Your study workspace  ·  Made for Mac

Take notes… like a pro.

Your PDFs, notes, and study tools, together. Write beside the page, search scanned slides, and turn what you read into quizzes and answers. Connect your own AI, Anki, and AMBOSS accounts when you want more.

macOS 12+Apple Silicon & Intel buildsNo school account needed
Notes++ home dashboard showing review streak, study heatmap, and Anki cards due
The app, in action

Read. Connect. Remember.

A few moments from a real Notes++ study session. Choose a chapter to see the tools at work.

Keep your own notes beside the slide and move them where they make sense.

Recorded in Notes++ using a medical lecture. Bring your own documents for any subject. AI and third-party integrations are optional. Clips have no audio.

One workspace for every source
PDF lectures Scanned slides AMBOSS Anki decks Instant search
Side notes

Notes in the margins, exactly where you think them.

Highlight, draw, and write alongside any slide or PDF. Your annotations stay pinned to the page — and to the idea — so revising means reading your own mind, not reformatting it.

  • Margin notes & callouts that anchor to the exact spot on the page.
  • Highlighters, ink & shapes with a full annotation toolbar.
  • Search your slides and notes together across your local library.
Annotating a lecture slide with margin callouts and highlights in Notes++
Pinned to the page
10 annotations
OCR

Turn any image into text you can search.

Find text even when it is part of an image. Notes++ indexes scanned PDF pages with OCR, so a search can lead you straight back to the slide you need.

  • Scanned pages and image-only PDFs, indexed alongside ordinary slide text.
  • Find matches in slides, notes, and recognized handwriting.
  • Search one folder or your whole library, then open the source page.
Notes++ reader showing lecture text and an optional AMBOSS definition
Text recognized
find the source page
Connected sources

Plugged into the tools you already study with.

Find related cards in your personal Anki collection, see what is due, and look up medical topics in the AMBOSS panel. Both integrations are optional; use the accounts and collections you already have.

  • Open in AMBOSS from any highlighted term, in one click.
  • AnkiConnect brings due counts, topic matching, and card review into your workspace.
  • Your own accounts. Anki runs locally; AMBOSS access may require a separate subscription.
Related Anki cards displayed beside a lecture in Notes++
Your Anki collection
Any subject · Your tags
Your AI, your choice

Understand the material.
Then put it to the test.

Add learning objectives and generate answers from your documents. Follow the references back to the page, then practise with multiple-choice quizzes and explanations.

  • Gemini or OpenAI, with your own API key.
  • Saved quizzes, source-page links, and review of missed questions.
  • Progress tracking and practice for weaker objectives.
  • Core reading, annotation, and search work without AI.

AI sends relevant text and images to your chosen provider. Usage charges may apply; check important answers against the source.

AI learning-objective answers expanded above their source lecture in Notes++
Exam-prep toolkit

An exam mode that stays out of your way.

When finals hit, switch on the toolkit. Collected highlights and flagged slides gather into one review sheet — kept completely separate from your everyday notes, so day-to-day studying never changes.

  • Collect-mode highlights route to a separate store — invisible during normal study.
  • Slide flags with ⌘D, plus next / previous flagged-slide navigation that wraps.
  • Exam Review Doc groups every highlight & flag by lecture — copy as Markdown.
Notes++ PDF reader and annotation workspace used while collecting material for review
Collect mode
grouped by lecture
Everything else

A study system, not just a reader.

Reading is the start. Notes++ wraps your library in recall tools that keep what you learn from leaking out.

Spaced repetition, built in

Connect Anki through AnkiConnect to see due cards, review, and find flashcards related to your lecture.

My study deck2122588
Today’s review1213

Streaks that actually stick

A little fire every day. Track your longest streak and keep the momentum alive.

10day streak

Quiz Me, from your own slides

Generate multiple-choice questions for the open lecture, guided by its learning objectives. Each one can jump you straight to the slide it came from.

Which layer of the adrenal cortex secretes aldosterone?
Zona glomerulosa Zona fasciculata Zona reticularis

Split view for two lectures

Open a second lecture side-by-side in a lightweight reader — compare tables or keep an overview deck in view while you annotate.

Indexed search

One search bar for your library. Find matching pages and notes, filter by folder, and use whole-word search.

AI Learning Objective answers

Use your own Gemini or OpenAI key to generate answers from your PDFs, with source references you can check.

Review heatmap

A year of progress at a glance — every session counts toward the streak.

The complete toolkit

Everything you need, in one place.

From the first read to the last review. Explore what is included in Notes++.

Read & search
PDF workspace
Open your own PDF folder, navigate pages, resume reading, and search across your library.
Scans & handwriting
OCR indexes image-only slides; handwriting recognition helps find your annotations.
Precise search
Search by folder, use quoted whole-word terms, and jump to matching pages and notes.
Compare documents
Drag a second lecture into split view or preview a document without leaving your place.
PowerPoint support
Index PowerPoint slide text. Install LibreOffice separately for conversion into a rendered PDF.
Write & annotate
Margin notes
Position notes beside a page, move and resize them, and choose their colors.
Markup tools
Pen, highlighter, arrows, text boxes, eraser, pasted images, and undo support.
Rich text
Headings, bold and italic text, lists, tables, links, and formatted notes.
Recall tape
Cover parts of a slide for active recall, then reveal them when you are ready.
Learn & practise
Learning objectives
Add and edit objectives for your documents, then track what you have mastered.
AI answers
Generate source-based explanations with optional personal Gemini or OpenAI keys.
Lecture quizzes
Multiple-choice practice with explanations, source slides, saved progress, and missed-question review.
Visual questions
Use relevant slide images in quizzes; optionally include images from your own Anki cards.
Targeted practice
Revisit weak objectives and use Anki lapse history to focus a review session.
Review & remember
Exam collection
Collect highlights into a review document without changing ordinary reading highlights.
Flagged slides
Mark important pages and move between them while reviewing.
Review document
Gather material by lecture and copy it as Markdown.
Study dashboard
See recent documents, reading activity, streaks, a review heatmap, and optional Anki due counts.
Organize & share
Folders & groups
Create nested, color-coded groups, sort documents, and move multiple lectures at once.
Hide or restore
Hide a lecture from the app while leaving its original file on disk.
Share annotated lectures
Export a PDF with its notes and markup as a single .notesxx bundle for another Notes++ user.
Backups
Back up notes and markup to a folder you choose, including a folder synced by iCloud, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
Reading layouts
Keep your reading position and restore saved workspace layouts.
Make it yours
Personal Anki
Connect through AnkiConnect, match your own tags, review related cards, and create focused study decks.
Optional AMBOSS
Open the integrated panel for medical lookups and use your own AMBOSS account.
Themes & appearance
Choose themes, accents, note colors, animated backgrounds, and glass effects.
Comfortable reading
Adjust interface and AI-answer text sizes, use the compact sidebar, and work in full screen.
Keyboard workflow
Navigate quizzes and use shortcuts for common study actions without reaching for the mouse.

A few things to know.

Do I need an AI subscription or a school account?

No school account is required. Read, search, organize, and annotate without AI. To generate answers or quizzes, add your own Gemini or OpenAI API key. API usage is billed by your provider; a consumer chatbot subscription does not necessarily include API credits.

What do I need for Anki and AMBOSS?

Anki integration uses the Anki desktop app with AnkiConnect installed and running on your Mac. AMBOSS uses your own account and may require a paid subscription. Neither service nor a flashcard collection is bundled with Notes++.

Which computers and files are supported?

Notes++ is a Mac app with builds for Apple Silicon and Intel, targeting macOS 12 or later. PDFs are the primary format. PowerPoint text can be indexed; rendering PowerPoint as a PDF requires a separate LibreOffice installation. A Windows version is not available.

Where do my documents and data go?

Core document reading, notes, search, and OCR run locally. AI actions send relevant text and images to the provider you select. AMBOSS lookups use AMBOSS, and Anki connects to the app running on your Mac. Exports and backups go wherever you choose, including any cloud-synced folders you use.

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How much will Notes++ cost?

A one-time app purchase is planned. The final price and checkout will be announced with the public release. AI usage and optional third-party subscriptions are separate. Join the waitlist for launch and download details.

Which shortcuts can I use?
⌘ ,
Open settings
⌘ ⌥ A
Open AMBOSS
⌘ D
Flag the current slide
1–4
Choose a quiz answer
⌘ + click Quiz Me
Start a fresh quiz
Your filesRead, annotate, and search locally
Your AIOptional Gemini or OpenAI keys
Your workflowPersonal Anki and AMBOSS accounts

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