Comparison

Drawing Idea vs Notes Writer

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

Head to head
About

Drawing Idea

This app provides creative prompts for drawing, combining nouns and adjectives to spark inspiration. It helps overcome creative blocks by offering a vast library of unique ideas, making it easy to start drawing quickly.

Highlights
  • Inspirational noun and adjective combinations
  • Hundreds of thousands of unique ideas
  • Simple two-button interface
  • Helps overcome creative anxiety
  • iPhone X friendly design
Features
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Drawing Idea inspires you with fun to draw nouns and adjectives. Never again will you sit down to draw only to be overcome with creative anxiety. Ideas generated by Drawing Idea are selected to be highly inspirational. You have complete control over the nouns and their adjectives since they are generated independently. Stop agonizing over what to draw. Let Drawing Idea help you become more creative by inspiring you with hundreds of thousands of ideas. Drawing Idea is incredibly simple to use with only two large buttons to press, you will be up and creating in no time. iPhone X Friendly!

About

Notes Writer

This app is a comprehensive note-taking and PDF editing solution for mobile devices. It allows users to write, format, and organize notes, annotate PDFs, fill forms, and scan documents. The app offers advanced editing tools, powerful search, and seamless sharing and export options.

Highlights
  • Write and format notes
  • Annotate PDFs and fill forms
  • Organize with unlimited notebooks
  • Powerful full-text search
  • Document scanning
  • Sync with cloud services
  • Export to multiple formats
Features
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Every note. Every format. Unlimited Digital Notebooks. Like paper, but better. Take lecture notes, prepare for exams and develop your research. Bring the same tools to manuscripts, interviews, lesson plans, meetings and creative projects. Notes Writer keeps your work together on iPad, iPhone and compatible Apple silicon Macs. Designed for students and anyone who wants to learn, create and stay organized—including teachers, writers, journalists, doctors, architects, illustrators, mathematicians, researchers and business professionals. WRITE & CAPTURE • Handwriting, sketching & painting Take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil, type a document or explore a concept through drawing. Use dedicated sketching, watercolor and oil painting tools for illustrations and creative work. • PDF annotation Review lecture slides, medical literature and professional reports. Highlight PDFs, add comments, images and shapes, fill forms and sign documents. Keep your annotations beside the source material. • Recording & transcription Record lectures, business meetings and interviews, transcribe the audio and search the transcript for the detail you need. Add recordings to PDF notes and whiteboards, then listen back at your own pace. STUDY & RESEARCH • Courses, manuscripts & research projects Choose an optional project tree to arrange topics, sources and drafts in a Study Project. Use the Binder for structure, the Corkboard to plan sections and compilation to assemble a document or ebook. • Whiteboards, diagrams & outlines Create whiteboards with notes, images, recordings and tables. Build flowcharts and diagrams to explain a process, compare findings or plan a lesson or project. Use Outline Notes when your ideas need a hierarchy. • Flashcards & review Create flashcards with text, handwriting and images, or generate them from notes and PDFs with optional AI tools. Review with spaced repetition, answer by typing or speaking, and track your progress. MATH & SCIENCE • Calculations, Python & charts Math Notebooks combine written reasoning, symbolic calculations and Python cells. Plot results, explore a model and present your data in editable Chart documents. • LaTeX & technical PDFs Write technical papers in LaTeX and compile them to PDF with a preview of the result. For plans and technical drawings, set a scale and measure distances, perimeters and areas directly on the PDF. ORGANIZE & SHARE • Notebooks, folders & templates Create and customize folders, subfolders and notebooks. Choose names, covers and paper templates that suit each course or project. Scan handouts, search your collection and manage documents with sorting, moving and grouping tools. • Documents side by side Open documents in tabs and work with your reading and draft side by side. Create a study planner, lesson plan, research journal or manuscript within the same library. • Formats for your work Work across PDF, Microsoft Word (DOCX), EPUB, RTF, Markdown, plain text (TXT), HTML, LaTeX and OPML outlines. Edit formatted documents, read ebooks and export supported documents as PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML or EPUB. Export options vary by document type. • Sync, backup & privacy Sync with iCloud and work with Dropbox and Google Drive files through the Files app, with changes synced by your provider. Set up automatic document backups, use autosave and recovery, and protect the app and folders with a passcode. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT Ask questions about your notes and documents, simplify an explanation, summarize a reading or refine your writing. Use translation, grammar and tone tools when they help. Review every suggestion and decide what belongs in your work. Start a notebook. Study, create and work your way. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drawing Idea3 screens
Notes Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Idea at 100% against Notes Writer's 45%. Drawing Idea also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). Notes Writer's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 36 months). On ads 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

Notes Writer is free to download; Drawing Idea costs $0.99 up front. Notes Writer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Drawing Idea asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawing Idea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes Writer has 7.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Drawing Idea's written reviews are positive against 45% of Notes Writer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Idea ships an update every 36 months, Notes Writer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Drawing Idea versus Notes Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing IdeaNotes Writer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (7.3K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings27.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB660 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZany GadgetsKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

Drawing Idea

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notes Writer

All ratings7,332 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews959 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral15.1%
Negative39.7%

Bugs and requests

Drawing Idea

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notes Writer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Inability to recover deleted documents
  • Unexpected behavior when adding/deleting pages
  • Syncing issues and broken links between documents

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more brushes and pen customization options
  • Improve the clipping/selection tool
  • Implement OCR and handwriting search
  • Provide a Mac version

In-app purchases

None

Drawing Idea

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Notes Writer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Full Version Unlock Pro$3.99
  • Full Version Unlock Pro$4.99
  • Full Version Unlock Pro2 variants$5.99
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  • Full Version Unlock Pro$6.99
  • Lifetime Pro Full Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Drawing Idea free?
Drawing Idea costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes Writer free?
Notes Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Idea or Notes Writer?
Drawing Idea is rated higher. Drawing Idea averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Notes Writer averages 4.5 from 7.3K ratings.
Do Drawing Idea or Notes Writer have ads?
Neither Drawing Idea nor Notes Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Idea or Notes Writer?
Drawing Idea ships an update every 36 months, and Notes Writer every 4 days. Most recently, Drawing Idea was updated on October 16, 2026 and Notes Writer on October 29, 2026.

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