Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs

4.2
68.4K reviews
5M+
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Editors' choice
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Content rating
Everyone
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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 [email protected] 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
19 Nov 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

4.1
33.1K reviews
Bryan B
29 June 2024
Wanted this app to be great. I really did. I have the upgraded version. It's my main note app. And I'm consistently frustrated and confused by it. If you like dark modes, then good luck to you. And if you want to copy and paste some text sometimes... Hope and pray. This app isn't the worst It definitely gets worse. But it's still dismal and will leave you feeling uncertain if you have captured what you wanted and trying over and over again, hoping that maybe it will make sense.
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Steadfast Innovation, LLC
1 July 2024
Hi Bryan - Thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear you're having trouble. What happens when you try and copy and paste? Does the text you're copying have any special formatting, or what are you copying from? Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] and we'd be happy to look into this further with you.
A Google user
7 February 2019
Revised my review... It is a good application! Tested other note apps with my note 8 and I think this is the best. Although I like Inkredibles overall layout and options to change the background on the fly、 this app just writes better. It's very good. Even erasing is easier. Not a huge fan of subscriptions(for premium) but I will say it is reasonably priced.
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Steadfast Innovation, LLC
6 December 2018
Thanks for your support (and for updating your review)! We really appreciate it! If you have any other questions or comments, please feel free to email us at [email protected]!
A Google user
20 August 2019
A nearly-great app that I use daily for teaching. I hesitate to recommend it though, as the devs will not add common features one should expect in 2018, such as page rotation and sync. Consider getting Xodo for now (which has all those features) and check back here after a few more years. UPDATE: 2019 is winding down and no widely-requested updates have been implemented. I'm migrating to Good Notes on iOS.
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Steadfast Innovation, LLC
26 August 2019
Hi Christopher, Thanks for your feedback. We are continuously working on Squid and have been working on sync for quite some time. Unfortunately, Google released some updates that threw a wrench in our plans earlier this year. We are working with them to incorporate the best approach to sync with Squid. We hope you check back in the future!

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
• App data can now be saved when uninstalling the app on Android 10+ 🎉
• Added option to update cloud folder during restore process
• Many misc bug fixes and improvements

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