Best D&D Note-Taking Apps (2026)

The best D&D note-taking app is the one that matches who does the writing. If nobody at your table wants to take notes, pick an AI note-taker that records the session: Loreify, Archivist AI, or SessionKeeper record for you, while Saga20, GM Assistant, and Tabletop Scribe work from audio you upload. If you like writing notes yourself, Obsidian, Notion, or World Anvil are free to start and give you full control.

Loreify makes this page. Every price and feature for the other apps comes from their own websites, checked on October 2, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on their site before you buy.

D&D Note-Taking Apps at a Glance

App	Price	Free option	Recording	Platforms	Standout
Loreify	$15/mo, $120/yr, or Casual $7/mo (2 sessions a month)	No free plan; 7-day free trial	Record in the web app, built-in Discord bot, or upload audio	Web (desktop and phone browsers), Discord	Finished notes 5–10 minutes after the session, plus quotes, a lore map, and campaign chat
Saga20	$12.99/mo, $19.99/mo, or $39.99/mo (yearly billing: 2 months free)	Yes: 1 session summary, unlimited text sessions, campaign wiki, no card	Upload audio (phone at the table, or a Craig/OBS recording of Discord)	Web	Campaign wiki with a "Campaign Graph" and claimable character pages
Archivist AI	$10/mo (4 sessions) up to $60/mo (40 sessions)	30-day free trial: 1 campaign, 2 sessions, 5 AI images, no card	Discord bot, audio upload, play-by-post import, pasted notes or transcripts	Web, Discord, Foundry VTT sync	Imports from almost anywhere, including play-by-post and Foundry
SessionKeeper	$3.99/mo up to $39.99/mo (Discord bot from $9.99/mo)	None listed on their pricing page	In-app recording, Discord bot (Hero plan and up), audio upload	iOS, Android, web (beta)	Native phone apps, plus podcast-style "Behind the Screen" analysis
GM Assistant	$90/yr (12.5 hrs audio a month) or $250/yr (33.3 hrs a month)	Yes: 1 free session	Upload audio you recorded yourself	Web	"Smart Edit": fix a name once and it is fixed everywhere
Kazkar	Paid tiers not listed on their homepage	Yes: 10 free recording hours, 3 campaigns, no card	Discord bot only (/summon and /banish)	Discord	Prose-style chronicles and a relationship graph, 30+ languages
Tabletop Scribe	Pay per hour: $1.10 for 1 credit, $10 for 10, $45 for 50 (1 credit = 1 hour)	5 free credits (up to 5 hours of audio), no card	Upload audio from the phone app	iOS, Android (desktop planned)	No subscription; summaries with adjustable length, tone, and humor
World Anvil	Free, or $54/yr, $99/yr, $300/yr	Yes: 2 worlds, limited articles and maps	None (you write the notes)	Web	Deep worldbuilding: maps, timelines, family trees, statblocks
Obsidian	Free; Sync from $4/mo (billed yearly)	Yes, free for personal use	None (you write the notes)	Desktop and mobile	Local Markdown files you own, with linked notes
Notion	Free plan at $0	Yes, for individuals	None (you write the notes)	Web, desktop, mobile	Databases and shareable templates
OneNote or pen and paper	Varies	—	None (you write the notes)	OneNote: PCs, Macs, phones, tablets. Paper: the table	Nothing to set up; handwriting and sketches

Quick Picks

Notes with nobody typing, in person or on Discord: Loreify or Archivist AI.
A shared wiki, and you already record your games: Saga20.
Native phone app: SessionKeeper or Tabletop Scribe.
Discord only, story-style recaps: Kazkar.
Pay per hour instead of monthly: Tabletop Scribe.
Play-by-post or Foundry VTT: Archivist AI.
Worldbuilding before the game: World Anvil.
Free and you like writing: Obsidian or Notion.

AI D&D Note Takers

These apps turn session audio into notes. The main differences are how audio gets in (a Discord bot, a recorder in the app, or a file you upload), how pricing works (flat monthly, per session, or per hour), and what you get besides a recap.

1. Loreify

Best for: Groups who want finished notes without anyone typing, in person or on Discord

Loreify records the session itself, either in the browser at the table or with its own Discord bot (/loreify-record), and writes the notes 5–10 minutes after you stop. Each session gets a recap, timeline, NPC, quest and loot entries, word-for-word quotes, and a lore map that grows across the campaign. Campaign Chat answers questions from your own sessions. Transcription works in 14 languages. Every feature, including the Discord bot, is on every plan; Casual caps you at 2 sessions a month.

Price:: $15/mo, $120/yr, or Casual $7/mo (2 sessions a month)
Free option:: No free plan; 7-day free trial
Recording:: Record in the web app, built-in Discord bot, or upload audio
Platforms:: Web (desktop and phone browsers), Discord

More on the Loreify note-taking app and pricing.

2. Saga20

Best for: Groups who want a shared campaign wiki and already have a way to record

Saga20 turns uploaded session audio into session notes and a campaign wiki with pages for characters, NPCs, locations, factions, and items. It does not record for you: their site suggests one phone on the table, or recording Discord with a tool like Craig or OBS and uploading the file. Players can claim character pages, and recaps can be published to Discord. It lists support for D&D, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk RED, Vampire: The Masquerade and other systems. The free plan includes one session summary.

Price:: $12.99/mo, $19.99/mo, or $39.99/mo (yearly billing: 2 months free)
Free option:: Yes: 1 session summary, unlimited text sessions, campaign wiki, no card
Recording:: Upload audio (phone at the table, or a Craig/OBS recording of Discord)
Platforms:: Web

Website: saga20.com • Saga20 vs Loreify

3. Archivist AI

Best for: Discord and Foundry groups, and play-by-post games

Archivist records live with its own Discord bot, and also accepts audio uploads, Discord play-by-post threads, transcripts, and pasted notes. Foundry users can sync campaign data. You get recaps, a searchable compendium of NPCs, locations, factions and items, an "Ask Archivist" chatbot, a timeline and quest log, PDF handouts, and trading cards. Plans are priced by campaigns and sessions per month, all with unlimited player seats.

Price:: $10/mo (4 sessions) up to $60/mo (40 sessions)
Free option:: 30-day free trial: 1 campaign, 2 sessions, 5 AI images, no card
Recording:: Discord bot, audio upload, play-by-post import, pasted notes or transcripts
Platforms:: Web, Discord, Foundry VTT sync

Website: myarchivist.ai • Archivist AI vs Loreify

4. SessionKeeper

Best for: Tables that want to record on a phone app, and players tracking their own character

SessionKeeper records in its iOS and Android apps (web is in beta), through a Discord bot, or from uploaded audio. It builds session summaries and a campaign wiki, tracks character memory, and adds AI artwork, achievement badges, a DM Assistant, and podcast-style "Behind the Screen" analysis. It identifies who said what and supports 13 languages. The $3.99 Adventurer plan covers summaries for one campaign; the campaign wiki and Discord bot start on the $9.99 Hero plan.

Price:: $3.99/mo up to $39.99/mo (Discord bot from $9.99/mo)
Free option:: None listed on their pricing page
Recording:: In-app recording, Discord bot (Hero plan and up), audio upload
Platforms:: iOS, Android, web (beta)

Website: sessionkeeper.ai • SessionKeeper vs Loreify

5. GM Assistant

Best for: GMs who record on their own device and want cheap annual pricing

GM Assistant works from audio you record yourself and upload. It writes recaps in several styles, scene outlines, and tracks NPCs, locations, and items. Its "Smart Edit" fixes a correction across all your notes at once. It is system-agnostic and supports multiple languages. Paid plans are billed yearly and unused credits roll over.

Price:: $90/yr (12.5 hrs audio a month) or $250/yr (33.3 hrs a month)
Free option:: Yes: 1 free session
Recording:: Upload audio you recorded yourself
Platforms:: Web

Website: gmassistant.app

6. Kazkar

Best for: Discord-only groups who want story-style recaps

Kazkar is a Discord bot: /summon starts recording in a voice channel and /banish stops it. Sessions become prose chronicles, a lore wiki, and a relationship graph of characters, places, and factions. It transcribes 30+ languages and says audio is deleted after processing. It has no in-person or upload option.

Price:: Paid tiers not listed on their homepage
Free option:: Yes: 10 free recording hours, 3 campaigns, no card
Recording:: Discord bot only (/summon and /banish)
Platforms:: Discord

Website: kazkar.ai

7. Tabletop Scribe

Best for: Groups who play irregularly and would rather pay per session than per month

Tabletop Scribe is a phone app for iOS and Android. You record on any device, move the audio to your phone, and upload it. It writes summaries you can tune for length, tone, and humor, keeps a campaign wiki, answers questions with "Ask Scribe", and generates images for big moments. Players can get read-only viewer accounts. Pricing is credits, not a subscription.

Price:: Pay per hour: $1.10 for 1 credit, $10 for 10, $45 for 50 (1 credit = 1 hour)
Free option:: 5 free credits (up to 5 hours of audio), no card
Recording:: Upload audio from the phone app
Platforms:: iOS, Android (desktop planned)

Website: tabletopscribe.com

Manual D&D Notes Apps

These don’t listen to your game. They give you a place to write, link, and organize notes. They are free or cheap and fully under your control, and someone at the table has to do the writing.

8. World Anvil

Best for: DMs who build their world before the game and enjoy writing it up

World Anvil is a worldbuilding wiki, not a recorder. You write articles, maps, timelines, and statblocks yourself. Paid tiers add private content, more campaigns, family trees, diplomacy webs, and Discord webhooks. It pairs well with an AI note-taker: one captures what happened at the table, the other holds the world you built.

Price:: Free, or $54/yr, $99/yr, $300/yr
Free option:: Yes: 2 worlds, limited articles and maps
Recording:: None (you write the notes)
Platforms:: Web

Website: worldanvil.com

9. Obsidian

Best for: DMs who like building their own system and want files they own

Obsidian is a free Markdown note app. Linked notes make it a good home for NPCs and locations, and many DMs share vault templates. Everything is typed by hand, so someone still has to take notes during or after the game.

Price:: Free; Sync from $4/mo (billed yearly)
Free option:: Yes, free for personal use
Recording:: None (you write the notes)
Platforms:: Desktop and mobile

Website: obsidian.md

10. Notion

Best for: Groups who want one shared, structured notebook

Notion is a general workspace with databases, so a campaign can have tables for NPCs, quests, and sessions. It is easy to share with the party. Like Obsidian, it gives you structure but no content: a person fills it in.

Price:: Free plan at $0
Free option:: Yes, for individuals
Recording:: None (you write the notes)
Platforms:: Web, desktop, mobile

Website: notion.com

11. OneNote or pen and paper

Best for: Players who think better with a pen, and tables that want no tech

A notebook, or OneNote on a tablet with a stylus, is still the most common way to keep D&D notes. It is free of setup and nothing breaks. The cost is attention: whoever writes is half out of the game, and notes are only as good as that person was paying attention.

Price:: Varies
Free option:: —
Recording:: None (you write the notes)
Platforms:: OneNote: PCs, Macs, phones, tablets. Paper: the table

Website: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app

How to Choose

Where do you play? Discord groups want a bot that joins the voice channel. In-person groups want a recorder that runs on one phone or laptop at the table.
How often? Weekly groups usually save with a flat unlimited plan. Several DMs whose groups meet irregularly have told us a monthly plan felt wasted in the quiet months. If that’s you, look at a session-capped plan (like Loreify Casual, $7 for 2 sessions) or a pay-per-hour app like Tabletop Scribe.
Who reads the notes? If the whole party reads them, check how sharing works and whether players need an account.
Try one real session. Every AI app above except SessionKeeper lists a free session, trial, or free hours. Run your next game through it and judge the notes yourself.

D&D Note-Taking App FAQ

What is the best D&D note-taking app?

It depends on who does the writing. If you want notes without anyone typing, use an AI note-taker that records the session: Loreify, Archivist AI, and SessionKeeper record directly (Loreify and Archivist via Discord bot, Loreify also in the browser, SessionKeeper in its phone apps), while Saga20, GM Assistant, and Tabletop Scribe work from audio you upload. If you enjoy writing notes yourself, Obsidian, Notion, and World Anvil are the most popular manual tools.

Is there a free AI D&D note taker?

Several have a free starting allowance. As of October 2, 2026: Saga20 has a free plan with one session summary, GM Assistant gives one free session, Kazkar gives 10 free recording hours, Tabletop Scribe gives 5 free hours, and Archivist AI has a 30-day trial with two sessions. Loreify has a 7-day free trial. Obsidian and Notion are free but you write the notes.

Which D&D note-taking apps work with Discord?

Loreify, Archivist AI, SessionKeeper (Hero plan and up), and Kazkar have their own Discord bots that record the voice channel. Saga20 suggests recording Discord with a tool like Craig or OBS and uploading the file.

What about in-person games?

Put one device in the middle of the table. Loreify records in the web app in any phone or laptop browser. SessionKeeper and Tabletop Scribe have phone apps. Saga20, GM Assistant, and Archivist accept audio you recorded on any device.

Should I still keep my own notes?

Many DMs do both: an AI note-taker captures what happened at the table, and Obsidian, Notion, or World Anvil holds prep and worldbuilding. Several Loreify users keep their world in Obsidian and use Loreify only for what happens in sessions. The AI notes stop you from relying on memory; your own notes hold the secrets the players haven't found yet.

My campaign started before I had an AI note-taker. Can I bring old notes in?

This is one of the most common questions we get. Most AI note-takers work from session audio, so check how each one handles older material: Saga20 offers text sessions, Archivist accepts pasted notes and transcripts, and Loreify lets you import past session notes, world docs, and handouts, which feed its lore map, chat answers, and future session notes.

How did you check these prices?

Every price, free tier, and feature for other products was read from that product's own website on October 2, 2026. Prices change, so check their site before you buy. Where a site didn't state something, we left it out. Loreify makes this page; we've tried to be fair, and you'll find cases below where another app is the better pick.

Compare in detail: Saga20 alternative, Archivist AI alternative, SessionKeeper alternative. Or see the Loreify note-taking app and pricing.

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