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Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Highlight. Write. Learn.

23K ratings
1121 reviews
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • October 18, 2021
  • August 15, 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

1.4.39

August 15, 2026

- New: The Overview tab provides a document overview with page thumbnails and quick access to insert, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, and delete actions. - New: A new sidebar layout lets you keep Overview, Bookmarks, Outlines, or Layers open in a resizable sidebar while editing. You can also switch these views back to an overlay from the menu. - New: You can now sort bookmarks and outlines by page number, and add sub-outlines or sibling outlines directly from an outline’s menu. - Trash in the library now shows the number of items it contains. - Fixed an issue where Translate action was unavailable on iOS 26.

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In-App Purchases

$6.99

Noteful Pro, Lifetime

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User reviews

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Great App!!! But some caveats…

I really like the app and it’s simple yet so useful! I don’t really write reviews cause I don’t ever think its worth my few minutes of thought but! I think this!

Although i bought the Noteful Pro, it really wish there was a change/update to how you can word search more precisely and accurately or the lasso tool. And a bit more features to the pro other than unlimited notes and minor adjustments.

Other than that great!
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Ben jaguilarBen jaguilar

universidad

Ha sido una de las mejores aplicaciones que eh usado para la universidad
albondiga@22albondiga@22

Good as ****

Verey F good
Dhcffsych ivDhcffsych iv

Очень хотела пользоваться

Но редактировать просто невозможно. Я искала через все источники, как отредактировать. Ничего просто невозможно. Сделал и всё. Без права на ошибку . Я слишком много сделала для того, чтобы пользоваться. Но . Задумка потоясающая и мне всё понравилось. Но невозможность редактировать портит абсолютно всё и всё перечёркивает
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MARY SCREEEMARY SCREEE

Add to app

Please add the feature handwriting-to-equation converter for accounting students

Thanks!
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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.