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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask notebooks
About Notebooks
Notebooks combines a text and Markdown editor, a personal wiki, a file organiser and a task manager. Work is kept in nested books, and documents can turn into tasks and books into projects when needed. It handles plain text, Markdown and formatted documents with styles, tables, checklists, images and attachments.
It also reads PDFs, scans documents with character recognition, and compiles documents into PDFs or ebooks. Fullscreen and distraction-free modes help with long-form writing. It is sold as a one-time purchase without a subscription.
Strengths
- Notes, long documents and tasks in one app
- Exports to PDF and ebook
- Document scanning with text recognition
- One-time purchase
Limitations
- Many features to learn for simple note-taking
- Only Mac and iOS versions are shown in the research
Details
- Pricing
- PaidOne-time purchase, no subscription required.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- macOS, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Writers who want notes, drafts and tasks in one organised library
- Categories
- Note-taking, Office tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Notebooks
Compare allSoftware that can replace Notebooks for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Ulysses
A focused writing app for Mac, iPad and iPhone with project management, sync and export.
Ulysses is a paid, distraction-free writing app for Apple devices with a library for long projects, grammar checking and export, sold after a trial rather than once.
Bear
Apple-exclusive markdown notes app with tag-based organization and a polished editor.
Bear is a freemium Apple-only Markdown notes app with tag-based organization instead of nested books, and advanced export options need a subscription.
Craft
Native docs app with real-time collaboration and deep integration into Apple's ecosystem.
Craft is a native Apple docs app with nested pages and real-time collaboration, with premium features requiring a paid subscription.
Scrivener
A writing app for drafting and organising long documents such as novels, screenplays and theses.
Scrivener is a paid app for long manuscripts that keeps research, notes and draft in one project, and adds a Windows version alongside macOS and iOS.
Keep It
A notebook and document organizer for Mac, iPhone and iPad that integrates with the Finder.
Keep It is a paid Mac and iOS organizer for notes, Markdown, PDFs, emails and web archives with Finder-visible files and tags and iCloud sharing.
Evernote
A long-running note-taking app with notebooks, tasks, calendar links, search and web clipping.
Evernote offers notebooks, tasks, calendar links and web clipping on Android, iOS and the web, storing notes on Evernote's servers with many features on paid plans.
Notebooks as an alternative
Listings that name Notebooks as an alternative.
Effie
A minimalist writing app combining notes, outlines and mind maps, with an optional AI assistant.
Notebooks is a one-time purchase for Mac and iOS that holds notes, long documents and tasks in nested books with PDF and ebook export, but without mind maps.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
DEVONthink
A document and information manager for Mac and iOS that stores, organizes and searches files.
Drafts
An Apple-platform app for capturing text quickly and sending it elsewhere with actions.
OmniOutliner
An outlining app for Mac, iPad, iPhone and Vision Pro for structuring ideas and documents.
iA Writer
Minimalist Markdown writing app focused on the text.
Apple Notes
Apple's built-in notes app with sync, sketches, and text recognition.
