Awesome, feature filled
Perfect for journaling.
Best Versatile Note Taking App
If you’ve used other graphic or note apps you’ll find ZoomNotes your best option out there with layers and more editing options than another note app. You can use it as simple or as complex as your skill takes you. Great support from the developer as well. Amazing value for the full version price.
Requires improvement
It frequently crashes and requires improvement.
I wish more apps were like this
With every option imaginable, there will be a learning curve. But once you lock down a basic workflow, it can be a powerful tool.
What can’t this app do?
Exceptional app. Literally capable of anything you can think of, with the best features of all the major note taking apps in one place. Learning curve is steep but worth it!
University Student Note-Taking App Go To
I’m going through engineering school and really appreciate the various tools the app has that helps me annotate my notes. I’m the type of person who loves using different pens, I especially love the calligraphy pen! No other app has captured it the way zoomnotes have. Also really love infinity mode - just wish there was a way to return to origin when u zoom in too much, lol. Love the rulers, which has more than one type! Don’t see that too often.
Lastly, we’ve been spared from the AI enshi**ification - thank goodness! I find that really annoying, the other note taking apps have integrated AI into it and I find it really downgrades the experience.
Thanks to Ed! And to the other devs as well. Keep up the good work.
Lastly, we’ve been spared from the AI enshi**ification - thank goodness! I find that really annoying, the other note taking apps have integrated AI into it and I find it really downgrades the experience.
Thanks to Ed! And to the other devs as well. Keep up the good work.
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Great app!
I use this every day. You can adjust page colors & lines on the fly, customize your toolbars, so many powerful tools. It does take time to learn but it's worth the effort.
Loving ZN but excited for its future <3
I am so thankful to the Almighty Algorithm Gods on YouTube… it showed me the channel Paperless X which inevitably lead me to the very esteemed spot I am today… sitting pretty with Zoomnotes version 8.8.27 <3! Now, every time I’m on YouTube and I get suggested silly videos for childish apps like ‘Goodnotes’ and ‘Notability,’ I scoff and open Zoomnotes with a smile on my face. It is everything that we are led to believe ‘Goodnotes’ and ‘Notability’ would like to be. They might have some name recognition yes.. but Zoomnotes actually provides everything that those apps promise to be and MORE. I am so proud to support an app that I know will one day will outshine the likes of other ‘normal’ ‘note-taking’ apps like the aforementioned. It is the most comprehensive, capable, beautiful, work of love that I will scream to the skies about until it is #1 and I am back to the mud… #EdNumber1FanClub #ZoomNotes4Ever ❕💟💖
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GOAT
I’ve used Goodnotes for years!! Their price hikes and shady sequels without adding features that actually worked tuned me away finally. Zoomnotes is perfect in almost every way and even better than Goodnotes in a lot of ways. Always wanted procreate style freedom and alignment tools like Canva. It does crash though
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Great app!
I use this every day. You can adjust page colors & lines on the fly, customize your toolbars, so many powerful tools. It does take time to learn but it's worth the effort.
Best note taking software, but needs some ux work
Unparalleled features, but the ux is fairly incomprehensible. Give it a week and you’ll get it, but it’s tough. Loving it now!
Love!
I absolutely love ZoomNotes! I have stopped using Goodnotes altogether and never got into noteful. I even use ZN a lot of the time when I would have used Procreate in the past. If you are a planner girl or procreate lover like me, I think this app could help eliminate much of the back and forth. I love the responsiveness to questions and inquiries by the developer. Definitely worth every penny.
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Mostly great
ZoomNotes really has everything I could ask for in a notes app. I’ve started incorporating it into my school life and daily life for a variety of features offered. My only real gripe comes with using the Apple Pencil pro’s squeeze mechanism. It open and closes the tool menu just fine, but sub-menus you opened do not close upon squeezing the pencil pro. This isn’t the worst thing, but it just feels like they should close with the main tool menu.
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Love this app
I will admit it took me a while to understand how this app works. I am still learning. But once you start to get the hang of it..... it is awesome!! I have no complaints what so ever. I would love however to see some metallic and or glitter inks, I would love also to see a pc version. I do all my planning on this app. I don’t take notes. Update unlimited zoom no longer works and I don’t recommend this app if you want that feature
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Best App In The Store!
After 5+ years of daily use (as of 9/16/25):
ZoomNotes is hands-down my favorite, must-have app! I rely on it for everything: planning, calendar creation, PDF reading and editing (I even transformed a plain Bible PDF by adding thousands of links and images), and fixing up the daily images I create with ChatGPT. Spelling errors? Gone. Extra fingers? Erased. ZoomNotes makes it effortless.
It truly does it all—so well that I no longer need a dozen other apps. From note-taking and presentations to transparency tools and advanced editing, it’s all built in. Honestly, this is the only app you need.
After years of use, I’m convinced there’s nothing ZoomNotes can’t do. I use it exclusively, and it keeps getting better with every release. Don’t be discouraged by critics—if they don’t like it, it’s because they didn’t take the time to learn it. Yes, there’s a learning curve, but just a few days of practice pays off in a huge way.
ZoomNotes has replaced at least 10 other specialized apps for me, and it continues to impress. It is, without question, the best app available. Period.
ZoomNotes is hands-down my favorite, must-have app! I rely on it for everything: planning, calendar creation, PDF reading and editing (I even transformed a plain Bible PDF by adding thousands of links and images), and fixing up the daily images I create with ChatGPT. Spelling errors? Gone. Extra fingers? Erased. ZoomNotes makes it effortless.
It truly does it all—so well that I no longer need a dozen other apps. From note-taking and presentations to transparency tools and advanced editing, it’s all built in. Honestly, this is the only app you need.
After years of use, I’m convinced there’s nothing ZoomNotes can’t do. I use it exclusively, and it keeps getting better with every release. Don’t be discouraged by critics—if they don’t like it, it’s because they didn’t take the time to learn it. Yes, there’s a learning curve, but just a few days of practice pays off in a huge way.
ZoomNotes has replaced at least 10 other specialized apps for me, and it continues to impress. It is, without question, the best app available. Period.
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Lost months of work twice
I lost months of work & had to start from scratch I got to a certain point & today lost everything again after it crashed for the 100th time just today. I had my work on auto backup & thought I was covered . I went to re import my back up but the app backed up my file to the time my documents disappeared so once again I’ve lost everything. I love this app when it works but I’m freaking sick of losing my work & having to started over . I won’t be recommending this app & won’t be renewing my sub because In my experience it’s not dependable.
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zoom out while in page scrolling mode
If I could zoom out while in page scrolling mode, it would be the perfect notebook
Most versatile planner app in existence!!!
ZoomNotes just keeps getting better and better. The developer keeps adding new functions. I love that we continually get more options and don’t have to pay a monthly subscription fee like most other apps charge. I would suggest becoming a part of the Facebook group as everyone there is very helpful with learning all the functionality. Ed, the developer, is very helpful and quick to respond if you are having issues using the app. Ed is amazing!!! I would give this app 1000 stars!!!!!
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So Disappointed!!
I have been using ZoomNotes for 3 months. The app was just gone when I opened my iPad today. And when I reinstalled alll of customizations were gone. All of my files gone. And I had iCloud backup on. When I restore my lost planner it’s now acting glitchy so I close the app and reopen now my planner is gone again. I go to files to get it back and it’s gone. All my notes all my work is gone I’m sick. This is unacceptable! I’m just crushed. Months of work just gone.
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Awesome!
This is the best design/editing app on the App Store! I love it’s many features and it was the first app many years ago which made taking hand written notes on the iPad user friendly.
