# NoteTab Reviews **Vendor:** Fookes Software Ltd **Category:** [Text Editor Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 25 ## About NoteTab NoteTab Pro is currently the world’s most awarded text and HTML editor. It has won awards from PC Magazine, PC World, WUGNET, the Shareware Industry Awards and the People’s Choice Awards. For some NoteTab is simply the best Notepad replacement out there. For webmasters it’s the fastest HTML editor. For others it’s the most versatile text editor. For power users it’s a unique text-processing work horse. ## NoteTab Reviews ### 1. It is a feature really easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anelle P. | Customer Service, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 15, 2024 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** As I mentioned in the title it is is a feature really easy to use, that allows you notes with only one click and manage less programs because you can have multiple notes. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AUTO-SAVE!!!! **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Themes. Like I would like colors :) But basically everything is great **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since is light weight I dont have any issues with space or even open notes in my computer. Is right there. ### 2. An editor with good design, easy to use and multifunctional **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victor A. | Arquitecto de software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2019 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab has excellent features in terms of interface design, which make the coding path easy. The application is versatile and also has different options for programming as auto corrector, auto code replacement or even a sample code section. It also stands out for its extensive ecosystem of extensions or complements for syntax. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I would like to have an integration with git added to the application, since currently only one ftp tool is integrated and is not really a contemporary complement. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** My recommendation to the community is to purchase NoteTab as it has different options that will help you to facilitate writing lines on lines of code. The software has a trial version available to support its excellent features and end up acquiring it. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am currently using Notetab for web development. This application has an auto replacement tool for HTML that allows me to change variables quickly without having to resort to suggestions, making my life easier when coding. I also experimented with its autocorrector for several lines of syntax. ### 3. NoteTab is a versatile text editor with attractive HTML options **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fernando P. | Arquitecto de software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 05, 2019 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab is an editor with very useful functions. What I like most about the editor are its replacement options for HTML and Bootstrap, which make the setting too simple. I also like that the editor includes an FTP client, to be able to load the projects through the software interface. Also, this editor has one of the best autocorrectors I've used. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** The professional version license, which has the best features, is highly expensive, because the editor for the Linux platform is only available through Wine. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** This is a tool that I recommend specifically if you plan to program in HTML, for its powerful options and extensions, which will make your job easier. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** NoteTab greatly exceeds the editing of HTML code with its auto-replacement option, so all our web projects based on this programming language are modified in this editor. It is also a great benefit to have an FTP client included, so you do not have to pay for additional software that fulfills that function. ### 4. a nice Text Editor **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** giulia f. | office staff, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2019 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab is a text editor with many useful tools. I particularly like the options for working with HTML and Bootstrap files, which make implementation easy. I also like that the editor is included with an FTP client. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Even small projects slow down the computer the computer. Sometimes I have to close the application and restart it **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** I recommend it because the large amount of tools allows you to do everything! A great text editor **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automatic formatting helps me write html files and format them. The integrated ftp function is very useful. ### 5. A text editor with good features for HTML and PHP **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alejandro B. | Ingeniero de Desarrollo Junior , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 03, 2019 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Particularly I like its interface, which has all its functions perfectly located and saves me time compared to other editors in finding the features that I will use. I like their autocomplete and replace functions. I also like that it allows the integration with servers like Node.js to facilitate the implementation of projects. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** The large number of extensions can sometimes be overwhelming. I think they should be categorized by section. I also think that if the size of the project is very large the program starts to slow down the computer, causing unexpected closes of the software without saving. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** NoteTab for me is a web development platform, for its tabulators. It has a large library of extensions and accessories that other editors do not have. I also think that your documentation is very well detailed, especially in configuration of extensions. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use this editor when I need to do autocompletion in the code of some projects. Basically this software provides a high level of extensions that can improve your workspace. Also the fact of being able to move the code from top to bottom without cutting it gives me great comfort when I am programming. ### 6. I really like NoteTab **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 05, 2018 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Efficiency, well-designed, functions, ease of use, lack of "annoyingness", power **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** nothing I am aware of. I would like to add a French dictionary, and that may be quite possible - I need to poke around a bit more to see. (I draft in different languages.) **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Try NoteTab Lite. It's free! You will like it. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I do not do programming or any heavy computer tasking, just a lot of word processing, note taking, and drafting. I like efficiency, simplicity, and useful features, and NoteTab (in all of its versions) has all of that. In fact, I really like the program, and only now am prompted to write a review because (1) I've been using the product for a long time and (2) I want to let other people know that I think it's good! ### 7. Recommendation from a long time NoteTab user **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wiz F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab Pro (and free) is one of the best rich text and html editors I have, or have ever used. It is a tab oriented text editor. It colors html tags with different colors for links and text. NoteTab makes use of a system called clips, which are written in plain text readable clipcode. A user can edit the built in and downloadable clips or create their own. I use my own html clip to load any tag, attribute, element or modification I want to an html page. The current version ships with an html 5 clip that has all of the W3C approved tags and attributes. Any number of tabs can be opened as new pages, or saved works in already in use. You can drag and drop a text or html file onto NoteTab (even on an open tab) and it will open as a new tab! The tabs line up along the top and have left and right arrows on one side to scroll through them. Or, the open tabs can be stacked in long horizontal rows if you prefer. The search function can either search the tab you are in, or all open tabs for matching words, terms, codes, or regular expressions. There is also a search disk function that searches any folders you list, including or excluding sub-directories. Matching documents can be selected to open in separate tabs. There is a search and replace box for the open tabs that accepts both plain text and regular expressions. There are two web browser buttons on a toolbar to open your current document in one of two configurable web browsers (if they are installed). NoteTab does outlines, plain text, rich text, unicode and html, as well as php and other code languages that are not binary encoded. If another editor modifies the content of a tab that is open in NoteTab, a box pops up asking if you want to refresh and load the new content. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** My only issue is that the right-left arrows for scrolling the tabs are together on the right side and cannot be separated to have one on the far left and the other on the far right (like Firefox browsers have). **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** If you like to type code, or outlines, or just text documents and need a more powerful program than Notepad, or Notepad++, try out NoteTab. The tabs can be dragged to different poswitions and the clip libraries make it very versatile. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I learned to write html code in the year 1998 and use NoteTab to write all of the web pages I have created or altered for myself and webmaster clients. I also use NoteTab to write and edit CGI, Perl and PHP files and especially, .htaccess files and IP blocklists. Nothing else works as well for me. ### 8. NoteTab is the most-used program on my computer since around 2000 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jim H. | Consultant, Computer Hardware, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** I use it for everything. It reloads on boot with many important business and personal files. That means the information I really use is always at hand. The metric conversions are very handy, and the consistently year to year is appreciated. I also use it to strip formatting information from text before I paste it into another app. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Dislike? There really is nothing I actually "disllke", but there are a few things which occasionally annoy me. Setting it up when I change platforms is always a bit of a pain. I like it organized is a specific way, with only what I really use on the screen. The whole "Libraries" thing is a problem because from install to install I just can't remember where to find the options to disable everything. There are also times I wish I could do just a tad of text formatting (bold, italics) but I live without it with no problems. Sometimes I wish there was a way to set up linked files for projects. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a sales engineer, I regularly write letters and emails with the same information. I maintain an evolving set of boilerplate which I lift from NoteTab and insert in the new document, editing as necessary for the occasion. There are many other ways to do this, but NoteTab offers unformatted text which is instantly available with no searching. ### 9. NoteTab - A powerful text editor. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ingrid M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2018 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** - Fast to load and edit hundreds of thousands of lines - Regular Expression support - Text Statistics and Word Frequency - Easy to modify HTML tags **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** The library can be complicated to use, other than that, nothing much to complain. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** If you are looking for a lightweight and fast text editor, I recommend NoteTab. NoteTab has every useful function needed when editing a text or HTML file, such as regular expression, syntax highlighting, text statistics and support HTML5 and CSS3, I recommend at least trying the free version (Light) or the trial version they offer. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use NoteTab to sort information needed to use along Python scripts and to compose emails. ### 10. NoteTab Pro by Fookes Software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marc F. | Sole Trader, Media Production, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** The 'outline' function is a fantastic asset to the software. I keep sets of notes together using this. I also find the clip/function libraries very helpful. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Hard to find anything to dislike in NoteTab, but if pressed, I would say that using the libraries mentioned above is quite a steep learning curve. That's not really a problem though, is it? It's worth learning. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** I can't recommend NoteTab enough. It has the features you'd expect (code syntax highlighting, etc.), but the additional functionality of multiple tabs, outlines, a favourites window and clip libraries (installed and customizable) puts it way ahead of the rest. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** The outline function is really handy in business use. It enables me to plan projects step by step without being overwhelmed by on-screen text overkill. It is also a great way to index notes on a specific category. ### 11. The best text editor - & I've been arounf since CPM DOS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Speed. Simplicity. Features. So many features. Yet they don't appear - like so many programs - to be annoying 'bells & whistles' with little real use. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** The Lite, Standard & Pro tiers confuse me. I don't get it. The freebie Lite I get. I Pro I get but why something in-between? **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I used to program & project manage a lot I found it not only to be a great editing tool but a great info management tool too. The programming & other libraries are to die for. Now I write more & love the fact that I can get the words down quick without fussing about the formatting. NoteTab is the best distraction-free writing tool ever - but when I want to move stuff around, find/replace, automate input - it's the best. ### 12. NoteTab a Text Editior and more for all season **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffrey D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab Pro is without a doubt one of the most feature laden versatile programs on the market today that any user can benefit from. In over 20 years of I am still constantly finding more features and everday uses of the program. It is the program that I open first when I start my computer in the morning and the last one I close when logging off in the evening **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** To be honest I beside a slightly weak speak check dictionary compaded to MS Word I have none **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Try NotTab trail version even if all you use it for is a simple text editor the just being able to switch from one text file to another using Tabs makes it a winner **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use NoteTab Pro as a Text Editor to write and modify boiler plate , to write and edit webpages (HTML), Parse/Search/Manipulate Data, FTP Utility, additional NoteTab has a large suite of useful utilities that in a date and time stamp function which makes NoteTab ideal for taking notes that require time documentation, a password, password creator, English/Metric conversions etc. NoteTab Pro is dollar for dollar one if not the most feature laden program on the market today and I have been a happy user of for over 20 years. ### 13. Best Notepad alternative **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John C. | President, Environmental Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** I've used NoteTab since about version 5.x as I recall, perhaps earlier. Anytime I build or migrate to a new PC, the first program I install is NoteTab. It is more powerful than Notepad, and more enjoyable to use. Very highly recommended. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I miss the old desktop icon that went away after version 6. It was red with a large white PLUS, I wish I had an option to select that icon. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used for editing all sort of ascii text files on clients and my Company server. ### 14. Note Tab Po better than Microsoft **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bruce G. | Owner, Government Relations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** The tabbiing that is similar to web tabs on most browsers - and the fact that you can change all documents open with just one simple click. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I have not yet found a single flaw in this product. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Try it. If you get the trial version, play around with it during the evaluation period and see if you do not end up switching to Note Tab Pro. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quicker when using multiple files of the same type (such as HTML) to correct all files simultaneously with one click. ### 15. Been using NoteTab for 17 years. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan O. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Hard to say what I like the best. Customization is great, quick access to useful tools, auto tabbing, programming highlighting, ability to make scripts. I made a script that will automatically change apache config settings for my various development sites so localhost points to the site I want to work on, for example. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Can't think of anything. I started out with the free version and upgraded about 5 years later. Glad I did although I did it just because I felt I should pay for the excellent editor I'd been using every day practically for 5 years. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Get the free light version and try it out. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a computer programmer, which is my business. The editor is my main tool. ### 16. My Note Tab+ and how I use it **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** The ability to re-order my thoughts in any particular sequence I like **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** nothing - for my purpose - it is and ideal and unique application **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** trial how it might be a unique solution to a problem you are struggling with - it might well be EXACTLY what you're looking for **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using McKinsey Consultancy problem solving methodology for several years and follow a particular root cause problem analysis procedure, Firstly I 'freewrite' a rustic narrative of what I think the problem to be solved actually is (I hypothesise) - secondly and most importantly for me, I deconstruct that narrative into a list of single lines, the necessary and sufficient elements of the problem as I see it - this is Mckinseys' MECE breakdown' ( Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive) parts of the problem - I then use NoteTab+ - to intuitively address and order an often rambling very long discursive MECE list into a list that has the essence of the problem I am looking to solve - This maybe an odd use of Note Tab+ but it works wonderfully for me! ### 17. Essential software for day-to-day use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Strikes a great balance by being a no-nonsense text editor that contains tons of useful features. It's capable of much more than what I use it for, but it still works perfectly well for me. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I can't think of anything off-hand that I dislike about NoteTab. Macro-type features would be nice. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** I can recommend NoteTab to anyone who likes to organize using lists or prefers to create/manage notes without a lot of formatting. This is a robust text editor. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Above all, NoteTab helps me stay organized. It's tabs and groups are an essential part of my workflow. ### 18. Marius review of Note Tab Pro **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marius M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** The line numbers and tabs are a real timesaver. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Actually i do not dislike anything about the software. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Just try it out!! **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write all my emails in NoteTab and just copy and paste them in my emailprogram. ### 19. NoteTab - an extremely versatile text editor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James M. | Help Desk Technician - Tier 2, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** Not only is NoteTab a great multi-purpose editor, it is easy extended using a built-in scripting language. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I cannot say that there is really anything that I dislike about NoteTab **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use NoteTab as a method to keep track of service tickets. ### 20. Best answer to ASCII editing **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James W. | CNC Programmer, Renewables & Environment, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** True ASCII editor. Simple to learn. Ideal for editing repetative programming as clips/clipbooks. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** No license info available in the About tab. Was difficult to remember the email I registered under, 10yrs ago! **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Parametric machining programs based on variable data of specific parts, using optimum machine and tool parameters. 99% less time to output final machining code vs selecting machine/tool/part geometry. Change one item and you start from scratch selecting machine/tool/part geometry. ### 21. Great for ALL text editing, making notes, etc. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim D. | Freelance Bookkeeper/Accountant, Accounting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** 1. Can keep multiple files open in separate tabs 2. Bookmarking of files 3. Easy editing including search/replace, join/split lines, etc. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** nothing **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** Just try it. Even with the free version, you'll never go back. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing scripts for various computer apps Logging activity Editing various documents ### 22. The no-plugins needed text editor **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** That everything you need in a text editor is there from the start. You don't need to download a regex plugin - it's there and its part of the base program. I've used it for years and it's still the best text manipulation editor out there. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** It doesn't get updated much any more - not that it needs to be. **Recommendations to others considering NoteTab:** It's the best text manipulation editor you can get **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's the best tool out there for text manipulation and data wrangling; it works with very large files too. **Official Response from Katie Cullen Montgomerie:** > Cheers for reviewing our product Tim! We appreciate it. Katie @ Fookes Software ### 23. NoteTab makes your html coding easier and faster **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** NoteTab started out to be the best plain text editor and to continue to make innovations that actually make working easier and more intuitive. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Fookes cares about its end users and continues to make improvements that are useful and intuitive. **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Web page design. ### 24. Excellent, efficient software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2017 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** I am very keen on efficiency, simplicity, leanness, and usefulness. NoteTab has all that. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** Perhaps because my needs are limited to text formatting, I have no dislikes **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** My needs are simple ### 25. NoteTab Lite - Compact, Capable and Convenient **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan F. | IT Troubleshooter for Small Business and Home Computer Users, Computer Hardware, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2016 **What do you like best about NoteTab?** With so many people SHOUTING, the change sentence case function is a really handy feature. **What do you dislike about NoteTab?** I can't really say anything negative about this program. Perhaps the lack of colour coding in html text is an extra that could be added, unless I have missed it and it is there already! **What problems is NoteTab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have multiple text documents open and import text from a multitude of formats. I can strip the text content from the formatting swiftly with NoteTab **Official Response from Katie Cullen Montgomerie:** > Thanks so much for your review, Jonathan! We really appreciate it. - Katie @ Fookes Software - [View NoteTab pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/notetab/reviews?toc-variant-a=§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+01%3A03%3A24+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=c0118cc8-eb46-4dac-86d1-73bb0fed6bce&secure%5Btoken%5D=31967765754cba1f9231bb7736c38a45897c4d2cd497f87ccab8ab45e28cb9ab&format=llm_user) ## NoteTab Features **Coding** - Syntax highlighting - Autocompletion - Find and replace - Code folding **Editing** - Collaborative editing - Language Support - Selection Methods **Functionality** - Extensibility - Cross-platform support - Plugins and integrations - Security **Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders** - Cross-system Integration ## Top NoteTab Alternatives - [Notepad++](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (2,398 reviews) - [Sublime Text](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,747 reviews) - [UltraEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,103 reviews)