Cloud note-taking was great, but somewhere between quiet outages, surprise interface redesigns, and the nudge to upgrade, I felt like I was spending too much time adapting to the tools rather than ...

Task managers love subscriptions. I wanted ownership instead.

Google Keep has been my default scratchpad for years. It’s good enough for grocery lists, reminders, and quick notes. Logseq ...

After years of committing to an all-digital writing system, I’m coming back around to physical notebooks. I can recall more of what I write by hand than what I type into the Notes app, and I like ...

Instapoetry. I will never, ever miss an opportunity to bash it. Published screenshots of lazy three-line verses, they are everything they sound like. Uninteresting, unoriginal, unstructured and ...

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed by the sheer number of note-taking apps available, each promising to transform your productivity? If you’re an iPad user, you’ve likely come across Apple Notes ...

What makes any person’s Notes app so revealing is that its contents have no audience. Unlike social media, it’s not intended for public consumption; unlike a text, it’s not even intended for one other ...

Apple’s macOS Sequoia introduced a significantly upgraded Notes app, designed to transform how users capture, organize, and manage information. With a focus on both casual and professional needs, the ...

Apple's Smart Script for Notes in iPadOS 18 can help make your handwritten notes better. It can also copy your cursive style when you paste more text into a note. The Notes app does allow users to ...

Research published in Scientific American shows that writing by hand engages more parts of the brain than typing, helping ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...