Every option in the catalog for when you need to capture notes and have AI organise them — 25 AI note-taking and document tools, 22 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.
Flocci AI Tools lists 25 of them, ordered free tiers first: AFFiNE, Blinko, Karakeep, Google AI Edge Eloquent and Khoj. 22 of the 25 are free or have a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.
8 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: AFFiNE, Blinko, Karakeep, Google AI Edge Eloquent and Khoj. The remaining 17 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.
Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.
AFFiNE, Blinko, Karakeep, AppFlowy and AudioPen all work in a browser tab with no install needed — just open the site and go. 14 of the 22 free AI note-taking and document tools listed here are browser-based.
AFFiNE, AppFlowy, Coda AI, Craft and Mem support Google sign-in, so you can start without creating a new account. That's 10 of the 22 free AI note-taking and document tools on this page.
AFFiNE, Google AI Edge Eloquent, Logseq, SiYuan and AppFlowy have an iOS or Android app. 15 of the 22 free AI note-taking and document tools here can run on your phone.
Khoj, Logseq, SiYuan, SurfSense and Anytype can be self-hosted or run locally without a browser — useful for privacy, air-gapped networks, or avoiding API rate limits. 7 of the 22 free AI note-taking and document tools here run offline.
| Tool | Pricing | Type | Listed for |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Open-source workspace that merges docs, whiteboards and databases |
| Blinko | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Self-hosted personal note tool with AI retrieval over your notes (RAG) |
| Karakeep | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Self-hosted bookmark and notes app that auto-tags saved links with AI |
| Google AI Edge Eloquent | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | On-device Gemma ASR transcribes speech offline and strips filler words |
| Khoj | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Self-hostable second brain that answers from your notes and the web |
| Logseq | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Privacy-first outliner and knowledge graph stored as local Markdown |
| SiYuan | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Privacy-first, self-hostable knowledge workspace with block-level references |
| SurfSense | Free | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Open-source NotebookLM-style research assistant over your own sources |
| AppFlowy | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Open-source AI workspace for docs, wikis and project boards |
| AudioPen | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Rewrites rambling voice memos into clear structured text |
| Capacities | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Object-based (not page-based) note model with typed content |
| Coda AI | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Docs that combine text, tables and apps |
| Craft | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Beautiful native-feel docs with whiteboards, tasks, calendar in one app |
| Dropbox Dash | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | AI-powered universal search across 20+ connected apps (Notion, Gmail, Slack, Drive) |
| Mem | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Self-organizing, AI-first notes |
| Notion AI | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | AI across docs, wikis, databases and projects |
| Saner.AI | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | AI notes, tasks and calendar in one place designed for ADHD-friendly workflows |
| Tana | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Supertags turn notes into structured, queryable objects |
| Voicenotes | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Real-time AI notes and live transcription from voice memos |
| Anytype | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Local-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace built around typed objects |
| Obsidian | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Local-first markdown knowledge base |
| WPS Office AI | Freemium | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Free office suite from Kingsoft with an AI assistant for writing, summaries and slides |
| Reflect | Trial | AI Note-Taking & Docs | GPT-4 and Whisper built into a backlinked notes app |
| Glean | Paid | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Enterprise Work AI platform searching across all connected company systems |
| Heptabase | Paid | AI Note-Taking & Docs | Infinite-canvas whiteboard as the primary note surface |