Apple Notes price: Free for 5GB of storage across all iCloud services starts at 0.99/month for 50GB. It isnt the most feature-filled app, but for most occasional note takers, it does more than enough. Everything syncs easily and, in that classic Apple way, just works.

The note making app provides you the feature of scanning and signing documents such as pdf and doc files. If youve got an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, Apple Notes is the first app to try. Apple Notes app is integrated with Siri which means that you can ask the voice assistant to make important entries for you. My current workflow on new ideas starts in Concepts, then gets built out in Mind Node before transferring to Milanote to be structured. Apple Notes is the inbuilt notes writing app in iOS, iPad and Mac OS devices. I’ve drifted to this more and more recently, as I’m finding Scrivener is starting to get a little glitchy (is this just me) and the iOS syncing is still clunky as hell. There’s a desktop version for Mac OS, which requires a little hunting around on the website to find, but the web version also works very well. Similarly MILANOTE (which I only just heard about but has apparently been around for ages) is great for designing mood boards, visual ideas and also brilliant for story beat-sheets. There’s a little bit of a learning curve, but once you’ve mastered it, it becomes intuitive and is really powerful. Ostensibly a drawing app, it works really well for making notes and expanding out ideas. Recently I’ve discovered CONCEPTS on the iPad, which is an infinite whiteboard, apparently much-beloved by the Pixar people. In a continuing effort to freshen up how I work and generate ideas, I am always on the lookout for new apps that might provide a fresh way to perform old tasks.

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