Notetaking apps are helpful for a wide variety of individuals. Whether you are a student or a professional, there’s a good chance that at some point in your life you will need to take notes. And while I still prefer OneNote because of its Microsoft 365 integration, there are plenty of other notetaking apps worth considering.

Joplin is an open source note-taking app that can support a wide variety of multimedia types including images, videos, audio files, and more. Users can also create math expressions and diagrams directly in the app.

And because the app is open source, it is constantly evolving with new plugins being made available every week. For example, Joplin now supports an extension for Chrome and Firefox called Joplin Web Clipper which allows users to clip and save web pages as notes. This is especially helpful for anyone who does research online, since it is not always easy to copy the information from web pages due to formatting.

The flexibility and customization available to this app is pretty incredible. Right now there are hundreds of plugins available to add for free. Plugins for formatting, linking between notes, math mode, a journal, calendar, Kanban boards, a variety of themes, and so much more.

The app also provides lots of great organizational features. Notes can be organized into notebooks which can be tagged, colour-coded, and searched. You can also create task lists, reminders, and to-dos. I especially like the addition of the to-do features because it turns the app into a holistic organizational tool that goes beyond simple notetaking.

At the end of the day, notetaking apps are a dime a dozen. We already mentioned OneNote, and for most users that app is more than enough. But, for those who want a little more flexibility to expand the functionality of their notetaking app at will, Joplin could be a good app to consider.

Joplin is available via Windows, Android, iOS, and most major browsers. The base version of Joplin is free, but the cloud-based version of the app does require a subscription. These subscriptions range from about $5 – $13 CDN per month. To learn more, click here (new window).

This post originally appeared on the AT Help Desk (new window) website.