Note Taking App UI Design Examples
28 real apps · 833 screens
Notion
Raycast
Craft
The Wall Street Journal. NewsThere are 28 note taking apps in this collection — apps that take notes or journal, including Notion, Raycast, Craft, The Wall Street Journal. News and Otter Transcribe Voice Notes — with 833 real screens between them (about 30 per app). The largest App Store categories among them are Productivity (16), Education (3) and News (2), and the 27 rated apps average 4.7★. Their most common accent colours are neutral (23), blue (2) and orange (1).
At a glance
- Apps
- 28
- Screens captured
- 833
- Top categories
- Productivity (16), Education (3) and News (2)
- Average rating
- 4.7★ across 27 rated apps
- Accent colours
- neutral 23blue 2orange 1
- Highest rated
- Granola (5.0★)
- Most screens
- Notion (625)
- Last capture
- September 23, 2026
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What makes a good note taking app
Notes apps are judged on capture speed and organisation: a fast new-note action, rich editing, search and folders or tags.
What these 28 note taking apps have in common
The 28 apps here average 30 captured screens each; Notion is the deepest at 625 screens, and 1 of them have 20 screens or more — enough to follow onboarding, the main tabs and settings end to end.
24 of the 27 rated apps score 4.5★ or higher on the App Store, led by Granola (5.0★), Plaud (4.9★) and Wave AI Note Taker & Recorder (4.9★). 57% are filed under Productivity and 11% under Education, so the set cuts across categories rather than repeating one genre page.
28 note taking apps worth studying
- Otter Transcribe Voice Notes (Productivity) — “Never take meeting notes again. Otter AI is the fastest way to transcribe voice in real time. Get a meeting assistant that records audio, writes notes, automatically captures…” 6 screens, rated 4.8★.
- GraceNotes (Education) — “GraceNotes is a gentle journaling app that helps you slow down and rediscover peace in everyday life.” 5 screens, rated 4.9★.
- Microsoft OneNote (Productivity) — “Supercharge your productivity with OneNote. Organize thoughts and ideas, and simplify planning important moments with your digital note-taking. Smart notes on your phone can sync across all your…” 8 screens, rated 4.7★.
- Google Keep (Productivity) — “• Capture, edit, share, and collaborate on your notes on any device, anywhere.” 7 screens, rated 4.6★.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (News) — “We're working to make the place we call home, better. As the largest newsroom in Wisconsin, and a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, we have an obligation to our…” 7 screens, rated 4.3★.
- Day One (Health & Fitness) — “Apple’s App of the Year with over 15 million downloads and 200,000 5-star ratings globally, Day One has reinvented journaling, letting you record your life as you live…” 10 screens, rated 4.8★.
How to use these references for a note taking app
Look at the new-note flow, editor toolbars and how search and organisation scale with hundreds of notes. Start with Granola, Plaud and Wave AI Note Taker & Recorder, open each app and step through its screens in order, then save the screens you want to borrow to a board.
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How this list is built: 28 apps from the UIDiscovery library that take notes or journal, matched on each product's own App Store name, subtitle and description. Ordered by popularity.
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