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  • xournal

  • Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.

    tags: journal pdf-annotation pdf-editing sketching
  • Notability

  • Notability is the first truly integrated note-taking app for iOS. Standing on a framework that automatically links notes with audio recordings, Notability supports all of your note-taking needs -- handwriting, PDF annotation, word processing, and more work together seamlessly allowing you to create comprehensive, beautiful notes, quickly and simply. Auto Sync ensures your notes are backed up safely. And now you can personalize the look and feel of Notability’s library and toolbars with Themes, from colorful, to clean, to classic. »

    tags: audio-recording handwritten-notes note-taking notebook pdf
  • MetaMoJi Note

  • MetaMoJi Note, previously Note Anytime, is a powerful notetaker, PDF annotation tool, and a digital scrapbook for your life. Capture your ideas anytime with advanced handwriting recognition and handwriting to text conversion, or annotate Office and PDF documents. Use the app as a high resolution sketchbook with a vast color wheel palette, pastel colors and advanced calligraphy pens. MetaMoJi Note is a virtual whiteboard for sketching, annotation, scrapbooking or digital mashup.

    tags: dropbox-integration google-drive-integration handwriting-to-text handwritten-notes no-internet-required
  • FiiNote

  • FiiNote is the most convenient note app for android.

    tags: canvas drafting getting-things-done handwritten-notes note-taking
  • NoteLab

  • NoteLab brings the power of digital note taking to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

    tags: handwriting journal note-taking sketching tablet-pc
  • Jarnal

  • Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft Windows Journal and to the earlier Mimeo whiteboarding and Palm notepad applications.

    tags: handwriting handwritten-notes journal note-taking sketching
  • WritePad

  • WritePad is an advanced notetaker app that lets you to take notes in your own handwriting, which is immediately converted to the digital text using PhatWare’s state-of-the-art handwriting recognition software. You can also use simple gestures to select text, cut, copy, paste, and insert special characters.

    tags: dropbox-sync evernote-integration handwriting handwritten-notes itunes-integration
  • inkBook

  • Write notes by hand with inkBook 2 using tablet and InkWell handwriting recognition technology. The notes remain as handwritten ink, but can be searched, copied to other applications, and exported to a text file.

    tags: handwritten-notes note-taking
  • Penultimate

  • The best-selling handwriting app for iPad. You'll get the fast, tactile gratification of writing on paper, with digital power and flexibility. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or home on the sofa.

    tags: drafting drawing handwriting handwritten-notes sketching
  • MakerX

  • MakerX is notebook app for your iPhone or iPad with set of tools for organizing.The app lets you make quick notes with sketch/photo-sketch and categorize ones with special very efficient markers for organizing. Tools for drawing are pencils with adjustable color, line-weight and opacity properties.Tools for organizing let you categorize notes in three ways: for a value as "important" or "urgent", for a status as "in progress", "no progress", "priority", "done" or "refused" and for visual difference with multi color markers. Each note has a preset subtitle for a name of project also.Free of charge version of MakerX is available on App Store as "USticker".The app is designed for easy-to-make and easy-to-read notes and will make your life little more bright!Story: As a project developer I was looking for such app for a long time. Every day I start with MakerX and fill up 3-5 tasks for each project. I mark the tasks with colors and specify its status, also I choose for each task its value as "important" or "urgent". During the day I have many collaboration with professionals most of them are architects, designers and engineers and MakerX helps me for quick sketches and notes on-fly. During the day I control status of my cases. I share notes with my partners. As a result of the day I make my notes review and marking successful topics as «done»! »

    tags: drawing drawing-app note-taking notebook sketch
  • Touchwriter

  • Touchwriter is a handwriting application for iPhone and iPod touch that lets you draw characters with your finger. The app is useful when you want to take a note quickly or create a personal, handwritten letter. You can long-tap the space key on the keyboard to insert TODO items.

    tags: todo-manager notepad handwriting note-sync handwritten-notes
  • Write & Draw

  • With this amazing app you takes notes by handwriting or typing, draw sketches, create colorful drawings or technical diagrams, convert your notes to PDF or image format, store your notes or share it with others through email or Facebook.

    tags: iphone-apps ipad-apps business-management
  • PenSupremacy

  • PenSupremacy is the best handwriting app for Android. It is based on the best selling iPad app Penultimate . It feels just like taking handwritten notes on real paper. Take notes, save sketches and share your ideas with PenSupremacy.

    tags: handwriting handwritten-notes share-on-facebook sketching