StarNote: Note Taking & PDF

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About this app

StarNote is a digital note-taking app for Android tablets, built for handwritten notes, PDF annotation, study notes, meeting notes, and organized work. As a handwritten notes app, StarNote helps you write naturally with a stylus or S Pen, create your own digital notebook, annotate PDFs, and keep notes, documents, and ideas in one workspace.

✨ Handwritten Notes That Feel Natural
• Take handwritten notes with smooth pen writing
• Use pens, highlighters, shapes, eraser, lasso, and text tools
• Write class notes, lecture notes, work notes, and daily ideas
• Enjoy a paper-like writing experience for tablet note taking

📄 PDF Reader & PDF Annotation
StarNote is more than a notes app. It also works as a PDF reader and PDF annotation app for study and work.

• Import PDF documents and write on PDF pages
• Annotate PDFs, markup PDF files, and highlight key points
• Take notes on PDF textbooks, slides, reports, and documents
• Organize PDFs, PDF notes, and study materials by class, project, or meeting
• Export notes as PDF for sharing, printing, or backup

📚 Digital Notebook for Students
Turn your tablet into a flexible digital notebook for paperless note taking.

• Create study notes, class notes, and lecture notes
• Use digital planners for school, exams, and daily planning
• Build mind maps, outlines, formulas, and revision notes
• Keep textbook PDF annotation and handwritten notes together

💼 Notes for Work & Meetings
StarNote also helps professionals capture ideas and manage documents.

• Write meeting notes, work notes, and project notes
• Review reports, slides, contracts, and PDF documents
• Organize meeting notes with folders and notebooks
• Mark up documents during discussions or document review

🧠 Organize Notes Without the Mess
A good note taking app should help you find things later, not just write them down.

• Organize notes, notebooks, PDFs, and documents by topic
• Manage PDFs and study files in a clear digital notebook library
• Keep study materials, work files, and personal notes together
• Make your notes easier to browse, review, and reuse

🖊️ Made for Tablet, Stylus & S Pen
StarNote is designed for handwriting on Android tablets.

• Take notes on tablet with smooth stylus writing
• Use S Pen notes for study, planning, and PDF markup
• Create neat handwritten notes with flexible writing tools
• Use an infinite canvas for brainstorming and freeform thinking

🚫 No Subscription Required
Many note-taking apps lock key features behind monthly subscriptions. StarNote gives you a simpler, high-value way to write, annotate, and organize.

• No monthly subscription required
• Unlock premium features with a one-time purchase
• Pay once and keep using StarNote for long-term study and work
• Built for users who want a powerful notebook app without ongoing fees

🤖 Coming Soon: AI Notes & Audio Transcription
AI features are coming soon to make note taking, studying, and meeting review even easier.

• AI note summary for long handwritten notes and documents
• Record audio from lectures and meetings, then turn it into clear notes
• Audio transcription notes for class, lectures, and work
• Lecture transcription to turn spoken content into organized notes
• Meeting summary notes for faster work review
• AI handwriting recognition to make handwritten notes easier to search

🌟 Why Choose StarNote?
StarNote brings together handwritten notes, PDF annotation, digital notebook organization, study planning, and work notes in one place. Whether you need a note taking app for Android, a handwritten notes app, a PDF notes app, or a digital notebook app, StarNote helps you write, annotate, organize, and review with less friction.

Download StarNote and start building a cleaner, smarter notebook for study, work, PDFs, and everyday ideas.
Handwritten notes & PDF annotation. Digital notebook with no subscription.
Updated on
Oct 15, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.28K reviews
J'v
October 31, 2026
I used to be a free user, but now I've become a paying user because this app is so great. The price is reasonable, and it has all the features. 1) However, in my experience so far, the range recognition sometimes bothers me because I can't select the correct range or select too many.2) I'd like to add a group function because sometimes the images and annotations in my notes will accidentally pop up due to accidental clicks. I think adding this would be a huge improvement.
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kiya
October 29, 2026
lifetime subscription was definitely worth it....but I do hope you will add a searching feature inside the document, not on the overview only but like in the actual pdf itself where you can put keywords and you can search words that you need to get to in the document
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StarNote
October 30, 2026
we are actively working on OCR functionality, and it is one of our current development priorities. We'll keep you updated as things progress.
Cielo Salvante
November 8, 2026
Love this app, super worth it for students (premium OTP!) Would like to request to have the Tape be allowed to add in our pen box for ease of use. Can we also have more options for the themes if it's doable? Thank you!
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What’s new

Enhanced Pro member benefits and added a new watermark removal benefit for notes.
Fixed the issue where exported PDFs had garbled text after increasing page margins.
Fixed the issue where cloud sync would fail when there were a large number of notes.