Freenotes - Notes Taking & PDF v2.36.0
Freenotes IncAbout this app
Developer Description
Note-taking apps with notepad & color notes. Take notes, to-do and markup PDF.
Freenotes lets you experience true paperless learning, combining the pleasure of realistic handwriting with features that boost your study and work efficiency. Whether you're a college student needing PDF annotation or a professional seeking a high-efficiency meeting note tool, Freenotes is the best GoodNotes alternative for a seamless, productive experience across all your devices.
AI Integration: Your Smart Study Assistant
A handwriting app with built-in AI to summarize long notes or check grammar/spelling in handwritten text?
Freenotes is equipped with a powerful AI Assistant designed to optimize your learning and reviewing process:
- Instant Summaries & Answers: Take a screenshot or upload a document (PDF or photo) to instantly get answers to questions and AI-generated summaries of content. Perfect for quickly understanding long documents or creating study outlines for exams.
- AI Study Companion: Use the assistant to clarify concepts, define terms, and check your handwritten notes for accuracy, turning passive review into active recall.
High-Efficiency Note-Taking & Organization
What's a high-quality app to handwrite meeting notes and convert them into searchable text?
We focus on helping you solve the pain point of messy, unsearchable notes:
- Organized and Neat: The folder feature allows you to categorize and organize your notes by projects, courses, or topics, automating the organization of your note library.
- Quick Search via OCR: No more wasting time searching! Our advanced handwriting OCR (Optical Character Recognition) means you can easily find the specific note or keyword you need, even if it was handwritten.
Academic Powerhouse: PDF Annotation & Learning Tools
Best Pad note-taking app for college students? Recommend an aesthetic digital planner app for tablets that works with hyperlinked PDFs?
Freenotes offers features essential for college students and professionals working with documents:
- Interactive PDF Annotation: Annotate, mark up, and highlight large PDF files. Select text to translate and look up words directly for more convenient and engaging learning.
- Hyperlink Support: Create hyperlinked digital planners or study guides that jump to different pages within your notes or to external web pages for easy access to related information.
Multitasking & Focus: Master Video Learning
"Take notes while watching videos," "Split-screen for courses."
Maximize productivity by taking notes while consuming content:
- Seamless Video Learning: Use Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to take notes while watching online videos (YouTube, lecture recordings), and instantly capture relevant screenshots directly into your notes.
- Dedicated Course Learning View: Display your handwritten notes or mind maps alongside course content in a specialized split-screen setup for deeper understanding and quick review.
Review & Memorization for Active Recall
"Helps with active recall," "Exam preparation tool."
We provide specific tools proven to aid memory:
- Active Recall Tape Tool: Use the tape tool to mark key information for memorization and quickly test yourself by toggling visibility—a powerful technique for active recall and exam preparation.
- Exam Prep Center: Access built-in exam materials, timers, and use in-app layers and split-screen to practice and simulate exams without re-importing files.
A True Paper Feel: Natural & Customizable Writing
What app has the most natural and lowest-latency writing feel on a tablet?
- Realistic Pen Strokes: Experience lifelike, low-latency pen strokes on electronic devices by combining handwriting pens, providing the most natural feel for writing on digital platforms.
- Customization: Create and save custom brushes for quick access. Freenotes now supports the latest features of Pencil.
What's New
-Added picture-in-picture video functionality.
-Added browser support.
Fixed Bugs
-Fixed an issue where switching from text to brush could cause the text toolbar to appear at specific canvas locations on some devices.
Thanks for using Freenotes!
Version Information
- Version
- 2.36.0
- Downloads
- 100K+
- Updated on
- Dec 30, 2025
- Released
- Sep 26, 2025
- Requires
- Android 8.0
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#69 in Top Free Productivity in Poland
#75 in Top Free Productivity in Turkey
#93 in Top Free Productivity in Spain
#94 in Top Free Productivity in Italy
Freenotes - Notes Taking & PDF users say on Google Play
Awesome App🥰. Hope it stays free with all these features forever. I would like to add 2 suggestions. <Add feature of "select and drag", which selects the written notes or diagram in the notebook or pdf and drags it elsewhere or copy & paste it elsewhere we want. <Multi tab feature- which allows us to open the app multiple times in split screen or in floating window, that helps us view multiple PDFs at once. The best app ever among the 32 apps that I have installed and checked. THANK YOU SO MUCH
literally the best note taking app for Android, it would be a cherry on the top if you add these features, 1)More pen options that actually have a low latency 2)more notebook templates 3)faster sync on Google drive 4)A better ui similar to ipad's rest it's the best app
PLEASE MAKE PAGE SCROLLING AND NAVIGATION SMOOTH. ITS REALLY REALLY LAGGY. FOR REFERENCE, I USE FLEXCIL AND USED STARNOTE, THEIR PAGE NAVIGATION IS SMOOTH. FLEXCIL IS SMOOTHEST. JUST FIX THIS SND I AM FULLY READY TO SWITCH.
12/30/25 So far pretty nice! 12/31/25 NOT TODAY; it hammers me for photo and file access because I set permissions to Limited Access. So it denies me to reach out to Dev in-app. Now 5⭐️ reduced to 1⭐️. I don't have to grant access. I copy images to my clipboard and paste them in the app. Dev doesn't like that. Demands Full Access. NO! See, you aren't trustworthy. I will email you screenshots of copy/pasting images via Clipboard from your app page then. UNINSTALLED CREEPY APP & DEVELOPERS!
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