Comparison

reDraw Whiteboard vs Noteflow

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

Head to head
About

reDraw Whiteboard

Create dynamic presentations and notes with freehand drawing, text, images, and PDF import. Seamlessly present on external displays and organize your work in folders. Share your creations as PDFs or reDraw documents.

Highlights
  • Freehand drawing with Apple Pencil support
  • Text entry and image pasting
  • PDF import and markup
  • Timeline with mark points for presentations
  • Export to PDF or reDraw Document
  • Organize documents in folders
  • Present on external displays
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In addition to App Store video, there is a longer Introductory video at http://dave256apps.com/redraw reDraw is a full-featured note-taking / presentation app for the iPad. It supports freehand drawing, text entry via a keyboard, pasting images, and importing PDFs that can be marked up using the drawing tools. reDraw was designed for use in a classroom, but is versatile enough to be used as a general purpose drawing or note taking app. A timeline with mark points allows you to step through the text and diagrams you’ve drawn before class, and you can add additional drawings / text based on discussion and questions. You can share your document with other reDraw users or export as PDF. DRAW AND TYPE Create presentations using traditional text, or create hand written presentations using the built in drawing tools. Create drawings using your finger, a stylus, or the Apple Pencil for added precision (full support for Apple Pencil with palm rejection). PRESENT YOUR WAY Connect your iPad to a projector or second screen to share your presentations with a Lightning to HDMI adapter or AirPlay Mirroring. While presenting, you can make live changes to your presentation without exiting presentation mode, making a seamless experience for your audience. TIMELINE AND MARK POINTS The timeline is the backbone of a reDraw presentation. The timeline shows the history for each slide in your document. Set mark points to quickly move to points on the timeline during a presentation. STAY ORGANIZED Organize your reDraw documents in folders within the app. NEED HELP? reDraw includes help within the app to describe how each feature works. Still need help? Send us an email at reDraw.app@gmail.com for additional support. EDITING FEATURES Freehand Drawing Straight Lines and Rectangles Text Images PDFs SHARING OPTIONS Export to PDF or reDraw Document Share with Email, AirDrop, and more Record video on iPad Air, Air 2, Pro, or new iPad. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Send us an email at reDraw.app@gmail.com

About

Noteflow

This app offers a digital notebook experience designed to replace pen and paper. It allows for note-taking, PDF annotation, sketching, and freeform idea capture with vector ink that scales without quality loss. Seamlessly integrate real-world content and organize your thoughts digitally.

Highlights
  • Digital notebook replacement for pen and paper
  • Annotate PDFs and sketch freely
  • Convert real-world images to vector ink
  • Fluid editing without traditional layers
  • Drag-and-drop integration with iOS
  • Cloud storage synchronization
Features
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Noteflow is designed to replace pen and paper. It is a modern digital notebook that lets you get the most from your iPad and iPhone. Use it for taking notes, annotating PDFs, sketching and doodling, plus a whole lot more: Copy and paste from the real world: Use Inkport gen 2 to snap a picture of a whiteboard or writing and convert it into Noteflow's native vector ink. No special paper needed. Then resize, re-color, or edit as if you wrote it in Noteflow. Create layered drawings without layers: Use the highlighter tool to color and shade behind existing ink. Use Color-Select to separate and edit individual colors. It's a much more fluid and natural editing experience than with layers. Use the straight-line tool with a grid for fast and intuitive wireframes and drafting. Drag-and-drop, cloud-storage, and more: Noteflow natively integrates with iOS's file system and drag-and-drop capabilities. Drop photos and text into Noteflow, and drag your drawings into other apps. Store your files locally or sync with the cloud service of your choice. Make Noteflow a seamless part of your workflow, the way you like. SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS TO ROAM Our vision for Noteflow is simple: to be digital pen and paper. The magic of pen and paper is in their versatility. They are useful for so many things, but particularly for the freeform capture of ideas. Noteflow expands upon this quality. You can naturally do all the things you normally do with pen and paper: take notes in meetings or class, and jot down flashes of inspirations on the go. And you can take that to a whole new level: One of Noteflow’s best uses is for "thinking on digital paper": quickly capture key ideas and concepts, then move and organize them on the screen. Noteflow's vector ink engine lets you scale and edit your work without any loss of quality. Your words and drawings remain tack sharp when zoomed in, giving you a huge effective working canvas even on a single page. There are analogues in the physical world, such as sketchnotes or everyday working on a white board, but being able to fluidly edit and move your ideas around the page is something you can only do digitally. When you represent the ideas in your head with your own personal scribbles on the screen, it effectively becomes an extension of your mind - giving you more room to think. We've designed every part of Noteflow to let you intuitively capture and work on your ideas the way you like. Whether it's dropping in existing information, quickly sketching concepts, or assembling polished presentations for others. EVALUATE NOTEFLOW RISK FREE Rather than just read about Noteflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition completely FREE. The Basic Edition is a full featured note-taking and sketching app. It comes with the Fountain Pen with black ink, photos, and a standard set of 5 popular fonts for text. Books max out at 20 pages each, but you can create as many as you like. NOTEFLOW+ Upgrade instantly at any time to get: + Inkport + Import and annotate PDFs + A customizable, full color palette, + The Marker, Write-Behind Highlighter and Straight Line tools. + Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, + Notebooks with unlimited pages, + Page backgrounds and sizes, + An additional 50+ fonts, + And more! Learn more in the in-app Quickstart Guide. DIGITAL TOOLS FOR A DIGITAL AGE I hope you'll find Noteflow a useful part of your workflow, and that you'll discover new ways to do things with it that weren't easy before. We're very proud of the work we've put into Noteflow, but we're also just seen the beginning of what's possible with powerful new digital platforms like the iPad. Our goal is to push these platforms to their limits to craft useful tools. Tools that can help us think a little more clearly, communicate a bit more effectively, and connect with other in new and enriching ways. Thanks for joining us on this journey! -- The App Makers @ Qrayon.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Noteflow at Free against reDraw Whiteboard's $4.99. Noteflow also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (183 vs 3). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noteflow is free to download; reDraw Whiteboard costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noteflow holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteflow has 183 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of reDraw Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 47% of Noteflow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

reDraw Whiteboard ships an update every 2 months, Noteflow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
reDraw Whiteboard versus Noteflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterreDraw WhiteboardNoteflow
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.2 (183 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3183 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.3 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid M. Reed SoftwareQrayon, LLC

Customer experience

reDraw Whiteboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Noteflow

All ratings182 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative43.3%

Bugs and requests

reDraw Whiteboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Noteflow

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Lost all photos and notes
  • File remotely deleted
  • Files held hostage, converted to PDFs
  • App crashes on launch (grey screen)
  • Cannot create a page
Show 7 more
  • Cannot get palette to show
  • Zoom is choppy
  • Doesn't open a document
  • Works not with iOS 16
  • Zooming out loses screen real estate
  • Cannot change color or font of individual words in text
  • Draw-behind marker does not work with text fields

Requested features

16 requests
  • Change default behavior to open blank page/project
  • Offer different options for full version (monthly, weekly trial)
  • Add custom stationary
  • Add eyedropper for pen color
  • Change size of eraser
Show 11 more
  • Add pencil option
  • Add highlighter option
  • Native browsing of notebooks in UI
  • Fix app crashing on launch
  • Allow creating pages
  • Fix text color/font change for individual words
  • Make 'draw-behind' marker work with text fields
  • Add landscape mode
  • Allow resizing of pen
  • Offer a trial period for full version
  • Make more features available in basic version

In-app purchases

None

reDraw Whiteboard

No in-app purchases

None

Noteflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is reDraw Whiteboard free?
reDraw Whiteboard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noteflow free?
Noteflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, reDraw Whiteboard or Noteflow?
Noteflow is rated higher. reDraw Whiteboard averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Noteflow averages 4.2 from 183 ratings.
Do reDraw Whiteboard or Noteflow have ads?
Neither reDraw Whiteboard nor Noteflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, reDraw Whiteboard or Noteflow?
reDraw Whiteboard ships an update every 2 months, and Noteflow every 6 weeks. Most recently, reDraw Whiteboard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Noteflow on October 23, 2026.

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