Notes ++ for serious studying  ·  v1.1.8

Your shortcut to everything you study.

Notes ++ turns lectures, PDFs, and scans into one connected workspace. Annotate in the margins, pull clean text out of any image with OCR, and jump straight into AMBOSS and Anki — without leaving the page.

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Notes ++ home dashboard showing review streak, study heatmap, and Anki cards due
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.
  • Everything is searchable and synced across your 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.

Photographed a whiteboard? Imported a scanned slide deck? Notes ++ reads it. OCR lifts clean, selectable text out of any image — instantly searchable, highlightable, and ready to define.

  • Text from any scan — photos, screenshots, image-only PDFs.
  • Tap a term for an instant definition in the margin.
  • Select, copy, and highlight words that were never typed.
OCR-extracted text with an inline definition popover for a highlighted term in Notes ++
Text recognized
tap to define
Connected sources

Plugged into the tools you already study with.

One highlight, every answer. Jump from a term straight into AMBOSS, push cards into your Anki decks, and let spaced repetition do the rest — all without breaking your flow.

  • Open in AMBOSS from any highlighted term, in one click.
  • Anki sync keeps New, Learn & Review counts live in-app.
  • AI LO answers grounded in your own lecture PDFs.
Notes ++ dashboard with Anki spaced-repetition deck counts and connected sources
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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.
Exam Review Doc gathering collect-mode highlights and flagged slides grouped by lecture in Notes ++
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

Your Anki decks live right beside your lectures. See what's due and review without ever switching apps.

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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.

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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

39 lectures, one search bar. Find any slide, note, or term in milliseconds.

AI LO answers

Generate grounded answers to every learning objective, cited from your own PDFs.

Review heatmap

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

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Lectures indexed
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OCR per page
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Sources connected
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Yours, offline

Start studying like everything connects.

Because it does. Download Notes ++ free, import your first lecture, and feel the difference on page one.

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