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Mobile App

Is the mobile app different from the web/desktop apps? Which features are new? Which ones are supported? How to use the editor toolbar?

Written by Martin Schneider

Our mobile app for your phone or tablet on iOS or Android is the ultimate mobile companion to grow your knowledge.

Download the app from our RemNote Mobile page, search for “RemNote – Notes and Flashcards” in your device's app store, or scan the appropriate QR code below:

Features

Some of our favorite features of the RemNote mobile app include:

  • ✈️ Works offline: No annoying loading spinners! Battle-tested syncing engine.

  • 🔗 Link your notes: Connect your ideas and grow your knowledge

  • 🧠 Smart flashcards: Create them directly from your notes and learn on the go

  • 📅 Plan your day: Get things done with Daily Documents

  • 💻 Works on all your devices: Pick up on desktop where you left off on mobile

The mobile app includes almost all features of the desktop app, with very few exceptions. You can subscribe to RemNote Pro from the mobile app, though you may be eligible for discounts and options that can only be applied when subscribing on the web or desktop app. For details, please refer to Subscribing to RemNote on Mobile Devices.

Tags and References

As usual, you can create

  • references by typing [[ or @

  • tags by typing ##

  • portals by typing ((

You can also use the Slash Menu by typing /, just like on desktop.

Mobile Editor Toolbar

The editor toolbar houses all your features for swift note editing and flashcard creation:

  • Insert (+): Move & Delete, Hide, Advanced, Navigate and Pin (see Mobile Slash Menu below for more)

  • Command actions (/): move or copy bullets, add powerups, and more (see Mobile Slash Menu below for more)

  • Recording: a cursor will appear and your spoken words will be transcribed into text

  • Images: insert from your device's image library

  • Flashcards: select a type of flashcard to add, or type >>, <<, <>, and so on like on the desktop app

  • Indent / Outdent bullet

  • Reference Search: add References (or type [[)

  • Text Style: add bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, and more

  • Undo / Redo

  • Change highlight color

  • Add heading

  • Move bullet up or down

  • Todo

  • Multi-select

Mobile Slash Menu

On mobile, you'll find all insert-like slash menu actions behind the + button in the editor toolbar (appears after you focus on the editor).

All modify-like actions are in the / button.

Other Mobile features

Scanning Physical Documents

If you're studying from a physical textbook, you don't need to retype everything by hand to get it into RemNote. The mobile app's Scan tool turns your phone's camera into a document scanner, so a page from a book, a handout, or your own handwritten notes can become an editable document in seconds.

To scan a page, tap the + button in the bottom toolbar, then tap Scan from the menu that appears.

This opens your camera. Point it at the page you want to capture and hold your phone steady for a few seconds. RemNote automatically detects the page and captures it, similar to taking a photo, but cropped and aligned like a proper scan.

Once you're happy with the capture, tap Next, and RemNote creates a new handwritten document containing your scanned page.

From there, it behaves like any other handwritten document: you can annotate it with the usual drawing and highlighting tools, add more pages, insert additional images, or import more pages straight from your textbook. You can also tap AI and have RemNote detect the text on the page and convert it into editable text, or directly turn it into flashcards using RemNote AI. You can read more handwritten documents in the Handwriting and Drawing Overview article.

iOS quick actions

You can open the iOS quick actions by hard-pressing/tapping on the app icon to quickly jump in to the section of the app you need next.

Documents and Folders

In RemNote a document with documents in it becomes a folder. You can create nested documents via the bullet menu (in the top right):

Or you can create a new folder via the + button:

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