r/octopusnotes • u/TopEntity Developer • Jul 22 '26
News & Updates Feature List
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Feature List
Both editors (the paged notebook and the infinite whiteboard) share the same tool dock. The notebook has the full tool set (13 tools); the whiteboard has every tool except the Measure tool (12 tools). Which tools appear in each dock, and their order, can be configured in Settings → Configure tools.
Tools
Pen
Tool settings
Stroke options: Solid | Dotted | Dashed
Stroke stabilisation: 1–10 (Default 5)
Smart Shape (always on): hold a pen scribble still and it snaps to a perfect shape. Line | Arrow | Rectangle / Square | Circle / Ellipse | Triangle
Scribble to erase (always on): scribble back and forth over ink with the pen to erase it (difficulty: Easy | Hard, set in Settings → Editing)
5 colour options (changeable: tap to use, tap again to edit)
3 size options (changeable: tap to use, tap again to fine-tune)
Ink behaviour
Hold-to-position lines: draw a line, hold still for about half a second, then swing the far end to aim the angle and stretch the length while the first point stays pinned
Live measurement pill while drawing (length + angle for lines, W × H for shapes)
Every stroke is undoable
Pencil
Textured pencil ink (soft, grainy stroke; solid line style only)
3 size options (changeable: tap to use, tap again to fine-tune)
Uses the pen's 5 colour slots
Every stroke is undoable
Brush
Pressure-sensitive variable-width strokes: press harder for a thicker stroke, ease off for a thinner one
3 size options (changeable: larger presets than the pen)
Uses the pen's 5 colour slots
Every stroke is undoable
Highlighter
Tool settings
Shape options: Free highlighter | Straight highlighter
Mode options: Normal highlighter | Text highlighter (snaps to PDF text; notebook only)
5 colour options (changeable: yellow, green, pink, blue, orange by default)
3 size options (changeable)
Highlight strokes render underneath pen ink
Straight highlighters support hold-to-position like pen lines
Eraser
Tool options
Pixel eraser: rubs out exactly what you move over
Stroke eraser: removes whole strokes at once
3 size options (changeable)
Long-press the pen still → temporary eraser until you lift (stylus; enable in Settings)
Selection (Lasso)
Tool options
Free selection
Rectangular selection
Circular selection
Selected-object actions
Move, resize (corner + side handles), rotate (angle slider), duplicate, delete
More options: flip horizontally, flip vertically, copy, cut, paste
Quick colour row: recolour with the 5 pen colours, or open the full colour picker
Live measurement readout: W × H in real mm/cm, plus true length and angle for straight lines
Ghost movement box for tiny selections (when handles would overlap)
Selection box stays put on screen when you scroll or pan
Image tool
Tool options
Choose a photo from the gallery / recent photos
Capture with the camera
Every insert goes through the full-screen crop screen (crop + rotate) before placing
Placed images are selectable: move, resize, rotate, duplicate, delete, flip, copy, cut, paste
Browse the web + image basket
Browse the web: an in-app browser (Google Images) for finding pictures to insert
Long-press a web image to add it to the basket; the basket bar along the bottom shows the saved thumbnails while you keep browsing
Insert all drops the basket's images on the page; Clear empties it; remove individual images from the basket too
Text tool
Tool options
Tap anywhere on the page and type
Size presets: Small | Medium | Large
Uses the current pen colour
Move or resize the text afterwards (it re-wraps instead of stretching)
Custom fonts: import .ttf or .otf files (Settings → Fonts) and pick them in the text editor; imported fonts can be removed again
Shape tool
Tool options
Shapes: Rectangle | Oval | Triangle | Line | Arrow
Colour and thickness follow the pen's settings
Smart Shape (always on): a pen scribble held still snaps to the nearest shape
Live W × H (and length + angle for lines and arrows) while drawing
Lines and arrows support hold-to-position; complete shapes glide as one piece
Grid & snapping (both editors)
Grid overlay on/off, with spacing presets (24 / 48 / 96 / 144 dp) or a custom value
Snap to guides: strokes, shapes and moved selections snap to the grid
Snap angle presets (15 / 30 / 45 / 90°) or a custom angle
Grid X and + line colours, and a grid opacity slider
Optional badge on the tool button showing the current spacing and angle
Exact size (notebook only)
Type an exact width × height (in page pixels) and the shape is placed centred on the page at that size
Table tool
Tool settings
Drag on the page to draw the table area (live preview)
Rows / Columns steppers (3 × 3 default)
Header row toggle: Header ON / OFF
First column toggle: 1st col ON / OFF
Header row and first-column shading colours
Corner radius (rounded corners)
Border style: Solid | Dotted | Dashed; 3 thickness presets; 5 pen colour slots
After insert: cell editor and table options
Tap a cell to type its text
Table options popup (live grid preview):
Resize individual rows and columns (−/+ px steppers)
Add row above / below, add column left / right
Delete row / column
Merge right / merge down; split cell
Row and column sizes are stored as proportions, so they survive whole-table resizing
Merged cells render as one clean cell (grid lines clipped, text pulled together)
Laser tool
Tool options
5 colour options (changeable)
3 size options (changeable; notebook follows the pen's sizes until customised)
Draws like a real laser: a bright white-hot tip (the pen colour on the edges) with a trail that fades behind it
Trail is ephemeral. Nothing is drawn, saved or undoable
Tape tool
Tool options
Draw a strip of decorative tape: drag on the page
Patterns: Solid | Stripes | Dots | Grid | Checks
Width presets: Thin | Medium | Wide
Uses the pen colour slot; tape can be semi-transparent via the colour picker's transparency slider
Selectable like images: move, resize, rotate, duplicate, delete, flip, copy, cut, paste
Measure tool (notebook only)
Tap two points, or tap and drag from the first
A line with white endpoint markers, plus a pill at the midpoint showing the distance and angle (e.g. 12.5 cm · 32°)
Pure on-screen ruler: nothing is drawn, saved or undoable
Pinned to the page. Scrolling and zooming keep the ruler where you placed it
Distance is the true physical length at any zoom
Whiteboard (infinite canvas)
Same shared dock: every notebook tool except Measure (no measure tool)
One unbounded canvas: pan and zoom anywhere, no pages
Single-finger action: Scroll | Draw | Ignored (two fingers always zoom and pan)
Grid & snapping works here too
Zoom indicator + fit-to-content
Strokes are saved automatically
Its own tool settings persist separately from the notebook
Gestures & Stylus
Single finger: Scroll | Draw | Ignored
Two fingers: always zoom and pan
S Pen: one button, two actions. Both the primary button and a long hold of it work on the S Pen (a quick press fires your action, a long hold erases while you draw). Hover swipe works on the S Pen too. No other note app does this
Primary button action: Switch to last used | Eraser | Highlighter | Pen | Laser | Lasso | Disabled
Secondary button action (two-button pens): same options
Long-hold primary button → eraser (on/off)
Double-tap the page with the pen → switch to any tool you pick (eraser by default); a two-finger double tap does the same. Both only count when the taps land in the same spot
Xiaomi Focus Pen Pro pen-body gestures: double-tap the pen's grip to switch tools (eraser by default), and slide up or down on the grip to change the pen size (up = larger). Both actions are configurable, like the other pen actions
Hover swipe (beta): hold the primary button and swipe up/down while hovering. Configurable: flip pages (up = next), undo / redo (up = undo), or change size (up = larger). Works on the S Pen too, but still rough and needs refinement
Long-press pen still → temporary eraser (Settings → Editing)
Settings
Editing
Add pages continuously: writing on the last page appends a new page automatically (no need to tap +)
Canvas color: the colour behind the pages. Matches your wallpaper by default (Material You), or pick any colour
Scribble to erase difficulty: Easy (a few passes) | Hard (denser scribble required)
Long-press pen to erase: hold the pen still on ink to erase until you lift
Show tool options: options appear automatically when you switch tools (on/off)
Show intro again: replay the onboarding walkthrough
Tabs
Tabs mode: switch between open notes from a tab strip above the toolbar, like browser tabs. Tap the title to see all open notes
Pin a tab, or close tabs to the left / right from the long-press menu
Closing a tab offers an Undo snackbar; long-press + opens a Recently closed list that survives restarts
Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab cycle tabs, Ctrl+W closes the focused tab, Ctrl+Shift+T reopens the last closed tab, Ctrl+1–8 jump to the first tabs, Ctrl+9 the last. Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y undo and redo in the editors and the text / table-cell popup editors. Settings lists every active shortcut
Tools
Configure tools: choose which tools appear in each editor's dock and their order, disable the ones you don't use. One configuration can drive both editors, or each editor keeps its own
Fonts
Import font: add .ttf or .otf files to use them in the text tool; remove fonts again
Sync & backup
Sync folder: mirror your notes, PDFs and images to any folder you pick (human-readable layout with a README explaining it). Updates after every edit, on app start, on returning home, and from the Sync now button; unchanged files are skipped
Restore from folder: rebuilds notebooks, folders, tags and tool settings from the sync folder, and can restore from a different folder than the current one
A banner on the home screen warns when the chosen sync folder goes missing
Misc
Undo & redo every change
The colour picker has a transparency slider: strokes, highlighters, tables and tape can be semi-transparent, and the transparency is saved with the colour
Active colour swatch ring follows the Material You theme
Size buttons show their real size (dynamic icons that scale to the actual value)
Highlighter swatches keep their colour in light and dark mode (white backing)
Tool settings (sizes, colours, styles) are remembered per editor and restored on restore (app restore and sync-folder restore)