Gone are the days of a plain note-taking app on your iOS device. Notes on iOS 9 means business. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has ...

For jotting down notes and nothing more, free iPad app INKredible provides a streamlined interface and a pen that feels like the real thing.

Note-taking apps like SimpleNote focus on simplicity, with nothing but plain text pages in chronological order. Others, like Apple Notes, offer much more.