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About Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs is a productivity app developed by Steadfast Innovation, LLC.
How many times has Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs been downloaded?
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs has been downloaded 13 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 200 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 productivity apps.
What is the rating of Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs?
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs is rated 3.85 out of 5 stars, based on 34 thousand ratings.
Is Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs free?
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs is free to download. The APK download size is 22.77 MB. The latest version available is 4.5.3-GP. The last update was on January 31, 2026.
What are the requirements for Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs?
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2012.
Description
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!
Recent changes: 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 15+ • Improved local backup process • Fixed several PDF rendering issues and crashes • Updated translations • Misc bug fixes and improvements
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Comments on Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs for Android
★★★★☆Ashwika· Oct 30, 2025
It's a great app, with hands down the best features found in a note-taking app but the only thing I don't like is that we need to have premium for syncing notes on other device cause like it's the only thing that matters to me in note-taking apps which is syncing option which is not in squid so it's a big turn-off.
★★★★★Donna QC· Jul 24, 2026
This is an amazing note-taking app. I've been using it for years. Write with the pen, use your finger to erase. I'm a teacher and use it for marking student rubrics, then I export it to their Dropbox folders and done!! It has streamlined my marking and made my job easier for years!! Thank you!!! Subscription worth it every time. Colleagues are always in awe when I show them how I can edit student work, upload it, then start again so quickly.
★☆☆☆☆J. Grey· Jun 29, 2026
Typed text is a premium feature, the free version is essentially useless without a touch screen. If your device has a default notes app, it is almost certainly more capable than this
★☆☆☆☆Govtofindia BHARATSARKAR· Mar 5, 2026
App maker please give permission import the PDF so that solve question on PDF and erasing by finger without buy
★★☆☆☆Brent Bischoff· Aug 12, 2025
The email option is not available in the Share Via menu. This is a must-have featured for me.
★☆☆☆☆Jorge Barrera· Mar 17, 2026
For actual features, one needs a premium subscription, which is ONLY a subscription for and not a one-time purchase. Note wise at least has a one-time purchase option.
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