After having spent a lot of time and money on just about every notetaking app out there, I think every single one of them lacks something that others do have while offering something else that others don't have.
Unless you can specify what you really need, it's hard to recommend any. You need a thorough Search function? Audio? Lots of templates? Customizability? Good writing experience? ...?
With all that said, I would say to start giving Apple Notes a serious test. The app got a lot of attention (again) in the latest iOS / iPadOS, that places it more and more into the Apple Eco System. Perhaps this deep OS integration will prove to the dealbreaker in all the other notetaking apps.
I'm kinda at the stage where I'm not experienced enough to know how I'll use a tablet for notes in practise and what I'd need unfortunately!
I have a vague idea of what would be useful - I saw Notability had a record audio feature but I don't know if I could record the audio from Teams if I was being trained for example which would be an incredible power feature for me.
My partner would want something where he can put a bunch of ideas and screenshots and things down on a large page and do rough mockups for say the outline of a website, research notes etc. His use case is much more open-ended and could be for anything that might come up in a creative or research project.
Both of use personally probably just want something with the easiest learning curve and the most intuitive. I was using notes there and was getting annoyed at not knowing how to delete mistakes for convert to text without going to the delete key (which I found clunky and slow) and other basics like using the pen to substitute for return key to go to a new line.
I'm sure lots of that stuff will come with some learning, but for now I'm finding small frustrations!
