Scratchpad, compared.
What Scratchpad does better than other notes apps, what they do better than Scratchpad, and who each one suits. We make Scratchpad, so we've tried hard to be fair, and every claim about another app links to its source.
- Scratchpad vs Apple Notes Scratchpad does what Apple Notes does and then keeps going. It works the same on Windows and Android, shares with anyone by link, publishes a note as a web page, keeps every version, sets reminders in a sentence, and has an assistant that has read the note. Apple Notes is free, and hard to beat if you only ever use Apple devices. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Obsidian Scratchpad has built in what Obsidian leaves to plugins and extra subscriptions: sharing by link, live co-editing, search inside PDFs, PDF markup, transcription, reminders, publishing, and an assistant, with nothing to set up. Obsidian is free, local, and endlessly extensible, for people who enjoy building their own system. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Notion Scratchpad is a notes app that's quick to open, encrypts the notes you lock, reads your PDFs, keeps every version, and includes its assistant and transcription at US$12. Notion is a workspace for teams, with databases, wikis, and projects, and its full AI on the Business plan. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Evernote Scratchpad costs less than Evernote Advanced and has no caps on notes, notebooks, or devices. It locks whole notes, exports everything as Markdown, shares and publishes, and includes an assistant, transcription, and PDF markup. Evernote is still the strongest at capture, with a web clipper, email-in, scanning, and search that reads handwriting. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Bear Scratchpad works on Windows and Android as well as Apple devices, shares and co-edits notes, publishes them as web pages, keeps every version, and includes reminders, transcription, PDF markup, and an assistant. Bear is a lovely, inexpensive Markdown app for people who write alone on Apple devices. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs OneNote Scratchpad is a fast typed notebook that works the same on every device, formats and exports Markdown, locks single notes, shares with anyone by link, publishes pages, and includes an assistant and transcription everywhere. OneNote is free and superb with a pen, especially for people who live in Microsoft 365. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Google Keep Scratchpad is for notes that outgrow sticky notes. It has folders, tables, headings, PDFs and files, locked notes, real version history, reminders in the note, sharing with anyone, publishing, and an assistant. Google Keep is free and quick for short lists on Android. Read the comparison
- Scratchpad vs Granola Granola is an AI notepad built for video calls. Scratchpad is a whole notebook that also records and transcribes meetings, keeps the recording, lets you edit the transcript, and puts it beside your notes, files, and PDFs, with an assistant that never trains on what you write. Read the comparison
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