Handwriting notes with an AI that answers in ink · iPhone · iPad · Mac
Notelix
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Features All free

Everything in the canvas.

Notes, PDFs, templates, organization and export — the whole toolkit is free, with no ads. Only the AI and the full font set are Plus.

A real-paper canvas

  • PaperKit + PencilKitApple’s native ink — low latency, tilt, pressure, the system tool picker.
  • Shapes, text & photosDrop in rectangles, arrows, speech bubbles, text boxes and images.
  • Pencil gesturesDouble-tap and Apple Pencil Pro squeeze switch tools instantly.
Notelix paper canvas with handwritten ink and a hand-drawn diagram on iPhone

Mark up any PDF

  • Write on the pageImport slides, worksheets, contracts and forms and annotate by hand.
  • Multi-PDF layoutsStack documents vertically or place them side-by-side with a page navigator.
  • Export a flattened PDFShare a clean copy — text stays selectable when it can.
A PDF page marked up with handwritten annotations in Notelix on iPhone

18 page templates

  • Lines, dots & gridRuled, college, dotted, graph, isometric and Genko squares.
  • Productivity & specialCornell, to-do, weekly planner, storyboard, music staves, legal pad.
  • Generated nativelyCrisp A4 pages made on-device — stack several in one tap.
The Notelix page-template picker showing ruled, dotted and grid papers on iPhone

Unlimited & tidy

  • Unlimited notes & foldersNo per-note limits, no nagging — organize as much as you like.
  • Tags, star & pinColor-code, pin favourites, and search with a date timeline.
  • Recently DeletedA 30-day safety net so a mistake is never the end.
The Notelix folders and notes list, organized with tags, on iPhone
+And more, all free

Shareable .notelix files

Send a complete note — ink, PDF pages, tags and all — that opens as a faithful clone on any device.

Import PDF, Word & Markdown

Drop in documents and mark them up by hand — converted on-device, no round-trip.

Export to PDF & PNG

Flatten your ink with an adjustable crop; the result looks exactly like your annotated page.

Face-ID private space

A second workspace behind biometrics, with its own notes, accent and theme.

20 languages

Switch the entire interface — and the AI’s replies — live, without a restart.

iPhone · iPad · Mac

One app, every Apple device. Mac is a real Catalyst app, not an iPad in a window.