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The best note taker for Apple devices: Apple Notes

As with Google Keep for Google fans, Apple Notes is the obvious pick if you use a lot of Apple hardware and software. It comes with iOS, iPadOS and macOS, and it covers all the basics as far as note taking goes: You can combine lists, text, images and web bookmarks, you can split notes into folders, and you can better organize them with customized tags.

Screenshot: Apple Notes
Screenshot: Apple Notes

Notes can be password protected or shared with others if needed, and recent upgrades include the ability to filter notes using smart rules. You can also make quick notes very easily from the lock screen of an iPhone or an iPad. While this isn’t the most advanced note-taking tool out there, it offers most of the features that most people will need.

Apple Notes (free) for iOS