Monday 11th May 2026
SideNotes 1.6: What's New for Students
Apptorium released SideNotes 1.6 on 11 May 2026, and it is one of the larger updates the Mac note-taking app has had. The release adds note folding and pinning, a quick formatting…

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SideNotes student discount: 45% Off for Student App Centre members. Current offer as of October 2026.
On iPad, you can show the app in a similar way in SlideOver view.
The discount only covers the Mac version.
SideNotes shows and hides with a single click (or cursor move). When shown, it takes up just the margin of your screen and leaves the rest for your work.
Pop it up, quickly note and move on. Thoughts, to-dos, screenshots, links, and numbers - while you still remember.
SideNotes for Mac combines the simplicity of sticky notes and the convenience of complex note-taking apps. It can be a complement to your main notes app, where you usually keep longer texts. It's super useful for saving snippets while writing essays or researching.
Show the app in a flash to take a note. In the meantime, keep it hidden on your screen side.
Also save your side thoughts in SideNotes - note down quickly anything that comes to your mind and stay focused on your work.
SideNotes features: • Lives on the side of your screen visible only when you need it • Shows and hides with a single click (optionally, with a keystroke or move of your mouse) • Saves screenshots and pictures, sketches and photos from iPhone and iPad, file and folder shortcuts, code snippets • Allows rearranging notes and folders • Previews #rrggbb colors • Supports: Markdown, themes, note coloring • Supports also: Shortcuts Actions, Apple Script and Alfred Workflow.
SideNotes is made by Apptorium.
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Monday 11th May 2026
Apptorium released SideNotes 1.6 on 11 May 2026, and it is one of the larger updates the Mac note-taking app has had. The release adds note folding and pinning, a quick formatting…
Friday 12th May 2023
SideNotes has just released a new update which includes more than just some bug fixes, it also includes some new features for you! New Features: Ability to copy identifier of a…
Thursday 6th April 2023
New: In Settings, Shortcuts: Escape key is now configurable, so it may leave folder or hide the app (default behaviour), leave folder only or hide app only. In Settings,…
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Added: App window appearance improved Option to set application appearing speed Option to set delay for showing the application using "Hot Side" mode Option to hide "Open Bar"…
Monday 20th March 2023
Updates: In Settings, Shortcuts: Escape key is now configurable, so it may leave folder or hide the app (default behaviour), leave folder only or hide app only. In Settings,…
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
SideNotes Version 1.4.9 is here and has brought you many fixes and improvements. You can see what these changes are below. New: New Introduction New About window Blocked dropping…
Monday 31st October 2022
Something you have all been waiting for is finally here... SideNotes is now available on iOS, meaning you can access your notes on your Mac, iPhone and iPad! You will notice that…
Monday 17th October 2022
SideNotes have made some small changes that will improve the way you use it. These improvements are: - image store optimisation - fixed displaying the app while being over full…
Thursday 9th June 2022
SideNotes for iOS has just been released for Beta with most of the features you love on macOS. There are even some extra features that are not available on macOS! You will be able…
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