Best AI Note-Taking Apps 2024: Notion, Obsidian, Reflect & More

Category: Reviews · Stage: Decision

By Max Beech, Head of Content

Updated 28 September 2025

AI transformed note-taking in 2024. Apps now summarise meetings, answer questions about your notes, and surface related ideas automatically. This roundup compares the leading AI note apps to help you choose based on your knowledge management style.

TL;DR

• Best all-round: Notion AI (workspace + AI Q&A + collaboration)
• Best for power users: Obsidian + AI plugins (local-first, customisable)
• Best for simplicity: Reflect (fast, AI-powered, minimal interface)
• Best for memory: Mem (discontinued 2024, migrated users to Notion)
• For task management integration: Chaos (notes → tasks with context-aware reminders)

Jump to: Feature comparison | Pricing | Use case recommendations

Feature comparison

| App | AI features | Storage | Collaboration | Price | |-----|-------------|---------|---------------|-------| | Notion AI | Q&A, writing assist, auto-summaries | Cloud | Excellent | £8/user/mo | | Obsidian + AI | GPT integration, smart search | Local or sync | Limited | £4/mo + plugin costs | | Reflect | Meeting transcripts, backlink AI | Cloud (encrypted) | No | £10/mo | | Roam Research | AI autocomplete, graph search | Cloud | Limited | £15/mo | | Evernote | Basic AI search and suggestions | Cloud | Good | £10/mo |

Verdict by use case

For teams: Notion AI

Collaboration features, shared workspaces, and AI Q&A across team knowledge. See our Notion AI Q&A Launch analysis.

For privacy-focused users: Obsidian

Local-first storage with AI via plugins. Full data control.

For meeting notes: Reflect

Automatic transcription and daily note structure.

For task conversion: Chaos

Chaos isn't a note app, but it excels at turning meeting notes and email threads into context-aware tasks. Pair with any note app above.

For deeper comparison, see Chaos vs Mem and The Power of a Second Brain.

About the author

Max Beech reviews knowledge management tools with focus on AI capabilities and long-term sustainability.