![]() ![]() ![]() Eight colours are probably enough for most note-taking needs. Notability 14 has made it easier to access custom colours on the toolbar. The app still has a lot of default colours, and you can add custom ones using the hex code, slider, or colour picker. Using a lot of pen thicknesses is now difficult because you have to keep adjusting the three on the toolbar. Both tools have a decent range of fixed pen thicknesses, but the toolbar can now only accommodate a maximum of three at a time. You also have a pencil tool, which is awesome. The dashed and dotted pens are not great for handwritten notes, but they are cool for drawing diagrams or decorating your notes. Notability has two types of pen tools: ballpoint and fountain pens. However, Notability still needs to work on some of its icons that are not intuitive for digital note-taking. Overall, the user interface looks great, and the customisable toolbar improves the user experience in the app. The floating toolbar creates the illusion that your notebook is an infinite canvas. The toolbar grows as you add more tools to it, but it still has its limit, which is a pain, especially when you want to save some favourite tools. It works great for minimalist note-takers. ![]() You can also choose what tools go on the toolbar now, allowing you to add only the tools you need. But somehow, the developers managed to make it even more minimalist with a shorter, floating toolbar that you can put on any side of your iPad screen. The user interface in Notability has always been clean, minimalist, and modern. We haven’t found that useful, and at first, it’s probably just confusing. The options at the bottom of your screen also allow you to import PDFs and add scans to your new notebook. For example, if you create a squared notebook, you can quickly switch to a dotted one without having to go back to the homepage. When using the app’s basic templates, you can quickly change the page template for a new notebook if you don’t like the one you’re using. So, to use our digital notebooks, we have to import them into the app as PDFs. Unfortunately, that is still limited to one page per template. If you’re still not happy with all those, you can simply add your own templates to the app’s library. The gallery, which is now more accessible than before, has more templates shared by other Notability users from around the world. You can also choose to use landscape or portrait page templates. The basic templates in the app even have line-spacing options, which is rare to find in a handwriting note-taking app. The app still has many page templates with plenty of colour and size options, though. Creating new notebooks in Notability has become a little confusing. ![]() Since the Notability 14 update, a lot has changed in the app. This review focuses on the subscription version of the app for the iPad. Notability has a free trial, so you can try it before signing up for the subscription. Nebo: $7.99 (Editor’s choice for handwriting-to-text conversion).That is why we recommend the following alternatives if you’re looking for an affordable handwriting note-taking app: We have always questioned if the Notability subscription is worth it, and after its latest app upgrade, we’re now convinced that it’s not. We’re still waiting for the app to support family sharing for its subscription. You get a discount for your first year at $11.99, which renews at the normal price. It costs $2.99/month or $14.99/year for all your devices. Notability is a handwriting note-taking app for the iPad, iPhone, and Mac. ![]()
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