We recently polled readers with suggestions for the best note-taking apps. Most of you said you still do things the old-fashioned way with pen and paper—a technique I heartily endorse. However ...

Note-taking apps typically aim to make you more efficient and productive. A lot of those apps concentrate on quickly jotting down your thoughts, organizing them better, or a mix of both.

This is where Many Notes, an open-source Markdown-based web app, truly shines. Many Notes offers the flexibility and control I have longed for.

Google’s NotebookLM, a AI-powered note-taking app, is now generally available to everyone in the US. You can instruct the tool to only look at information from specific sources, which can help ...

Google Keep is a versatile note-taking app from Google. You can use Google Keep to make to-do lists, research images, take detailed notes, and more.

It's a native app for Apple devices that helps you highlight web articles like they're ebook. You can also take notes and easily export them in Markdown format.