Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs

3.9
68.2K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

Transform your note-taking experience with Squid! For over 12 years, Squid has been a trusted app with over 12 million installs, helping users replace paper, save money, and reduce waste. Write just like you would on paper on your Android tablet, phone, or Chromebook!

Key Features:

✍️ Natural Writing: Seamlessly write with a pen and erase with your finger on active pen enabled devices like Samsung devices with S Pen. Use your finger or capacitive stylus on other devices.
⚡ Low Latency Ink: Enjoy a seamless and responsive writing experience with support for low latency ink¹.
🔒 Private: Notes are stored on your device and are completely private. No account or sign-in required. Backup your notes to your desired location.
📝 PDF Markup: Easily annotate PDFs, fill out forms, edit/grade papers, and sign documents.
🧰 Versatile Tools: Use any color pen or highlighter, import images, draw shapes, and add typed text.
📁 Organize: Select, copy/paste, and move content between pages and notes. Place notes in folders to stay organized.
📊 Presentations: Turn your device into a virtual whiteboard and cast your notes to a TV/projector.
📤 Export: Export notes as PDFs, images, or Squid Note format and share or store in the cloud.
💰 Save: Reduce stationery costs and replace paper notebooks with Squid for eco-friendly note-taking!

🏆 Awards/Recognition:

🌟 Featured App and Editors' Choice in Google Play
📈 Category Honorable Mention for Productivity in the Samsung Galaxy Note S Pen App Challenge
🎉 Popular Choice Award in the Dual Screen App Challenge

👑 Squid Premium:

• Premium paper backgrounds: math, engineering, music, sports, planning, & more
• Import and markup PDFs
• Additional tools: highlighter, true eraser, shapes, text
• Backup/restore and bulk export notes as PDFs to Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box

🛠️ Base Features:

• Vector graphics engine keeps your notes beautiful at any zoom level and on any device
• Various paper backgrounds (blank, ruled, graph) and sizes (infinite, letter, A4)
• Erase entire letters or words quickly with the stroke eraser
• Undo/redo, select, move, and resize
• Change color and weight of selected items
• Cut, copy, and paste items between notes
• Two-finger scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and double tap for quick zoom
• Sort and organize notes and folders
• Import, crop, and resize images
• Export notes to PDF, PNG, JPEG, or Squid Note format
• Share notes via email, Google Drive, Evernote, etc.
• Multi-Window support (take notes while watching a video)
• Shortcuts to create new notes or open folders
• Dark theme

🎓 Google Workspace for Education customers can purchase Squid Premium in bulk at https://squidnotes.com/edu

🐞 If you encounter any bugs, please email us at help@squid.app with a description.
💡 We would love to hear your feedback or feature requests at https://idea.squidnotes.com

¹Low latency ink is available now on Chromebooks and coming soon to Android devices.

🎯 Increase your productivity and unleash your creativity with digital handwritten notes. 👉 Try Squid for FREE today!
Updated on
Aug 29, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

3.8
33.1K reviews
Joel Riekemann
November 3, 2020
EDIT( Thanks for the response. I already voted for the feature, i just hope this is available asap. I know it's hard with that many requests so i just created a DropBox Account for the time. A local manual Backup is not an option, as i want/need automatic backups. Still, great App!) Really nice note taking App, coming from the competition. Although a Drive Backup Option would make it the best! THANK YOU for this App
15 people found this review helpful
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Steadfast Innovation, LLC
November 7, 2020
Thanks for updating your review. We understand and sympathize with you. I wanted to clarify that a local backup with Drive should eventually end up in the cloud. Squid uploads the backup locally and then, once the device is connected to the internet, Drive works to get the backup uploaded to the cloud! Let us know if you have any questions!
A Google user
February 10, 2020
Great! But I'd love some more features. First: hiding the top bar. Especially in landscape on my phone (note 9), it gets really in the way. Second: dark mode. That's it. Really like the app, nothing to complain, and so far does its job far better than onenote, which I replaced with this.
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A Google user
January 9, 2020
I would rate it 5 stars because it's actually a great app, but due to the lack of a "search function" when working with PDFs, this is actually a very basic feature that seems to be ignored for ages on the feedback side, it's in between "ok" and "good". I really consider quitting my subscribtion.
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Steadfast Innovation, LLC
January 10, 2020
Hi Sven, Thanks for your feedback. A search function is definitely a high priority for us. We appreciate your patience and highly encourage you to vote on this feature request on our feedback site to receive a notification when we have any updates: idea.squidnotes.com.

What's new

Squid is over 10 years old! We’ve been working hard on some big updates, which we've coined "Squid10". Squid10 is not yet fully featured and is available via opt-in to get your feedback and make improvements. Just tap "Try Squid10" and be sure to send us your feedback!

Latest Highlights
• Improved support for Android 14+
• Export notes and folders to PDF or Squid Note formats in Squid10!
• Many miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Full changelog: http://goo.gl/EsAlNK