A Place to Write, Plan and Organize
Capture ideas, write notes, or work on long-form documents.
Organize your work in nested books that reflect your way of thinking.
When needed, documents become tasks and books become projects.
Your work stays structured, flexible, and fully under your control.
Organize your work in nested books that reflect your way of thinking.
When needed, documents become tasks and books become projects.
Your work stays flexible, structured, and fully under your control.
A Place to Write
Notebooks is about writing in any form and shape: jot down notes and memos, write diary entries, collect information for a research paper, or type the chapters of a novel. Start simple, refine later, and let your writing take shape at its own pace.
- Plain text, Markdown, and formatted documents
- Styles, tables, checklists, images, and attachments when you need them
- Fullscreen and distraction-free modes for focused writing
- Compile documents into PDFs or eBooks at any time
A Place to Organize
Keep everything structured in a way that makes sense to you, from simple collections to deeply nested libraries. As your work grows, Notebooks grows with it.
- Organize documents in books and nested hierarchies
- Reorder, rename, and restructure freely at any time
- Smart Books provide quick access to recent items, favorites, and tasks
- Context tags offer alternative ways to group and find content
A Place to Plan and Act
Turn your writing into structure without switching tools or breaking your flow. Planning happens naturally, right where your work already lives. Stay focused on what needs to be done, while keeping all supporting material close at hand. Tasks and reference documents remain connected.
- Turn books into task lists
- Nested books become nested projects
- Assign due dates, alerts, and recurring tasks
- Extract tasks from documents
- Tasks and documents live side by side
- Checklists inside documents for simple to-dos
A Place to Find Everything
Nothing gets lost — even as your library grows. Powerful navigation and search help you retrieve information instantly.
- Full-text search across documents, PDFs, and attachments
- Links and wiki-style references between documents
- Backlinks show where documents are referenced
- Smart Books and contexts surface relevant content
A Place to Stay Focused
Reduce friction and distractions, so you can stay with your work, whether you are writing, planning, or reviewing information.
- Fullscreen and typewriter modes for distraction-free writing
- Clean layouts that adapt to window size and device
- Fewer interruptions, with tools available when you need them
- Consistent navigation across writing, tasks, and documents
A Place You Can Rely On
Your work stays yours — stored in standard formats, accessible across devices, and under your control at all times.
- Documents stored as regular files in standard formats
- Custom storage locations
- Sync via iCloud, Dropbox, or WebDAV
- Access your library across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Optional passcode protection for sensitive content (iOS)
- One-off purchases
- On the App Store since 2008
Start Creating with Notebooks
Notebooks is a one-time purchase — no subscription, no ongoing fees.
“Notebooks is the best word processing app for all your works, from taking down quick notes to writing your books, eBooks and organizing your documents.” (AppReviews.Live)
“Notebooks stands out for its consumer-friendly approach […] and you get an app that is hard to ignore. We highly recommend Notebooks, and encourage teachers, students and parents to think about how it could make their life, work, and studies easier.” (Educational App Store)