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Notability vs Reference Manager

A side-by-side look at Notability and Reference Manager. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Notability

Notability

Education & Reference

Notability is a popular note-taking and annotation app for iOS and macOS. It allows users to take handwritten notes, type notes, record audio, annotate PDFs and more. Key features include advanced organization with search and tagging, auto-backup to the cloud, and easy sharing options.

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Reference Manager

Reference Manager

Office & Productivity

Reference Manager is software designed to help researchers organize, manage, and cite their references when writing academic papers. It allows importing references from online databases and PDFs, organizing references into folders, annotating PDFs, and creating bibliographies and citations in Word docs.

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