Comparison

Take notes or doodle vs Draw notes with photos

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

Head to head
About

Take notes or doodle

This app allows young children to create scribbles, drawings, and notes on their device. They can trace images, choose from various backgrounds and colors, and save their creations to continue later. It's designed for fun and creative expression for preschoolers and elementary students.

Highlights
  • Create scribbles and drawings
  • Write notes and trace images
  • Save and continue creations
  • Choose backgrounds and colors
  • Decorate photos with doodles
  • Trace and color images
Features
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For preschool or elementary school children Make scribbles, drawings or sketches, write a note and trace images. Useful, practical and easy to use app. You can save your drawings or annotations and continue any other moment. Kids who enjoy drawing their favorite cars and fairytale princesses will also love this app. They’ll be able to draw their favorite characters like elsa and sofia, and paint with colors like rose and violet. Features: • Choose from different backgrounds and draw a picture. Choose the color or the typography you want. • You can take a picture or insert one from the gallery and decorate it doing a funny doodle, like in a notepad. • Can you trace an image and then color it. Share the app through any program you have on your phone. If you liked the app, please rate us. It will help us improve. Thanks! If you want you can buy a version without ads.

About

Draw notes with photos

Enhance your notes by drawing directly on them or adding photos. You can even paint over images with your finger, then move, rotate, and scale them. Save and share your creative ideas easily.

Highlights
  • Draw on notes
  • Add photos to notes
  • Paint on photos
  • Move, rotate, scale images
  • Save and share creations
  • Free and easy to use
Features
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HOW TO USE: • Create a new note or edit an existing note. • You can draw and add photos. • You can paint on photo with your finger. • Move, rotate or scale the added images. • Save your ideas or creations. • You can save and share photos with your mobile's social networking apps. FEATURES: • Free and easy to use. • Friendly interface. • Painting photo. • Add photos to your notes. • You can save your work to continue later.

Screenshots

Take notes or doodle4 screens
Draw notes with photos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Take notes or doodle at none against Draw notes with photos's shown. Take notes or doodle also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 53 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Draw notes with photos's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw notes with photos holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draw notes with photos has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Take notes or doodle's written reviews are positive against 50% of Draw notes with photos's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take notes or doodle ships an update every 3 months, Draw notes with photos every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Take notes or doodle versus Draw notes with photos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake notes or doodleDraw notes with photos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 53 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria GasconMireia Lluch Ortola

Customer experience

Take notes or doodle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

Draw notes with photos

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Take notes or doodle

No in-app purchases

None

Draw notes with photos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Take notes or doodle free?
Take notes or doodle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draw notes with photos free?
Draw notes with photos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Take notes or doodle or Draw notes with photos?
Draw notes with photos is rated higher. Take notes or doodle averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Draw notes with photos averages 4.2 from 26 ratings.
Do Take notes or doodle or Draw notes with photos have ads?
Draw notes with photos shows ads; Take notes or doodle does not.
Which is updated more often, Take notes or doodle or Draw notes with photos?
Take notes or doodle ships an update every 3 months, and Draw notes with photos every 53 months. Most recently, Take notes or doodle was updated on November 8, 2026 and Draw notes with photos on November 2, 2026.

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