New in 16.12.2
Notability for Business Templates: Add templates for your team to use when creating notes
Fixed an issue with scrolling alongside text selection
General crash and stability improvements
New in 16.12.1
Introducing YouTube Import: Start a note from any video's transcript, ready to summarize and study. Only available on Notability Cloud.
Introducing Comments: Leave notes on the page for yourself or your team, and resolve them in a tap. Only available on Notability Cloud.
General bug fixes and stability improvements.
New in 16.12
Chat across your notes - ask questions, explore topics and study with every note in your library
Paste your school calendar link to see your schedule in Notability Calendar
Record a lecture or meeting and Finish My Notes enhances your notes with context from your transcript
General bug fixes and stability improvements
New in 16.11
Try the Calligraphy Pen for beautiful handwriting and lettering, now available to all Notability Cloud users
Text now wraps around images and other objects in notes on Notability Cloud
Improved Learn quizzes, including a question preview on Home and faster quiz starts
Fixed an iCloud sync issue after reconnecting to the internet
General bug fixes and stability improvements
New in 16.10
Performance improvements to handwriting search and large PDFs on Notability Cloud
Polished Learn quizzes, flashcard import, and Reset Progress returns to the first question
General crash fixes and hang improvements
New in 16.9.1
Performance improvements to handwriting search and large PDFs on Notability Cloud
Polished Learn quizzes, flashcard import, and Reset Progress returns to the first question
General crash fixes and hang improvements
New in 16.9.1
Import flashcard sets or manually create your own. Now with spaced repetition to review gradually at different time intervals
Faster editing in large notes and improved memory footprint for large libraries on Notability Cloud
Browse your nested folders directly from your note list
Many miscellaneous bug, crash, and performance improvements
New in 16.9
Introducing the Calligraphy Pen: expressive ink that responds to the angle of your stroke. Coming to Plus and Pro subscribers.
Introducing note covers: pick a cover for any note from the library or the content manager. Available on Notability Cloud.
Bulk import: long-press the + button in the library to import whole folders, subfolders included.
Add extra space to the sides of imported PDFs for more room to write.
Quizzes now pick up where you left off.
Notability uses less disk space, especially on Notability Cloud.
Faster handwriting search, smoother window resizing, and other fixes.
New in 16.8.1
Introducing code blocks: add code with syntax highlighting for over two dozen languages. Tap the code block button in the text toolbar or start a line with three backticks and a space.
Introducing block quotes: set off a quote from a professor, a textbook, or anyone else. Tap the quote block button in the text toolbar or start a line with > and a space.
The tape tool now supports 12 sizes for finer control over width.
Improved text rendering when font sizes are mixed on one line.
Reordering pages in the content manager now moves the page's text with it.
Snap guidelines are now hidden in presentation mode.
New in 16.8
Flashcards, quizzes, and full exam prep are now available from your Home tab. Pick how you want to study and track your progress as you go
Duplicate the selection tool to keep both Boxed and Freeform in your toolbar
Fixed a bug with handwriting conversion across page breaks
Widgets now support tinting on iOS 26
New in 16.7.1
Fixed an issue with Apple Pencil squeeze
Crash fixes and performance improvements
New in 16.7
Home tab makes it easy to jump into your work. Find a recent note, record, or import all in one place
Focus Mode: 4-finger tap in your notes to turn it on. Drag the pill to reposition it, or use the hand tool to hide it
Updated academic planners for the 2026-27 school year
Less urgent notifications now have a new home. Find them in the notification menu at the top right of the library
Learn now supports images in Chat
Fixed bugs with the selection menu, Apple Pencil squeeze, and blurry PDF's
New in 16.6.1
Introducing Classic: Notability's one-time purchase is back, with unlimited notes, handwriting recognition, and collaboration across devices.
Classic users who purchased Notability prior to our switch to subscriptions are still grandfathered into this plan.
Fixed a crash with text undo
Fixed a bug on the compare plans screen
New in 16.6
Introducing Classic: Notability's one-time purchase is back, with unlimited notes, handwriting recognition, and collaboration across devices.
Classic users who purchased Notability prior to our switch to subscriptions are still grandfathered into this plan.
Fixed an issue importing .pages files
Removed the minimum disk space requirement to migrate to Notability Cloud
Fixed gestures in multi-note and multi-window
Improvements to Learn
New in 16.5.3
Introducing Version History: See your note's past versions and restore the one you need on Notability Cloud.
Introducing Referrals: Invite a friend. When they join, you both get rewarded.
Added support for Smart Notes on Mac.
Fixed an error when importing notes from OneDrive and Outlook.
New in 16.5.2
Capture up to 10 photos at once and add them to your note in a single step
Sped up partial erase, lasso selection, snapping, and shape recognition for smoother note-taking
Brought back the global setting to choose your default view mode for new notes
New in 16.5.1
Fixes an issue where users incorrectly encountered the note edit limit
New in 16.5
On iPad, you can now set what left-edge swipe does from inside a note: open the Note Switcher or go back to your library
Fixed the tap area on quiz sidebar rows
Fixed a freeze when redeeming a code on Mac
Fixed rare crashes when launching and when rotating with the keyboard open
New in 16.4
Jump between sections of a note using an outline built from your headers
New palette menu for Apple Pencil Pro squeeze gesture
Custom colors and new sizes for the Laser tool
Settings for sharing note links moved to the Options menu
Ruler now works in presentation mode
Fixed an issue when selecting part of a line
Fixed bugs for cropped images, pasting shapes as images, and Math Conversion
Improvements to the library search bar and swiping delete notes
New in 16.3.2
Fixed PDF highlighting issues, including highlights missing from exported PDFs
Improved rendering performance on ink-heavy notes
Fixed freeze when selecting text on Notability Cloud
Fixed freehand selection "hold to box" behavior on Notability Cloud
Improved the Learn experience on iPhone
New in 16.3.1
Improved transcription quality
More reliable ink copy & paste across devices
Improved image resizing
Set a preferred name for your account (on Notability Cloud)
