Best Note-taking Tools
Discover and compare the top-rated Note-taking solutions in 2026.
All Note-taking Tools
Granola
Freemium
The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings that captures audio without bots.
Bot-free audio capture (system-level audio)AI-enhanced meeting notes based on transcript contextAsk Granola AI chat for follow-ups and summaries
Pricing
View $14 (2 options)
Obsidian
Freemium
A local-first, highly extensible knowledge management app that stores notes in plain text Markdown.
Local-first storage using plain text MarkdownInteractive Graph View to visualize note connectionsBacklinking and Wiki-links for networked thinking
Pricing
View $5 (3 options)
AFFiNE
Freemium
A privacy-first KnowledgeOS that merges documents, whiteboards, and databases into a single hyper-fused workspace.
Hyper-Fused Workspace with Page and Edgeless modesLocal-first architecture for data ownership and offline accessMultimodal AI for content generation and mind mapping
Pricing
View $7.99 (3 options)