xnotes

xnotes is a handwriting notebook for Android, built for the stylus. Take notes, sketch and annotate PDFs with ink that feels like a pen on paper.

• Ink that feels like a pen: pressure-sensitive and low latency, with pens and highlighters.
• Neon glow: make any pen glow.
• Disappearing ink: ink that fades away on its own, great for teaching and presenting.
• Tape: cover answers with tape and tap to peel it back, for testing yourself.
• Shape snapping: draw a rough shape, hold, and it snaps clean.
• Sharp at any zoom: ink and PDFs stay crisp however far you zoom in.
• Notebooks and an infinite canvas: pages when you want structure, endless space when you don't.
• Book layouts: single, double or cover pages, scrolling or page flips.
• PDF import: bring in any PDF and write all over it.
• Room for side notes: widen a PDF's margins on any edge and take notes on the side.
• Insert space: drag anywhere on a page to open up room there, even in the middle of a PDF.
• PDF text markups: highlight, underline and strike out text, add comments, search it.
• PDF colour filters: invert, sepia, contrast, brightness, multiply and screen.
• Images stay untouched: filter a PDF and its photos and images keep their true colours.
• Dark and OLED modes: easy on the eyes at night, true black on OLED screens.
• Real PDF export: sharp vector output with selectable text, links and bookmarks.
• Markdown: write in markdown and it formats as you type.
• Typed notes: tables, LaTeX equations and code highlighting, right on the page.
• Audio recording: record a lecture as you write, and your ink replays in sync with it.
• 20+ page templates: Cornell, planners, music staves, isometric and more.
• Endless themes: any accent colour, eight styles for each, dual tone and Material You.
• Make it yours: rearrange the toolbar, float it or dock it on any edge, and pick its size.
• Split view: two notes side by side.
• A real file explorer: grid, gallery, list, column and timeline views, with plenty to customise.
• Your notes, your folders: notes are saved as files in a folder you choose, not locked away in an app's database, so you stay in full control of them.
• Works with stylus pens: S Pen and many others.
• Always editable: nothing gets flattened, so every stroke can be moved, restyled or erased later.
• Private: open source, no account, no ads, no tracking, no internet access.