Note Taker HD 4+

Versatile writing & PDF markup

Software Garden

Designed for iPad

    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings
    • $7.99

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Description

Now also available for iPhone!

Zoomed ink, PDF markup, photos, shapes, typed text, folders and tagging, extensive AirPlay control, and much more.

The latest upgrade of one of the first note taking apps designed specifically for the Apple iPad and now also available for the Apple iPhone, Note Taker HD has long been known as a powerful and stable application for writing and organizing handwritten notes and diagrams.

Note Taker HD can also be used to annotate PDF files. It can shrink your writing so you can easily fit a lot of text on a page. You can read the reduced-size "ink" as if you had written those letters with a very fine pen. It gives you solid functionality and control to produce the pages you need.

Documents are flexibly organized by tags, date/time last modified, favorites, and more, with a scrolling list of thumbnail images of part of each page to help you find them later. You can email one or more pages as a single PDF file, "Open In" other apps, or, if your device supports it, print.

Note Taker HD lets you create pages by writing on the screen with your finger or an iPad/iPhone-compatible stylus. You can either write directly on the page for large drawings, or have the "ink" you write shrunk down. You can write in large letters on the screen rather than trying to make tiny motions like a pencil. You just keep writing and Note Taker HD automatically adds new writing next to the old. To quickly correct mistakes, it has multi-level undo and redo buttons as well as an eraser -- just drag your finger over the page to erase the "ink" under it.

You can zoom in and out on a page using the pinch gesture while viewing or editing. The Zoomed Editing window lets you see both a zoomed-out overview and a zoomed-in close-up writing area at the same time.

You can use "Open In" in other apps send PDF files to Note Taker HD for annotation.

Other features include:

- Pages organized into documents and folders
- Typed blocks of text with optional borders
- 60+ highly customizable shapes
- Insert and crop images from Photo Albums, Pasteboard, or the iPad/iPhone camera
- Custom backgrounds from images or PDF pages
- Free templates and clip art on the support web site
- VGA/HDMI/AirPlay support with zoom, pan, and a moveable pointer
- Wrist guard to avoid inadvertent touches
- Layout variations better suited to some left-handed users
- Optional fields in output footers like in a word processor
- Extensive built-in help
- Smooth and crisp ink on screen and in PDF output
- Share editable copies of your documents with others
- Backup to a single file for off-iPad/iPhone storage
- Password protected folders
- Support for the iOS Data Protection API
- Support for languages written right-to-left
- Full-screen preview mode
- Automatic advance and auto-return in zoomed editing
- Copy/Cut/Paste between pages, rotate/resize ink

Note Taker HD was designed and programmed by Dan Bricklin, the same person who over 40 years ago came up with VisiCalc, the pioneering electronic spreadsheet that made working with numbers on a personal computer so easy.

To see it in action, click on the Support link here or go directly to www.notetakerhd.com.

What’s New

Version 7.0.1

7.0.0 was a major upgrade, mostly related to new support for iPhone as well as iPad Split View and screen sizes different than the original iPad. 7.0.1 adds wrist guard functionality in Zoomed Editing when the screen is narrow, fixes a bug with Selection Mode options, and also fixes an infrequent intermittent crash during Output.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

squidlips08 ,

Re-Installed after a few years

Although this hasn’t had an update for a while, and i used this app many years ago, i was looking for a way to put a watermark on a pdf….and i remembered, i think Notetaker HD does that. So then i re-installed the app and then i re-discovered all the other handy things it could do with pdf’s. Still works well in 2021 though you can tell it has the UI from many years ago. Worth using in conjunction with the other pdf app i use, PDF Expert. If you work with pdf’s you will find many unusual things this app can do. An update to allow drag and drop would be good though not critical. But i guess if it ain’t really broke, then don’t fix it. Can use in split screen which is good. As is the way with most things apple you may need 2 or 3 different apps to do all the things you need. This is one of those apps.

Sue&Co ,

Versatile & reliable app

I am extremely thankful that this app continues to be well supported. Because of its versatility and ease of use it continues to be my first choice for quickly putting together images, text and graphics to produce single page handouts.

Previous review:
I've used this app for over 5 years and always found it well designed and reliable. Initially I used it for annotating PDFs and note taking. In the last couple of years I've relied on it for developing information handouts. It's allowed me to quickly and easily put together text, images and graphics items. Thanks heaps for an excellent & versatile app that has made it easy for me to achieve the results I've wanted.

BTD314 ,

This app is brilliant!!!

I applaud you Mr. Daniel. You have everything covered. Great navigation, templates, useful clip art & plenty of assistance to help the user become a pro with a little practice. Functionality is logical & flexible. Very useful instructional video on the website and comprehensive in-app help. This has been on my iPad for some time but I will be utilising this app a lot more now since the last update reminded of what a true gem it is. Highly recommended!

App Privacy

The developer, Software Garden, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

No Details Provided

The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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