Note Essence
A free iPhone notes app with tags and AI summaries
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The verdict
A free notes app for iPhone, Note Essence has tagging, search and a public or private setting on each note. It adds an AI summary button, a Wikipedia lookup and Google Translate inside the editor, and recent updates added transcription. You sign in with an email and password, and you can delete your account and data from Settings.
Get it if
You want a free notes app with tags and quick summaries, and don't mind making an account.
Skip it if
You want notes that sync through iCloud without an account. Apple Notes or Bear are better fits.
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What it helps you do
- Tag and search your notes
- Summarize a long note with AI
- Translate text inside a note
- Share a note publicly or keep it private
What changed
Version 5
Fixed sidbar bug and added transcription
Added to The Useful Apps
Pick something else if
BearPick this if you want good-looking private notes that sort themselves with hashtags and need no account.Free to start
ObsidianPick it if you want your notes as plain files you own, with links and plugins to shape your own system.Free to start
GoodnotesPick this if you write with an Apple Pencil in class or meetings and mark up lots of PDFs and slides.Free to start
The details
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
- Requires
- iOS 16.4 or later
- Version
- 5
- Size
- 40 MB
- Made by
- Nathan Chackerian
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