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iPad Notes Apps: Classification

I just realized that my question about a best notes app for iPad is way too vague. There are tons of different such applications and their functionality varies a lot. So, I’ve decided to refine a bit my search by using some criteria:

Simple text vs Rich text vs Handwritten text

This classification should be obvious. There are apps that support text only (no formatting, no embedded images, etc.), while there are others that can create really rich documents. There are also apps optimizing for handwriting, but I’m not interested in this category at all.

Other criteria

In terms of effectively comparing these apps, I’m going to use the following criteria:

• font support: even if you are not an artist, you’ll probably still like something that looks good.
• colors for both fonts and pages
• page templates
• sharing and sync
• support for snippet expansion. If you haven’t used a text expander then this may sound a bit weird, but in case you did you know typing can get a lot easier.

In the next post I’ll tell you what I could find for both simple and rich text apps. I really hope I’ll end up finding some good apps for taking and writing notes on the iPad.