Pw Drawing Pad vs My Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pw Drawing Pad
Create images, drawings, paintings, and sketches with a wide array of brushes, tools, and effects. Design logos, clothing, posters, and more with advanced layer management and text features. Supports Apple Pencil and various export formats.
- Hundreds of customizable brush effects
- Advanced layer management
- Text and shape design tools
- Extensive image editing effects
- Symmetry and deformation tools
- Multiple export formats (JPG, PNG, PDF, PSD)
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【Introduction】 Pw Drawing Pad: It can be used to create images, drawing, painting, sketching, and simple image modifications. It can also be used for logo design, clothing design, hairstyle design, posters, graphic notes, hand drawn art characters, and more. Pw Drawing Pad, which includes functions such as a brush list (hundreds of brush effects, customizable brush thickness, color, transparency, dynamic intensity weight, and other attributes), an eraser list (each brush effect can be used as an eraser), an eraser, a willow leaf brush, a blur pen, a highlighter, Fill (can set tolerance values, whether it works on all layers, etc.) Custom shape graphics (drag by hand to visually design your favorite shape graphics and logo) Custom curve function (can freely design your favorite curves and graphics), text pen (draw text lines in any direction on the page) Polyline pen, dashed line pen, dashed line pen in any direction, and can draw geometric shapes, rectangles, ellipses, etc Circles, lines, arrows, rectangles, triangles, pentagons, polygons, and more, with a rich selection of colors and customized color palettes, Layer list (rich layer related functions, including adding layers, layer merging, deleting, copying, locking transparent pixels, filling layers, creating clip masks, fading, color inversion, effect adjustment, custom textures, custom gradients, changing background layers, vertical and horizontal flipping, layer adjustment transformation, distortion deformation, liquefaction, and 35 different mixing modes that can be set), Add text (write text in the image, allowing custom font styles, sizes, colors, shadows, and other text effects with different styles), import image materials, crop and cut images, create puzzles (insert images into the canvas for texture and puzzle making), and use colorful brushes for graffiti. More features include: ruler, color balance, tone saturation, color blending curve, effect adjustment (including simple blur, Gaussian blur, dynamic blur, radial blur, as well as obtaining image contour lines, line strokes, particle noise, sharpening, mosaic, deformation, luminescence, sketching line draft, brightness ratio, brightness, RGB adjustment, contrast, exposure, saturation, gamma, and so on). Symmetry tool (allowing left and right symmetry, top and bottom symmetry, etc.), gradient fill, reference image, magic wand lasso selection tool, pen tool, twist deformation, liquefaction deformation, grid reference lines, fill settings, image layer cropping, canvas page size adjustment, color picker, etc. Supports Apple pencil. Support exporting different file formats. jpg,. png,. pdf, and. psd. If you like our application, we support do better, give me praise it. thank you very much! 【Friendly reminder】 If you use have any problems, please contact us and tell us your application questions and feedback opinions and suggestions. 【contact us】 Contact E-mail: pw_team@163.com 【Special thanks to】 All the love and support of the application of the person. Subscriptions will be applied to your iTunes account.Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated.Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. For more information, see our [link to ToS] and [link to Privacy Policy]. Terms of Use : http://draw.s132.com/drawing/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy : http://draw.s132.com/drawing/privacypolicy.html
My Notes
This app allows for freeform handwritten note-taking and drawing on an infinite canvas. It supports file imports and graphic diary creation with image integration, serving as a digital tool for learning and organization.
- Infinite canvas for notes and drawing
- Handwritten note-taking
- Graphic diary creation with images
- File import and annotation
- Apple Pencil support
- Paperless learning tool
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「My Notes」 is a very popular handwritten note application, breaking the paperless learning. Handwritten notes, more convenient for editing notes, The design is simple and can be used for painting. It is another window for learning software and a good helper for sorting out files. You can also edit a graphic diary. Pictures can be added to each diary, not just words. Support file import annotation and other functions, making it more convenient and concise to use. Support Apple pencil, which can be integrated into your process whether you are studying or working. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, with the renewal fee deducted from your plan within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal at the Account Settings office at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. If your trial does not end, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start your subscription. To open a subscription, you agree to the following terms: The terms of service : https://jianxiwu.github.io/posts/jianxi/fuwu Privacy policy : https://jianxiwu.github.io/posts/jianxi/privacy
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Verdict
Pw Drawing Pad and My Notes both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of Pw Drawing Pad's written reviews are positive against 0% of My Notes's. Pw Drawing Pad also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (870 vs 13). My Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pw Drawing Pad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and My Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pw Drawing Pad against 4.4 for My Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pw Drawing Pad has 870 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Pw Drawing Pad's written reviews are positive against 0% of My Notes's.
Pw Drawing Pad ships an update every 2 months, My Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pw Drawing Pad | My Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (870 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 870 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟典 苏 | 文龙 林 |
Customer experience
Pw Drawing Pad
My Notes
Bugs and requests
Pw Drawing Pad
Reported bugs
7 issues- Drawings disappear when touching screen
- Nothing appears when attempting to draw
- App closes unexpectedly when viewing saved work
- Color selection creates unwanted white line outlines
- Unable to open previous artwork after updates
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- Brush size controls not functioning properly
- Incompatibility with saved files from previous app versions
Requested features
9 requests- Restore animation option from previous version
- Bring back old version functionality
- Improve brush quality and reduce lag
- Add more comprehensive tutorials and reference materials
- Expand color palette with basic colors like red
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- Increase resolution capabilities
- Support for Western-style painting and calligraphy
- Make premium features free or reduce subscription costs
- Better color selection interface
My Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pw Drawing Pad
- Monthly subscription premium$0.991 Month
- Annual subscription premium3 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Advanced Paid Pack 1$9.99
My Notes
- Monthly VIP3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Quarter VIP3 Days trial$4.493 Months
- Pro Version$4.99








