Overview
Use widgets to quickly create and access notes or start recordings, all without opening Notability.
Our widgets live directly on your Home Screen or desktop, where you can conveniently:
Create a new note
Access a specific note
Select the note that'll appear here via long press or right-click on the widget > Edit Widget > Choose a note from the list
View a specific folder's list of notes
Select the folder that will appear here via long press or right-click on the widget > Edit Widget > Choose a folder
View your Recent Notes folder
Start recording
Tapping the widget creates a new note and begins recording.
Install Widgets
iOS
Go to your device's Home Screen, then touch and hold until the apps start to shake
Tap + button at the top left of the screen to open the widget gallery:
Add Notability's widget:
Apple Support: Add, edit, and remove widgets on iPhone
Apple Support: Add, edit, and remove widgets on iPad
Mac
Right click on the desktop
Go to Edit Widgets.
Add Notability’s widget.
Apple Support: Add and Customize Widgets on Mac
FAQ
Tapping to change which note appears in the Notes thumbnail widget seems unresponsive and the note doesn't change.
We're working on improving this behavior! For now, try waiting a bit between taps and it should start working again.
My widget's thumbnails are blank.
Try disabling Safe Mode and your note's contents should reappear in the thumbnail.
My widget's thumbnails are low resolution.
Make an edit to the note, and that will improve the thumbnail resolution. If it doesn't help, after editing the note, background the Notability app to push a refresh to the widget.