

Because mind-maps have a hierarchical structure by design, I use iThoughts when a project fits that reality. It has easy shortcuts to create new nodes on the mind-map, which work with both physical keyboards and soft keyboards, and the export features are phenomenal. IThoughts is an elegant mind-mapping app for iOS, Mac, and Windows. This note was created during a police chaplain training event I attended. But you CAN see how my notes are structured around snippets and thoughts, connected by arrows. Notability’s iOS and MacOS versions cost $9.99 each. It’s also an excellent way to annotate PDF’s.

Notability is available on the iPad, iPhone, and Mac – though I only use the iPad app. It’s slow 2, as is all long-hand writing, but effective. I use Notability to take notes the way I did in college, I create flow-charts which organize a lecture or presentation into whatever structure I see fit.
SCAPPLE 2018 UPDATE
Its last update even added the ability to convert hand-written notes to text 1. Notability is an amazing piece of software, and it works well with Apple’s Pencil. Today I’d like to highlight my three favorite favorite note taking apps as a starting point for anyone who’d like to make a successful jump from paper. Yesterday I wrote about the nature of taking notes on a laptop or tablet, highlighting some of the pitfalls which might arise when shifting to a digital platform for note taking.
