About Knotes
Knotes is a reading-notes manager that imports your Kindle highlights and clippings and keeps them organized in one searchable library. It pulls notes from Kindle devices, the Kindle app, Kindle Cloud, and WeChat Reading, then lets you tag, annotate, review, and export them to formats like Markdown, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, PDF, and HTML.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Imports Kindle highlights from devices, app, and cloud in one place
- Wide range of export targets including Markdown, Notion, and Evernote
- Clean organization by book, author, tags, and favorites
- Daily review feature helps retention of what you read
- Available on macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android
Cons
- Free tier capped at 20 clippings per book
- Focused narrowly on Kindle/reading notes rather than general note-taking
- Gold pricing is not clearly published on the site
- Relies on Kindle/WeChat as import sources; limited beyond those ecosystems
Key Features
Kindle Import
Imports highlights and notes from Kindle devices, the Kindle app, Kindle Cloud, and WeChat Reading.
Multi-Format Export
Export your organized clippings to Markdown, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, PDF, HTML, and TXT.
Cloud Sync
Synchronizes your notes across devices so your library is available anytime.
Book & Author Organization
Browse by book or author and group clippings into collections for easy navigation.
Daily Review
Surfaces clippings for review to help you remember and retain what you've read.
Tagging & Favorites
Add custom tags, mark favorites, and filter clippings to find what matters.
Markdown Annotation
Annotate clippings with Markdown-formatted notes and inserted images.
Reading Status Tracking
Track which books you're actively reading and view recently imported highlights by date.
Share as Image
Turn favorite highlights into formatted images to share on social media.
Pricing
- Import from Kindle, Kindle app, Kindle Cloud & WeChat Reading
- Up to 20 clippings per book
- Basic export formats
- Book and author organization
- Unlimited clippings per book
- All export destinations (Markdown, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, PDF, HTML)
- Cloud sync across devices
- Daily review and tagging
- All premium customization options
Best For
Centralize Kindle highlights
Pull every highlight from your Kindle library into a single searchable app.
Export to a knowledge base
Send clippings to Notion, Evernote, or Markdown to build a personal knowledge system.
Review and retain reading
Use daily review to revisit highlights and remember key ideas from books.
Share book quotes
Turn favorite passages into formatted images for social media.
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