# Whitelines — user reviews > 184 indexed App Store user reviews of Whitelines by Whitelines, rated 3.90/5 from 103 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whitelines/id552914549/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whitelines/id552914549.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Whitelines? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast scanning - 📁 Seamless integration with Evernote and Dropbox - 📝 Helps organize and digitize notes - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive app - ✨ Innovative concept of digital notebooks **Cons** - 🐛 Scanning issues and app crashes - 🔧 Limited functionality compared to expectations - 💰 Expensive notebooks required - 🔍 Difficulty capturing pages with handwritten content near edges - 🌈 Poor handling of color and highlighting **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent scanning performance - App crashes and freezes - Issues with detecting page corners and edges - Problems with syncing and uploading notes **Most requested features** - Manual capture and editing options - Ability to combine multiple pages into a single document - Integration with more cloud storage services - Improved organization and sharing features - Support for more paper sizes and formats ## Newest reviews (15 of 184) ### 4/5 — Camera flash malfunctioning *2026-04-09, version 6.2.1642* While I love the app it is extremely frustrating to keep pressing the flash and get no response until the tenth time and then to hope and pray that the On will work and I won’t have to again click the flash ten times. Would have been nice if there was a setting that allows me to just keep the camera flash on every time I take a picture. ### 2/5 — Auto adjustment no longer working *2026-02-23, version 6.2.1642* Since the latest update. Auto adjustment feature and auto framing no longer works. ### 4/5 — Still immensely useful *2025-12-07, version 6.2.1642* And I will keep buying the paper, but the automatic selection of mail, Evernote, Dropbox seems to be broken ### 4/5 — Simple, Straightforward *2023-08-31, version 6.2.1313* It does what it says, Nothing more, nothing less. Fantastic haiku. ### 2/5 — Does NOT integrate with Evernote *2021-09-08, version 6.2.1313* It scans the documents really well but does not integrate with Evernote properly. Instead of uploading the images to an Evernote page it either uploads multiple of one image or no images. ### 2/5 — The app doesn’t work anymore *2021-05-15, version 6.2.969* I used to love this and use it all the time but now instead of scanning the notebook all the app does it take a picture, which is pretty useless :/. I tried every suggestion mentioned in the reviews and online but nothing helps. ### 4/5 — I want the whitelines paper to show *2020-11-01, version 6.2.969* I want an option where I can leave the grid of the whitelines paper rather than having to adjust the contrast every time. I personally like how whitelines paper looks and I don’t want a scanner that takes that away. Other than that, I like how fast it scans my paper. ### 3/5 — New update ruins scanning capabilities *2020-09-06, version 6.2.866* Firstly, I love Whitelines notebooks. They’re absolutely great for taking notes: good quality, nice paper. My issue is simply with the new update to the app. I was using my notebooks for my hw: scanning it, then uploading directly to google classroom which made things incredibly easy. However the new update is has screwed up the scanning capabilities of this app. It takes an incredibly long time to recognize my nb page (when before it took mere seconds), and even when it does so, it doesn’t recognize the edges of the paper correctly, and scans it as a photo instead of the cleaned up, white background pages it had before. I can get it to scan like the old way, only after several attempts, and a very long time holding my phone absolutely still, parallel to the page, even though before this update it had no trouble identifying the pager margins correctly and scanning my notes beautifully. The old scanning features were fine! ### 2/5 — Use to Work *2020-08-28, version 6.2.866* I have been using this app for my school work during 2020 and the last update that rolled out about 2 days ago seems to have completely messed the app up for me. Insanely hard to scan my paper, Whitelines paper, properly and I can no longer email myself a pdf of my work or notes. Without being able to do this anymore, I don’t really see a point in using this app any longer. Two stars since it used to be a great app but unfortunately no longer works properly. ### 2/5 — Needs more features *2020-04-16, version 6.1.449* It’s a good system and well made but the software UI is lacklustre and very basic. Could do with more features and more manual control over pictures. More formatting and sharing options could help improve the functionality. ### 2/5 — Not great. *2020-03-01, version 6.1.449* Not that great. Didn’t work well and you need specific paper to use it. Meh. ### 1/5 — Destroyed *2019-11-11, version 6.0.253* This used to be an excellent app, so much so, that I ordered some A5 notebooks from Australia (I am in UK). You could tick the Dropbox icon on the paper page, take a snapshot and magic! It just appeared in Dropbox. Now, it has stopped working and the developer has said that they can’t afford to repair it. Go to your local supermarket and buy some cheap notepads and take a photo with your phone, because this is exactly what the app does now. Don’t waste money on their stationary products. ### 1/5 — Can’t make it scan the paper *2019-11-01, version 6.0.253* I’ve tried and tried, but can’t make it scan the paper. All four corners are visible with the codes, and The paper is vertical with the logo on the bottom, but it still will not scan the paper. I’ve tried with a flashlight as well, but that does also not work. Do not know how to make it work. ### 1/5 — Useless *2019-10-20, version 6.0.253* Ordered a few pads, made notes, and now the app won’t scan my work. Complete waste of time and money ### 4/5 — Great product! *2019-10-04, version 6.0.253* Got the small dot grid notebook to draw in. App is very easy to use, scans quickly and also captures color very well! Only had it for a little but have noticed these things: - scans will get cut off if they’re too close to the edge of the paper - small details may get blurred, especially when they’re not black - drew some little flowers near the corners of the page and now it cannot scans bc the AI thinks the flowers are the code - paper does not handle ink well. Some pens and highlighters may bleed through the paper. Other than that, it’s still very fun to play with! Not perfect, but fun enough to be worth my money ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What is the point ? *2021-12-17, version 6.2.1313* This app was great : if use to take the picture on its own and make the adjustments to reframe perfectly my scaled sketches. Now, even with the auto adjustment button on, I have to reframe and make the adjustments... which is less than ideal. the all point of the app is lost. ### 1/5 — .... *2021-10-06, version 6.2.1313* Laggg lắm ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-07-30, version 6.2.969* Doesn’t scan my notebook. Highly disappointed ### 1/5 — THE NEW UPDATE IS HORRIBLE *2020-09-09, version 6.2.866* This app was perfect, I bought new notebooks because Ibwas obsessed with them. The new update screwed everything, it is almost impossible to scan now. It creates massive pdfs that take too much time to send. Also, interface lags all the time. My time scanning docs went from 15 seconds to 5 minutes each. Can i get the last version back please?? ### 1/5 — Please read this: *2020-09-05, version 6.2.866* I just really want an app that you can use for absolutely free where you can create hand written notes or drawings on an iPad! I just wish you could make it possible to put pens and colours onto this app and this would be the best ever! ### 1/5 — Absolutely unintuitive for organization *2020-08-29, version 6.2.866* First, I have to caveat that this review is about the app only. The Whitelines paper is an absolute joy, hands down my favorite paper to use. But about the app... 1. I use the Engineering Pad paper. Anything I write outside of the grid is not captured by the app when you scan it. It's just truncated. This is silly; the app sees the registration marks, so it should be able to capture the page boundaries, not just the limitations of the margins. 2. Whatever GUI kit the app uses, it's horrible. It looks and feels absolutely nothing like an iOS app, at all. Illogical icons, icon placement, lack of options, ... it makes no sense. 3. The paper has preprinted boxes for email, Dropbox, and Evernote. But I can't find any way to configure them to do anything. At all. 4. If you click on "organize...", and don't know what you're doing, you can easily split apart multi page PDF scans, and lose the renamed filename (which is one of the few organization pieces of information you were able to provide). Great paper. Useless app. The company ought to work with or partner with Rocketbook. I know it's a different philosophy, but at least Rocketbook's app is functional, and able to configure destinations and organize scans semi-intelligently. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2020-06-04, version 6.1.449* Tried scanning my drawing and it did nothing and kept saying nothing was there ### 1/5 — It’s not compatible *2020-02-07, version 6.1.449* Everytime I try to take a picture, it states that my lines aren’t recognized, so its useless. ### 1/5 — Won’t scan *2019-12-17, version 6.0.253* I tried to take a photo of my beautiful manga drawing but it wouldn’t let me because I didn’t have the special paper required. Don’t usually write reviews but this was particularly bad. ### 1/5 — ummmm???? *2019-11-25, version 6.0.253* why do i have to buy special paper this wasnt advertised ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ninoo *2020-08-12, version 6.1.449* i love this app so much . the app itself is super user-friendly and easy to use . ### 5/5 — Convenient and Simple *2020-07-26, version 6.1.449* As someone who often misplaces her stuff, having whitelines is really good. Especially when i write notes for all my modules in University, using Whitelines make storage really simple. I can access my notes anywhere and anytime now, even if I lose my physical notebook. Sharing notes also became really easy. Really convenient! ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2020-07-16, version 6.1.449* Love it, it’s easy and so comfortable to use. ❤️💜 ### 5/5 — Such a clever App *2020-05-12, version 6.1.449* I travel to school everyday via the tube and trust me, trying to revise for tests in the tube is NOT a good idea. I’m so grateful for Whitelines because the app enables me to be able to revise without having to carry all my revision notebooks. I am definitely more of a writing gal as appose to a tech person and I am so happy that I can still review my notes via my phone rather than having to type it all up onto a document. Such an easy app and an absolute must buy. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-01-11, version 6.1.449* Great! Unfortunately, I didn’t know you shouldn’t cover up the squares, so I had already covered one up with the page number. Luckily, the app will capture any two squares, so after a little fiddling around, I was able to capture my pages. ### 5/5 — This is an amazing concept! *2019-09-01, version 6.0.253* I have had my Whitelines Paper Notebook for a small while but I already love it so much! I love the creativity that the notebook can give me, with lines that don’t ruin the look of a piece and of course the digital feature! ### 5/5 — 手書き、手描きインスタに便利 *2019-07-02, version 6.0.253* 今まで思ったように読み込めなかった手描きのイラストも、アプリのおかげでキレイに取り込めます！ UIシンプルでいいと思います。 ### 5/5 — これは使えそう💡 *2019-06-27, version 6.0.253* 私は現在、行政書士試験に向けて勉強しており ノートとiPadの両方を使っています。 ノートにまとめたことをiPadに取り込んで 持ち運べたらとても便利なので活躍しそうです(^^) ### 5/5 — 画期的 *2019-06-25, version 6.0.253* 仕事のメモをルーズリーフで持ち歩いてたらバラバラになって無くしたりしてました…Whitelines は手書きノートをデータ化できて、営業とか、人前で携帯でメモ取りにくい業種でも便利だと思います！デスクの引き出しにも無駄な紙が残らないから、整理できるね、さいこう！アプリで共有もしやすい〜 ### 5/5 — 良い *2019-06-24, version 6.0.253* 無料でここまで使わせてもらえて嬉しいです。携帯のせいでシャッター音がなるのが恥ずかしいけど、それ以外は本当に良きです。 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-08.*