Syncing Note-Taking Apps

If you have a phone, iPad, Chromebook, or laptop, you are likely going to take notes on that device while away from your desktop computer. How do you find those notes again later when you need them? If you take your notes on a cloud-based app, you can sync your notes between all your devices. Watch the video to learn about various note-taking apps, and then read each section to learn more about specific popular note-taking options.

Apple's Notes

Apple devices come with the Notes application pre-installed. Notes syncs to all your Apple devices when iCloud is turned on. You can even log on to iCloud.com to view your notes in any web browser on any device. To learn more about Notes, click on the following image to visit Apple's Notes user guide:

Evernote

Evernote is an incredibly powerful tool built for creating notes and organizing them in an efficient manner. The tool comes with cloud space of 60 MB for uploading the notes online for instant access. Evernote can also save pages of a website as well as images. For students, this note app is the perfect place to save almost any kind of note regardless of the content and size. The free usage of the app comes with limited features. To learn more about Evernote, click on the following image:

Google Keep

Google Keep is a good note-taking app that utilizes "card"-based notes. This Google notes app allows the user to get all their ideas and images in a single place. Keep can transcribe the text present in an image that includes handwriting. The app allows you to record the notes in the form of a message through its memo feature. Synchronizing the notes from one device to another is easy and simple. Color code and give attributes to your notes to make them different from one another. To learn more about Google Keep, click on the following image:

OneNote

OneNote from Microsoft is rich in features and gives many things for almost free. With the integration of Office tools like Word, Excel, and others, the tool becomes more powerful to use. The tool allows you to type, write and draw the content on the note. You can easily capture an image to add in the note, and the tool will automatically crop the image to fit in the note. OneNote app can easily pin the notes that you need in the future to help you find them easily. To learn more about OneNote, click on the following image:

Dropbox Paper

Dropbox Paper is different as it gives the user a flexible workspace to work more freely while making the notes. No sort of distraction is there because the minimal design aids in collaborating with others. With the Paper app, you can grow bigger and collect brighter ideas easily. After a year in being in Beta state, the tool is to help in giving more independence to the notes. Throw almost anything at the tool, whether it is a YouTube link or a tweet, it will easily embed it. To learn more about Dropbox Paper, click on the following image: