Notequote"

Highlight it.

Photograph the lines you mark. Keep them in a notebook for each book, ready to find again.

iPhone · iPad · Mac · Free to start · App Store, December 2026

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A highlighter, the way you always mark a book.

Mark as many passages as you like.

Tap + in your notebook and choose note / quote from photo.

Snap it.

Hold your iPhone over the page. One photo.

Looking for highlights…

The page is read right on your iPhone.

It found both.

Each marked passage arrives as a note, ready to check.

Drag the edge.

Tap a passage and drag its edges to fix it.

Quote it.

Swipe left to make it a quote.

Filed under Walden.

Tap Done. Both land in Walden, each with its page.

Notes stay notes. Quotes become block quotes. Each keeps its page.

Every line, in its notebook.

Works offlineDeleted a notebook? You have 30 days to bring it back.Export any notebook as a PDF, on any plan.

The Library is sorted by recently edited.

Find it in a word.

Type part of a word to search all your notebooks.

“delib” finds “live deliberately”.

One tap takes you to the right notebook.

Highlight it.Snap it.It’s saved.

The story, step by step

  1. An open page of Walden sits beside an iPhone showing the Notequote" Library. A yellow highlighter marks two passages: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…” and “Our life is frittered away by detail.”
  2. The Walden notebook opens in Notequote". Tap + and choose note / quote from photo to open the camera.
  3. The phone is held over the page and takes one photo.
  4. Notequote" reads the photo: Detecting text, Looking for highlights, Looking for underlines. It marks both passages on the photo and makes a note card for each, labelled page 90.
  5. Dragging the end of the second passage adds two more sentences. Swiping the first card makes it a quote.
  6. After tapping done, both passages are in the Walden notebook, each with page p. 90. Walden moves to the top of the Library.
  7. Searching “delib” finds the first passage, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”, and tapping it opens Walden.
  8. The Walden notebook in Notequote" shows both passages.

And there's more.

Nine more things to do with what you read.

  1. Quote cards

    Turn a line into a picture for a story, a post or a message.

    see how it works: Quote cards

  2. Widgets

    Your quotes on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and in StandBy.

    see how it works: Widgets

  3. Voice notes

    Say a thought out loud, and search finds it later.

    see how it works: Voice notes

  4. People

    Invite a friend by username or email, and choose who can write.

    see how it works: People

  5. Shared notebooks

    Read together in one notebook, and see each other’s notes as they arrive.

    see how it works: Shared notebooks

  6. Web link

    Turn on a link, and anyone can read the notebook in a browser.

    see how it works: Web link

  7. PDFs and documents

    Open a PDF, Word or Pages file, and its highlights become quotes.

    see how it works: PDFs and documents

  8. Figures and tables

    Charts, tables and pictures in a document come in with their captions.

    see how it works: Figures and tables

  9. Export

    Take a notebook out as a PDF, a Word file or Markdown.

    see how it works: Export

Quote cards

Turn a line into a picture for a story, a post or a message.

Where to find it

In a notebook: Share → Share a quote

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
Quote cardsIncludedIncludedIncluded

Widgets

Your quotes on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and in StandBy.

Where to find it

Touch and hold the Home Screen → Edit → Add Widget → Notequote"

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
WidgetsIncludedIncludedIncluded

Voice notes

Say a thought out loud, and search finds it later.

Where to find it

In a notebook: + → Record voice note · on its card: see transcript

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
Length of one voice note10 min30 min30 min
Voice note transcripts a week15unlimited

People

Invite a friend by username or email, and choose who can write.

Where to find it

In a notebook: Share → with people → Add people

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
Notebooks you share15unlimited
Join notebooks others shareunlimitedunlimitedunlimited

Shared notebooks

Read together in one notebook, and see each other’s notes as they arrive.

Where to find it

In a notebook: Share → People

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
Notebooks you share15unlimited
Join notebooks others shareunlimitedunlimitedunlimited

Web link

Turn on a link, and anyone can read the notebook in a browser.

Where to find it

In a notebook: Share → on the web

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
Notebooks you share15unlimited

PDFs and documents

Open a PDF, Word or Pages file, and its highlights become quotes.

Where to find it

In a notebook: + → Document · in Safari: Share → Add to Notequote"

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
PDF and document pages a week530unlimited
Highlight and underline detectionIncludedIncludedIncluded

Figures and tables

Charts, tables and pictures in a document come in with their captions.

Where to find it

In a notebook: + → Document · on the page: + Figure

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
PDF and document pages a week530unlimited

Export

Take a notebook out as a PDF, a Word file or Markdown.

Where to find it

In a notebook: ⋯ → export

Plans

FeatureFreeLitePro
PDF of any notebookIncludedIncludedIncluded
Word and MarkdownNot includedIncludedIncluded

Every plan finds your highlights.

Every plan finds marked passages. Paid plans add more scans, media across devices and more sharing options.

Free

Keep your notes for free.

5

page scans a week

  • Highlight and underline detection
  • Unlimited notebooks, sections and notes
  • Notes and covers on all your devices
  • PDF export of any notebook
  • Share 1 of your notebooks

Lite

More scans, across your devices.

30

page scans a week

  • Highlight and underline detection
  • Photos and voice notes on all your devices
  • Word and Markdown export
  • Share up to 5 of your notebooks

Pro

Scan without a page limit.

unlimited

page scans

  • Highlight and underline detection
  • Everything in Lite
  • Unlimited document pages, translations and voice note transcripts
  • Share as many notebooks as you like
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Every feature in Free, Lite and Pro
FeatureFreeLitePro
Your library
Notebooks, sections and notesunlimitedunlimitedunlimited
Search your whole libraryIncludedIncludedIncluded
Bring back a deleted notebook30 days30 days30 days
Camera and documents
Page scans a week530unlimited
PDF and document pages a week530unlimited
Highlight and underline detectionIncludedIncludedIncluded
Translations on your iPhone a week530unlimited
Voice notes
Voice notesunlimitedunlimitedunlimited
Length of one voice note10 min30 min30 min
Voice note transcripts a week15unlimited
Devices and export
Notebooks, notes and coversIncludedIncludedIncluded
Photos and voice notesthis deviceIncludedIncluded
PDF of any notebookIncludedIncludedIncluded
Word and MarkdownNot includedIncludedIncluded
Sharing
Notebooks you share15unlimited
Join notebooks others shareunlimitedunlimitedunlimited
Quote cardsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Extras
WidgetsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Alternate app iconsNot includedIncludedIncluded

Plan names and limits are the planned launch values and may change. Prices are shown in the App Store before you subscribe. A page counts only when you save something from it. Each weekly allowance starts when you first use it and starts over seven days later.

Notequote"

Your reading, one notebook at a time.

Join the waitlist.

Notequote" comes to the App Store in December 2026. Leave your email and we’ll write when it’s there.

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Questions

What do I need?

An iPhone or iPad with iOS 26 or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon, and a free Notequote" account. You sign in with an email code, Apple or Google, and you must be 16 or older.

Does it always find what I marked?

A colored highlighter works best. Pen underlines may be missed. You can check each passage before saving and adjust its edges or select words yourself.

Which books and languages does it read?

Printed books with horizontal text, in the languages Apple’s text recognition supports on your iPhone. Handwriting and vertical Japanese aren’t supported. The app itself speaks 26 languages at launch, including English, Türkçe and 日本語.

Where is my library kept?

On your iPhone first, and it works offline. Pages are read on your phone, and what you read never goes into analytics. Deleted a notebook by mistake? You have 30 days to bring it back. Export any notebook as a PDF on any plan, and delete your account from inside the app.

What counts as a page scan?

A page counts when you save something from it. Retakes, cancellations and failed scans don’t count. Several passages from one page count once.

When can I get it?

Notequote" is coming to the App Store in December 2026. The invited TestFlight beta starts on 1 November. Tick the box when you join the waitlist if you’d like to be considered.

The Library shows real editions with their publishers’ covers: Walden (Vintage Classics, 2017) · Meditations (Modern Library) · Thinking, Fast and Slow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013) · The Design of Everyday Things (Basic Books, 2013) · Cosmos (Ballantine Books, 2013) · Sapiens (Vintage, 2015) · Silent Spring (Mariner Books, 2002). Cover designs belong to their publishers.