Frequently asked questions
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Yes. Open any note, head to the study tools, and Noto reads the whole thing, then generates flashcards you can review with spaced repetition. You can do the same directly from a PDF or PowerPoint you've imported, without copying anything over by hand.
Switch a note to Paper mode and you get a blank handwriting canvas with realistic strokes, Apple Pencil pressure support, and page-based navigation. It's built for students who think better with a pen than a keyboard, and it stays legible on dark mode too.
Just keep it highlighted and click Ask Noto. The assistant reads the surrounding paragraph for context, then explains the concept in plain language, offers a follow-up chat, or drops a quick quiz to check you got it. No copy-paste, no context-switching.
That's the idea. Noto builds spaced-revision sheets with callout boxes, retrieval-practice questions, and source-page references, and the study coach can schedule them across the days you have left before an exam. The focus timer and streaks keep you coming back before crunch time.
The integrity check flags passages that look AI-generated or too similar to public sources, points you to the exact sentence, and suggests whether to rewrite, cite, or ignore. Treat it as a second pair of eyes, not a verdict.
The scientific search pulls from OpenAlex, PubMed, Crossref, HAL and theses.fr, with a PDF-only filter so you land on full papers you can actually read. Any result can be clipped straight into a note as a citation-ready reference.
The focus timer runs Pomodoro sessions, and completed sessions feed a little study farm where your focused minutes grow plants and collect fireflies. It sounds silly, but the streaks and medals genuinely make showing up the hardest part disappear.
Join a study room with a join code, browse the public library for notes and revision sheets other students have shared, or drop into the community Discord. You can also share a single note with a classmate for read-only or full edit access.
A dedicated accessibility mode swaps in dyslexia-friendly fonts (OpenDyslexic, Lexend), relaxes line and letter spacing, offers cream and sepia background tints, and can read notes aloud in natural-sounding voices. It flattens the hand-drawn UI into a calmer layout too.
They're yours. Export any note as PDF, Word, or Markdown at any time, and you can delete your account and everything in it from Settings. No retention games, no dark patterns.
The Starter plan is genuinely free forever: notes, calendar, tasks, the focus timer and manual flashcards, with no card required and no paywall hiding your own notes. It also includes 5 AI actions a month to try the AI tools. Plus unlocks unlimited AI flashcards and quizzes, revision sheets and the Noto AI assistant; Scholar adds advanced AI models, note podcasts and integrity checks; and the Exam Pass gives you Scholar for 3 months with a single payment and no automatic renewal. Plus and Scholar come with a 7-day free trial, no card required.
Noto is a web app that runs in any modern browser, on phone, tablet and laptop, and it also ships as a native iOS and Android app. Sign in on a new device and your notes, flashcards and study tools sync automatically, so you can draft on the bus and finish at your desk.
Yes. Import PDFs, Word documents and PowerPoint decks into Noto Cloud and each becomes an annotated document note you can highlight and search. Plain text and Markdown paste straight into the editor, so there's no need to start your semester from scratch.
The editor keeps your recent notes available offline in the browser, and any change you make syncs the next time you're back online. Heavy AI features need a connection, but reading, writing and reviewing flashcards you've already made don't.
Your notes are private by default and stored on encrypted infrastructure. Nothing is shared unless you explicitly share a note or publish it to the public library, and your content is never used to train AI models. You can review what's stored in your privacy label at any time.
Yes. Share a note with edit access and you and your classmate see each other's cursor and changes live, with a small chat panel on the side for comments. Read-only access lets someone follow along without editing, and every thread can be resolved when you're done.
The whole interface, the AI assistant, flashcards and revision sheets are available in 12 languages, including French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Vietnamese and Chinese. The assistant replies in the language your note is written in.