Notabe

What Notabe is

Notabe is an iOS notes app for capturing spoken or typed thoughts and finding them later by meaning. You can speak a note, type one, or send text to the app from another app through the iOS share sheet. On iPhone and iPad, Apple's on-device speech recognition transcribes voice notes, and the audio is not uploaded. Notabe automatically suggests titles and tags, which you can edit or ignore. Notes sync between Apple devices through iCloud and CloudKit, with no sign-up required.

The Free plan includes five AI summaries each month, along with voice and text capture, on-device transcription, automatic titles and tags, and iCloud sync. Pro adds semantic search, which finds notes by their meaning, plus unlimited summaries, a Graph of connected notes, collection suggestions, similar notes, tag normalization, Ask your notes, and daily resurfacing. Gemini handles summaries, titles, and tags; Claude handles collection naming; Voyage AI supplies embeddings for semantic search and the Graph. AI processing can be disabled in Settings. The maker says the app has no ads or third-party trackers, does not sell data, and does not use notes or embeddings to train AI models. Notabe is subscription-only and has no lifetime plan.

Who it suits

Notabe suits people using Apple devices who want to capture personal thoughts by voice or text and organize them with AI. Its on-device transcription and optional AI processing controls may appeal to people who want control over how note content is handled.

Limits

The Free plan allows five AI summaries per month. Pro costs $9.99 a month and is subscription-only; no lifetime plan is offered.

Getting started

1. Open https://notabe.app/ and get the iOS app.
2. Capture a note by speaking, typing, or sharing text from another app.
3. Use iCloud and CloudKit to sync notes between Apple devices.
4. Stay on Free or choose Pro for $9.99 per month.
5. Adjust AI processing in Settings if you want to disable it.

Verdict

Choose Notabe if you want a voice-first notebook for Apple devices, with on-device transcription and AI tools for finding and organizing notes. The Free plan covers capture and sync, while Pro is the option for semantic search and the wider set of AI features. Look elsewhere if you need an Android app or a lifetime purchase.