One of the many great things about our iOS devices is that they have allowed us to shed some serious pounds. Maybe not so much in body weight, but in terms of eliminating other things we don’t need to lug around with us anymore. We can certainly count pen and paper in the with many other evicted possessions. So, what are we now using to jot down quick thoughts and even longer notes? These apps, that’s what. Take a look at our selection of the best iPhone notes apps. And let us know your choices in the comments below. This article is part of our Best iPhone Apps series where we categorize the best apps for iPhone and iPad. Click here to find out more.

Vesper for iPhone and iPad – Simplicity and style converge in this great note taking app

Vesper is a sleek app from three prominent players in the iOS community - Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber. Being critics in the Apple universe, these guys know good design. So they put there heads together and created a notes app, up to their standards, that they would ...
Read More

Notes Plus for iPad – Convert handwritten notes to typed text

If your more the type to take handwritten notes, Notes Plus is the notebook app you’ll want to flip open. You can use a stylus or your finger to quickly write sentences with virtually no lag time. Then can choose from pen tip thickness and opacity (good for highlighting). Like ...
Read More

Nebulous Notes for iPhone and iPad – Create, edit, and sync .txt files across the web

Do you consider yourself a minimalist? If so, you probably hate all the clutter that comes from many writing apps. For this reason, quite a few journalists have switched away from Microsoft Word and prefer writing in simple text files. Not only do text (.txt) files give an undistracting writing ...
Read More

Drafts – Much more than a common notepad

Drafts is a sweet app for writers and anyone else who wants to quickly create notes and then get on with life. Launching the app quickly brings up a blank screen ready for your text input. Jot a note and exit. Drafts will automatically save your text without you having ...
Read More

Apple Notes – A notable contender among many rivals

While Apple's native iPhone and iPad apps usually offer pretty basic features, I find the Notes app to be particularly useful for simple note taking. With iOS 8 Apple introduced the ability to add photos to notes, which I really like. The other reason I find Apple Notes particularly useful ...
Read More

Notability – Take great notes on iPhone and iPad

Notability was an amazing iPad-only note taking app. Now its available on the iPhone as a universal app, and its been redesigned in a great way! Once you start using it you'll know why. The beautiful user interface is just the start. Soon you'll be bullet-pointing and creating sleek outlines ...
Read More