The margin
The margin
writes back.
Every page has a margin. In BetterNotes it reads along and helps the way a good teacher would. It checks your work, asks you questions and points you back to your own notes. You still do the thinking.
01 · Margin notes
Help in small steps.
When a step slips, the margin starts with the smallest useful nudge. If you're still stuck, you can ask for a hint, and then for an explanation of the method. It never jumps to the answer.
- 1Nudge
Take another look at this line.
- 2Hint
When you multiply out the bracket, does the 3 reach both terms?
- 3Explain, only if you ask
Multiply each term inside the bracket: 3 · x and 3 · 2. Then try your next step again.
Margin notes start with math, physics and chemistry, where each step can be checked.
02 · Cue questions
Your notes, turned into questions.
The Cornell method puts questions in the margin so you can cover your notes and test yourself. BetterNotes writes those questions for you, from what you wrote, as you write it.
03 · Ask the margin
Ask in the margin. Get your notes back.
Write a question next to your notes. The answer comes from your own pages, slides and lecture recordings, and shows exactly where it came from, so you can check it.
04 · Exam Mode
Ready on the day.
Add your exam dates. Each day the margin brings back the questions you are most likely to forget, a little at a time, until the exam.
One date per course. That's the whole setup.
Spaced review of the cue questions you missed.
The night before, everything you highlighted, in one place.
Our promise
What the margin will never do.
Help that does the work for you is not help. These are product rules, not settings.
For teachers and parents
Built to protect learning.
Read exactly how the margin responds, what it refuses to do, and how student data is handled.
Read our approachFAQ
About the margin.
Which subjects does the margin help with?
Cue questions and Ask the margin work for any subject you write notes in. Margin notes, the step checking, start with math, physics and chemistry, where a single step can be checked.
Is the margin always right?
No, and it says so. That is why it asks questions instead of making claims, shows which page or recording it used, and lets you flag a note that missed.
Can I turn it off?
Yes, per notebook or everywhere. Margin notes are a separate layer you can hide at any time.
Does it work offline?
Your handwriting is recognized on your device. New margin notes and answers need a connection, and anything already in the margin stays available offline.
Is there a limit?
The free plan includes a monthly allowance of margin help. The student plan includes much more.
Let the margin
write back.
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