Comparison

QuickNotes X vs Notehot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

QuickNotes X

This app offers a fluid and precise note-taking experience with a custom vector ink engine, voice recording synced to writing, and ML-powered shape recognition. Organize notes with notebooks and folders, protect them with passwords and biometrics, and sync seamlessly across devices via iCloud. Mark up PDFs and presentations, and customize your notes with various tools and templates.

Highlights
  • Vector ink engine for fluid writing
  • Voice recording synced to notes
  • ML-powered shape recognition
  • Notebook and folder organization
  • Password and biometric protection
  • PDF and presentation annotation
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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ESCAPE THE LIMITS OF PHYSICAL PAPER • Experience a fluid, precise and natural note taking experience powered by the unparalleled performance of QuickNotes X custom vector ink engine; • Choose your drawing style with numerous included tools, such as fountain and ballpoint pen; • Freely customize your stroke color as well as line thickness and pressure sensitivity; • Record and play back lectures with Voice Recording: your writing will be synced to the audio! • Draw perfect shapes and straight lines thanks to automatic, ML-powered shape recognition; • Move, resize, rotate and zoom your handwriting to take notes like a pro; • Never run out of paper: swipe to the next page and a new page will be created if needed! • Take perfect notes with your Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon or other capacitive styluses. ORGANIZE & PROTECT YOUR THOUGHTS • Never lose your notes again thanks to the powerful organization provided by QuickNotes X; • Create Notebooks to organize your notes; • Add unlimited Folders & Subfolders to group your Notebooks; • Lock individual Notebooks and Folders with a Password to protect your thoughts from prying eyes; • Unlock protected notebooks using Face ID, Touch ID or by entering your Password; • Rearrange your Notebooks and Folders however you like to make sure they are always in the correct order. SEAMLESSLY SYNC TO ALL YOUR DEVICES • Seamlessly back up & sync your notebooks and folders to all your devices thanks to iCloud; • Write once, edit anywhere: when iCloud Sync is active all your content is automatically available on all your devices; • Use the native Mac app to view your notes on the bigger screen and edit them right on your computer. MARK UP & WRITE ON PDFs, SLIDES AND MORE • Import and edit PDFs, PowerPoint presentations more; • Annotate documents on your device with all the tools available, including fountain & ballpoint pen, highlighter and shape recognition; • Open notes and documents side-by-side on your iPad for maximum flexibility; • Quickly export your notes as images, PDF or QuickNotes X Documents for easy sharing ENDLESS CUSTOMIZATION FOR YOUR CREATIVITY • Create an unlimited number of presets for stroke color and line thickness to always have the right one ready at your fingertips; • Choose between Dual or Single Bar Mode to take notes with the maximum level of flexibility and customizability; • Choose to erase entire strokes on only some parts thanks to the new Precision and Whole Stroke Erasers; • Use the Lasso tool to cut, copy, paste or delete groups of strokes or entire pages; • Customize the look of your Notebooks and Folders by choosing from more than 80 options; • Make each notebook cover yours: the Notebook cover is now fully editable so you can draw on it! • Choose the right paper template for your Notebooks, such as Blank Paper, Cornell Paper, Chemistry Paper, Engineering Grid Paper, Music Paper and more! TYPE AND WRITE ANYWHERE • Add Text Boxes anywhere in a page to start typing, with plenty of customization options for color, font style and size, available right at your fingertips in the new Tool Bar; • Move, rotate and scale text boxes to never run out of space; • Combine handwritten notes with typed content and annotate or highlight key words in your Text Boxes; AND THERE IS EVEN MORE! • Swipe left or right to quickly move to the previous or next page in the notebook; • Quickly jump to any page in the Notebook by using the Notes List menu in the Note Editor; • Customize any new page you create thanks to the new "New Page" menu in the Editor; • Create a QuickNotebook to always have a fresh new page when you open the app; • Changing the paper template for a single page or the entire Notebook is only one tap away; QuickNotes X: Note-Taking, Made Easy. Website: https://www.quicknotesx.com Twitter: @QuickNotesX Instagram: @quicknotesx ----------- Privacy Policy: https://www.quicknotesx.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Notehot

This app offers a versatile note-taking experience, combining text, handwriting, audio, and photos. It features speech-to-text conversion, OCR for image text extraction, and iCloud synchronization across devices. Organize notes with hierarchical folders and set timed reminders for important tasks.

Highlights
  • Multi-form recording (text, hand-drawn, audio, photo)
  • Speech to text conversion
  • OCR text extraction from images
  • Hierarchical folder management
  • Timed reminders
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Export to PDF, PNG, JPEG
Features
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Notehot is a simple and practical paperless note-taking application, which integrates text, hand-painting, audio, and photography. .   Product main function: Multi-form recording - supports text, hand-drawn, audio, and photo recording methods to meet your needs for scene creation Custom style - custom adjustment of detailed parameters such as text, pictures, hand-painted, etc. to make your notes colorful Free typography - support text wrapping, free movement, page style as you want Conference recording - recording of long-term conferences, with voice key mark, listen wherever you want Speech Recognition - Real-time conversion of speech to text, organize meeting minutes with less effort Hierarchical management - supports multi-layer folder classification and organization to meet daily induction requirements Timed reminders - set reminders for important notes, just for you ocr text extraction - picture to text, only between the fingers Export and share - support to export notes to pdf, png, jpeg and other formats, share your ideas with others Recover Notes - Supports recovery of note content deleted within 30 days Private Notes - Private note space, add a lock to your important documents iCloud synchronization - multi-device iCloud synchronization, allowing you to access notes anytime, anywhere If you like Notehot or have any other comments, please take a moment to write your review, or send an email to our email playeratech@gmail.com, this will help us to continuously improve the product and provide you with a better experience!  About subscription: Prices may vary in different regions. Fees will be charged to the credit card associated with your iTunes account, and the paid account will automatically renew when it expires. To cancel a renewal, you can do so 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Once a paid account is activated, it cannot be cancelled. Renewals may be managed in Account Settings after purchase. About Terms: Privacy Policy: https://notehot.com/privacypolicy.html Terms of Service: https://notehot.com/termsofservice.html

Screenshots

QuickNotes X4 screens
Notehot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QuickNotes X at Free against Notehot's $0.99. QuickNotes X also leads on ratings volume (3.8K vs 175). Notehot's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

QuickNotes X is free to download; Notehot costs $0.99 up front. QuickNotes X sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Notehot sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notehot holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickNotes X has 3.8K ratings behind it against 175, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of QuickNotes X's written reviews are positive against 63% of Notehot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickNotes X ships an update every 5 weeks, Notehot every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
QuickNotes X versus Notehot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickNotes XNotehot
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (3.8K ratings)4.5 (175 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.0% of reviews62.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better175
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size354 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro SassiPlay Era

Customer experience

QuickNotes X

All ratings3,753 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive38.0%
Neutral13.9%
Negative48.1%

Notehot

All ratings175 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral13.7%
Negative23.5%

User reviews

QuickNotes X

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 📚 Helpful for organizing notes
  • 🎨 Variety of paper templates and pens
  • 🔊 Voice recording feature
  • ⚡️ Smooth writing experience with Apple Pencil

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality without paying for pro version
  • 🐛 Glitches, crashes, and data loss issues
  • 💭 Handwriting can appear blurry or distorted
  • 🖋️ Lack of palm rejection when writing
  • 📁 Inability to reorder or move pages

Notehot

From 175 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very convenient for note-taking
  • 👍 Smooth and clean interface
  • 👍 User-friendly and convenient
  • 👍 Good for recording things
  • 👍 AI text generation is great

Room to improve

  • 😞 Misleading pricing, asks for subscription after download
  • 😞 In-app purchases required for voice-to-text
  • 😞 Limited language choices
  • 😞 Requires money immediately after installation
  • 😞 App is not free

Bugs and requests

QuickNotes X

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or becoming corrupted
  • Pen input not registering correctly or lagging
  • Unexpected page flipping or navigation issues
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add text typing option for those with poor handwriting
  • Implement cloud sync and cross-device access
  • Include more customization options like templates and colors
  • Improve shape recognition and drawing tools
  • Allow rearranging and organizing of pages/notebooks

Notehot

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App freezes and crashes
  • Lost entire notes after app freezes
  • Files are stretched or narrowed after import
  • Imported files take up the entire screen
  • Search function rarely finds existing text
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  • Cannot split screen
  • Note background is not pure black
  • Font size cannot be adjusted
  • Imported files only show filenames and cannot be edited
  • App downloads itself without authorization
  • Photos imported from gallery become blurry in the app
  • Extracted text from images is inaccurate
  • Text within the app cannot be copied to other locations
  • All typed text disappeared overnight
  • App is slow and laggy with large files
  • Writing is laggy
  • Sometimes a few pen strokes disappear after a long time
  • Occasional inexplicable jumps from handwriting to text input
  • Work disappeared after moving it to a folder

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add Dark Mode
  • Add smart shapes for diagraming
  • Add a paper guide (college or wide)
  • Add a 'pen' tool similar to pencil and marker
  • Ability to add images
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  • Add dual-window function for organizing notes
  • Improve search functionality
  • Allow two-finger adjustment of paper size
  • Add pure black background option
  • Adjustable font size
  • Improve import functionality to display content directly
  • Add ability to zoom and move imported files
  • Add ability to delete pages
  • Add ability to draw straight lines
  • Improve user-friendliness and ease of use
  • Add more writing features
  • Allow copying text to other applications
  • Improve file import clarity
  • Add more language options
  • Offer a one-time purchase option instead of subscriptions

In-app purchases

11 purchases

QuickNotes X

Subscriptions1
  • Cloud & ML Pack$0.993 Months
One-time10
  • Covers Pack$0.99
  • Templates Pack$0.99
  • QuickNotes X AI: 50000 Tokens$0.99
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  • QuickNotes X AI: 100000 Tokens$1.99
  • Notebooks & Folders Pack$2.99
  • Tools Pack$2.99
  • QuickNotes X AI: 300000 Tokens$3.99
  • QuickNotes X Pro$4.99
  • Pro Pack$5.99
  • QuickNotes X AI: 500000 Tokens$5.99
6 purchases

Notehot

Subscriptions5
  • VIP Subscription$1.997 Days
  • VIP Subscription2 variants$2.991 Month
  • VIP Subscription2 variants$5.993 Months
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  • VIP Subscription$9.991 Year
  • VIP Subscription3 Days trial2 variants$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • VIP Subscription$14.99

Questions

Is QuickNotes X free?
QuickNotes X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notehot free?
Notehot costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, QuickNotes X or Notehot?
Notehot is rated higher. QuickNotes X averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Notehot averages 4.5 from 175 ratings.
Do QuickNotes X or Notehot have ads?
Neither QuickNotes X nor Notehot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickNotes X or Notehot?
QuickNotes X ships an update every 5 weeks, and Notehot every 11 days. Most recently, QuickNotes X was updated on October 14, 2026 and Notehot on October 13, 2026.

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