Data as of
State of Note-taking apps: November 2026
18 Note-taking apps on AppFinder, 89% have a free plan, the median listed paid plan starts at $8.33 a month.
Every figure counts the published Note-taking listings on AppFinder at the time above: what each listing says about its pricing, platforms, features and integrations. Nothing is estimated or sampled, and nothing here is paid for.
- Published apps
- 18
- With a free plan
- 89%
- Median listed starting price (8 apps)
- $8.33/mo
- Launches in Nov so far
- 0
Pricing models
Open source
44% of apps
8 of 18 apps
Free plan + paid plans
33% of apps
6 of 18 apps
Free
11% of apps
2 of 18 apps
Paid
11% of apps
2 of 18 apps
Platforms
An app can list several platforms.
iOS
67% of apps
12 of 18 apps
macOS
67% of apps
12 of 18 apps
Web
56% of apps
10 of 18 apps
Windows
56% of apps
10 of 18 apps
Android
44% of apps
8 of 18 apps
Linux
33% of apps
6 of 18 apps
Most listed features
The 10 most common of 34 distinct features listed in this category.
Note-taking
94% of apps
17 of 18 apps
Offline mode
56% of apps
10 of 18 apps
Task management
50% of apps
9 of 18 apps
Extensions & plugins
39% of apps
7 of 18 apps
AI assistant
28% of apps
5 of 18 apps
End-to-end encryption
28% of apps
5 of 18 apps
Reminders
28% of apps
5 of 18 apps
Templates
28% of apps
5 of 18 apps
Workflow automation
22% of apps
4 of 18 apps
Calendar
22% of apps
4 of 18 apps
Most listed integrations
Google Calendar
22% of apps
4 of 18 apps
Slack
22% of apps
4 of 18 apps
Dropbox
17% of apps
3 of 18 apps
GitHub
17% of apps
3 of 18 apps
Google Drive
17% of apps
3 of 18 apps
Notion
17% of apps
3 of 18 apps
Outlook
17% of apps
3 of 18 apps
HubSpot
11% of apps
2 of 18 apps
Launches per month
Apps in this category whose launch date fell in each month (UTC).
0
Jun
0
Jul
0
Aug
0
Sep
3
Oct
0
Nov
Prices: 8 of 18 apps list a starting price for a paid plan. The lowest is $4 a month; the median shown is a real listed price (the lower middle value). Apps without a listed price, or with contact-sales pricing, are not counted.
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AppFinder, "State of Note-taking apps: November 2026", data as of 2026-11-07. https://appfinder.tech/state-of/note-taking