Uni:Note is an iPad note app designed for handwriting with Apple Pencil.
You can separate your work by subject and keep each class in its own note.

Supported setup:

  • iPad only
  • Handwriting is designed for Apple Pencil
  • Finger input is mainly for scrolling and handling attached materials
  • Supported languages: Japanese / English / Korean / German / Traditional Chinese / French

Use Split View, Slide Over, and two panes

Uni:Note supports iPad multiwindow display.

  • Open Uni:Note first and show the Dock
  • Drag another app or Uni:Note to the side of the screen for Split View
  • Place another app or Uni:Note as a floating panel for Slide Over

If you want to use two Uni:Note windows at the same time, open the first one, press and hold the Uni:Note icon in the Dock, and choose the option for opening a new window.
After opening the second window, you can place it side by side for a two-pane Split View, or float it as Slide Over.

The exact UI and labels may differ slightly depending on your iPadOS version.

1. Create a subject on Home

Create a new subject from the + button on Home.

  • Subject name
  • Paper style: ruled / vertical / grid / plain
  • Paper Color
  • Cover color
  • Use as Portrait Notebook when Vertical is selected

The subject is added to Home.
Tap it to open its notes.

If Use as Portrait Notebook is on, the note behaves like this:

  • in landscape: a spread-like layout
  • in portrait: one page at a time
  • scrolling direction: horizontal

After creating a subject, press and hold it on Home to open Edit.
You can change the subject name, paper style, paper color, and cover color later, but the note orientation cannot be changed after creation.

You can also reorder subjects on Home.

2. Open the first note

When you open a new subject for the first time, Uni:Note shows the first note title prompt.

  • Start with OK or Start Writing
  • Entering a title is optional
  • If left blank, today’s date is used as the title
  • If you go back without confirming anything, the first note is not kept

After that, the subject opens the last note you were writing in.

3. Write with Apple Pencil

  • Handwriting is designed for Apple Pencil
  • Regular notes are shown vertically in one continuous flow
  • When you start writing on the last page, the next page is added automatically
  • One note can have up to 150 pages
  • Portrait notebooks show pages horizontally, one by one in portrait orientation

The app is designed so you can open a note and start writing right away.

4. Zoom with two fingers

On the note screen, you can pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out.

If zoom is hard to trigger while you are writing or adjusting a photo, document photo, or PDF, lift your fingers once and try again.

5. Switch tools

From the palette, you can switch between:

  • Pen
  • Highlighter
  • Erase Stroke
  • Erase Pixel
  • Sticky Marker
  • Undo
  • Redo

From the buttons at the top of the note screen, you can open:

  • Ruler
  • Move Selection
  • Problem Solver Assistant
  • Recording

Notes:

  • You can drag the palette to move it
  • The pen supports Pencil, Ballpoint, and Sign Pen
  • You can change pen color and width
  • You can change highlighter color, width, and intensity
  • You can change Sticky Marker color and width
  • Sticky Marker appears in the palette when enabled in Settings > Study Support
  • Problem Solver Assistant appears at the top of the note screen when enabled in Settings > Study Support
  • Move Selection is a Premium feature
  • In Left-Handed Mode, you can change the default palette position

How to use Move Selection:

  • Choose Move Selection at the top of the note screen
  • Circle the handwriting you want to move with Apple Pencil
  • Drag the selected handwriting to move it

Any line that is even partly inside the enclosed area is selected as a whole. It applies to handwriting strokes. Photos, PDFs, and Sticky Markers are handled separately.

6. Use Note List and Pages

Open Note List from the top-left.

  • Add another note in the same subject with New Note
  • The title for a new note is also optional
  • If left blank, today’s date is used as the title
  • Swipe left in the note list to rename, Protect, or delete a note
  • Reorder notes inside the note list

Open Pages to check thumbnails inside the current note.

  • Tap a thumbnail to move to that page
  • Press and hold a page to delete it

If the note has only one page, only the content is cleared and the page itself stays.

7. Use More

The More menu includes the following actions:

  • Attach Photo
  • Attach Photo as Document
  • Attach PDF
  • Export PDF
  • Create Practice Set

Ruler, Move Selection, Problem Solver Assistant, and Recording are opened from the buttons at the top of the note screen.

8. Use photos and PDFs

Choose Attach Photo from More.

  • Move or resize the photo with your fingers
  • Double-tap to Lock Photo or Unlock Photo
  • Press and hold to delete it

Choose Attach Photo as Document from More to correct a photo from Camera or Library and place it on the page as a document.

  • Choose a photo from Camera or Library
  • Adjust the document area in the correction UI and confirm
  • After placing it, double-tap to lock or unlock it, and adjust its position and size with your fingers

Choose Attach PDF from More.

  • Select one or more pages from the PDF file
  • Turn on Split Spread if you want to split a spread in the center
  • You can attach multiple PDF pages in one action
  • After placing it, double-tap to lock or unlock it, and adjust its position and size with your fingers

Choose Export PDF from More.

You can export:

  • This Note Only
  • the entire subject

In PDF Export Background, you can change the background to Paper or White.

9. Use Ruler

Tap the Ruler button at the top of the note screen to show the ruler.

  • Move or rotate the ruler with your fingers
  • Write near the ruler with Apple Pencil to draw corrected straight lines
  • Tap Ruler again to hide it

Lines drawn with the ruler remain as normal handwriting in the note.

10. Use Recording, Transcription, and AI Summary

Tap the Recording button at the top of the note screen to open the recording panel. Recording, playback, and viewing transcriptions are Premium features.

Basic controls:

  • Start with Recording
  • Use Pause / Resume without ending the recording
  • Use Stop to save
  • Select a saved recording to play it
  • Rename, lock, delete, or share audio when needed

One note can keep up to 5 recordings. Each recording file can be up to 30 minutes long. When a recording reaches 30 minutes, Uni:Note automatically saves that recording and starts the next one. Automatically split recordings count toward the limit of 5 recordings per note. If you return to Uni:Note Home or the iPad goes to sleep while recording, the recording ends and is saved at that point. Doing this during recording may corrupt the recording data. Stop and save the recording before leaving the note or putting the iPad to sleep.

Based on Apple’s transcription-compatible models, real-time transcription and AI Summary are available on the following models running iPadOS 26 or later: iPad mini (6th generation or later), iPad (10th generation or later), iPad Air (4th generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation or later), and iPad Pro 13-inch (M4 or later). On supported devices, real-time transcription can appear while recording. You can change the transcription language from Settings > Recording Transcription Language.

AI Summary is generated from the transcription text created during recording. Audio files are not sent for AI Summary. AI Summary requires AI Balance.

For AI Summary, you can choose a Study or Meeting format. If multiple recordings are selected, Uni:Note keeps the recording boundaries. Before running it, you can check the number of recordings, character count, and estimated AI usage.

11. Use Memorization Feature

First, turn on Memorization Feature in Settings > Study Support.

When enabled, Sticky Marker appears in the palette on the note screen.

  • Choose Sticky Marker
  • Trace the area you want to hide with Apple Pencil
  • Each stroke is saved as one sticky marker
  • Tap a sticky marker with your finger to switch between transparent and opaque
  • Press and hold a sticky marker with your finger, then use the delete button that appears

Old memorization markers from earlier versions are migrated to sticky markers when the page is opened.

12. Use Problem Solver Assistant

First, turn on Problem Solver Assistant in Settings > Study Support.

When enabled, Problem Solver Assistant appears at the top of the note screen.

How to use it:

  • Choose Problem Solver Assistant at the top of the note screen
  • Circle the problem with Apple Pencil using a closed shape
  • Confirm the selected area
  • Choose Solve
  • Review the answer and explanation

From the result screen, you can copy or share the answer and explanation.

It is mainly intended for formulas, calculations, and short questions. Long reading passages, free-response questions, and figure-heavy questions may not be supported.

Using it requires AI Balance. If your AI Balance is insufficient, you can add more in the app.

13. Use Create Practice Set

Open Create Practice Set from More.

Practice set generation requires AI Balance.

Basic flow:

  • Choose target pages with Choose Pages
  • Start with Create Practice Set
  • Review candidates with Add and Reject
  • Save them with Save Practice Set

After saving, you can continue from Review now.
To revisit them later, switch Home to Practice Sets and open them from the list there.

Practice sets can be deleted from Home, but they do not go to Trash and cannot be restored.

14. Protect notes and use Trash

  • If you choose Protect from Note List, the note becomes read-only
  • In Settings, you can Require Biometrics to Remove Protection
  • Trash on Home groups deleted items by subject
  • You can restore a whole subject or only specific notes
  • Deleted pages do not go to Trash and are removed immediately
  • Items deleted permanently from Trash cannot be undone

15. Settings and backup

In Settings, you can mainly change:

  • Default Template
  • Default Base Color
  • Open Home or Open Previous Notebook
  • Auto-collapse Tool Palette
  • Memorization Feature
  • Problem Solver Assistant
  • Recording Transcription Language
  • default AI Summary format for Study or Meeting
  • Subject Name
  • Require Biometrics to Remove Protection
  • Left-Handed Mode
  • Header / Footer
  • PDF Export Background
  • Language

In Settings > Backup, you can use:

  • Update Easy Backup (Premium)
  • Restore from Easy Backup (Premium)
  • Export Backup
  • Restore from File

Easy Backup uses iCloud for saving and restoring.
File-based backup is still available even without Premium.

Recording metadata and transcriptions are included in backups. Recording audio files (m4a) are included in both Export Backup and Easy Backup only when Include recording audio in backups is turned on.

After restoring, close and reopen the app once.
The next launch will show Home.

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