Type of Tool
👩🎓 Why Do Students Need Notes?
Note-taking is a valuable skill for students, taking notes allows you to engage with the material you're learning, organise the things you need to know and remember important information to help with your studies, exams and writing.
Taking notes allows you to process information in a way that makes sense for you, by using an application you can learn complex topics, connect thoughts and link ideas. Apps like can help with this!Heptabase
Overall, note-taking is an invaluable skill for everyone.
💰 Finding a Low-Cost Notes Tool
Of course, being a student, you aren’t wanting to spend tons of money on applications to help with note-taking and task management.
You can find lots of applications that offer a free trial so you can test out a few applications before you commit to buying.
Ideally, you can find an application that costs up to £5 a month that offers you everything you need, however, there are definitely applications a lot cheaper to support simple note-taking and organising.
Routine
Routine
Daily Planner
A beautiful daily planner tool for personal use
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PersonalFreelancers
Akiflow
Akiflow
Tasks
Task manager designed to bring all tasks into one place, with a calendar alongside
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Todoist
Todoist
Tasks
All rounder suitable for most to all to-do list needs
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Motion
TasksDaily Planner
Advanced task management, calendar scheduling & AI assistant
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Evernote
Evernote
Notes
A general all-round note-taking app, including light tasks and calendar abilities
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Personal
Notion
NotesProject Management
Building a workspace with no-code tools
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Sunsama
Sunsama
Tasks
A daily planner task manager with calendar and a more mindful work approach
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Twist
Team Communication
Designed for teams focused on a-sync work, best suited for remote or hybrid work
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Teams
Instant Notion
Instant Notion
Notes
The fastest way to save tagged notes to Notion. Supports offline mode and Lock Screen widget.
PersonalStudents
Upnote
Upnote
Notes
Simple notes with a relaxed feel - a great balance of Google Keep and Evernote
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Personal
General Task (Beta)
General Task (Beta)
Daily Planner
Powerful free task manager and daily planner.
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Actions by Moleskine
Tasks
Lightweight, all-round tasks app - with basic list abilities
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Personal
Qatalog
Qatalog
Project Management
A more traditional project management user, with a modern AI take
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Teams
Llama Life
Llama Life
Tasks
Focused task management, ideal for micro day planning your tasks
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PersonalFreelancers
Microsoft To-Do
Microsoft To-Do
Tasks
A great, free task management tool created by Microsoft (formerly Wunderlist)
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Personal
TickTick 
Tasks
All-round, budget friendly task management experience, with kanban
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PersonalFreelancers
OneNote
OneNote
Notes
Students looking for a high quality note-taking application
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StudentsPersonal
Sanebox
Sanebox
Email
Those looking to condense their inbox by removing potential noise and creating email systems that work
PersonalTeams
Zenkit To-Do
Zenkit To-Do
Tasks
A great Wunderlist alternative from the creators of Zenkit
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PersonalFreelancers
Agenda Notes
Agenda Notes
Notes
Imagine your calendar connected to your notes, that’s Agenda Notes in one - also called date-focused note-taking
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Personal
Nimbus Notes
Notes
The closest thing to Evernote - a reliable, good quality note-taking app for all-round note-taking
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Personal
Remnote
Remnote
Notes
One of the best note-taking apps for students with a goal to write and study flashcard alongside
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PersonalStudents
Logseq
Logseq
Notes
Advanced note-taker much like Obsidian allowing for graphs, bi-directional links & more tools suitable for researchers/academic level notes
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Personal
Bear Notes
Bear Notes
Notes
One of the best minimal note-takers for iOS and Mac use
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Personal
Obsidian
Obsidian
Notes
Advanced note-taking suited for researchers, deep note-takers and journals
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PersonalStudents
Standard
Notes
More advanced note-takers that love privacy and security
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Personal
Supernotes
Supernotes
Notes
Students looking for an optimised writing and sharing experience for note-taking
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PersonalStudents
Calendars 5
Calendars 5
Calendar
Reliably developed by Readdle and comes with great calendar viewing options and task abilities
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Personal
Timepage by Moleskine
Timepage by Moleskine
Calendar
iPhone focused calendar app with the best visuals and small productivity add-ons
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Personal
Daybridge
Daybridge
Calendar
An all-round focused calendar for social, personal and work in one location
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Personal
Morgen
Calendar
All round calendar usage and for those who like to see tasks next to their calendar
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Personal
Cron
Calendar
An upgraded Apple Calendar experience with scheduling link skills and beautiful UI
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Linear
Tasks
A tool for software development teams to work quickly and effectively.
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Teams
Craft
Craft
Notes
Creating brand-focused and personalised documents that look and feel like a webpage.
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TeamsPersonal
NotePlan 3
NotePlan 3
Notes
A great alternative to Evernote blending your calendar, tasks and notes.
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TeamsFreelancersPersonal
Kinopio
Kinopio
Notes
Spacial thinking for new ideas and hard problems!
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Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop
TasksProject Management
A powerful and flexible canvas that stays in sync with Microsoft 365 apps.
Teams
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
Team CommunicationMeetings
Stay connected with others and collaborate in real time using Microsoft products.
Teams
Clearspace: less screen time
Clearspace: less screen time
Focus
eliminate compulsive phone usage.
PersonalStudents
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint
TasksNotesTeam Communication
A place to bring everything together to share news, files and data with your team.
Teams
Jasper AI
Jasper AI
AI
Generative AI platform for businesses and teams to create tailored content.
TeamsFreelancers
Tella
Tella
Video Recording/Editing
An easy to use recording software for videos, screen recordings and slide sharing.
Teams
Bubbles
Bubbles
Meetings
Asynchronous collaboration tool for sharing meetings and screen recordings.
Teams
GoodNotes
GoodNotes
Notes
A fantastic note-taking application with handwriting abilities.
StudentsPersonalFreelancers
Ellie Planner
Ellie Planner
Daily Planner
A simple daily planner using time boxing to organise your day.
PersonalStudentsFreelancers
workstreams.ai
workstreams.ai
Project ManagementAI
Transparent team collaboration & project management
Teams
Outline AI
Outline AI
AIWriting
AI-powered writing assistant to remove writer’s block!
TeamsPersonalFreelancersStudents
Notability
Notability
Notes
An intuitive note taking application with multiple capabilities
StudentsPersonal
Session Timer
Session Timer
Time Tracking
Session helps you stay focused and be more mindful by blocking distractions.
Personal
Day One Journal
Day One Journal
JournalMindful
Simple and effective journaling experience for everyone.
Personal
MagicFlow
MagicFlow
Time TrackingTasks
A time-tracking productivity app that dives into deep work.
PersonalFreelancers
Bardeen.AI
BrowserTasksAI
Create automated tasks so your apps can work for you!
TeamsPersonal
Google Calendar
Google Calendar
Calendar
A well known easy to use calendar application everyone loves!
TeamsPersonal
Curiousity AI
BrowserAI
A modern search that unifies all local, cloud and legacy apps.
TeamsPersonal
Superhabit
Superhabit
Habit Tracker
Habit tracking application with a calendar view of progress.
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Capacities
Capacities
NotesPKM
A personal knowledge based system to connect thoughts and get things done.
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Personal
Polymail
Polymail
Email
A team/collaborative focused email with personal management too
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Missive
Email
A messenger like email application to make communicating easier.
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Teams
Asana
Asana
Project Management
Create a focused space for you and your team to work on projects and tasks.
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Teams
ClickUp
Project Management
An all-in-one project management tool, ideal for small teams looking for a customisable space.
Teams
Smartsheet
Smartsheet
Project Management
A great place for creating a dashboard for the team to manage workload etc.
Teams
Airtable
Airtable
Project Management
Great for teams wanting to create a space with more integrations and collaborative opportunities.
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Smartsuite 
Project Management
A traditional project management tool with a flexible set of tools.
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Milanote
Milanote
Project Management
A free-roaming creativity-based project management app.
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Basecamp
Project Management
Organise an entire project in one space using neat little boxes!
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Taskade
Project Management
A reliable tool for small to medium teams giving you multiple ways to work.
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Walling
Walling
Project Management
A creative space to design your own workspace and manage projects.
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PersonalTeams
ActiveCollab
Project Management
A great application for marketing and finance teams.
Teams
Butter
Butter
Team CommunicationMeetings
Run more engaging sessions without juggling multiple tools.
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Superhuman
Superhuman
Email
An advanced emailing experience to make you feel superhuman!
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PersonalTeams
Zoho Notebook
Zoho Notebook
Notes
Create multiple types of notes and organise them beautifully all in one place.
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Personal
📝 Using Notes After College/University
So why are note-taking skills beneficial after studying? Well, you will always need to be able to take notes effectively throughout your work life, no matter what career you choose.
Creatives need to take notes, even doctors and lawyers need to take notes.
🧰 The skills you will develop from creating a note-taking practice suitable for you are:
- Improved listening skills. The ability to take notes and listen at the same time is a skill you will improve on throughout your studying. This will be beneficial for future meetings, and communication with your team.
- Enhanced organisation skills. You will start with simple note-taking, and gradually progress onto organising notes, planning projects and delegating tasks throughout your time studying. These skills are highly important when working with a team.
- Improved memory and better retention. Taking notes, reading notes and organising notes will over time improve your memory on a certain subject. This practice in time will strengthen the part of your brain that holds all the information you need!
