Settings Tab
Customize your learning experience and manage your Notesmakr account
The Settings tab is your control center for personalizing Notesmakr, managing your account, and accessing help resources. Everything you need to customize your learning experience is here.
Settings Categories
The Settings tab is organized into three main sections:
At the top is a profile card showing your name and email (read-only). Below it, the settings are grouped into three sections: My Account, Configuration and System.
My Account
Manage your account, subscription, and preferences.
What's included:
- Manage your plan: View and update your subscription
- Connect AI assistants: Let AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor add notes for you
- Language: Change app language (14 supported languages)
- Font: Choose how text looks (close and reopen the app to finish applying it)
- My feedback: View the feedback you've submitted (shake your device twice to add new feedback)
- Sign out: Sign out of your account
An API Keys row also appears for some accounts.
Configuration
Customize your study experience and app behavior.
What's included:
- Study Settings: Configure quiz and flashcard preferences
- Focus Timer: Pomodoro durations, goals and sounds (customising it is a paid feature)
- Punch Hole Actions: Choose the actions behind the punch holes on note cards
- Note Card Design: Customize how note cards appear on the Notes tab
- Home shortcuts: Switch to show or hide shortcuts on Home
- Enable Pippy Assistant: Switch Pippy, the animated learning companion, on or off
- Change my learning path: Redo the setup questions about how you study
System
System-level settings and support.
What's included:
- Dark mode: Toggle between light and dark themes
- Service Status: Real-time health monitoring of Notesmakr services
- Support: Contact us for help by email
- Rate Us: Rate the app (on phones and tablets)
- Open source licences: See the open source software Notesmakr uses
At the bottom of the Settings tab, you'll also find:
- I want to delete my account: Permanently delete your account and all data
- Build number: The app version, shown as a footer
Key Settings Explained
Let's dive into the most important settings you'll want to configure:
Language Selection
Notesmakr supports 14 languages:
- Go to Settings → Language
- Choose your preferred language from the list:
- English
- Spanish (Español)
- French (Français)
- German (Deutsch)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Portuguese (Português)
- Russian (Русский)
- Japanese (日本語)
- Korean (한국어)
- Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
- Chinese Traditional (繁體中文)
- Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Hindi (हिन्दी)
- Hebrew (עברית)
Study Settings
Optimize your learning with study preferences:
Go to Settings → Study Settings to configure quiz and flashcard preferences for your study sessions.
Service Status
Check the health and status of Notesmakr services by tapping Service Status in the System section. It gives you real-time health monitoring of Notesmakr's services.
Subscription Management
Managing Your Subscription
Tap Manage your plan in the My Account section to view and update your subscription.
The free plan includes 5 notes and 40 AI generations, lifetime. AI features are free within those limits; audio transcription, hosting group study sessions and customising the Focus Timer are paid.
To upgrade:
- Go to Settings → Manage your plan
- Choose your preferred plan
- Complete payment
- Paid features unlock right away
To cancel subscription:
- Settings → Manage your plan
- Follow your platform's cancellation flow (App Store or Google Play)
- You keep premium access until the billing period ends
Help & Support
Contacting Support
Need help? Tap Support in the System section to email the Notesmakr team.
Feedback
Tap My feedback in the My Account section to view the feedback you've submitted. To add new feedback, shake your device twice.
Sign Out
Tap Sign out in the My Account section of Settings and confirm. This signs you out on this device.
Delete Account
If you're sure you want to delete your account:
- Scroll to the bottom of the Settings page and tap I want to delete my account
- Read the warning carefully
- Tick the checkbox to confirm you will cancel any active subscription yourself through the App Store or Google Play
- Type "DELETE" to confirm
- Tap the button to permanently delete your account
This deletes all your notes, flashcards, quizzes, and mind maps.
Deleted data cannot be recovered.
Dark Mode
Notesmakr supports Light and Dark themes to suit your preference and environment.
Toggling Dark Mode
- Go to Settings
- Find the Dark mode toggle in the System section
- Tap the toggle to switch between light and dark themes
Your preference is saved and persists across sessions. Dark Mode applies a dark color scheme throughout the entire app — notes, flashcards, quizzes, settings, and all study tools.
When to Use Dark Mode
- Low-light environments: Reduces eye strain when studying at night
- OLED screens: Saves battery by turning off pixels in dark areas
- Personal preference: Some users find dark backgrounds easier to read
Accessibility
Notesmakr is built with accessibility in mind:
- Screen Reader Support: Buttons, cards and other controls are labeled for VoiceOver (iOS) and TalkBack (Android)
- Text Scaling: Respects your device's system text size settings — increase text size in your device's accessibility settings and Notesmakr adjusts accordingly
- Right-to-Left (RTL) Support: RTL layout support for Hebrew
- Dark Mode: Reduces eye strain in low-light environments and saves battery on OLED screens
What's Next?
Now that you know how to customize Notesmakr, it's time to start creating and studying:
Your personalized learning journey awaits!