QuickNotes X vs Prodrafts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Prodrafts
This app offers an infinite canvas for note-taking and mind mapping, supporting various file formats and multimedia attachments. Experience natural handwriting and organize all your thoughts and documents in one place for efficient learning and work.
- Infinite expandable canvas
- Realistic pen strokes
- Supports all file formats
- Multimedia attachments
- Mind mapping tools
- PDF annotation
- Customizable paper backgrounds
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Write by hand, annotate PDFs and connect your ideas with Prodrafts. Move freely across an infinite canvas, use paged notebooks for structured work, or organize ideas in a mind map. Keep words, drawings and study materials together. NOTES THAT FIT THE WAY YOU THINK Capture lecture notes, sketch concepts and work through diagrams without running out of room. Use natural pen tools, shapes, a ruler and a compass for handwritten explanations and geometry notes. READ, ANNOTATE AND REVISIT Import PDFs, highlight key passages and add handwritten notes. Bring course slides, reading materials and PDF planners into your notebook. Search PDF text and make supported scanned PDFs searchable with OCR. SEE CONNECTIONS Build mind maps with text, handwriting and attachments. Move ideas, fold branches and connect related topics to make a clearer study outline or brainstorm board. FROM QUICK NOTES TO DOCUMENTS Write with headings, lists, tasks, tables, links and equations. Import and export Markdown, and export text documents to Word/DOCX. Add images and recordings to your notes. Place web link cards and video on your canvas to keep related material together. PAPER FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT Choose lined, grid and dot paper, Cornell layouts, weekly and monthly planner pages, music staff and guitar tablature paper, or guides for handwriting practice. Use them for a reading journal, study sheets or handwritten planning. RECORD AND PRESENT Record classes, meetings and ideas. On supported systems and languages, turn recordings into text. Present your canvas on an external display and guide attention with the laser pointer. KEEP YOUR WORK CLOSE Organize documents in folders, enable iCloud sync across your devices, and share notes as PDFs or images. Some tools, templates and document limits require an in-app purchase. Availability varies by device, system version and language. Audio transcription requires iOS, iPadOS or macOS 26 or later and a supported system language. The subscription will automatically renew unless canceled, and will be charged through your Apple iTunes account. The price may vary depending on your location. Prodrafts is a product registered and developed by EMMO Corp. Support: prodrafts@163.com Privacy Policy: https://www.prodrafts.cn/privacyPolicy Terms of Service: https://www.prodrafts.cn/termsOfService
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prodrafts at 4.8 against QuickNotes X's 4.3. Prodrafts also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. QuickNotes X sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Prodrafts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Prodrafts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of QuickNotes X's written reviews are positive against 70% of Prodrafts's.
QuickNotes X ships an update every 5 weeks, Prodrafts every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickNotes X | Prodrafts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.8K ratings) | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K | 3.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 354 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Sassi | EMMO Corp. |
Customer experience
QuickNotes X
Prodrafts
User reviews
QuickNotes X
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Prodrafts
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Syncing works great
- 👍 Infinite canvas
- 👍 Customizable paper backgrounds
- 👍 Supports Apple Pencil
- 👍 Versatile note-taking features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🐛 Occasional data loss
- 🐛 Buggy performance with large files
- 🔧 Limited English support and documentation
- 🔧 Lack of collaboration features
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
Prodrafts
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notes disappearing without warning
- Inability to create new drafts
- Eraser tool not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with newer Apple Drawing Format
- Inconsistent translations in the UI
Requested features
7 requests- Bulk export of notes as PDFs
- Ability to link notes to source content
- Flashcard or spaced repetition feature
- Improved organization with folders and tags
- Dark mode option
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- Better mouse/keyboard support on desktop
- Handwriting recognition and conversion to text
In-app purchases
QuickNotes X
- Cloud & ML Pack$0.993 Months
- 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
Prodrafts
- Prodrafts Pro3 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Unlock All$12.99
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