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Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Highlight. Write. Learn.

23K ratings
1131 reviews
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Free
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • October 18, 2021
  • August 25, 2026

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Developer

Noteful Technologies Ltd
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About

This app revolutionizes paperless note-taking on iPad, allowing for handwritten notes, document annotation, and knowledge organization. It offers a fluid writing experience, PDF markup, powerful tagging, and audio recording synced with notes.

✓Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
✓PDF and document annotation
✓Organize notes with tags
✓Layers for annotations
✓Audio recording synced with notes
✓Import PDFs and MS Office documents
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Noteful. Based on 23K reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 7 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Productivity app.

Positive things

  • 🚀Smooth writing experience
  • 👍Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💡Layers feature
  • 👍Affordable one-time purchase
  • 🚀Efficient and lightweight
  • 👍Great organization with tags and folders
  • 👍Customizable UI

Negative things

  • 🐛Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🔍No handwriting recognition or search
  • 🔍Limited text editing options
  • 🔍Lack of advanced features like math conversion
  • 🔍Exporting PDFs loses some formatting
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What's New in Noteful

1.4.40

August 25, 2026

- Fixed a critical crash when opening the Layers view for a layer containing only a straight line. - Fixed an issue where the Lasso tool could select and move invisible objects when the current layer was hidden.

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In-App Purchases

$6.99

Noteful Pro, Lifetime

Get unlimited notebooks. Get all features.

User reviews

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Perfect

I don’t write reviews that often unless it’s absolutely horrible or absolutely phenomenal. In this case, this app is FREE and phenomenal. It’s everything I was looking to use for school. I am so impressed with the simple but effective UI and this developer deserves so much praise. I may purchase the full app just to support them. 100/10!! Thank you!!
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SunayyeSunayye

Moved from GoodNotes

Still learning but I love the tutorial task list they provide to get you familiar with the app. Finding it easier to use for my digital planning.
Greenski BeanskiGreenski Beanski

Perfect app

I really love the options this app gives you. I love the little sticky note feature and the marker smoothing. If it could have more marker options and even downloadable presets that’d really up the ante. So excited to use this for yet another year.
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Very convenient

The app is very good and is very cheap, for 6 dollars you can get everything on the app with no subscription, and the writing is very clean, overall very nice
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Perfect

Literally perfect in everything
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Syncing issues across devices

Bug

Lasso tool not working properly with PDFs

Bug

Eraser tool not functioning as expected

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Requested Features

6 requests

Handwriting recognition and search

Feature

More text editing options (bullet lists, etc.)

Feature

Improved PDF handling and annotations

Feature

Custom templates and sticker support

Feature

Expanded cloud storage options (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.)

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Customizable pen pressure and smoothing

Feature

FAQ

What does Noteful do?

Noteful is a note-taking and PDF markup application designed for iPad. It allows users to create handwritten notes, annotate documents, organize information with tags, and even record audio synced with their notes, aiming to replace traditional paper clutter.

What are the key features of Noteful?

Key features include a natural handwriting experience with Apple Pencil support, the ability to import and annotate PDFs and MS Office documents, powerful tagging for organization, layers for annotations, and audio recording synchronized with notes.

How much does Noteful cost?

Noteful is free to use with certain features marked with an asterisk available through an in-app purchase called Noteful Pro. Noteful Pro can be purchased with a one-time payment to unlock these features permanently.

What devices is Noteful compatible with?

Noteful is designed for iPad and also syncs with iPhone devices. It leverages iCloud for syncing notes across all your Apple devices.

What are common use cases for Noteful?

Common use cases include annotating textbooks and lecture slides, taking class notes, building a personal knowledge system, marking up documents, and sketching ideas. It's ideal for students and professionals looking for a digital solution to manage information.