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Best Note-taking apps for students

What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about note-taking apps for students — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.

Updated weekly48 samples4 enginesmethodology

Sample: 48 AI answers · Window: Jun 2, 2026Jun 30, 2026 (4-week rolling)

What is the best note-taking apps for students?

Across 48 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Notion is recommended most often — appearing in 70.8% of recommendations, followed by Microsoft Dynamics 365 (64.6%) and Goodnotes (45.8%).

This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
Notion

notion.so

70.8%

34 mentions · avg pos 5.1

GEMINI 62.5%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 75%
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2
Microsoft Dynamics 365

microsoft.com

64.6%

31 mentions · avg pos 5.1

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 81.3%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 68.8%
Claim
3
Goodnotes

goodnotes.com

45.8%

22 mentions · avg pos 4.8

GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 43.8%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 43.8%
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4
Obsidian

obsidian.md

45.8%

22 mentions · avg pos 7.5

GEMINI 62.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 62.5%
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5
Evernote

evernote.com

41.7%

20 mentions · avg pos 7.3

GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
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6
Notability

notability.com

37.5%

18 mentions · avg pos 3.4

GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 43.8%
Claim
7
Google Keep

keep.google.com

35.4%

17 mentions · avg pos 7.7

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 56.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25%
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8
Anki

27.1%

13 mentions · avg pos 9.2

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
9
Simplenote

simplenote.com

25%

12 mentions · avg pos 8.4

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 31.3%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
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10
Apple Notes

22.9%

11 mentions · avg pos 6.8

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
11
Google Docs

google.com

22.9%

11 mentions · avg pos 7.9

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
12
Joplin

joplinapp.org

20.8%

10 mentions · avg pos 5.5

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
13
OneNote

onenote.com

18.8%

9 mentions · avg pos 4.6

GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
14
Apple Podcasts Connect

apple.com

18.8%

9 mentions · avg pos 6

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
15
Bear

bear.app

12.5%

6 mentions · avg pos 10.8

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 31.3%
Claim
16
Quizlet

quizlet.com

12.5%

6 mentions · avg pos 16

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
17
Drawboard PDF

drawboard.com

8.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 6

GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
18
RemNote

remnote.com

6.3%

3 mentions · avg pos 18.5

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
19
Zoho

zoho.com

6.3%

3 mentions · avg pos 19

CHATGPT 18.8%
Claim
20
Turtl

turtlapp.com

6.3%

3 mentions · avg pos 28

CHATGPT 18.8%
Claim
21
Google Drive

drive.google.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 3

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
22
OneDrive

onedrive.live.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 3

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
23
MyScript Notes

myscript.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 5

GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
24
Dropbox Sign

dropbox.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 9

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
25
Laxu AI

laxuai.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 9

GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
26
Logseq

logseq.com

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 9

GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
27
FocusWriter

gottcode.org

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 12

GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
28
SimpleMind

simplemind.eu

4.2%

2 mentions · avg pos 37

CHATGPT 12.5%
Claim
29
Microsoft OneNote

4.2%

2 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
30
Notability Learn

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 2

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
31
NotebookLM

notebooklm.google.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 2

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
32
Luma

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
33
Nebo

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
34
UpToDate

uptodate.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
35
MarginNote

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
36
Todoist

todoist.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
37
Hypothesis

web.hypothes.is

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 7

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
38
Amanote

amanote.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 8

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
39
Audionotes

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 8

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
40
Trello

trello.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 8

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
41
MindMeister

mindmeister.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
42
Notelyn

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
43
Brainscape

brainscape.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
44
LiquidText

liquidtext.net

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
45
Space

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 11

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
46
Canvas LMS

instructure.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 12

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
47
Google Classroom

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 12

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
48
Roam Research

roamresearch.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 13

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
49
Adobe Acrobat Sign

adobe.com

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 16

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
50
Otter.ai

otter.ai

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 17

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
51
Samsung Notes

2.1%

1 mentions · avg pos 19

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
52
Atlas

atlasworkspace.ai

2.1%

1 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
53
Boosted

2.1%

1 mentions

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
54
GoodNotes 6

2.1%

1 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
55
Memrise

memrise.com

2.1%

1 mentions

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
56
Mochi

2.1%

1 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
57
Noteshelf

noteshelf.net

2.1%

1 mentions

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
58
StudyGlen

studyglen.com

2.1%

1 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
59
UpNote

2.1%

1 mentions

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
60
WaniKani

wanikani.com

2.1%

1 mentions

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim
61
Workflowy

workflowy.com

2.1%

1 mentions

CHATGPT 6.3%
Claim

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