Compare the Top Note-Taking Apps for Windows as of October 2025

What are Note-Taking Apps for Windows?

Note-taking apps are software solutions that allow users to capture, organize, and manage notes, ideas, and information in a digital format. These apps typically include features like text formatting, tagging, multimedia support (images, audio, and video), cloud synchronization for cross-device access, and search functionality. Some note-taking apps also offer collaboration features, allowing multiple users to work on the same notes in real-time. These tools are widely used for personal note-taking, meeting minutes, research, and project management. Compare and read user reviews of the best Note-Taking apps for Windows currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Notion

    Notion

    Notion Labs

    Notion is a highly versatile and collaborative workspace designed to help individuals and teams manage documents, wikis, projects, and tasks efficiently. It offers a wide array of features like customizable views for workflows, project tracking, and document creation, all within a single platform. Notion allows users to create a shared knowledge base, organize notes, and collaborate seamlessly on content creation. Additionally, its built-in AI assistance features help users summarize, write, and instantly search for relevant content, significantly enhancing productivity. The platform integrates effortlessly with other popular apps such as Slack, Google Drive, and Trello, providing a seamless experience for teams looking for an all-in-one platform to manage their projects, goals, and knowledge in an organized, collaborative environment.
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    Starting Price: $12/user/month
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    Obsidian

    Obsidian

    Obsidian

    Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. Your second brain should work the same. In Obsidian, making and following "connections" is frictionless. Tend to your notes like a gardener; at the end of the day, sit back and marvel at your own knowledge graph. Note-taking is incredibly personal. Tried every app, but there's always something not quite right? You deserve better. Obsidian is built to be extensible. With 22 core plugins and 149 community plugins, set up your own toolkit and get running in minutes. You'll even be able to install third party plugins or build your own once Obsidian reaches v1.0. Sky's the limit. In our age when cloud services can shut down, get bought, or change privacy policy any day, the last thing you want is proprietary formats and data lock-in. With Obsidian, your data sits in a local folder.
    Starting Price: $25 one-time payment
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    Dynalist

    Dynalist

    Dynalist

    The best outlining app for your best work. Where brilliant ideas are captured, fleshed out, and realized. Dynalist is featureful yet simple. Without bloating the interface, tools show up only when you need them. See for yourself in the demo; all panes can be closed for focusing on outlining and organizing. So don't let the features scare you! They are all here to help you do your best work.
    Starting Price: $7.99 per month
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    Joplin

    Joplin

    Joplin

    Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organized into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format. Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). Plain Markdown files can also be imported. The notes can be synchronized with various cloud services including Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or the file system (for example with a network directory). When synchronising the notes, notebooks, tags and other metadata are saved to plain text files which can be easily inspected, backed up and moved around. The application is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS.
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    Boost Note

    Boost Note

    Boost Note

    Boost Note is a powerful, lightspeed collaborative workspace for developer teams. Built to empower developers productivity with the most solid note taking experience for developers. Not just a GitHub flavored markdown. Put diagrams with Charts.js, Mermaid, and PlantUML in documents to maximize visibility. Choose from keymaps like Vim, over 150 themes, and more to create your own Markdown editor. Manage your documents programmatically. Grab an authentication token and access Boost Note's APIs via simple HTTP requests. Automate your documentation work with over 2,000 external tool integrations via Zapier. Collaborate with your colleagues and share information your way. Have all your teams in one shared workspace. Write documents as a team with Boost Note's realtime editing. Check revision history of a doc. You can easily roll back to one of the previous versions in one click. Keep your important data safe through granula access control based on workspace.
    Starting Price: $3 per member per month
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    Supernotes

    Supernotes

    Supernotes

    Supernotes is your new home for ideas, records, tasks, and lists. Enjoy efficient note-taking without the hassle. No more bloated files for taking notes. Create simple yet powerful digital note-cards with rich and varied content, like math equations, tables, images, checklists, and emojis. Organise your note-cards into a hierarchy that suits you. Use filters, search and sorting to find any note, anywhere. Establish links between your thoughts, something never possible with a traditional document. Your content is stored securely on our servers, making them accessible from all of your devices. You can keep your cards to yourself, or collaborate on them with friends & colleagues in real time! We understand that you don’t have much time on your hands, Supernotes takes care of lots of things for you, so you can focus. No formatting, no downloads, no loading screens. It just works!
    Starting Price: $8.32 per month
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    NoteLedge

    NoteLedge

    Kdan Mobile

    NoteLedge is a digital notebook for designers and content creators to capture inspiration, make mood boards, and accelerate your creative process. Capture ideas and get creative in your unique style. Watch this video and learn how to bring ideas to life with NoteLedge. NoteLedge comes with powerful multimedia tools for you to capture inspiration anywhere. Discover and save ideas from Pinterest and websites. Take notes and add annotations to highlight what matters most. Organize everything and create mood boards to visualize your thoughts. NoteLedge's flexible workspace allows you to arrange content with layers get creative with your projects. Follow your thoughts and start your own creation! Make beautiful sketches and drawing with a variety of brushes made for designers. Play around photos and stickers to create collages or artworks. Export notes to PDFs with multimedia content embedded. Present your work to clients in slideshow or share ideas with teammates.
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    WizNote

    WizNote

    WizNote

    Leave brain for thinking, let WizNote to remember. Webpage collected, full text search, folders and markdown. Get the Docker image of WizNote Server, for free! Clip webpage, and blog, import variable files, conquer the fragmentation. Checklist, handwriting, photos, voices, attachments, more than just text. Light editing tool, markdown supported, upload data to the server. Historical version, once saved, permanently saved. Groups, folders and tags. Get data organized, full-text search, shortcut of notes. Locate folders and notes, create and collaborate, boost your work. Create shared workplace, connect people with comments. Improve work by jointly editing, and move work forward. Keep work organized, stay in same version, same pace. Get rid of repetition and work better together. Hosted on your own infrastructure, scaled to your needs. Get WizNote on mobile, tablet and computer.
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