Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI review: price, free version and privacy

Our verdict

Notion fits students who want one place to plan courses, track assignments and keep typed notes, and who enjoy setting up their own structure. If you write by hand on an iPad or want an app that works well with no setup, pick a dedicated note app instead.

What Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI is

Notion is a workspace made of pages and databases rather than a simple list of notes. Students can build one page per course with lecture notes, an assignment tracker and a study plan linked together, starting from templates. The description adds Notion AI for writing, answering questions about your content and AI meeting notes, and says it syncs with the browser, Mac and Windows apps.

Who it suits

• Organizing courses and assignments
• Students who like to build their own system

Strengths

• Free for personal use and for students, with unlimited notes and docs, according to the description.
• Databases, status tags and filters turn notes into trackers for assignments, readings and exams.
• Thousands of templates to start from, per the description.
• Syncs with the browser, Mac and Windows apps, and is available in 20 languages.
• Apple Editors' Choice, rated 4.8 from about 90,600 ratings, updated in October 2026.

Limits

• The listing does not mention handwriting or Apple Pencil, so it is for typed notes.
• A blank workspace needs setup time before it is useful.
• Five data types are linked to you on the privacy label, including search history.
• Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
• The listing does not say which AI features are free and which need a paid plan.

What the free version does

The description says Notion is free for personal use and free for students, with as many notes and docs as you want and templates to start from. It is free to try with a team. The listing does not spell out the limits of the free plan for AI features.

Price

On the US App Store in November 2026, Notion Plus is listed at $11.99 monthly and $119.99 yearly. Notion Business appears at $23.99 and $239.99, without billing periods in the item names.

Privacy

The privacy label declares no tracking. Contact info, your content, search history, identifiers and usage data are linked to your identity; some usage data and diagnostics are collected without being linked to you.

What the screenshots show

The screenshots show an illustrated welcome screen and an iPhone sidebar of favorite pages (a personal wiki, finances, a workout tracker with sub-pages, a nutrition plan and a shopping list).