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Carbo › Pencil Notes & Drawing

Carbo › Pencil Notes & Drawing

Draw, sketch, pen handwriting

51 ratings
87 reviews
💼 Business
📊 Productivity
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 21, 2015
  • January 21, 2026

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About

Capture and organize handwritten notes and sketches digitally. This app preserves the expressiveness of your original drawings with innovative visualization technology. Tag, annotate, and store your creations in the cloud for easy retrieval and sharing.

✓Hybrid visualization technology
✓Image-based input options
✓Natural sketching with Apple Pencil support
✓Editable notes and drawings
✓Tagging and annotation for search
✓Cloud storage integration
✓Customizable export styles
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Carbo › Pencil Notes & Drawing. Based on 51 reviews and a 4.3/5 average, it highlights the 20 positives and 30 negatives reviewers mention most about this Productivity app.

Positive things

  • 👍Great for sketching ideas
  • 👍Pleasantly surprised by subscription plan
  • 👍Laser-focused on B&W scanning
  • 👍Excellent for capturing notes
  • 👍Manipulate scans easily
  • 👍Perfect for long-term reference
  • 👍Great for illustration on the go
  • 👍Amazingly useful for handwritten notes
  • 👍Good for capturing whiteboard notes
  • 👍Great for math applications
  • 👍Nice for organizing notebooks
  • 👍Simple and effective organization
  • 👍Bridges paper and digital notes
  • 👍Great for diagram capture
  • 👍Vectorizing photos for clear scans
  • 👍Fast and works in low light
  • 👍Syncs with Evernote
  • 👍Simple yet powerful
  • 👍Captures monochrome notes nimbly
  • 👍Good balance of capture and editing

Negative things

  • 👎Lacking features for daily use
  • 👎Difficult for diagrams and notes
  • 👎Rudimentary editing tools
  • 👎Lacks color
  • 👎Crippled by lack of export options
  • 👎Not what I was looking for (handwriting recognition)
  • 👎Organization is limited
  • 👎Proprietary format for notes
  • 👎Can't bundle pages into PDF
  • 👎Overpriced for PNG creation
  • 👎Can't place all scans in one document
  • 👎Needs more drawing options
  • 👎Poor interface
  • 👎Uncomfortable to use on iPad Pro
  • 👎Limited sketching engine
  • 👎Not useful for $8
  • 👎Basic scanning app
  • 👎Clunky or doesn't work
  • 👎Not much functionality
  • 👎Resolution of captured images not good
  • 👎Not as advertised
  • 👎No edge-detection
  • 👎Imports lines from lined paper
  • 👎Text box or drawing function missing
  • 👎Captured image quality not good
  • 👎Selection is too 'intelligent'
  • 👎Overpriced for basic scanning
  • 👎Limited editing tools
  • 👎No color options
  • 👎Not intuitive to navigate
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What's New in Carbo › Pencil Notes & Drawing

2.4

January 21, 2026

Carbo 2.4 brings enhanced support for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass integration for a modern experience. • App icon updated for Liquid Glass • Added icons to menus Other improvements: • Carbo is now localized in 24 languages • Stability enhancements & optimization for iOS 26

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Subscription plans

Pro Plan (Monthly)

Create an unlimited number of notes.

$3.991 Month
7 Days trial
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In-App Purchases

$23.99

Pro Pack 2

Create an unlimited number of notes.

User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Handy little tool

This is great for sketching ideas as they come to mind.
Dizy757Dizy757

В отсутствии альтернатив — 5/5

Нужно было оцифровать рукописные заметки с удалением фона для дальнейшего использования в моей базе obsidian, где я меняю цвет штриха и фона с помощью css-пресетов. Единственное приложение, которое помогло мне решить проблему. Благодарю.
MikitaGMikitaG

Приложение не работает

Стало вылетать при запуске после последнего обновления
lila.mialila.mia

Пропали почти все заметки

Pro пропали заметки
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Response from developer

Спасибо! /TC

Pleasantly Surprised

I was worried when I saw that this app went to a subscription plan, especially after losing functionality in other paid apps after they’ve done the same. Im happy to see that I haven’t lost any of the functionality of the app and it still works great. Thanks!
BigMicLittleMicBigMicLittleMic
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

13 issues

Keeps crashing on iPad

Bug

Update bricks app (crashes on launch)

Bug

Carbo keeps crashing

Bug

Sync problem with Evernote

Bug

Exporting pages (archiving) doesn't work

Bug

Buggy on iOS 9.01 and iPhone 6S

Bug

iPhone keeps switching off sync with Evernote

Bug

App crashes frequently

Bug

File import from iCloud shows files but can't be opened

Bug

Beta Evernote sync does not work

Bug

Randomly selects other bits on the page

Bug

Clunky or doesn't quite work

Bug

Sync with Evernote was easy, but iPhone keeps switching off attempt to sync

Bug
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Requested Features

58 requests

Adding colors

Feature

More pencil sizes

Feature

Ability to handle multi-page docs

Feature

Viable export options (PDF, etc.)

Feature

Ability to bundle pages into PDF

Feature

Put a title on scans

Feature

Copy and paste selected objects

Feature

Export an entire notebook as PDF

Feature

Desktop client for reassociating tags/annotations

Feature

Save notes as pictures to Photos

Feature

Select multiple vectors and change color/thickness

Feature

iCloud Drive support

Feature

Invert image

Feature

Copy/cut/paste selections

Feature

Export svg file

Feature

OneDrive cloud option

Feature

Scan a whole page of doodles and separate them

Feature

Improve paper edge detection

Feature

Multi-page option

Feature

Text box or drawing function

Feature

Improve captured image quality

Feature

Edge-detection feature

Feature

Better handling of lined paper

Feature

Sync with Evernote

Feature

Choice of line sizes for annotations

Feature

Color picker and highlighter pen

Feature

Support for different writing utensils on one surface

Feature

Multiple page support

Feature

Different sized pens

Feature

More customization for page size

Feature

PDF vector export

Feature

Filter multiple tags

Feature

Re-editing scanned documents

Feature

Cloud sync for notes

Feature

Copy feature for local and cloud storage

Feature

Save to Photos app

Feature

Ability to use notes as pictures

Feature

Select multiple vectors and change color or thickness

Feature

Scan entire page of doodles and separate them

Feature

More cloud options (OneDrive)

Feature

Text box or drawing function

Feature

Better paper edge detection

Feature

Multi-page option

Feature

Improve captured image quality

Feature

Edge-detection

Feature

Better handling of lined paper

Feature

Sync with Evernote

Feature

Choice of line sizes for annotations

Feature

Color picker and highlighter pen

Feature

Support for different writing utensils on one surface

Feature

Multiple page support

Feature

Different sized pens

Feature

More customization for page size

Feature

PDF vector export

Feature

Filter multiple tags

Feature

Re-editing scanned documents

Feature

Cloud sync for notes

Feature

Copy feature for local and cloud storage

Feature

FAQ

What does Carbo do?

Carbo allows you to capture, organize, and edit handwritten notes and sketches digitally. It uses innovative visualization technology to preserve the expressiveness of your original drawings while offering vector-like sharpness and bitmap editing capabilities.

What are the key features of Carbo?

Key features include hybrid visualization technology for clean, accurate notes, image-based input, natural sketching with Apple Pencil support, editable note elements, tagging and annotation for easy retrieval, and cloud storage integration with services like iCloud, Evernote, and Dropbox.

How much does Carbo cost?

The app offers a free version with a 10-note limit. You can unlock all features either through a one-time purchase of 'Pro Pack 2' or via an affordable 'Pro Plan' subscription. Upgrade pricing is also available for previous version owners.

What devices is Carbo compatible with?

Carbo is a universal app designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It supports the latest iOS features and is optimized for macOS Big Sur and later.

What are common use cases for Carbo?

Common use cases include collecting handwritten notes, creating design sketches, capturing whiteboard drawings, and annotating images. Users can then organize, search, and share these creations in various formats.