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A ipad with a nebo app screen
A IPhone with a nebo app screen
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A ipad with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A IPhone with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A IPhone with a nebo app screen
A vertical oriented apple pencil
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen
A ipad with a nebo app screen

Whiteboard.
Notebook.
Organizer.

Powered by advanced AI, Nebo frees you to create, ideate, share and stay in control of your content.

Notebook

Create unlimited notebooks with fixed-size pages for your daily notes, and personalize covers for better organization. Customize pages by choosing from various sizes, orientations, paper colors and patterns.

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A ipad with a nebo app screen
A horizontally oriented apple pencil

Board

Designed for visual note-taking and quick-fire data capture, the board is an expandable canvas that frees you to focus on your ideas. The only freeform digital whiteboard to offer complete creative freedom alongside write-to-text and shape conversion.

Document

The document helps you structure content that reflows automatically when you adjust layout or screen orientation. Jot down ideas and info, edit with easy pen gestures, add checklists, math and diagrams, then convert everything to typeset text and perfect shapes, ready to share.

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A horizontally oriented apple pencil
A ipad with a nebo app screen

PDF

Bring existing files into Nebo as multi-page PDFs, so you can keep all your documentation in one place, perfectly organized and ready to reuse. Mark up freely with your pen and don't worry about losing track – your annotations stay editable and searchable.

All features

  • The best handwriting recognition

    Nebo has the world’s most accurate and reliable handwriting recognition, driven by powerful, ever-evolving AI.

  • Cloud sync

    Sync notes between devices using iCloud (iOS only), Google Drive or Dropbox. Requires a free MyScript account.

  • Global search

    Search your entire library of notes, including handwritten content, diagram text and PDF annotations.

  • Custom dictionary

    Fine-tune Nebo's handwriting recognition by adding custom words and abbreviations to your personal dictionary.

  • Virtually no lag

    Writing in Nebo feels like writing on paper, but with all the flexibility and power of digital content.

  • Use any pen

    Nebo supports writing and drawing with both active and passive pens and styluses.

  • Pick your pen type

    Enjoy more control over the look and feel of your content with a choice of pen types: felt, fountain, brush and highlighter.

  • Apple silicon compatible

    Nebo is compatible with Apple silicon devices, allowing you to access your library on Mac M1/M2 devices.

  • User interface in 11 languages

    Nebo’s UI supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, Korean, French, Italian.

  • Nebo on iPhone

    View, edit, search and share content directly from your iPhone. Requires cloud sync and a free MyScript account.

  • Easy export

    Export any page to PDF/.nebo, or Notes to PNG/SVG and Documents to .docx/text. You can even export multiple pages to a single file.

  • Paperless organization

    Quickly reorganize your library into notebooks, pages and collections using simple drag-and-drop.

  • Library backup

    Back up your entire library of notes in one go, for maximum security and peace of mind.

  • Share via web link

    Share content by publishing to a unique nebo.app web link, with full access control. Requires a free MyScript account.

  • Convert handwriting to text

    Write notes by hand, add lists and emoji with your pen, then convert everything to typed text, ready to share.

  • Lasso

    Use the freehand or rectangle lasso to easily select content, ready to move, manipulate, copy, resize and more.

  • Multi-level lists

    Stay on top of tasks and keep your info organized by creating checkable, bulleted and numbered lists with your pen.

  • Scratch to erase

    Effortlessly delete handwriting, text, shapes and other content by scratching it out with your pen.

  • Edit with pen gestures

    Forget buttons and menus: use simple pen gestures to erase content, add or remove space, and format text.

  • Copy and paste

    Copy/paste content between pages or into other apps. When pasting outside Nebo, handwritten content will auto-convert.

  • Page backgrounds

    Choose from a range of page background colors and patterns to help categorize content or simply to suit your preference.

  • Use pen and keyboard

    Write with your pen, type with your keyboard, or dictate – even within the same word – without breaking your flow.

  • Image annotation

    Get visual! Illustrate and enrich your content by inserting, rotating and annotating images and photos.

  • Expandable canvas

    The board is an endless page that grows with your content, so you never run out of space for your ideas.

  • Zoom and pan

    Zoom in to focus on details, zoom out for a fresh perspective on your content, and pan in any direction to create space for new ideas.

  • Adaptive Dark Mode

    Nebo supports Dark Mode, optimizing your notes for low-light viewing no matter which background or content colors you're using.

  • Board sections

    Add board sections to documents to write and draw freely, then copy your content between Nebo pages or into other apps.

  • Math solver

    Use Math objects to solve simple calculations and to develop equations and matrices across several lines – then copy as images or LaTeX.

  • Responsive layout

    Handwriting, typed text, objects and images adapt automatically to layout changes as you reorient your device or split your screen.

  • Interactive diagrams

    Hand-draw diagrams, reposition elements freely, then convert to typed text and perfect shapes. Diagrams even stay editable in PowerPoint!

  • Sketch objects

    Enrich your Documents with Sketch objects that allow you to draw and create freely.

  • Perfect shapes

    Draw shapes by hand, then hold your pen to the screen to convert them to perfect forms.

  • Freeform notes

    Write, draw, brainstorm: the Note is your zoomable creative canvas. Content from Notes can be copied between pages and into other apps.

  • Alignment guides

    Smart alignment guides help you to keep freeform content neat, orderly and easy to understand.

  • Import MS Office files

    Import Word documents and PowerPoint presentations as PDFs, then mark them up freely with your pen.

  • Import PDFs

    Bring existing multi-page PDFs into your library, ready to review, annotate and reuse.

  • Annotate freely

    Mark up imported files – highlight, draw, circle key information. When you're done, export with all your annotations in place.

  • Insider program

    Join our Insider program for early access to the most exciting new features and beta trials.

  • PDF thumbnail sidebar

    Easily add, move or delete PDF pages, and swiftly jump to any page by simply tapping its thumbnail.

  • PDF navigation

    Jump to specific locations within PDFs by tapping internal links or editing the page-number field.

  • Annotations formatting in PDFs

    Select an annotation and apply bold, underline or strike-through formatting. You can also transform an annotation into a list.

  • Trash and recover

    Easily recover deleted pages, notebooks and collections from the trash.

66 handwriting recognition languages

Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azeri, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Canada), English (Philippines), English (South Africa), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (Canada), French (France), Galician, Georgian, German (Austria), German (Germany), Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.