Apple Notes Pricing & Free Plan Limits
Complete pricing breakdown for Apple Notes including all plans, hidden costs, and limitations.
Pricing score: 97/100
Is Apple Notes free?
Yes — the Free (included with Apple devices) plan costs nothing.
The free plan includes
- Checklists, tables and scanning
- Tags and Smart Folders
- Locked notes
- Shared editing
- iCloud sync
- Markdown import and export (OS 26)
Free plan limits
- Users: One Apple Account
- Storage: Counts against iCloud storage (5 GB free)
- Apple devices only (iCloud.com on the web), no Android or Windows app, no in-app Markdown writing, limited linking
Watch out: Requires Apple hardware; iCloud storage beyond the free tier is paid and a full account stops sync
Plans & Pricing
- Checklists, tables and scanning
- Tags and Smart Folders
- Locked notes
- Shared editing
- iCloud sync
- Markdown import and export (OS 26)
User limit: One Apple Account
Storage: Counts against iCloud storage (5 GB free)
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