# PaperFlow: Handwritten Notes — Links, backlinks and a graph

> Links, backlinks and a graph (iPhone/iPad app by Freedom It.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paperflow-handwritten-notes/id6803289903 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Freedom It](https://appshunter.io/developer/6803289905)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 85 MB
- Languages: American English, European Portuguese
- Released: 2026-09-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is PaperFlow?

Write by hand and link like you type. A word you wrote becomes a link, your handwritten pages sit in the same graph as the notes you type, and one search reads both.

CIRCLE A WORD. IT BECOMES A LINK.
Lasso a word on the page, tap "Link to a note" and pick the note. That note lists the page under "Mentioned in". A link like [[Calculus II - notebook#page=12]] opens your handwriting on page 12.

HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED, ONE GRAPH
Every notebook you write is a node beside the notes you type, with links and backlinks both ways. Tap a node to see what it connects to.

TYPE A WORD. FIND THE PAGE YOU WROTE.
One search covers your handwriting, the notes you type and the text inside your PDFs. Your handwriting is read on your device, and it stays handwriting: it turns into text only when you ask.

THE SYNTAX YOU ALREADY TYPE
Wikilinks with autocomplete, note embeds, callouts, YAML properties, a templates folder, a daily note, LaTeX, Mermaid flowcharts and code blocks. Tabs, split panes, floating windows, a command palette and a quick switcher.

PLAIN FILES, ON YOUR DEVICE
Your notes are files: .md for what you type, .ink for what you write. The vault shows up in the Files app, every notebook exports to PDF or PNG, and the whole vault exports as a zip. Everything works offline, and two devices writing on the same page don't erase each other.

A PEN WORTH WRITING WITH
Press and the line thickens; tilt the pencil and it shades. Squeeze or double-tap Apple Pencil to switch tools, hover shows where the tip will land, and Pencil Pro's barrel roll turns the nib. Your palm leaves no mark. A different paper on every page.

PDFS AND GOODNOTES NOTEBOOKS COME IN
Import a PDF and write on top of it. Goodnotes notebooks open as PaperFlow notebooks.

WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PLUS
The notebook is free forever, with no page limit: writing, linking, search, the graph, import and export. That list doesn't shrink. PaperFlow Plus adds sync across your devices with a copy in the cloud, AI that suggests links up to a monthly allowance, and MCP access so your own AI assistant can read and write the vault once you allow it. 7 days free for new subscribers.

PAPERFLOW PLUS
Monthly or annual subscription with a free trial, renewed automatically until you cancel in your device Settings. The price is shown in the app before you confirm.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://paperflow.dev/privacy/en
Support: https://paperflow.dev/support

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaperFlow Plus (Monthly) | $9.99 | per month |
| PaperFlow Plus (Annual) | $59.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Founder Plan (lifetime) | $99.90 | one-time |


## Is PaperFlow safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PaperFlow.

## Is PaperFlow legit?

PaperFlow: Handwritten Notes has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PaperFlow is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.2 — 2026-10-06

Nothing changed in the app since 1.4.1. We rewrote this App Store page in English.

### 1.4.1 — 2026-09-27

Folders, links and Apple Pencil, fixed.

• Every notebook can be dragged into a folder, and one you create inside a folder stays there.
• Dropping an item on a folder that opened mid-drag always moves it.
• A link to a notebook you already had connects to it in the graph, and tapping it opens that notebook instead of making a new one.
• Apple Pencil: double-tap and squeeze follow iPadOS Settings, even when swapped. Palettes open the pen ring.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-09-26

Your links in view. Your studies on one page.

• The graph, rebuilt: it is drawn on your device, opens at once and works offline. Handwritten links show up and stay linked when you rename or move a note.
• Questions and practice tests the app creates no longer land in the graph on their own. They show when one of your notes links to them, or with the "Questions and practice tests" switch.
• Tap a dot to see a note's links; double-tap to open it. Search, depth, tags, color groups and forces live in Filters, and the graph remembers how you left it.
• Studies is now a dashboard: every destination opens as a full page, and each exam has its own, with practice, the schedule, past papers and topics.
• Add exam opens the catalog on its own screen and takes you straight to the exam's page.
• In the first steps, a tap only selects: Continue moves on and Back goes back.
• In the error notebook, a lucky guess neither counts as a right answer nor undoes the ones you had.
• A more reliable AI schedule: asking for another never erases the one you have, and the wait covers longer generations.
• A shaky connection no longer signs you out.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-09-22

Pick the exam. Answer in ink. What you miss comes back on its own.

• New first run: pick your exam and its date, then answer three real questions in ink with the clock running. What you miss goes straight to your error notebook and comes back tomorrow.
• Sign in with Apple or Google in one tap. E-mail still works.
• Today: the countdown to the exam, your daily question target and your Streak. Two rest days every 30 without breaking it, milestones along the way and cards to share.
• Exams: the past-paper library with your place saved. Stop halfway and pick up where you left off.
• The error notebook as a quiz: a question comes back at growing intervals and "Why did I miss it?" keeps the reason. Get it right three times and it leaves.
• Build your own practice test: pick the exams, the subjects and the topics, a whole topic or a single lesson.
• Add an exam: from the catalog, from your school, from scratch or from your own material. The study plan comes free when you save it; the AI schedule (Plus) spreads the steps over your days.
• PDF and AI: make cards and questions from a passage or the whole PDF, scanned pages included. Search gained a "By meaning" group.
• Found an error in a question? Report it right there.
• Reminders at the hour you choose, sounds for right and wrong answers (switchable off in Settings) and short hints on the new screens.
• Sturdier GoodNotes import, text boxes that rotate, a more precise lasso and sync that holds up on slow connections.
• Solving papers and seeing your performance per topic is free. Each question's explanation, the AI schedule and sync are PaperFlow Plus, with 7 days free.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-10

Pick the exam. The notebook builds the path to it.

• AI study plan: pick the exam (the date of its next phase comes with it), mark what you already know and your pace. The AI orders the steps and the trail spreads them over your days, with spaced reviews. Missed a day? The plan reshuffles itself.
• Every step comes with a topic outline that cites the pages of your own notebook, cards straight into the deck and a quick quiz. Where the exam has published questions on the topic, five of them to solve in ink.
• School test? Pick the topics from 14 subjects. 16 entrance exams come with their phases, dates and subjects filled in, and weights per course where the exam has them.
• Study, one page: Today, Exams, Material and Progress. One "Start" for everything pending.
• Redesigned flashcard session: tap to reveal, "3 of 12" on screen, the card's source in view. Error notebook and decks show how many cards are due today and the day of the next one.
• PaperFlow Plus: 7 days free to try the plan and AI review. The notebook stays free.

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