Notability vs Notion for note-taking (medical students)

I have been on here a long time and I haven't heard of either of those, and indeed don't have a clue what you are talking about!

What do you think the advantages and disadvantages are?

Hi everyone ! Welcome to my first ever post.
I've done research and found overall, Notability is a better note-taking method than Goodnotes 5 . Now I see Ali Abdaal uses Notion whereas other medical students/doctors such as Kharma Medic and Anas Nuur Ali use Notability. Which one is better- Notability or Notion ?

I don't think one is better than the other really - it just depends on what works best for you. Notion is free to use so give that a go and see if it works well for you.

I personally use both for different things. I use Notion for things like timetabling & managing projects while I use Notability for study, literature reviews, making notes etc.

In terms of revision I really like the way Ali Abdaal uses Notion for spaced repetition etc but again I think it's down to personal choice. I imagine Notability would be more useful in lectures though.

Thanks for the insight !

Yeah once my iPad arrives I will try out Notion myself. Ali Abdaal said this himself: "Notion for most proper notes, notability for mindmaps and rough notes". What he said is the opposite of how you use it- so yeah depends on personal choice really.

Oh I just realised you can't have hand-written notes on Notion, unless you transfer it from Goodnotes 5. As my medical notes would be hand-written, I will use notability for my notes. Anything timetable based/projects and etc (so essentially what you said) will go on Notion.

Also, if you buy Notability for your iPad, the app would also be on your mac as well right ? So as long as I have the same account on both devices, whatever app I download from one would appear on the other ?

Yep, I use Notability on multiple devices using one account.

It's a one time purchase right ?

Nope, unfortunately. Separate purchases are required for the iPad and Macbook/iMac versions, though you can sync your files between devices once purchased.

I have been on here a long time and I haven't heard of either of those, and indeed don't have a clue what you are talking about!

What do you think the advantages and disadvantages are?

How can I retrieve my 'deleted' files from Notability ? Apparently Notability can randomly delete some files.

Note taking apps using iPads. LOL

My friend says half his year are using iPads to take notes in his 1st year. They upload the slides into the iPad and make notes on each slide.

I tried them out - Notion seems really hard to use. i like notability

I have never had an issue with notability "randomly deleting" files. In any event, you can choose to backup your files to such platforms as Google Drive or iCloud.

As for recovering deleted files, see https://support.gingerlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/216896147-Recovering-Deleted-Notes

Can I get it a way where everytime I write in a file on Notability, it automatically saves and it automatically gets backed-up to Google Drive or iCloud ?

If you haven't experienced it 'randomly deleting' files, have you experienced any file deletion without your consent ?

Edit: Just clicked the link and it said the files can be recovered as long as it hasn't been deleted for 30 days. Now how would I know it got deleted- the only way I will find out is if I go to the specific chapter and realise the files had been deleted. Or would a sign pop up telling me a file got deleted ?

I’m planning to use notion for my a levels actually