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[Q] Note taking apps?

So I was thinking of buying this capacitive stylus: http://www.amazon.com/Acase-Capacit...aybook/dp/B003ULE6GU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
But I was wondering if there are any decent note taking apps designed for use with a pen. Because if there aren't, it's kind of pointless, I don't think there's really anything else I would use the stylus for, except maybe drawing.
Thanks!

I'm not sure of a good app, but I do own this stylus. Once I get my Transformer tomorrow, I will let you know how well it works.

Not sure to what extent you plan to use notes, but I use "Note Everything Pro" and absolutely love it!
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Handwritten notes
If you're talking about handwritten notes, some people from the xoom forum suggested handrite, check it out and tell me if it works with the transformer. There is a free version with ads. Also many users suggest get rid of the auto insert feature through the settings for the app and it becomes much more usable.

Amazon 1-click Order is dangerously easy. Just ordered it. I'll play around with the note taking apps and let you know what I find. Tablet's coming tomorrow, stylus should arrive on Tuesday.

I'm using flext9 it can be used as swipe which works faster than the one installed on the transformer and it also has a writing to text feature that's pretty cool.I take my notes on evernote which also has a share button to email/ share it to a computer. You can also create an account and sync your documents up to access anywhere.

I can't believe this, from the time since the beginning of Android to now, NO ONE has created a combinable Text & Handwriting note program.
Where is the app that lets you draw and type within the same note? This was possible in Windows Mobile, 10 years ago!!!
All the programs available seem to at best be able create drawing notes separately from typing note, WTF?

klau1 said:
I can't believe this, from the time since the beginning of Android to now, NO ONE has created a combinable Text & Handwriting note program.
Where is the app that lets you draw and type within the same note? This was possible in Windows Mobile, 10 years ago!!!
All the programs available seem to at best be able create drawing notes separately from typing note, WTF?
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Hey dummy, read the post above yours.
I can confirm this. FlexT9 works great on the Transformer. It does an AWESOME-fast Swype style. Then it also has a handwriting-recognition mode that allows you to write within any app.
Screw note-taking apps, when you have a keyboard like this you don't need them.

The post above mine previous (#6) mentions two things:
FlexT9: an input method, not a program that supports scribble drawing & text notes
EverNote: an notes program, without any scribble drawing support
Care to enlighten me with your wisdom again?

+1 for flexT9, it is now my keyboard of choice too, much quicker than handwriting or typing in my opinion.
There is another note taking app called Tabnotes, currently under development. It looks very promising and could potentially be the killer notepad app. Works really well with handwriting with a stylus.
A trial is available on the market for you to try out, the program has been developed with tablets in mind.
At present you cannot use keypad entry, I have emailed the developer of the app for this function, we'll see what happens.

i am using writepad with Evernote and it works flawlessly. I was nervous because the writepad application cost $10. But if you go to the developers site you can test it free for24 hours.

Note everything pro
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mike6200 said:
Note everything pro
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Do you know if this will sync with multiple devices?
Edit - I found out it currently does not sync with multiple devices.

Note Taking App?

Hello all!
I have been lurking around these forums for a while but finally decided to post. So, I just got my transformer yesterday, but now I need a good note taking app. I was wondering if any of you guys know of an app that allows you to take notes with a tree hierarchy like in MS OneNote? In addition, a note taking app that also has notebook support like in MS OneNote also? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Evernote

Evernote doesn't really have options to bold, italicize, or underline right? Or at least in the android app. It also doesn't have a tree hierarchy when taking notes also no option for bullet points. This is most important to me because I need to organize my notes that I take in class.

You could use the stock polaris office...
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Billus said:
Evernote
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Evernote is NOT what he asked for. Thats a super simple note collection sort of app. Have you seen a proper ipad esque note taking app? Evernote is pre-school compared to the level of note taking apps they have on the ipad. Pre-school.
Everyone always replies with evernote. So frustrating.

i think you would be best going with a word processing app like Polaris, quick office or docs to go.
there the best for taking notes

Hmmmm, it seems like my options are limited for now. I suppose the notebook feature isnt too important. Is there any note taking apps that allow you to bold, add bullet points and have a tree hierarchy? Or is that asking too much?

silenceforus said:
Evernote is NOT what he asked for. Thats a super simple note collection sort of app. Have you seen a proper ipad esque note taking app? Evernote is pre-school compared to the level of note taking apps they have on the ipad. Pre-school.
Everyone always replies with evernote. So frustrating.
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Well I guess we can use your option"criticism" where do we find that on the market.

I tried out MaplePaint last night and it seems to be okay. It saves files in SVG format so they can later be converted into png/jpeg/etc. I would assume that SVG is also easier to convert to plain text with an OCR than other formats since the lines are cleaner.

silenceforus said:
Evernote is NOT what he asked for. Thats a super simple note collection sort of app. Have you seen a proper ipad esque note taking app? Evernote is pre-school compared to the level of note taking apps they have on the ipad. Pre-school.
Everyone always replies with evernote. So frustrating.
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I'm curious now! As a LONG TIME evernote user (6000+ notes), I haven't seen anything that compares. My wife uses the ipad, but she would be interested in a good note taking app. What do you recommend?
As for taking notes in Android, I find Colornotes to be fast and efficient for things like jotting down the details of a phone call or for creating a "sticky note" on your home screen. I also like the fact that notes remain open when task switching, so you can easily copy and paste bits from other apps without having to constantly open and save a note.
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Why not Google Documents? They just recently put out a Docs app, and it appears to run fine in Gingerbread so far.
I like it because I can write notes on the PC which quickly sync to my phone and my tablet. It's easy to write a note and refer to it later. One example is shopping lists. I whip one out on the PC at home and whip out the DX in the store to check it.

Springpad?
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+1 for springpad
Use it for most things, shopping list, Todo list, managing small projects, diary, looking up near by restaurants and has a cool widget.
And it syncronises with your springpad account so I got access to stuff on the phone aswell

Also, re Springpad I think they have just announced a Honeycomb version.

Stupid phatware still hasn't come up with their phatpad. I've used it on the Windows Mobile platform and it is superb.
It can do free writing too as well as text and shapes.

silenceforus said:
Evernote is NOT what he asked for. Thats a super simple note collection sort of app. Have you seen a proper ipad esque note taking app? Evernote is pre-school compared to the level of note taking apps they have on the ipad. Pre-school.
Everyone always replies with evernote. So frustrating.
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Android's note taking apps all are underwhelmingly basic compared to the Windows Mobile selection.

Android stinks on note taking. I used to use handnotes by choung . No app even comes close to that one. I would pay 100 if someone could make a note app like that. I realllllly like being able to write freehand notes
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"iAnnotate PDF" App on the GN?

Does anybody have any idea when/if the "iAnnotate PDF" App will be actually available in the "S Choice" on the "Galaxy Note"?
This is an iPad App and it's site says there is no Android version yet, but it's featured here:
samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note/applications.html
as a major app... However it is not pre-installed on my phone and is not available, as far as I can tell. Some other apps featured here are available, but this one is not. Not yet, anyway.
I've noticed that launching Samsung Apps requires the SIM in place. So is it possible that this App is available in Samsung Apps store if accessed from, say UK, but not when accessed from US?
Thanks.
P.S. I live in US, but my Galaxy Note came from Germany.

That site you linked clearly states that the apps mentioned as "Coming Soon".

This could be one good app for us
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that app does look very nice considering it might have weight effect on the pen. Unfortunately i have been using a pdf nnotator on the noe which didnt have a weight effect but i recently had to remove everything from sd card because i was getting too many adverts and it kept turning off randomly.
I want that old pdf annotator back now! i think i had one in word as well, it was very nice.
the reason i am here though is im interested in the best way to look at multiple pdfs and multitask! would it just be a case of using like four different viewers?? i think i am answering my own quesion really, unless there is a way two have an application open twice.

speedofheat said:
That site you linked clearly states that the apps mentioned as "Coming Soon".
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That's funny...
The "(coming soon)" next to some Apps wasn't there earlier.
Now it's pretty clear that their release is simply delayed.

As a matter of fact, Goodreader for ipad is the best annotate pdf app out there.
it has a useful feature to extract all text highlited both with goodreader, with adobe acrobat, even with the galaxy note only worthy program for pdf editing: ezPDF.
even adobe acrobat can't extract highlighted text content (if it's not highlited in adobe).
basically, i am saying that iAnnotate functions are all there with ezPDF for android. i've tried also repligo reader but pen interaction is bad and everytime you lift the pen while ending the highlight, the text is deselected again.
what i am doing now is using dropbox to get the pdf, annotate and stickynote with ezPDF, then saving back to dropbox, edit them if necessary with adobe reader, then when all editing is done, i use GoodReader to extract just the annotation and sending them via eMail back to me.
got it?
PV.

nice work. will definitely look into this methodology at some point, presumably you have an ipad stuck on your desk then ?
i know what you are saying about adobe not even being able to highlight highlighted text aswell thats really annoying.
my first step is to re-install ezpdf because i accidently uni stalled it ..
although we're all screwed over with no pressure sewnsitivty in the note's ezpdf, iannotate will solve this though no-one likes writing then highlighting the whole thing to delete too!

I want this app as well... in the hope its a bit better than the .10c Ez PDF Reader Pro I bought...

"Lite" version of this App is finally available!

I think it's not compatible with our Note.
Edit: I finally downloaded app from Samsung App, looks promising but still too simple, I hope this app will be properly developed to reach the same quality as on iPad.

Larena61 said:
I think it's not compatible with our Note.
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It works on mine, but it's pretty basic. They promise to keep adding features in the coming months...

yes it is, I have it installed, you need to get it from the Samsung market, not the Google/Android one.

Could someone generously provide the apk? Thanks in advance.

FYI, the "iAnnotate PDF" has been available from the Market for awhile now. It is more stable and has more options than the "iAnnotate Lite" version available from the "S Choice".

True, I didn't see it on the play store though, but I have seen it in the S-Choise.
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I tried iAnnotate and wasnt that impressed.
I've settled on QPDF Notes really good, allows me to annotate, drawing, scribble, highlight, you name it. :good:

[Q] Supernote on Tab 7 plus?

I am trying to find a good note taking app to go along with my GT-P6210, and I came across the Supernote app on the Asus Transformer. I have heard some great things about it, but I can't find it in the app market. Does anyone know if its compatible with the Tab 7 plus?
Also, if you know of any good note taking apps for a college environment, feel free to suggest. I am looking to be able to make bullets and sub bullets (something evernote cant do) and I would like to be able to write or draw directly into my notes with a stylus.
Evernote w/ skitch allows me to write/draw, but the downfall is that it groups all my drawings seperate from my notes.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Supernote is specific to that tablet but there is an extracted apk though it's not optimized for our tab. Search the forums for it.
You can try quill.
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all of this software on this thread is working fine one 7+ including supernote
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204931

prinzhernan said:
Supernote is specific to that tablet but there is an extracted apk though it's not optimized for our tab. Search the forums for it.
You can try quill.
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I looked up quill and I may be wrong, but it looks like you can only write. But I found a Supernote apk so ill try that out and let you guys know how it is.

It's working, but not fit to screen... deleted.

Supernote is such a good app...........but it doesn't fit the screen. The sidebar gets cut off so you can't use certain features. It would be amazing if it was optimized for our size tablets

I like Supernote so much I've adapted to using it on the GTP with parts of the app being off screen. I'm hoping that if Asus ever releases the Memo 7" tablet to market there will be a version of Supernote for it. They've teased it at the 2011 & 2012 CES.

alternative to supernote
The app that I use more is Catch Notes, cause it lets me syncro with my phone, but it is not on the same league.
Give GNotes a try. I just recently discover it. It has bullets, you can type, handwrite, attach a picture, a video or some sound.
But actually, I was so busy trying to find a good app, that I didn't realize how good the stock application included in the tablet is. I'm taking about the one that can be found in the bottom bar. You can attach pictures, you can synchronize (haven't try yet), you can write anyplace in the sheet, handwrite (better than GNotes) and it floats on top of the other windows, allowing you to take notes while you are reading an article, for example.

ngc2264 said:
The app that I use more is Catch Notes, cause it lets me syncro with my phone, but it is not on the same league.
Give GNotes a try. I just recently discover it. It has bullets, you can type, handwrite, attach a picture, a video or some sound.
But actually, I was so busy trying to find a good app, that I didn't realize how good the stock application included in the tablet is. I'm taking about the one that can be found in the bottom bar. You can attach pictures, you can synchronize (haven't try yet), you can write anyplace in the sheet, handwrite (better than GNotes) and it floats on top of the other windows, allowing you to take notes while you are reading an article, for example.
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I totally agree with you. The stock app is totally good! It even syncs well with Google docs.
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App for engineering classes

First of all, tomorrow I'm getting my N8010 so, hello people!
Now, I'm an engineering student and I want to use my new toy for my classes, so I need an app which does this:
S-Pen compatible, of course (why would I want a note if not?)
As many pencils/erasers and so on for handwritting.
Geometrical figures for drawing (very basic, of course) line, circle/ellipse, rectangle and if possible, other regular polygons.
*NOW THE IMPORTANT PART* I get many PDFs with wording, I need to crop the text/images from the pdf and paste it in a blank page so I can write over that, it is the most important feature I need, I know many apps achieve the other requirements.
Last, if I could export all this as printable A4 format, I'd be in love with it.
I don't mind if it's free (don't count on it) or have to pay. Any suggestions?

I am by NO MEANS an expert using it... but.... Lecture Notes does all of that. And a whole lot more!!!

I bought this tablet mostly for that use as well, and here's my thoughts:
SNote is great, or at least was great for almost everything I needed. It recognize almost any geometrical shape that you draw and "tight em' up" for you as well as equations. This means that making good looking flowcharts, graphs and equations with everything from triple integrals to DEs very easy. I absolutely love the ability to look it up at WolframAlpha to get accurate graphs etc and paste them into your notes. I'm sure you have tested this already, at least that was the first thing I did once my tablet arrived.
However, since the last upgrade to JellyBean I and many with me feels that SNote isn't working good enough to be useful because of all the bugs in it (I've started a thread about this in the apps section here). Therefore, I will be using LectureNotes instead when school starts next week. By far the best note taking app imo, and the fact that the actual developer have he's own thread where he helps you on a daily basis and you can give inputs about what functionalities you would like to have is of course a huge plus! The more I use LectureNotes, the more I like it actually. And even though SNote doesn't work properly I've discovered you can use those functions, take a screenshot and insert into LectureNotes. This of course applies to every application like a PDF reader as well if you don't like to have the full PDF inserted (LectureNotes does this to). The easiest way to do this is by pushing the pens button, make a "loop" around what you want to insert and then press the LectureNotes symbol that shows below.
At the moment SNote does have support for circles/ovals, lines and rectangles but the developer is working on a way to make your own figures like arrows and stuff. You insert those symbols like you do in MS Paint. You can type text as well if needed, there is however not any way of fast typing equations but to handwrite them. Speaking of which, I feel the handwriting to be much more accurate at LectureNotes for some reason, yet another plus.
The other way in those classes you get perfect PDFs and the professor hardly writes anything on the blackboard I'll be using ezPDF to annotate directly in the PDF. I've not yet tried this to much though so time will tell how well it works.
And by the way, both apps are like 3 bucks each at play and LectureNotes have a trial version with all features but limited page numbers etc, so you can try it before buying it.
Hope this helps! And no I ain't got dyslexia, I'm just a swede
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Thank you both so much, will test it asap (delivering services are getting slow as hell in Spain)
And no worries Axel, I find myself strugling everyday to write in English as good as I can

Papyrus is magical, vector based so everything is scalable. Not to mention if you root your device and revert to a stock android build (like CM10) and remove the default S-Pen features you can use the side button as an eraser/selection tool.
I'm studying engineering as well and this has worked perfectly for me

For the pdf writing, check out ezpdf. I just got it and imported my books to it. It works wonders. You have no limits to what you can do. Although I do not know if you can add geometrical figures.
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doode2011 said:
For the pdf writing, check out ezpdf. I just got it and imported my books to it. It works wonders. You have no limits to what you can do. Although I do not know if you can add geometrical figures.
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Personally I can't really see any advantages compared to other PDF readers and at least it have one huge limit, the ability to tell if it's the pen or finger you're using. I would love to have an app that allows me to use the stylus as an " always on highlighter" and use my fingers to switch page but as far as I can tell there's no way to do that either on ez och Acrobat.
I'll check out papyrus, I've heard so much good about it but since I have LectureNotes I can't really see how it could be any better. But that's the wrong approach when testing new apps, and I'll give it a try.
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in most options in ezPdf yyou can mark with spen or one finger and scrol or zoom with two fingers. i think it is handy enough. it dous not work in draw or shape drawing modes though.

kayteck1 said:
in most options in ezPdf yyou can mark with spen or one finger and scrol or zoom with two fingers. i think it is handy enough. it dous not work in draw or shape drawing modes though.
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I would love to be able to do this, but haven't figured out what options to set to make this work. What do you need to do in order to get the pen and two finger scroll/zoom working in ezPDF? It either just draws when I use a two fingers (going off one of the two fingers) or doesn't do anything with two fingers.
Thanks!

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I would love to be able to do this, but haven't figured out what options to set to make this work. What do you need to do in order to get the pen and two finger scroll/zoom working in ezPDF? It either just draws when I use a two fingers (going off one of the two fingers) or doesn't do anything with two fingers.
Thanks!
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You must deactivate "palm rejection" in options.

nequin said:
Papyrus is magical, vector based so everything is scalable. Not to mention if you root your device and revert to a stock android build (like CM10) and remove the default S-Pen features you can use the side button as an eraser/selection tool.
I'm studying engineering as well and this has worked perfectly for me
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Axel_ said:
Personally I can't really see any advantages compared to other PDF readers and at least it have one huge limit, the ability to tell if it's the pen or finger you're using. I would love to have an app that allows me to use the stylus as an " always on highlighter" and use my fingers to switch page but as far as I can tell there's no way to do that either on ez och Acrobat.
I'll check out papyrus, I've heard so much good about it but since I have LectureNotes I can't really see how it could be any better. But that's the wrong approach when testing new apps, and I'll give it a try.
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So, are you talking about Papyrus Beta or Papyrus Ex?

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So, are you talking about Papyrus Beta or Papyrus Ex?
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Beta, the other papyrus is as far as I can tell for shopping lists etc rather than serious note-taking.
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Yep, I had a look at both tonight
So far, these are my impressions
Holo interface
Better palm rejection (+)
Uses for fingers (scrolling, deleting etc) (+)
fast enabling/disabling zoom (+)
LectureNotes over Papyrus
Can't try the complements before buying them
With all complements, Papyrus is slightly more expensive than LN (-)
It doesn't display the page contents when scrolling (Long load times)(+++)
Lack of a dark theme (-)
Doesn't detect pen at the end of page (+)
Longer periods between releases (two last are from December 10th and November 8th)
Only one pencil (??)(+++)
Can't record while taking notes (still didn't need this, but probably will cost money if ever added)
So far I think Lecture Notes is better, so I'll stick with it, but I don't like its UI at all and would like to see some improvements before buying any of them.... Anyway with such an impressive developing speed, we'll surely enjoy it sooner or later.
Of course, prove me wrong if I am.
Also, I've been thinking about moving to CM10.1 whenever they release a stable version (I tried a nightly and my note became a single core 2010 tab) but I really like multitasking (Solid Explorer rocks in a little window). Also, when copying problems statements it's so useful having the crop-whit-pen-button thing, but this way I also have gestures inaccesible in LN and Papyrus. Also really enjoy the clipboard management when pasting..... so I don't know what to do, anyone with the same doubts and any solution?