Everything you'd do on paper, on top of the page you're already reading.
JotLayer is one small extension that adds one thing to Notion: a pen. Here's what that actually changes about your day.
Add to Chrome - it's freeCircle the thing instead of describing it.
“Third bullet, second sentence, the bit about pricing” takes ten seconds to write and ten seconds to find. An arrow takes one. Feedback that points at the thing gets acted on.
Some ideas won't go into a bullet list.
Arrows between two paragraphs. A box around the tricky bit. A quick diagram in the margin. Notion is great at text and bad at everything else - this fills the gap without leaving the page.
No second app. No embedded block.
The usual workaround is a whiteboard tool in another tab, exported and pasted back as a link nobody clicks. JotLayer draws on top of Notion itself, so your page keeps loading as fast as it did yesterday.
Text-heavy notes are hard to come back to.
Colour, shape and position are what make a page findable a month later. Drawing on the page you already have beats rewriting it somewhere prettier.
Versus how you're doing it now
Two common workarounds, and where they fall over.
Privacy first
Local storage keeps sensitive sketches on your device. Cloud sync is opt-in, per plan.
Instant setup
No workspace permissions, no API keys, no onboarding tour to click through.
Native feel
The toolbar borrows Notion's own type and spacing, and collapses when you're reading.
Want to start right now? Learn how to draw in Notion or install the Chrome extension - no embed blocks required.
Try it on a page you're stuck on.
Free for five pages, forever. No card, no account.
Add to Chrome - free