Fields: Date · Attendees · Agenda · Action Items · Notes
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Free note templates
Note templates are ready-made layouts for notes you write again and again, such as meetings, lectures, journal entries and packing lists. Vespernote's web app has 16 of them. Pick one, fill in its fields, and the note comes out in the same shape every time. Fields can hold text, dates, checklists, lists and tables, and each template keeps a free-writing area for everything else. Try one here without an account. Sign up free when you want to save it.
Why use Vespernote's note templates?
16 layouts for everyday notes
Meeting notes, lecture notes, study notes, daily journal, daily standup, weekly review, project plan, to-do list, travel packing list and more. Each has its own fields in a fixed order.
Fields that fit the note
A meeting note has a date, attendees to tick off, an agenda and an action items table with owner and due date. A recipe has servings and an ingredients table. Fields are checked when you save.
A free-writing area in every template
Whatever the fields leave out goes in the notes area. It takes Markdown, so you can add headings, lists, bold text and tables.
Start a note from a template
On the web, press New note and the template picker opens. Choose a layout, or pick Start blank. The mobile app has a template picker of its own.
How to use a note template in 3 steps
- Step 1
Pick a template
Choose one of the 16 layouts, such as meeting notes, lecture notes or daily journal.
- Step 2
Fill in the fields
Type into each field, or press Try sample to see the template filled in.
- Step 3
Save it as a note
Press Use template to see the finished note. Sign up free to keep it with your notes.
Vespernote's note templates help you write notes in the same shape every time
A blank page leaves you to decide the structure each time. A template decides it once, so you spend the time on what was said and what happens next.
- 16 templates, each with its own fields
- Dates, checklists, lists and tables as well as text
- A free-writing area in every template
- Try it without an account
Tips for better notes from a template
Fill the header before the meeting
Add the date, attendees and agenda first. During the meeting you only write decisions and action items.
Give every action item an owner and a due date
The meeting template's table has Owner and Due columns. A task with neither is easy to lose.
Keep the facts in fields and the reasoning in the notes area
Fields make a note easy to scan. The notes area is for why a decision was made.
Write key terms as they come up
Study notes has a key terms table. One row per term is quicker than rewriting the lecture afterwards.
Use the review fields the same day
Lecture notes has a questions to review list and a homework checklist. Fill them while the lecture is fresh.
Leave fields you don't need empty
Most templates only require the notes area. Meeting notes and daily standup also need a date. Empty fields show a dash.
Go beyond note templates: AI summary
Paste a filled meeting note and get a short summary with the action items listed next to it.
Try AI summaryWho can use note templates?
Students
Take lecture notes with the course, topics, formulas and homework in one layout. Study notes adds a key terms table.
People at work
Keep meeting notes, a daily standup and a weekly review in the same shape every week.
Travellers
Plan a trip with a packing list split into documents, clothing, electronics and toiletries.
Do it all with Vespernote
Note templates FAQs
What note templates are, what they hold and what works without an account.
What are note templates?
A note template is a ready-made layout with fixed fields for a type of note, such as a meeting or a lecture. You fill in the fields instead of starting from a blank page.
Do I need an account to use note templates?
No, you can pick a template and see it filled in here without one. Nothing is saved until you sign up free.
How do I write a meeting notes template?
Pick Meeting notes. It has a date, attendees, an agenda, an action items table with owner and due date, and a notes area. Fill in the first three before the meeting starts.
What should meeting notes include?
The date, who was there, what was on the agenda, what was decided and who does what by when. The meeting template has a field for each.
How do I take lecture notes with a template?
Pick Lecture notes. It has fields for the course, professor, date, main topics, key formulas, homework and questions to review, plus a notes area for the rest.
Does Vespernote have a journal template?
Yes. Daily journal has a Grateful for list, a Today's goals checklist and a Reflections area.
Can I use these templates in Notion, Google Docs or Word?
They only work in Vespernote notes. There is no Notion, Google Docs or Word version.
Can I edit a template or make my own?
No. The 16 templates are fixed. For a different layout, start a blank note and write it your way.
Can AI fill in a template?
No. You write the fields yourself. Afterwards you can run an AI summary on the finished note.
Are note templates free?
Yes. You can try them without an account. Notes you save count toward your storage, and the Pro plan raises that limit. The pricing page has the current plans.
What can a template field hold?
Text, a date, a list of up to 100 items, a checklist, a number or a table. Every template also has a free-writing notes area that takes Markdown.
Do note templates work on my phone?
Yes. Open Vespernote in your phone's browser, or use the mobile app, which has its own template picker.