietary lock-in.

Publisher

Alfons Schmid

Category

Productivity

Downloads

124K+

User Rating

4.7/5

Total Ratings

2K+

Locales

4

Your Knowledge, Visualized

Discover the interface used by 124K+ users.

iPhone screen showing a list of organized documents and notes in the Notebooks app with color-coded categories.

iPhone screen showing a list of organized documents and notes in the Notebooks app with color-coded categories.

A mobile screen showing the Notebooks app interface with a formatted document and a checklist of features like task manager and markdown composer.

A mobile screen showing the Notebooks app interface with a formatted document and a checklist of features like task manager and markdown composer.

iPhone screen displaying the Notebooks app interface with a Markdown text editor and on-screen keyboard

iPhone screen displaying the Notebooks app interface with a Markdown text editor and on-screen keyboard

iPhone screenshot of the Notebooks app in dark mode showing the text editor and advanced editing keyboard

iPhone screenshot of the Notebooks app in dark mode showing the text editor and advanced editing keyboard

The Notebooks app displaying a document titled Tips, Tricks And Unique Features using the Solarized color theme for improved readability.

The Notebooks app displaying a document titled Tips, Tricks And Unique Features using the Solarized color theme for improved readability.

Main screen of the Notebooks app showing smart books and document organization on an iPhone

Main screen of the Notebooks app showing smart books and document organization on an iPhone

Smartphone screen showing project organization and task lists in the Notebooks app

Smartphone screen showing project organization and task lists in the Notebooks app

iPhone screen showing the creation menu in the Notebooks app with options for new books, formatted documents, and markdown files

iPhone screen showing the creation menu in the Notebooks app with options for new books, formatted documents, and markdown files

A mobile screen showing the Notebooks app document processing menu with options to compile, archive, and create PDFs.

A mobile screen showing the Notebooks app document processing menu with options to compile, archive, and create PDFs.

A search list in the Notebooks app displaying various supported file formats including Email, Excel, HTML, and Markdown.

A search list in the Notebooks app displaying various supported file formats including Email, Excel, HTML, and Markdown.

The Ultimate Workspace for Knowledge Professionals

The tools that make this app stand out, trusted by 124K+ users.

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Future-Proof Data Sovereignty

Own your data forever. All documents are stored in standard formats like Plain Text and Markdown, ensuring your files remain accessible and readable across any device or platform without vendor lock-in.

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Advanced Knowledge Management

Construct your personal Wiki or Zettelkasten using Wiki-style links, deep nested folders, and full-text search. Connect disparate ideas and organize complex research with professional-grade precision.

Integrated Task Ecosystem

Bridge the gap between ideas and action. Convert any document into a task, assign due dates, and manage GTD-style projects directly within your workspace for a seamless, distraction-free workflow.

Loved by users worldwide

Trusted by 124K+ people who love this app.

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"As an academic managing years of research, I have tried every Zettelkasten tool available. Notebooks is the only one that gives me the power of Markdown and the security of knowing my files are not trapped in a proprietary cloud. The ability to link documents into a personal Wiki has completely transformed my literature reviews and professional organization."

Dr. Elena Richardson
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"Notebooks is the first app that truly bridges the gap between deep writing and actionable task management. I can draft a project proposal and immediately turn my notes into scheduled tasks without switching apps. It is my entire 'Getting Things Done' system in one place—unassuming, powerful, and incredibly efficient for my daily workflow."

Marcus Thorne

About the app

Everything you need to know about Notebooks – Write and Organize.

Description

Notebooks is a comprehensive writing app with a powerful text and Markdown editor, which you can use as personal Wiki, Zettelkasten, file and document organizer, task manager, PDF/eBook creator and much more—all in one place. You can seamlessly transform quick notes into actionable tasks, combine text fragments into chapters of a book, organize research material, and keep business documents separate from personal diaries without ever switching apps. Stay focused and unleash your creativity with Notebooks’ versatile and intuitive features. - You'll quickly come to appreciate this unique combination of features. • Notebooks stores all your documents as regular files in standard formats. You are always in control of your documents, never need to worry about how to export them, and they remain compatible across devices and over time. • Create formatted documents with styles, attachments, tables or checklists, and add a table of contents if you like. Choose between a variation of ready made document styles, or create your own, if you want. • Write your documents in plain text and allow Notebooks to automatically handle lists, highlight and center the current line on screen, automatically insert closing characters for (, {, [, " and more. - Plain text is a universal format which can be used on any device without any specific software. • Use Markdown to create formatted documents from plain text. Notebooks supports *MultiMarkdown* and its own flavor of *Discount*. – Click any word in a formatted Markdown text and start writing at that position. You can even create checklists (- [ ]) and tick them off in formatted view. Syntax highlighting and a set of dedicated extra keyboard keys make Markdown editing easy. • Use your Apple Pencil to sketch ideas or annotate images and PDF documents. • Use Notebooks' advanced editing capabilities to work on documents which are stored in other apps. • Compile selected documents or the contents of whole books into a single document, an eBook or a PDF document. • Link between documents in Notebooks. In Markdown you can even use Wiki style links ([[ ]]). When clicking a link to a document which does not yet exist, Notebooks suggests to create it. And when you move or rename documents, Notebooks makes sure the links remain intact. • Create as many books as you need to structure your projects and details. Nest books as deep as you like, there is no limit in Notebooks. If you ever loose track, Notebooks' full text search helps you quickly turn up even the most hidden document. • Turn books into task lists to display document as tasks which can be ticked off. Assign due dates and alerts, and divide projects into nested sub projects, which makes them easier to handle. • For simple lists you can use checklists in formatted documents and Markdown. • Assign Context tags to books and documents to create shortcuts that are accessible for a smart book at Notebooks' top level. – Notebooks can even extract context tags from the contents of documents as you create them. • Import all documents and files you want to keep close at hand, no matter whether PDF, email, web pages, MS Office or iWorks, photos, videos, music and more. • Scan documents and extract text using OCR (iOS 13) • Sync files between iPads, iPhones, Mac or PC. With all these features, Notebooks may quickly become your go-to repository for everything you want to keep close at hand. User Comments: “Notebooks is a wonderful App, which is so much better than the dozen other note apps I tried. It is sophisticated, in an unassuming way, so that you find yourself greatly rewarded and being productive without sacrificing time/effort to the App. I cannot tell you how much productivity I have gained. I am having a huge amount of fun, I use it constantly, more than the phone on my iPhone in fact." “You are GTD in every way that makes it efficient and makes me efficient.”

Latest Version

12.8.4

Size

45.1 MB

First Released

Jan 20, 2020

Master Your Workflow, Own Your Data

Join 124,000+ professionals using the ultimate future-proof hub for notes, tasks, and research. Start building your second brain with Notebooks today.

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