The velocity of note creation also encourages you to create new notes often. It’s great for users who need to take notes now and want to figure out the rest later. Note creation in Notability is fast and simple, without any unnecessary frills or setup. To create a new note, all you need to do is hit the little blue button in the bottom right corner of the Notetability interface, and the app will instantly create a new note within the subject you’ve selected on the left sidebar.Īnd that’s it. Create new notes using the blue button at the bottom. You can also sort your notes by name, modified date, or created date by tapping the arrows in the upper right corner. #caption# From left to right: The left sidebar is Notability’s main organizational function. Because Notability lacks simplified navigation to these pages, it’s much harder to find bookmarked items if you lose track of the original note. With GoodNotes, you could bookmark a page or notebook and refer back to it six months later with ease. If you like to bookmark important notes for later use, GoodNotes also gains a major advantage here by having a dedicated tab for those favorited items. While navigation is simple and easy in both apps, GoodNotes has put a bit more effort into “dressing up” the document management process, and both the navigation display and user interface benefit from those design choices. GoodNotes takes the win here, both on aesthetics and ease of access to important documents. These bookmarks can be accessed from within the original note, but you’ll need to find and access that note before you can view those bookmarks. One shortfall in Notability is the lack of visibility for bookmarked note pages. You can access the submenu for any note or subject by tapping and holding until the menu pops up. While Notability’s user interface is more streamlined, it also hides the option to share, duplicate, or trash your notes. That makes it perfect for users who prefer a more spartan or minimalist take on layout design. It’s a practical, efficient, and effective no-frills approach.

You can add dividers, which function as collapsible toggles, to help keep your workspace neat and tidy.Īside from creating new subjects for your notes and dividers to separate your subjects, there’s not much else to see here. The notes you’ve housed within those subjects are displayed as either a list or a grid on the right. Opening the app, you’ll see your subjects (folders) on the left sidebar. Grid view (shown) gives you an easy way to parse your notes while list view is more compact. #caption# Notability’s user interface is clean, simple, and straightforward.

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