The Spreadsheet App. - Sheets
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The Spreadsheet App has all you need for a Spreadsheet.
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Quick Notes & Draft - Nanonote
Paste text, add , organize with hashtags
Santu Dey
Productivity
Write and organize using hashtags for easy filtering. Copy text from any and auto-paste it. Export as files and save them to Apple Files or other locations. Track expenses, create to-do lists, and journal daily.
Free
Weekly Planner: To-Do & Tasks
jonas bernardo duarte da silva
Productivity
Plan your routine simply with this Organizer App This app is perfect to use as diary, notepad, planner, routine planner, schedule The main difference from most organizers is the simplicity and proximity to paper.
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Daily Notes Planner 2
Truth Honest Messaging, Inc.
ProductivityDownload Daily Notes Planner for Mac in the Mac App Store and start syncing your notes between your iPhone and MacBook! As a much simpler calendar app than the built-in iCalendar app, Daily Notes Planner allows you to type in plain-text-notes for every date (no complicated hourly scheduling or...
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iNote - ideas Note & Notebook
iDaily Corp.
Productivity"iNote · ideas Note" is a powerful note-taking application with excellent experience, allowing you to record inspiration ideas at any time. The "Cloud Sync" let you write notes across multiple devices.
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Paperpile
Paperpile LLC
ProductivityGet a head start for you research and finally beat the paper chaos on your desk. With Paperpile you have all your research PDFs in one place — nice and tidy. Paperpile makes it easier than ever to collect, manage, read, and annotate your papers.
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Playbacks: AI Note Taker
ATTN Labs Inc
ProductivityPlaybacks is your all-in-one AI powered note taking assistant. Whether you're in a meeting, class, interview, or watching a video, Playbacks captures every word, transcribes it with stunning accuracy, and delivers clear, organized notes - so you can stay focused instead of scribbling. With one...
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Minimalist Journal
Christian Merk
ProductivityIntroducing Minimalist Journal - the ultimate journaling app for the modern day writer. With Minimalist Journal, you can capture your thoughts and ideas in a beautiful way, using the power of Apple Pencil©.
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Penjo: Pencil Journal, Planner
Zafer ARICAN
ProductivityPlan forward. Reflect backward.
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Simple Notes - Note Taking App
Phearoth Phen
ProductivitySimple Notes is a clean, minimal, and lightning-fast note-taking app that helps you quickly jot down ideas, memos, checklists, and tasks.
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Noteflow Digital Notebook
Qrayon, LLC
ProductivityNoteflow is designed to replace pen and paper.
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Supernotes – Notes & Journal
SUPERNOTES EDUCATION LTD
ProductivityFree your thoughts with Supernotes, the fast, lightweight notes app.
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Cream Note
DONG HYUN GU
ProductivityBeautiful board and post Manage your notes in the most intuitive way. You can see all the notes at a glance. With a design that can only focus on writing, Record your disappearing ideas quickly. It's very simple, without cumbersome setup. Create several boards by category and Collect notes by...
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iWriter Pro
Edit text with Markdown and HTML preview
Sergey Zorin
ProductivityText editing with live Markdown syntax highlighting and HTML preview. Sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac via iCloud. Use typewriter mode for focused writing. Track word, symbol, and sentence counts. Support tags and document browsing.
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Notewise - AI Notes, PDF, Docs
ZIIKR Pte. Ltd.
ProductivityAward-winning note-taking for iPad & iPhone. Apple Design Award nominee (2025). Featured on the App Store: “Great apps for iPadOS 26.” Notewise is the future of note-taking on iOS.
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Zine - Enjoy Writing
Aura Marker Studio Co., Ltd.
ProductivityZine is a well-designed powerful notes and writing app. It has many unique features: 1: Beautiful Typesetting, and Easily Personalize Your Articles: Zine supports many fonts, colors, font sizes, paragraph styles, papers, templates, and WYSIWYG photo editing.
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SnipNotes: Notebook & Notepad
Capture notes with voice, widgets, and clipboard
Felix Lisczyk
ProductivityCreate notes using voice commands, Apple Watch, or in- dictation. Attach images, PDFs, videos, and files. Draw sketches directly. Access notes via home screen widgets or clipboard capture.
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Journal it! -Life Organization
Doit Apps OU
ProductivityTransform your life with Journal it! - the ultimate all-in-one solution to plan, track, organize, and reflect on every aspect of your life.
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AI Note Taker: Meeting Minutes
LeoStudio Global Limited
ProductivityAI Note Taker: Meeting Minutes – Transform your meetings, lectures, and documents into AI notes with ease. This app is designed to simplify your note-taking process by using advanced AI meeting notes technology.
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BoardNotes: Notes&PDF&Mindmap
Take notes, sketch, and organize ideas
朝民 肖
ProductivityTake handwritten notes with customizable pens, including Chinese-specific tools like a fountain pen and laser pointer. Create and organize notes in a whiteboard, notebook, PDF, mind map, or flashcards format. Sync and share notes across devices.
Free
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