NotesNOW
Capture. Create. Recall.
NotesNOW turns your voice into tidy note cards. Tap Dictate and talk – the title first, then your note – and watch the words appear as you speak. Or write on a real notepad. One tap of the sweep fixes the grammar and flags any words that don’t fit, and every note waits as a card you can search, pin, file in a folder and style your own way. Set a reminder on any note, archive the ones you’re done with, and get back anything you delete for 30 days.
- Price
- Free · Plus $5.99 a month
- Runs on
- Web app · installs on any phone or computer
- Made by
- Whetū Labs, Canterbury NZ
What it does
Inside NotesNOW
Dictate, Write or Read
Three big choices the moment it opens – talk a note, type one, or browse your cards.
Speech to text, live
Talk naturally and watch your words appear as you speak. Say the title first, pause, then carry on.
Context sweep
One tap fixes grammar and punctuation, and highlights misheard words with a suggested change.
Real notepads
Spiral, legal, sticky, graph and more – and your writing sits neatly on the lines.
Make every card yours
Colours, twenty fonts and almost 300 backgrounds, including your own photos.
Find it fast
Search every note and folder – straight from the home screen – pin the important ones, and filter by dictated, typed or photo cards.
Folders
File notes into folders like Work, Recipes or Ideas, each with its note count, so you never scroll through everything. Three folders free, as many as you like with Plus.
Reminders
Set a reminder on any note – or just say “remind me tomorrow at 9”. Snooze or tick it off, and add it to your calendar so it alerts on a locked phone. Three at a time free.
Archive
Put finished notes away without deleting them. They wait in the Archive until you bring them back.
Recently deleted
Deleted a note by mistake? Undo it straight away, or restore it from Recently deleted for 30 days.
Rewrite as… Plus
Turn a ramble into a summary, bullet points, action items, an email or a text in one tap.
Photos in your notes Plus
Snap a whiteboard, receipt or recipe. Scan it to text, or draw on it to mark what matters.
Transcribe recordings Plus
Record on any phone and get the words afterwards – worked out on your device, nothing uploaded.
Sync across devices Plus
Phone, tablet and computer stay in step – notes, photos, folders and checklists.
Unlimited folders, #tags & checklists Plus
As many folders as you need, #words to tag notes across folders, unlimited reminders, and lists you tick off as you go.
Locked notes & exports Plus
Hide private notes behind a PIN, fingerprint or face. Save as PDF or Word, or share as an image.
Extra notepads & backgrounds Plus
Recipe card, meeting pad, chalkboard and kraft paper, plus Aotearoa and Seasons backgrounds.
Private by design
Your notes stay on your device unless you turn on sync. Back them up to a file whenever you like.
Works offline
Write and read with no signal, and install it like an app on any phone or computer.
A closer look
Screens from NotesNOW
Get in touch
Ask about NotesNOW
Questions about an app, a venue licence, early access or an idea you want built – send a message and a real person replies.
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