Endless Paper vs Defter Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endless Paper
This app offers an infinite canvas for drawing, note-taking, and visual idea exploration. It allows users to create interconnected spaces that unfold through infinite zoom, feeling as natural as pen and paper but without physical limitations.
- Infinite canvas
- Vector-based drawings
- Lasso tool for content manipulation
- Image vectorization
- High-resolution exports
- Interactive website publishing
- Drag and drop support
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Endless Paper An infinite canvas for thinking, drawing, and storytelling Endless Paper is a creative tool built around a truly infinite canvas. Write handwritten notes, create immersive artworks, explore ideas visually, and connect everything in one continuous space. Deliberately simple yet powerful and incredibly fast, it feels as natural as pen and paper—without the limitations of physical media. Whether you’re a student organizing notes, an artist exploring large-scale compositions, or a team lead mapping out complex ideas, Endless Paper adapts to the way you think and communicate visually. HIGHLIGHTS • A truly infinite canvas • Ultra-crisp, vector-based drawings at any zoom level • Move, resize, and duplicate content using a powerful lasso tool • Convert images into clean, zoomable vectors with vectorization • Create vast canvases with minimal storage usage • Export high-resolution images, PDFs, and videos with automatic zoom • Publish your canvas as an interactive website • Drag and drop images, PDFs, and even websites from other apps • Adaptive bullet grid that responds to zoom level • Bookmarks for fast navigation across large canvases • Organize multiple canvases in a cohesive gallery with versioning • Customizable color themes and dark mode • Broadcast a live view of your canvas to the web • Unlimited undo and redo • Continuous autosave with an integrated archiving system • Designed to minimize errors and cognitive load • Powered by Fractile, a Metal-accelerated 64-bit vector rendering engine DRAW BEYOND THE FRAME Endless Paper enables a new form of long-format visual storytelling. Instead of isolated pages or panels, you create interconnected spaces that unfold through infinite zoom. Explore canvases by professional artists directly in the app and discover what’s possible when scale is no longer a constraint. Build a lifetime of work into a single evolving universe—without compromising the tactile feeling of traditional drawing and painting. A SPATIAL WHITEBOARD FOR COMPLEX THINKING Never run out of space again. More importantly, Endless Paper lets you organize ideas spatially. Zoom into details, then pull back instantly to see the full structure of your work. There are no artificial document boundaries. Every tool works consistently at every level of scale, allowing you to think freely without managing files, pages, or layers. DESIGNED FOR IPAD AND APPLE PENCIL The custom Fractile rendering engine delivers ultra-crisp vector graphics at up to 120 fps—even with millions of strokes on screen. Canvases containing years of work open instantly, creating a fluid, uninterrupted creative experience that feels almost unreal. SUBSCRIPTION Endless Paper includes a free experience. Some advanced features require a subscription. SUPPORT Reach us anytime at support@endlesspaper.app or through the in-app “Email Us” option. We actively read feedback and use it to shape the future of Endless Paper. Artworks by @gregcicle, @the.ogarno, @vaskange, @ty_tyler_art_work, @digitalbobert, @pabloandrespozo and @codiesimpsonart
Defter Notes
This app provides an infinite canvas for spatial thinking, allowing users to capture, connect, and explore ideas through handwriting, drawing, and text. Organize thoughts with flexible tools and intuitive navigation for enhanced creativity and productivity.
- Infinite canvas for spatial thinking
- Handwritten notes, sketches, and typed text
- Connect and layer ideas
- Organize with Stacks
- Deft movement with gestures
- Cross-reference and multitask documents
- Supports links and files
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Defter Notes is loved by academics, students, teachers, researchers, journal keepers, knowledge workers, designers, architects, engineers, writers, and anyone who thinks best with their hands and eyes. It’s built for people who see ideas as living things: connected, evolving, and worth exploring. Think without boundaries Defter Notes gives you an infinite canvas for spatial thinking. Drop ideas anywhere. Draw connections. Expand as far as your thoughts take you. Enjoy pure creative flow. Capture ideas your way Whether it starts as a quick sketch, a handwritten note, or a PDF you’re diving into, Defter Notes adapts to your process. Write, draw, or type; then move, link, and layer it all together. Your ideas stay flexible and alive. Work the way your brain works Move items freely. Zoom in and out of context. Build hierarchies of Spaces that let you go deeper into your projects. Defter Notes stays out of the way so your focus stays on thinking. Top features * Stacks for deep work: Ideal for reading, studying, or comparing multiple resources. * Deft movement with gestures: Drag pages or extract text directly out of PDFs. * Cross-reference and multitask: View, resize, and reorder documents side by side. * Handwriting and text tools: Combine pen, pencil, marker, and text boxes using Apple Pencil or Scribble. * Fluid editing: Double-tap any item to edit or share. * Intuitive navigation: Use the mini-map, navigation bar, gestures, and select tool to move effortlessly through infinite spaces. * Supports links and files: Drop in PDFs, images, URLs, and attachments right onto your canvas. Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/GjS5tJSmBW Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.defternotes.com/touprivacypolicy https://defternotes.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defter Notes at 4.4 against Endless Paper's 3.2. Defter Notes also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%). Endless Paper's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (479 vs 75). On price, ads, 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. Endless Paper sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Defter Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Defter Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Endless Paper has 479 ratings behind it against 75, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Endless Paper's written reviews are positive against 75% of Defter Notes's.
Endless Paper ships an update every 8 days, Defter Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endless Paper | Defter Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (479 ratings) | 4.4 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.4% of reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 479 — better | 75 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epiphanie | Deft Works ApS |
Customer experience
Endless Paper
Defter Notes
Bugs and requests
Endless Paper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes and data loss
- Compatibility issues with some Apple Pencils
Requested features
5 requests- Multiple canvas/document support
- Pen/brush customization options
- Selection and manipulation tools
- Export options (PDF, vector formats)
- Improved organization and search
Defter Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Endless Paper
- Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Coffee$0.99
- Croissant$1.99
- Croque-monsieur$4.99
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- Fondue$9.99
Defter Notes
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Mini Supporter$2.991 Month
- Supporter$7.991 Month
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- Yearly Plan$17.991 Year
- Big Supporter$29.991 Month
- Lifetime Access - Welcome Offer$29.99
- Lifetime Access$39.99
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