Think on paper.
Find it in a second.

Take a photo of a notebook page. Rough Notes reads your handwriting, so every word you wrote is one search away.

Keep your notebook.

Nothing about how you write has to change.

1.

Write like you always do

Any notebook, any pen, any mess. Whiteboards and slides count too.

2.

Take a photo

Rough Notes reads your handwriting and keeps the page as you wrote it.

3.

Find it later

Search a word and the page comes back, in your own writing.

Questions

Something else? Write to us.

Do I have to change how I take notes?

No. Keep your notebook, your pen and your mess. Rough Notes works with whatever you already write.

Can it read messy handwriting?

Yes, messy is fine. You see your photo and the text side by side, and you can fix any word it read wrong.

What can I take photos of?

Notebook pages, whiteboards, slides, sticky notes, even receipts. If it has words on it, you can find it later.

Can I use it on my computer?

Yes. Sign in on the web with the same email and your pages are there. Drop photos from your computer to add more. On a Mac with Apple silicon, you can also install the app from the App Store.

Is it free?

Yes, free to start. Each month you can turn 10 pages into text and make 20 rough pages. Pro takes the limits away.

Are my notes private?

Your pages are private to you. You can delete a page, or your whole account, any time from Settings.

Can I take my notes with me?

Always. Download any page as a PDF, or all of them at once from Settings.

What’s a rough page?

A blank dotted page in the app for scribbles and sketches, for when there’s no notebook nearby.

Start with one page.

The next time you need it, it’s already there.