It’s no exaggeration to say that there’s no perfect note-taking app. Unless you’re the type of person who needs the separation offered by specific, third-party apps, you’ll find that your note-taking needs can be met by apps like Gmail, WhatsApp, Facebook, Signal, and Pinterest.

So, if you’re looking to reduce your reliance on Google Keep and Apple Notes, or simply optimize your favorite social media apps to become more productive, there are ways to do it effectively. So here’s everything you need to know about how to use social media platforms, messengers, and email apps to take notes for you.

So, on this page, we’ll discuss how we can use the non-note-taking apps that we often use, like Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, even Signal and Pinterest, for the added purpose of taking notes. And we’ll also discuss how this is expected to work.

Related: Google Keep: 14 Features You Should Already Be Using!