# Onehand Booknotes — Build Words, Change Lives

> Build Words, Change Lives (iPhone/iPad app by Naoto Sato.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onehand-booknotes/id6756857661 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Naoto Sato](https://appshunter.io/developer/1758094441)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-01-06
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onehand-booknotes/id6756857661/reviews.md

## What is Onehand Booknotes?

It quickly summarizes from books and captures paper notes via barcode registration or OCR.
Its quiet UI preserves mental space, transforming daily insights into tangible assets by capturing fleeting thoughts and flashes of inspiration.

“Recommended for”
- Businesspeople who want to quickly digitize documents
- Working professionals and students who want to take reading notes efficiently
- Creators seeking inspiration for ideas
- Students preparing for exams who want to manage study notes on their smartphones

“Features”
- High-Precision OCR Recognition
- Automatically detects Japanese vertical/horizontal writing
- High-accuracy text conversion using cutting-edge character recognition technology
- Supports a wide range of materials: books, magazines, even handwritten notes

 Organization Features
- Automatically retrieve book information via barcode scanning
- Freely categorize notes using categories and tags
- Manage web pages together by saving URLs
- Supports multiple images (attach multiple photos to one note)

iCloud Backup (Premium)
- Safely back up all data
- Share data across multiple devices
- Export/import in JSON format

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly_Premium | $3.99 | per month |
| Yearly_Premium | $29.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-17

Fixed minor bugs

### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-17

Change of App Icon

### 1.0.8 — 2026-08-15

Supports Dark Mode

### 1.0.7 — 2026-03-06

- Unlimited text recognition (japanese vertical text recognition has a limited number of attempts)
- Directly launches the camera for text recognition
- Bug fixes related to text conversion range
- Added white to the initial color palette

### 1.0.6 — 2026-02-17

Update app intro

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