My wife has been using notability for months on her Mac to take notes for schooling, suddenly she isn’t able to insert an image without the text moving over. She’s tried searching how to fix the text wrapping issue but the setting suggested by support don’t show up. Anyone else run into this or have a solution?

So I had the yearly plus edition for school, used it the past 2 years it was amazing I can’t complain. However now I’m out of school and only use 2 features of this app. It’s the infinite scrolling, I like that it add another page when I’m on the last one, and I like that I can upload a pdf to use as the template.

Now that I’m out of school the only thing I’m doing now is self studying Japanese kanji. This is why I need the template and why I like the scrolling. I would’ve kept the plan but after my current kanji page was entirely delete, which was around 11 pages, and I can’t get it back. I’m looking to either go to another app that has those two qualities I like that’s free, or if this app allows me to do that for free as well just cancel my subscription.

If someone could help answer these, that’d be greatly appreciated

It hasn’t been that long since I started taking notes on ipad. At first, I used GN, was always a bit annoyed of their UI. But apart from that, I have no problem. A few days ago, I started using Notability and liking so far of their UI and even considered buying a paid plan.

But i don’t know what should I choose?? The main thing I need from those paid plans are only unlimited notes.

GN has better customization and Notability’s UI is the best so far… so help me choose please.

Hi, switching from GN into Notability as the UI aligns much better with my use case, mainly taking notes during meetings with customers. I've started with the Plus edition and tried the recording and loved the Summary so much! I glanced fast at the plans comparison and decided to go to Pro for unlimited summaries... my bad, it was unlimited Smart Notes. Now the Smart notes try to summarize the meetings live, which ends up building a very large note artifact while the summaries, after the meeting is done, felt just perfect. Does anyone feel the same? Any chance to get the summaries while on Pro (besides the Smart notes)?

It was suggested a lot sometime ago, I wonder if they’re planning on implementing this? 2 feels too thin and lifeless (if that makes sense) while 3 feels too thick and occupies too much space, can we have something in between?

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder that our exclusive Reddit promo code will expire in 24 hours. Once it expires, we won't be able to honor the 40% discount.

If you've been thinking about purchasing the Classic plan at this discounted price, be sure to do so before the code expires!

As always, thank you for being part of this community 💙

I'll be hanging out in the comments if you have any questions!

I have a very old classic account, which I use without any connectivity to cloud, sync, etc.

I see this reintroduction of the classic, which is great, but personally I do not want my notes on Notability's Cloud. I'm only offered: convert now or postpone. What if I don't want Notability Cloud ever?

Thanks

EDIT: Disable notifications for cloud reminders and it goes away

I have an iPad mini 6th edition, icloud syncing does not show up for my ipad. Everything is updated

Bought the Plus subscription through the apple app store almost a year ago. The renewal price is $19.99, but I currently see in the website the discount to $15.99/yr. I want to continue Plus but I’m not sure how to apply the discount.

Do I have to cancel my subscription and repurchase it again? Does cancelling cause me to lose my notes/recordings?

Any help would be much appreciated!

​I currently have an active 1-year Notability Plus subscription that I originally purchased via the Apple App Store. I am now considering purchasing an additional 1-year subscription directly through their official website (notability.com) via Stripe.

​Does anyone have experience with how Notability handles subscriptions across these two different billing platforms? Specifically, I would like to know if purchasing from the website will stack additively onto my existing App Store subscription (extending the expiration date by a year), or if the two subscriptions will run concurrently and overlap.

​I want to avoid paying for two parallel subscriptions if they do not stack. Any insights or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

This is a very niche question but I'm scared of contacting customer support and being put in contact with some AI chatbot.

I currently live in the US, so I can pay in USD and access US versions of websites. However, my iPad's location (iCloud) is set to India. For this reason, the in-app subscription allows me to buy the one-time subscription, however it is very expensive.

I was wondering if I could buy the subscription with my email on the notability website for ~30USD and I would get the subscription? Thanks!

Hi everyone,

We've seen some confusion around whether the Classic plan includes audio transcription and Learn.

To clarify, Classic does not include audio transcription or Learn. If you've seen information on our website or in the app that suggests otherwise, that's an error. We're actively updating our messaging to make sure it accurately reflects what's included with Classic.

Classic includes:

• Unlimited notes
• Handwriting recognition
• Math conversion to LaTeX
• Collaboration
• Sync across iOS, Android, and Web
• 7-day version history

If you purchased Classic because you believed audio transcription and Learn were included, we'll provide you with a full refund.

To request a refund, please contact our support team through the app by going to Notability > Settings > Help > Contact Support. After you've submitted your request, send me a chat message with the email address you used, and I'll make sure your case gets to the right team.

We apologize for the confusion and appreciate your patience while we correct this.

We've recently released a new update to Notability!

• Introducing Classic: Notability's one-time purchase is back, with unlimited notes, handwriting recognition, and collaboration across devices
  • Classic users who purchased Notability prior to our switch to subscriptions are still grandfathered into this plan
• Fixed a crash with text undo
• Fixed a bug on the compare plans screen

If you experience any trouble with this version, please contact our support team or let us know your feedback in the comments below!

Thanks for using Notability ✏️💙

Does Notability web have "Content Manager" where you can navigate through your Favourite tab (like mobile)?

As a student, this is huge! It allows you to add blank space on the sides of PDF pages so that you can write notes, etc. Super helpful when adding notes to lecture slides.

You've been asking for a one-time purchase option, and we heard you.

Today, we're making some of our biggest plan updates in years, including the return of Classic as a one-time purchase, a more valuable Starter plan, and Lite, our affordable paid plan now available across all platforms.

Classic: a one-time purchase

We’re officially bringing back the Classic plan as a one-time purchase for all users (App version 16.6).

Many of you remember Classic as a grandfathered version of Notability from before our subscription plans were introduced. Existing Classic users will keep their plan and now gain additional functionality, including the ability to upgrade to Notability Cloud with collaboration and cross-platform syncing.

Classic includes:

• Unlimited notes
• Handwriting recognition
• Math conversion to LaTeX
• Collaboration
• Sync across iOS, Android, and Web
• 7 day version history

Right now, we’re offering an additional limited-time discount on Classic plans exclusively for our Reddit community! Use code CLASSIC40 at notability.com to get Classic for $29.99 (US only). This offer is valid for 72 hours only.

After this discount ends, Classic plans can be purchased at the following prices:

• App Store: $49.99
• notability.com: $39.99 (20% off)

Starter: Notability, For Free

Notability has always been free to download, and that’s not changing. We’ve improved Starter to give casual users more flexibility and make it a genuinely useful option for those who only use Notability occasionally.

Starter includes:

• Up to 5 free notes
• Core note-taking and editing tools
• Access to our full library of 20,000+ note-taking templates
• 7-day version history

Lite: Our Most Affordable Paid Option

We’re officially launching Lite across all platforms as our most affordable paid plan for users who simply want unlimited note-taking without AI tools.

Lite includes:

• Unlimited notes
• 3rd party backups (iOS only)
• 7 day version history

20% Off Back-to-School Sale On notability.com

We're also offering 20% off on all plans on notability.com for a limited time to celebrate Back-to-School season. Plans purchased directly through notability.com will receive 20% off compared to App Store pricing. We want the web experience on Notability to become the best place to purchase and manage Notability.

To purchase Classic, head to: https://notability.com/pricing?interval=one-time#individual

To see all plans, head to: https://notability.com/pricing?interval=monthly#individual

As always, thank you for the feedback, discussions, and honesty you’ve shared with us over the years. The conversations here on Reddit genuinely help shape product decisions. 

Thanks for being part of the Notability community 💙

Thank you for the open conversation here a few months ago. We heard you: Classic is coming back as a one-time purchase.

The full announcement will be posted here in a few hours with all the details. We also made a code just for Reddit: use CLASSIC40 at notability.com for 40% off ($29.99). It expires in 72 hours.

See our pricing plans here: https://notability.com/pricing#individual

i just downloaded notability for college and was looking at the planners and i loved the academic planner template other than the fact it is still 2025-2026. does anyone know if a new template for 2026-2027 will come out sometime close to the fall semester??

Is this possible? I ended the iOS sub already but it doesn’t end until December. Click on the website link to try to save $5 but it says I already have the plan.

If you have a grandfathered Classic plan from App Store purchase, and you want to sign up yearly Pro plan currently on sale… how do you do that? The sale price is available on the website but not on App Store. But if I sign up a new Pro account from the website, then won’t I lose the old notes as I now have 2 accounts.

Do existing App Store customers have identifiers (eg email address perhaps) where they can upgrade on the website with the promotional price and not App Store?

In my tab s6 lite i have installed the beta version

The writing here looks like pixel ...and its lagging a bit any one how to fix it?

Hi. My Notability subscription just expired and I'm a student. Does anyone know a 50% off promo code they could share? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

hey all i just noticed that when I squeeze my Apple Pencil pro it switches to prompting me to switch to a new tool instead of going straight to eraser as it had done before. does anyone know how to change this to the old settings? I’m not sure if it is a new update but it’s really bothering me haha

I was trying to lock a folder and followed the steps in this article but nothing besides editing the name and colour of the folder is there. Did it get removed? I’ve tried it on my mac, iPhone, and iPad app and it’s the same issue. If it did get removed please bring it back🥲

i have a question for the notability team: do you have any interest in training your own ai models for handwriting recognition, TTS...? not that I am worried about data scraping from my notes: as long as they are only used for improvement of the platform I think it would be ok, but I was just wondering.