Best note-taking apps for YouTube notes, compared

Quick answer

The best notes app is the one you'll actually open again. Here's how the big ones handle the thing we care about: saving what you learned from a video.

What 125x is: 125x is a web app at 125x.app. You connect your YouTube subscriptions, and it gives you a feed of the latest videos from the channels you follow, each with a summary: a verdict, the 5 key takeaways, and the spoiler, plus Actionable and Lessons tabs with more tips. You read that and decide what's actually worth opening.

We checked each app's own website on Oct 30, 2026. Apps change often, so check their sites for current plans and features.

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Notion

Pages and databases you can shape any way you like. The web clipper saves a page into a page or database and adds the original URL when saving to a database (Notion Help). YouTube angle: a database of videos with columns for channel, takeaway and status.

Best for people who like building systems. See Notion for YouTube notes.

Obsidian

Per Obsidian, a private app for your thoughts, built on files. The Obsidian Web Clipper saves pages as Markdown files to your vault, stored locally, with templates and highlighting. YouTube angle: one Markdown note per video with timestamps, linked to topic notes.

Best for people who want to own their files. See Obsidian for YouTube notes.

Evernote

Per Evernote: notes, tasks and calendar in one place, notebooks and spaces, a web clipper, strong search, templates, and transcription. YouTube angle: clip the video page into a notebook and add your notes. Best for people who want everything in one searchable spot.

Apple Notes

Per Apple's Notes User Guide: you can record and transcribe audio in a note, drag in pictures, videos and PDFs, add content from Safari and other apps, and highlight text. YouTube angle: share a video from Safari into a note and jot timestamps under it. Best for Apple users who want zero setup.

OneNote

Per Microsoft: freeform notebooks with digital ink for sketching and highlighting, voice transcription, sharing and collaboration, and Copilot. YouTube angle: a notebook section per course or topic, sketch diagrams from the video. Best for students and people who like handwriting.

Bear

Per Bear: a Markdown notes app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with flexible tags, fast native apps, encryption, and export to more formats on its Pro tier. YouTube angle: a tag like #youtube/fitness keeps video notes findable. Best for Apple users who want a beautiful, simple writing app.

Logseq

Per Logseq: a privacy-first, open-source knowledge base built around outlines, with journaling, task management, PDF annotation, flashcards and queries. YouTube angle: drop a video's ideas into today's journal as bullets and link them to topics. Best for outliners.

Readwise Reader

Per Readwise Reader: a read-it-later app that also lets you watch YouTube videos and highlight the transcript, alongside articles, RSS, PDFs, EPUBs and newsletters. Readwise can export highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes and more (Readwise docs). YouTube angle: the most direct of the bunch. Highlight lines of the transcript, then sync them to your notes app.

Pairing with 125x

125x doesn't plug into any of these apps. You copy what you want: steps from the Actionable tab go in your task app, ideas from the Lessons tab go in your notes.

FAQ: questions people ask

What's the best note-taking app for YouTube videos?

Readwise Reader is the most direct, since you can highlight video transcripts. Notion and Obsidian are great for organizing video notes long term.

Which note app is best for beginners?

Apple Notes on Apple devices, or Evernote or OneNote across platforms, need the least setup.

Can 125x send notes to my notes app?

No. Copy what you want from the Actionable and Lessons tabs into your app.