MarginNote 3 Hack 3.7.24 + Redeem Codes
E-reader Redefine your Study
Developer: Sun Min
Category: Productivity
Price: Free
Version: 3.7.24
ID: QReader.MarginStudy
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Description
MarginNote 3, all brand new e-reader to better study and digest your books
Integrating powerful tools for book annotation, mindmapping, flashcards and more, to build up your reading notes as never before.
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Welcome to MarginNote. This is a highly powerful reading and study software and is applicable to Mac, iPad, and iPhone. By integrating the PDF/EPUB reader and multiple powerful study tools, MarginNote will enable learners to reorganize and connect knowledge from different aspects, then memorize and grasp it accordingly.
Whatever your profession, such as student, educator, researcher, lawyer, or life-long learner, you may annotate and take notes through MarginNote, organize notes via Mindmap and Outline, connect knowledge horizontally via Hashtag and raise memory effect via the Flashcards.
You will discover what MarginNote does is not to simply integrate these tools. Instead, it combines them deeply and skillfully, which makes it easier for users to toggle between different tools.
What’s New in MarginNote 3
* New and Clean UI Completely redesigned.
* Improved performance and Running more smoothly
* Support both Document Reading mode & Study Reading mode.
* Excerpts & Note-taking
* Enhanced Handwriting & apple-pencil support.
* Support TextBox on PDF.
* Support direct text-typing & sketching when editing note cards.
* Support Auto OCR when excerpting on scanned PDFs.
* Emphasis & Cloze
* Support direct emphasis in powerful Emphasis mode both on PDF or Outline.
* Support auto convert emphasis to Cloze in CardDeck.
* Support creating Image-Occlusion flashcards.
* Multi-Documents
* Support both document tabs & split views to switch between documents.
* MindMap
* Auto grouping new excerpts by Document Table of Contents.
* Support new brach display mode: Framework.
* Swipe/Drag gestures to slide in/out Outline & Documents in Study mode.
* Enhanced grouped cut/paste, drag to merge,.. etc.
* Outline
* Improved search and displaying keywords in results.
* Improved styles.
* CardDeck:
* View Flashcards in MindMap mode and Document mode.
* Enhanced Anki Export: Card styles, Image occlusions, Cloze
* Enhanced Research web browser.
* iCloud Sync
* Fixed several design issue in previous versions.
* More stable & improved performance.
* Categories
* Separate categories for Document, Study and Review.
* Trash
* Recover data from Trash and make data more safe.
* Trial
* 14-days free trial.
MarginNote 2 features:
Reading:
- Support PDF and EPUB format;
Annotating and NoteTaking:
- Support text highlight and rectangular highlight;
- Add notes directly at the page margin; the note editing area will not overlap with the book content at all;
- Text, voice, picture, sketching and many other forms of comments in note;
- Add hashtags to notes to facilitate the connection of notes;
Outline and Mindmap:
- Outline and Mindmap in one view;
- Create Outline tree by swipe gestures;
- Multi-selection editing such as group, merge, clone, etc;
- Quick searching and filtering according to colors, hashtags, books.
Flashcard:
- Highlights and notes can be automatically turned into flashcards for review;
- Spaced repetition adopting the Anki-based algorithm;
- Switch to the linking book page at any time;
iPad Pro & Apple pencil:
- Split View of multiple tasks;
- High-precision drawing by Apple pencil;
- Fine tuned for Apple pencil;
- Keyboard shortcuts;
Import, Export and Sync:
- Import webpages and notes from Evernote;
- Export flashcards to Anki;
- Export Outline to OmniOutliner;
- Export Mindmap to iThoughts or MindManager;
- Export to Evernote;
- Export all the margin notes, MindManager, Outline and Pages to a printable PDF;
- Sync books¬es with iCloud;
Terms of Use:
https://www.marginnote.com/press/marginnote-3-term-of-use
Privacy Policy:
https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/92678020
Integrating powerful tools for book annotation, mindmapping, flashcards and more, to build up your reading notes as never before.
============================================
Welcome to MarginNote. This is a highly powerful reading and study software and is applicable to Mac, iPad, and iPhone. By integrating the PDF/EPUB reader and multiple powerful study tools, MarginNote will enable learners to reorganize and connect knowledge from different aspects, then memorize and grasp it accordingly.
Whatever your profession, such as student, educator, researcher, lawyer, or life-long learner, you may annotate and take notes through MarginNote, organize notes via Mindmap and Outline, connect knowledge horizontally via Hashtag and raise memory effect via the Flashcards.
You will discover what MarginNote does is not to simply integrate these tools. Instead, it combines them deeply and skillfully, which makes it easier for users to toggle between different tools.
What’s New in MarginNote 3
* New and Clean UI Completely redesigned.
* Improved performance and Running more smoothly
* Support both Document Reading mode & Study Reading mode.
* Excerpts & Note-taking
* Enhanced Handwriting & apple-pencil support.
* Support TextBox on PDF.
* Support direct text-typing & sketching when editing note cards.
* Support Auto OCR when excerpting on scanned PDFs.
* Emphasis & Cloze
* Support direct emphasis in powerful Emphasis mode both on PDF or Outline.
* Support auto convert emphasis to Cloze in CardDeck.
* Support creating Image-Occlusion flashcards.
* Multi-Documents
* Support both document tabs & split views to switch between documents.
* MindMap
* Auto grouping new excerpts by Document Table of Contents.
* Support new brach display mode: Framework.
* Swipe/Drag gestures to slide in/out Outline & Documents in Study mode.
* Enhanced grouped cut/paste, drag to merge,.. etc.
* Outline
* Improved search and displaying keywords in results.
* Improved styles.
* CardDeck:
* View Flashcards in MindMap mode and Document mode.
* Enhanced Anki Export: Card styles, Image occlusions, Cloze
* Enhanced Research web browser.
* iCloud Sync
* Fixed several design issue in previous versions.
* More stable & improved performance.
* Categories
* Separate categories for Document, Study and Review.
* Trash
* Recover data from Trash and make data more safe.
* Trial
* 14-days free trial.
MarginNote 2 features:
Reading:
- Support PDF and EPUB format;
Annotating and NoteTaking:
- Support text highlight and rectangular highlight;
- Add notes directly at the page margin; the note editing area will not overlap with the book content at all;
- Text, voice, picture, sketching and many other forms of comments in note;
- Add hashtags to notes to facilitate the connection of notes;
Outline and Mindmap:
- Outline and Mindmap in one view;
- Create Outline tree by swipe gestures;
- Multi-selection editing such as group, merge, clone, etc;
- Quick searching and filtering according to colors, hashtags, books.
Flashcard:
- Highlights and notes can be automatically turned into flashcards for review;
- Spaced repetition adopting the Anki-based algorithm;
- Switch to the linking book page at any time;
iPad Pro & Apple pencil:
- Split View of multiple tasks;
- High-precision drawing by Apple pencil;
- Fine tuned for Apple pencil;
- Keyboard shortcuts;
Import, Export and Sync:
- Import webpages and notes from Evernote;
- Export flashcards to Anki;
- Export Outline to OmniOutliner;
- Export Mindmap to iThoughts or MindManager;
- Export to Evernote;
- Export all the margin notes, MindManager, Outline and Pages to a printable PDF;
- Sync books¬es with iCloud;
Terms of Use:
https://www.marginnote.com/press/marginnote-3-term-of-use
Privacy Policy:
https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/92678020
Version history
3.7.24
2023-02-08
Fixes an issue that could cause handwriting to be lost.
Fixes an issue that could cause purchases to be restored.
Fixes an issue that could cause purchases to be restored.
3.7.23
2022-12-09
Fixed the issue of text input crashes under iPadOS State Manager.
3.7.22
2022-11-25
Support 2 new pen ink types under iPadOS 16.1.
Fix the bug of the pop-up menu under M2 iPad Pro.
Fix the bug of copying text under OCR Pro.
Fix the bug of iOS 12 startup crashes.
Fix other bugs.
Fix the bug of the pop-up menu under M2 iPad Pro.
Fix the bug of copying text under OCR Pro.
Fix the bug of iOS 12 startup crashes.
Fix other bugs.
3.7.21
2022-10-20
The offline OCR Pro engine is replaced with the Baidu engine, which greatly improves the Chinese recognition rate without online correction.
3.7.20
2022-10-08
Temporarily roll back the OCR engine to fix the crash issue after the previous version update.
3.7.19
2022-09-30
* Update the OCR engine, greatly improve the offline Chinese recognition rate, and achieve high recognition rate without online correction.
* Fix the issue that the picture colors is reversed in dark mode.
* Added Russian language recognition to OCR Pro.
* Fix bugs.
* Fix the issue that the picture colors is reversed in dark mode.
* Added Russian language recognition to OCR Pro.
* Fix bugs.
3.7.18
2022-05-05
Automatic historical archive to prevent handwriting loss is added (it will be triggered automatically when a large number of handwriting loss is detected in mindmap / document, and the notes before loss will be saved as history archive).
Modify the reference mechanism to provide a safe reference mechanism. (deleting a node will not affect other nodes that reference it, and other reference nodes will automatically become clone nodes).
Fix bug:
Fix the problem that some title links in card comments are not displayed;
Fix crashing on open specific PDF;
Fix the problem of abnormal mindmap caused by merging the summary into the parent node;
Fix the display effect of dragging frame structure cards in the floating window and the problem of multiple selection of cards;
Fix the problem that frequently opening the card Editor could cause the Pencil Kit to crash.
Modify the reference mechanism to provide a safe reference mechanism. (deleting a node will not affect other nodes that reference it, and other reference nodes will automatically become clone nodes).
Fix bug:
Fix the problem that some title links in card comments are not displayed;
Fix crashing on open specific PDF;
Fix the problem of abnormal mindmap caused by merging the summary into the parent node;
Fix the display effect of dragging frame structure cards in the floating window and the problem of multiple selection of cards;
Fix the problem that frequently opening the card Editor could cause the Pencil Kit to crash.
3.7.17
2022-01-24
Solve the issue of OCR online correction error.
Solve the issue of crashing on constantly creating new windows.
Solve the issue of PDF page drift caused by entering and exiting the editing state under the Bluetooth keyboard.
Solve the issue where eraser could not take effect when switching focus.
Solve the issue of crashing on constantly creating new windows.
Solve the issue of PDF page drift caused by entering and exiting the editing state under the Bluetooth keyboard.
Solve the issue where eraser could not take effect when switching focus.
3.7.16
2021-12-04
Improvements and bug fixes.
3.7.15
2021-10-26
Improvements and bug fixes.
3.7.14
2021-10-22
Improvements and bug fixes
3.7.13
2021-09-11
Fix the problem that handwriting of documents may cause App to crash.
3.7.12
2021-08-17
Fixed some bugs in the previous versions.
3.7.11
2021-07-28
Fix the problem that when a data conflict occurs during notebook synchronization, the wrong data may be reversely synchronized to the cloud.
Solve some problems caused by the last version update
Fix some other bugs.
Solve some problems caused by the last version update
Fix some other bugs.
3.7.10
2021-07-22
Feature update: Adding/Removing pdf page implemented by virtualization technology can add book pages from pictures and other PDFs more quickly and safely.
Add a review setting: the entire card as the front of the card by default.
Add a handwriting setting: Allow focus handwriting to be displayed globally.
Fix the bug.
Add a review setting: the entire card as the front of the card by default.
Add a handwriting setting: Allow focus handwriting to be displayed globally.
Fix the bug.
3.7.9
2021-06-12
Fixed some bugs.
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Support for backing up and restoring all data through iTunes (previously only documents were supported, now documents + all note data are supported).
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
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Support for backing up and restoring all data through iTunes (previously only documents were supported, now documents + all note data are supported).
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
3.7.8
2021-06-08
Fix the BUG of the previous version.
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Support for backing up and restoring all data through iTunes (previously only documents were supported, now documents + all note data are supported).
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
-------------------------------------------
Support for backing up and restoring all data through iTunes (previously only documents were supported, now documents + all note data are supported).
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
3.7.7
2021-06-03
Support for backing up and restoring all data through iTunes (previously only documents were supported, now documents + all note data are supported).
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
Support the reorder of child minmaps.
Support adding child mindmaps directly on the card.
A new screen casting method that supports full-screen mode.
The mindmap handwriting in the focus mode will be hidden by default outside the mind map.
Fix bugs and performance optimization.
3.7.6
2021-04-28
In PencilKit handwriting mode, you can try custom toolbars (non-native).
In PencilKit handwriting mode (customized toolbar), pen clone is supported.
In PencilKit handwriting mode, the "Always" type is added to the straight line mode to remove the delay time.
Provide a hiding method for handwriting in focus note.
The toolbar provides independent entry for the text box/picture box.
Supports pasting text and pictures into the document (text box + picture box).
In the multi-selected state of the deck, all notes can be set to the front of the card.
When dragging multiple pictures into the mind map, it is changed to enter as a child node.
Added a setting to turn off the auxiliary toolbar when keyboard input.
A demo mode option has been added to the settings. (Originally needed to open the function through URL Scheme)
Support the removal of documents associated with the mind map from the mind map and tabs.
The search in the research cancels the use of "+" instead of spaces.
Support PageUp, PageDown button to turn the book.
An option has been added to the handwriting toolbar: Allow the mind map and the document to not turn on/off handwriting at the same time. (Synchronized by default)
An option has been added to the handwriting toolbar (double-click to enter the handwriting focus, which is not entered by default).
Fix the problem that PencilKit automatically cancels the eraser (under the custom toolbar).
Fixed several bugs in video excerpts.
Fixed an issue where PK handwriting occupies a lot of RAM and easily crashes.
Fixed a crash in multi-window conditions.
Fix the issue of Undo/Redo causing abnormal loss of handwriting.
In PencilKit handwriting mode (customized toolbar), pen clone is supported.
In PencilKit handwriting mode, the "Always" type is added to the straight line mode to remove the delay time.
Provide a hiding method for handwriting in focus note.
The toolbar provides independent entry for the text box/picture box.
Supports pasting text and pictures into the document (text box + picture box).
In the multi-selected state of the deck, all notes can be set to the front of the card.
When dragging multiple pictures into the mind map, it is changed to enter as a child node.
Added a setting to turn off the auxiliary toolbar when keyboard input.
A demo mode option has been added to the settings. (Originally needed to open the function through URL Scheme)
Support the removal of documents associated with the mind map from the mind map and tabs.
The search in the research cancels the use of "+" instead of spaces.
Support PageUp, PageDown button to turn the book.
An option has been added to the handwriting toolbar: Allow the mind map and the document to not turn on/off handwriting at the same time. (Synchronized by default)
An option has been added to the handwriting toolbar (double-click to enter the handwriting focus, which is not entered by default).
Fix the problem that PencilKit automatically cancels the eraser (under the custom toolbar).
Fixed several bugs in video excerpts.
Fixed an issue where PK handwriting occupies a lot of RAM and easily crashes.
Fixed a crash in multi-window conditions.
Fix the issue of Undo/Redo causing abnormal loss of handwriting.
3.7.5
2021-03-23
Support PencilKit MindMap handwriting and MindMap node position binding.
Improve MindMap focus mode to facilitate the association of MindMap handwriting with the nodes of MindMap.
Support Undo/Redo PencilKit handwriting on MN toolbar.
Support the idea box display effect of 3.6 by dragging child MindMap into the parent node.
For documents lost in notebooks no longer occupy Tab page position.
Fix the PencilKit handwriting loss issue.
Fix some bugs.
Improve MindMap focus mode to facilitate the association of MindMap handwriting with the nodes of MindMap.
Support Undo/Redo PencilKit handwriting on MN toolbar.
Support the idea box display effect of 3.6 by dragging child MindMap into the parent node.
For documents lost in notebooks no longer occupy Tab page position.
Fix the PencilKit handwriting loss issue.
Fix some bugs.
3.7.4
2021-02-15
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.7.3
2021-02-03
Mind map handwriting layer adjustment & setting.
The card review adds the option of whether to mask the highlighter & emphasis.
Supports backing up single/multiple documents and folders and all their associated notes as marginpkg package.
Fix BUGs.
The card review adds the option of whether to mask the highlighter & emphasis.
Supports backing up single/multiple documents and folders and all their associated notes as marginpkg package.
Fix BUGs.
3.7.1
2021-01-23
Fix the problem that PencilKit drawings sometimes drifts.
Fix the problem that PencilKit drawings is very blurry when exporting PDF.
Fix other bugs of the previous version.
Fix the problem that PencilKit drawings is very blurry when exporting PDF.
Fix other bugs of the previous version.
3.7
2021-01-18
In this update, we have revamped the mindmap notebooks in MarginNote.
We have improved idea boxes and renamed them to child mindmaps. We've added a mindmap list interface to better present the child mindmaps and added support for writing directly on the mindmap via Apple PencilKit. Now, each child mindmap looks like an infinitely large paper where you can assign a topic to and take your notes on. Thanks to the mindmap list that we've added, you can now easily switch between different child mindmaps and quickly locate the topic you want. Apple Pencil is no longer limited to writing and drawing: in MarginNote 3.7, you can excerpt text, link your notes, and organize your mindmaps with it. The title-link feature now works with child mindmaps and bookmarked focuses (yes, focuses can now be bookmarked). Thanks to this update, you no longer need to create separate notebooks for your title-link dictionaries. Besides the features mentioned above, we have also added collaboration via iCloud, temporary reference mode to view other files in your database, and many more.
we also added the following features:
* Collaboration: in the mindmap menubar, by tapping on the more settings > "Cooperate," you will be able to share a notebook with your friends and work on it with them.
* Temporary Reference Mode in Search: MarginNote allows searching through all the documents in your database, regardless of whether they are in your current notebook. Previously, if you clicked on the search result from a document that was not in your database, MarginNote would direct you to the notebook that the document was in. With this update, the document would instead be opened as a temporary tab in the document section of your mindmap notebook. If you take no notes from the document, it will be automatically closed after you leave it. If you take some notes from that document, it will be bound to your notebook and become a permanent file in the notebook.
* Filtering the Cards that Haven't Been Added to the Mindmap: now, you can filter the cards that haven't been added to the mindmap using colors and tags. Through this, you can easily find the important notes that you want to analyze and place them into the mindmap.
* Universal Occlusion for Highlighting: now, the highlights you make using the highlighter in your documents, mindmaps, and outlines could be used as occlusions in flashcards in review mode.
We have improved idea boxes and renamed them to child mindmaps. We've added a mindmap list interface to better present the child mindmaps and added support for writing directly on the mindmap via Apple PencilKit. Now, each child mindmap looks like an infinitely large paper where you can assign a topic to and take your notes on. Thanks to the mindmap list that we've added, you can now easily switch between different child mindmaps and quickly locate the topic you want. Apple Pencil is no longer limited to writing and drawing: in MarginNote 3.7, you can excerpt text, link your notes, and organize your mindmaps with it. The title-link feature now works with child mindmaps and bookmarked focuses (yes, focuses can now be bookmarked). Thanks to this update, you no longer need to create separate notebooks for your title-link dictionaries. Besides the features mentioned above, we have also added collaboration via iCloud, temporary reference mode to view other files in your database, and many more.
we also added the following features:
* Collaboration: in the mindmap menubar, by tapping on the more settings > "Cooperate," you will be able to share a notebook with your friends and work on it with them.
* Temporary Reference Mode in Search: MarginNote allows searching through all the documents in your database, regardless of whether they are in your current notebook. Previously, if you clicked on the search result from a document that was not in your database, MarginNote would direct you to the notebook that the document was in. With this update, the document would instead be opened as a temporary tab in the document section of your mindmap notebook. If you take no notes from the document, it will be automatically closed after you leave it. If you take some notes from that document, it will be bound to your notebook and become a permanent file in the notebook.
* Filtering the Cards that Haven't Been Added to the Mindmap: now, you can filter the cards that haven't been added to the mindmap using colors and tags. Through this, you can easily find the important notes that you want to analyze and place them into the mindmap.
* Universal Occlusion for Highlighting: now, the highlights you make using the highlighter in your documents, mindmaps, and outlines could be used as occlusions in flashcards in review mode.
3.6.19
2020-11-16
Fix the UI problem of iPhone 12 series.
Fix the PDF cropping issue in the previous version.
Hope this is the last version before 3.7.
Fix the PDF cropping issue in the previous version.
Hope this is the last version before 3.7.
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 days Free Trial (14 days Free Trial of Full version) |
Free |
HB414217138✱✱✱✱✱ | F8F8137✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Unlock Full (Unlock MN3 Full Features (excl. OCR Pro)) |
Free |
HB973140433✱✱✱✱✱ | 1EB5F12✱✱✱✱✱ |
| OCR Pro (Monthly) (Monthly Subscription for MarginNote 3 OCR Pro) |
Free |
HB145220160✱✱✱✱✱ | B5D6C77✱✱✱✱✱ |
| OCR Pro (Annually) (Annual Subscription for MarginNote 3 OCR Pro) |
Free |
HB177376769✱✱✱✱✱ | EDA9FD4✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Upgrade to Full (Upgrade to Full Version (excl. OCR Pro)) |
Free |
HB812330047✱✱✱✱✱ | 7EA28E3✱✱✱✱✱ |
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Ratings
4.7 out of 5
4 526 Ratings
Reviews
Therealironhulk,
A great app that could still get better
I’ve used 3 versions of MarginNote over the years, both on my iPads and Macs. A lot has changed, but a lot hasn’t. Each time a new version comes out, I wonder if I want to spend the money and research what else is out there. Maybe I find something interesting and try it, or maybe I don’t, but I always come back. There’s just nothing else that does what MN does.
A lot of the other reviews cover why I look elsewhere from time to time... the app can be inexplicably weird or counter-intuitive or just a little bit off sometimes. I can often get it to do what I need, but not without frustration. Often times, where it fails are in standard UX practices that almost every other app follows, but MN chooses to ignore those and do things its own way.
I’m not a student, so I’m not making flash cards or anything like that, but I do a lot of research. I really like the ability to add multiple documents to one project. I have one with at least a couple of dozen PDFs and epubs, not small ones either, and MN doesn’t complain. There are occasional sync issues, but I’ve gotten good at backing up and—knock on wood—haven’t lost anything yet. I think if you’re only using it one system, that won’t be a factor.
A lot of the other reviews cover why I look elsewhere from time to time... the app can be inexplicably weird or counter-intuitive or just a little bit off sometimes. I can often get it to do what I need, but not without frustration. Often times, where it fails are in standard UX practices that almost every other app follows, but MN chooses to ignore those and do things its own way.
I’m not a student, so I’m not making flash cards or anything like that, but I do a lot of research. I really like the ability to add multiple documents to one project. I have one with at least a couple of dozen PDFs and epubs, not small ones either, and MN doesn’t complain. There are occasional sync issues, but I’ve gotten good at backing up and—knock on wood—haven’t lost anything yet. I think if you’re only using it one system, that won’t be a factor.
bradam,
The best out there
Ok, so this isn’t a perfect system but it’s incredibly useful. Navigation could use work when using the mindmap area. It’s still a little clunky and I only accidentally figured out if you hold the left click down it will turn into a hand and you can move it around. Would be great if there was a shortcut key (there may be?), but the developer deserves 5 stars for a stellarly useful and functional app. For the most part, it works wonderfully. I would love to incorporate OCR into the selection areas. There are a number of texts I’ve used that text selection doesn’t work (particularly titles) and I have to select it as an image, but then I can’t search for it later because it’s an image. I’ve resorted to just typing it out as a header, but then to create your own header and assign it to a section of a document isn’t simple (nor obvious how to do … I haven’t figured it out yet). But for it’s functionality it’s great and the developer keeps improving things. Finding the right video to watch for a tutorial is time consuming. Would recommend they improve that.
louise237,
Expensive; not functional without multiple purchases; no customer support.
MarginNote app is one of the highest priced note-taking apps on the market, yet it restricts use to a single device. If you try to use it on a second device (as one does with these types of apps), it prompts you to pay another $50.
Despite the features it boasts, it is absolutely not worth purchasing because cannot utilize said features effectively on an iPad/tablet alone (not appropriate for making use of mapping and flashcards, uploading docs/PDFs, etc); nor can you use it effectively on laptop/desktop alone (no point to a reader interface with Apple Pencil there). The purchase should be synced, but it’s not. This should have been made transparent prior to purchase. I would not have started with MarginNote had I known it would require me to spend at least $100 to properly use. No other note taking apps I’ve used has required multiple purchases like this.
Additionally, I have contacted the developer multiple times about this issue to see if there was a chance I was missing something, and they have refused to respond. Given the fact that you are probably considering this app for work that is valuable to you, I would keep in mind that you could find yourself left with no technical support should something go wrong with it.
Despite the features it boasts, it is absolutely not worth purchasing because cannot utilize said features effectively on an iPad/tablet alone (not appropriate for making use of mapping and flashcards, uploading docs/PDFs, etc); nor can you use it effectively on laptop/desktop alone (no point to a reader interface with Apple Pencil there). The purchase should be synced, but it’s not. This should have been made transparent prior to purchase. I would not have started with MarginNote had I known it would require me to spend at least $100 to properly use. No other note taking apps I’ve used has required multiple purchases like this.
Additionally, I have contacted the developer multiple times about this issue to see if there was a chance I was missing something, and they have refused to respond. Given the fact that you are probably considering this app for work that is valuable to you, I would keep in mind that you could find yourself left with no technical support should something go wrong with it.
pouyakary,
Hands down the best reader ever
There is only one competitor app to be MarginNote's alternative and that's the Liquid Text. While their UI is much prettier and cleaner. They have just a really poor mind map experience. What I like about MarginNote in contrast with LiquidText is just how much more organized it is. In LiquidText almost any accidental touch on the mindmap ruins it. Also it's a web of what you put where ever you wish to. In MarginNote however, you have an app that organizes the mindmap into a chart with direct branches that you do not decide how to be put. It organizes the look and keeps it which is just so amazing. It just makes me more and more relaxed to be in the app vs LiquidText. And also in the LiquidText you cannot have book-free studies to just have bookmarks.
But the research tool is horribly made. There is no link to the OS dictionary. Or any good offline dictionary. The UI seems horrible and has so many problems. It is just the worst part of any app I've seen. Hope that gets fixed someday.
And as far as the price comes, I think it's much cheaper than LiquidText which is awesome.
But the research tool is horribly made. There is no link to the OS dictionary. Or any good offline dictionary. The UI seems horrible and has so many problems. It is just the worst part of any app I've seen. Hope that gets fixed someday.
And as far as the price comes, I think it's much cheaper than LiquidText which is awesome.
JimK,
My go-to app now for research, organizing content, summaries
I had used another app ‘fluid’ for reading research articles, underlining and extracting text for summary and study until they crippled this in the free version and increased price for the paid. This app is far beyond that with a superb design for reading, study, organizing spaces, excellent pdf to text extraction and linear or mind mapping ways to relate to the text extractions and your notes both within and between documents. There is a learning curve for use but much is accessible playing around as well. I will be watching videos to learn better use. I have a lot of PDFs stored in Evernote and this app can access and load from within the app. I have used on my my iPhone when my iPad was not available and it’s workable but it is much more useful on a bigger screen. I like it so much that purchased the paid version and might even cough up the larger additional fee for the MacBook version. One of the few apps that is worth the purchase price and more. Excellent!
Boompapa,
Indispensable to my research
I first started using this app two years ago when I started graduate school. Since then, I have become fluent in how to use it, although much of my learning was through trial and error, because support and tutorials for MN3 barely exist. The best source for tutorials I could find was a YouTuber who goes my “The Paperless Student,” and I am indebted to her for helping me grasp how this app works. This app is POWERFUL for managing your digital documents—books, papers, brochures—annotating them in the ways you need, and organizing these notes coherently for research papers. Overall, the app isn’t hard to learn, but it would be a tremendous help if there was an in-depth video tutorial that covered some of the more esoteric features that I still haven’t explored. I feel like this app has many more features I am not aware of or don’t know how to apply to my work, and I would appreciate understanding how to use them in case they could be beneficial to my research. Overall, this app is one of my best purchases to date for getting through my graduate MFT program.
JuanCandelario,
Excellent concept, but it has some deficiencies
Excellent concept If the app were to work a little more, the tool would be perfect. Unfortunately, it has some deficiencies that, although they could be corrected, can easily cloud the performance of the app and cause a lot of inconvenience to the user. For example, synchronization between devices, iPhone and iPad, is quite problematic. Most of the time it does not synchronize properly, but days after use, and even weeks. Sometimes synchronization never occurs. There are other important faults. TAGS There is no way to create new Tags for the documents (not the notes) in MarginNote 3. ORDER OF THE NOTES. This feature sometimes works, sometimes not, especially, sorting by page order. MOVE. Something as basic as moving a file from one folder to another is torture. Most of the time it is not possible. IMPORT A WEB PAGE This is another torture. Sometimes you can, sometimes not. In short, the developer should work harder.
Mpoweru,
Absolute great tool! Newly refined and even better...
Not often I take time to write a review, but often times dev’s get hit with issues that are minor (meaning they do not take into account ones full scope of the product). One issue affects a person, and therefore the whole product is junk - No.
This product is refined and beautifully thought out. It absolutely helps me to absorb all the reading that must be done. It does this in a VERY enjoyable way. The overall beauty of this software is around ingesting large amounts of reading and pulling out the viable information in order to move on to the next reading. Top notch, worth the cost!
NOW, let it be known that manuals and help is far from available. You have to do a lot of experiential experimentation to get to know this software. I have day by day been finding new features that are exciting, because days prior I would be thinking to myself I need this or that feature... then it appeared. Hahaha, an experience indeed.
This product is refined and beautifully thought out. It absolutely helps me to absorb all the reading that must be done. It does this in a VERY enjoyable way. The overall beauty of this software is around ingesting large amounts of reading and pulling out the viable information in order to move on to the next reading. Top notch, worth the cost!
NOW, let it be known that manuals and help is far from available. You have to do a lot of experiential experimentation to get to know this software. I have day by day been finding new features that are exciting, because days prior I would be thinking to myself I need this or that feature... then it appeared. Hahaha, an experience indeed.
HappyCatMachine,
Better than the others
I’ve tried most annotation research software. The thing that I prefer with MarginNote are it’s ability to handle absolutely huge volumes of notes and documents. It has an efficiency in its mind mapping that isn’t present in other tools. It isn’t really a mind map that it creates but a hierarchical and visual organization and this suits research well.
With the latest update it has pen support and with the new child mind maps the scale of research possibilities is nearly endless.
I miss the free form of traditional mind mapping but I realize that with large texts a free form mind map gets crowded very quickly. MarginNote keeps things organized very well.
A couple of things that I would like that MarginNote is a bit weak with are: better referencing to the source document on export of notes. Even if I had to fill out that source info manually for each document I’d be happy. Bonus if it could export the citation in any of the usual formats.
The links are hard to see and to keep track of. It’d be nice to be able to color them and make them thicker.
Finally I’d like a way to link my own notes to a document location rather than having to make an excerpt to do that.
These are minor issues and I use the app obsessively as it is.
The company seems responsive on their forums and almost every feature request is listened to even if we have to wait for it.
With the latest update it has pen support and with the new child mind maps the scale of research possibilities is nearly endless.
I miss the free form of traditional mind mapping but I realize that with large texts a free form mind map gets crowded very quickly. MarginNote keeps things organized very well.
A couple of things that I would like that MarginNote is a bit weak with are: better referencing to the source document on export of notes. Even if I had to fill out that source info manually for each document I’d be happy. Bonus if it could export the citation in any of the usual formats.
The links are hard to see and to keep track of. It’d be nice to be able to color them and make them thicker.
Finally I’d like a way to link my own notes to a document location rather than having to make an excerpt to do that.
These are minor issues and I use the app obsessively as it is.
The company seems responsive on their forums and almost every feature request is listened to even if we have to wait for it.
Al Zal,
Progress, or lack of it
This is an evolved version of the software with nicer GUI, better user experience, and new organization and editing tools. The desktop version is not released yet so it remains to be seen if the sync issues are fixed with the new release. I wanted to give a few pointers for migrating data from version 2, as the software provides no details. You need to backup version 2 notebooks (see under settings) and save the backup file on iCloud. Then go to finder and open the file in MarginNote version 3. It will delete anything already there and import the notebooks including tags, but the attached files will be missing. So you must copy these files manually from the MarginNote directory on iCloud to the new MarginNote 3 directory that you will find created there. Done.
Update Dec 2021
The app has not changed much and there are sync issues with the osx counterpart. I migrated to LiquidText which is much more intuitive and has persistent development effort. There are standards for UI functionality that MarginNote is yet to figure out.
Update Dec 2021
The app has not changed much and there are sync issues with the osx counterpart. I migrated to LiquidText which is much more intuitive and has persistent development effort. There are standards for UI functionality that MarginNote is yet to figure out.
