Notes Writer Pro vs Notewise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes Writer Pro
This app is a versatile writing and note-taking tool that supports rich text and Markdown. It allows users to annotate PDFs, fill out forms, and organize their work into unlimited notebooks. The app also includes scanning capabilities and various export options for seamless sharing and backup.
- Rich text and Markdown writing
- PDF annotation and form filling
- Unlimited notebook organization
- Document scanning
- Cloud sync and multiple export formats
- Distraction-free writing mode
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You have lecture notes to take, a story to tell, article to publish, whether it’s today’s journal entry, tomorrow’s thesis, highlight important things in ebooks and PDFs, fill out a PDF form or get the most from your business meetings. Notes Writer is an excellent assistant in study and business, also being effective for writing down your ideas and thoughts and sharing them! Students, teachers, writers, doctors, journalists, scholars and business professionals use Notes Writer daily to store notes, annotations, memos, signed PDFs, papers, highlighted PDF text-books, lectures and more. With Notes Writer Pro you can: + WRITE. EDIT. FORMAT · Write Everywhere: Use Notes Writer as an stand-alone writing app even if you don’t have a computer or you are offline in the wilds · Create rich text format (RTF) and advanced Markdown (MD) documents · Define margins, headers/footers, paper sizes, MLA and APA style format · Live counters: characters, words, sentences, lines, Avg. Word length, Words per sentence & reading time · Text to Speech for proofreading · Dictation lets you speak text instead of typing · Typewriter: Distraction-Free mode, letting you focus on what you’re writing · Over 30 languages typing support including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic & Hebrew · Extra keys: tab, forward delete, cursor up/down/left/right, etc. + ANNOTATE PDFs. FILL FORMS. SIGN DOCUMENTS. · PDF Annotations: highlight, strikeout, underline, notes, voice notes, pencil, stamp, sign... · Fill out forms. Supports PDF AcroForms standard · Sign with your own signature documents, contracts, forms · Digital Signature Validation + ORGANIZE. STRUCTURE. FIND. · Organize your work in unlimited notebooks, folders and subfolders · Create notebooks and projects in your own tree-like structure: Sections, Classes, Lectures, Grades, Drafts, Folders, Chapters, Research, etc. · Design the cover of your notebooks · Full-text search your library of documents and projects + SCAN NOTES. RESEARCH. PDF LIBRARY · Split view: Open two PDFs or handwritten notes simultaneously on screen. Compare or use them as book and paper · Full PDF reader and manager included for reference files, text books, ebooks, articles, resources, papers, etc. · Use the camera of your iPad/iPhone to scan documents, notes, recipes, tickets, etc. as PDF · Open PowerPoint, Word and Excel files + SHARE NOTES. EXPORT PDF, HTML… · Open attachments directly from the Mail app · Sync via iCloud, Dropbox, Box, WebDAV and Google Drive · Convert to multiple formats RTF, Markdown, PDF, ePub, HTML, RTFD, TXT, etc. · Zip folders/notebooks and email them + AUTOMATIC BACKUPS. BE SAFE. PROTECT YOUR WORK · Protect your work with an app security passcode · Protect any folder or project with a passcode · Automatic Backups of your notes and notebooks Notes Writer is more than an innovative, fast and reliable note-taking, PDF annotator and writing app designed for anyone who take notes or writes. This is a smart notepad and writing workspace for your iPad and iPhone. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Notewise
This app offers a versatile digital canvas for note-taking, PDF annotation, and sketching. It leverages AI to summarize content, generate quizzes, and transcribe audio. Designed for students, professionals, and creators, it provides tools for organization, collaboration, and enhanced productivity.
- AI-powered note summarization and quizzing
- Handwritten notes and PDF annotation
- Audio recording with synced transcripts
- OCR for searchable handwriting
- Real-time collaboration
- Infinite freeform canvas
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Apple Design Awards Nominee, 6M+ users worldwide. Notewise is the future of note-taking on iPhone and iPad. Whether you’re recording meetings, sketching diagrams, annotating PDFs, or writing ideas, Notewise gives you a personalized workspace that feels like your second brain — supercharged by AI. With Notewise, you don’t just take notes. You create good notes — searchable, personalized, and interactive. Write Your First AI Note Meet your first AI Note, shaped by your context across audio, text, handwriting and docs. • Capture Anything: Start with audio, text, handwriting, docs or images. • Note: A living AI note that writes itself from everything you capture. • AI Chat: Chat with the note you're in or across every note and the web. • Search: Find details in handwriting, text, audio, files and even images. With Notewise, you always start with what matters. Personalization That Feels Like Magic Designed to take good notes for iPhone and iPad note-takers • Multiple sources, one note: Capture in any order your thoughts arrive, it stays together. • Auto-updates: Your Note grows every time new information arrives. • Suggest changes: Approve changes before your Note is edited. • Custom Tabs: Every note, your format. Choose from 20+ templates or create one. • Profile Building: Define your preferences, get customized notes. Whether you want class notes in Cornell format or meeting notes as action items, it just works. Canvas Tools Built for Power Users Use the full toolbox to create your own system of thinking and learning: Pen, Highlighter, Eraser, Lasso, Tape, Shape, Textbox, Image, Audio Recorder, Table, Zoombox, Ruler, Laser Pointer, Sticky Notes, Creative Brushes, Stickers, Background Removal, Videos Create good notes freely. Every tool is fast, fluid, and purpose-built. Stay Present in Every Meeting • Record meetings, coffee chats, classes and voice memos. • Notewise transcribes every recording. Available across 20+ languages. • Each meeting builds on the last. Yesterday's meetings informs today's decisions. • Chat with all your meetings at once. Bring context across files and texts as well. Leave Lectures with Confidence • One note for school: record lectures, annotate slides, take class notes, draw diagrams. • View class notes in Cornell or Outline format, or create one of your own. • Generate podcasts for audio visual learning and test your knowledge with quizzes. • Chat with everything you save: textbooks, notes, recordings, whiteboard images. Annotate, Edit, Chat • Upload PDFs, docs, slides, textbooks and more. • Bring PDF knowledge in the same place as recordings, typed notes and handwriting. • Chat with your files, ask questions within and beyond them. Privacy-First by Design We’re a small, independent team. We don’t sell your data. We don’t show ads. Your notes are encrypted, secure, and under your control. Try For Free • Start with 10 free canvas notes, upload slides and docs • Experience AI powered thinking. Start with a 7 day free trial of Notewise 4.0 • Use core features for free—forever Always Getting Better Canvas updates, recent additions include: • Customized Toolbar: Keep tools you like, hide the ones you don't use • Connector: Link any two elements to connect ideas, draw diagrams and map workflows • Font Selection: Choose from 2000+ Google Fonts And we're just getting started. Take Good Notes Only Notewise is built for professionals, students and knowledge workers around the world. Whether you’re working on your next start-up idea, making decisions in a meeting or simply taking class notes, design your own productivity system in Notewise, a notes app that thinks as human, works like AI. — Build your notes your way with a tool that respects your privacy. Download Notewise for free today and experience the future of note-taking: contextual, personal, powerful. Privacy Policy: https://www.notewise.dev/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.notewise.dev/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Notewise at Free against Notes Writer Pro's $9.99. Notewise also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Notes Writer Pro's advantage is ratings volume (3.2K vs 271) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Notewise is free to download; Notes Writer Pro costs $9.99 up front. Notes Writer Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Notewise sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 4.6 for Notes Writer Pro against 4.6 for Notewise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes Writer Pro has 3.2K ratings behind it against 271, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Notes Writer Pro's written reviews are positive against 55% of Notewise's.
Notes Writer Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Notewise every 2 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Notes Writer Pro | Notewise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.2K ratings) | 4.6 (271 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 54.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 271 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 375 MB | 427 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairoos Solutions SL | ZIIKR |
Customer experience
Notes Writer Pro
Notewise
User reviews
Notes Writer Pro
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent note-taking app
- 📁 Great folder organization
- 🎨 Customizable notebook covers
- 🔍 Useful PDF annotation tools
- 🤖 Impressive AI capabilities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔄 Sync and file transfer issues
- 🕰️ Slow performance and lag
- 🔒 Poor customer support
- 💰 Misleading upgrade pricing
Notewise
From 271 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 🔄 Excellent cross-platform synchronization (Android, iOS, Mac, PC)
- ✨ Comprehensive feature set with tables, shapes, and drawing tools
- 🎨 High-quality dark mode implementation
- 📱 Works seamlessly across multiple devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes after updates
- 🐛 Handwriting and annotations disappearing randomly
- 🐛 Lasso selection tool includes unwanted background
- 🐛 App freezes and lags when highlighting large areas
- 🐛 Text input fields not functioning properly
Bugs and requests
Notes Writer Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notes randomly disappearing
- Formatting issues with text and images
- Unreliable audio recording and playback
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Inability to transfer files between free and pro versions
Requested features
5 requests- Handwriting recognition
- Improved eraser and shape tools
- Customizable keyboard and toolbar
- Better integration with cloud storage
- Ability to rotate and resize images
Notewise
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes on every update
- Handwritten content randomly disappears
- Annotations vanishing intermittently
- Lasso selection tool malfunctions
- Text input fields not responding
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- App freezes when highlighting large areas with markers
- Handwriting input not registering
- Palm rejection issues causing unwanted marks
- Shape recognition failures
- Scribble-to-erase function unreliable
- PDF export causing app crashes
- Notes auto-deleting or getting corrupted
- Sync getting stuck mid-process
- Slow and delayed cross-device synchronization
- UI elements obscuring page content after 20+ minutes of use
- Copy-paste functionality limited and unreliable
- App performance degradation over time
- Glitchy behavior with shape drawing mode
Requested features
20 requests- Add layers feature for advanced editing
- Implement automatic zoom box that follows writing
- Add pencil, waterbrush, and crayon drawing tools
- Sticker marketplace or sticker customization
- Horizontal page flipping/swiping navigation
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- Ability to pause real-time syncing
- MacBook native app with full feature parity
- More shape customization (arcs for graphing)
- Improved text formatting and customization options
- Single page view mode (vertical and horizontal)
- Notebook organization beyond just pages
- Magnifying glass tool like GoodNotes
- More pen and pencil style options
- Line spacing customization for text
- PDF import from web/internet
- Printing functionality
- Audio recording and sharing capabilities
- Hyperlink support on desktop version
- Scroll locking to prevent accidental page movement
- Better shape recognition (arrows, parentheses)
In-app purchases
Notes Writer Pro
- Notes Writer Pro AI Assistant3 Days trial$2.991 Month
Notewise
- Notewise Cloud Basic Monthly$4.991 Month
- Notewise Cloud Starter Monthly$6.991 Month
- Notewise Cloud Pro Monthly$15.991 Month
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- Notewise Cloud Basic Yearly$28.991 Year
- Notewise Cloud Starter Yearly7 Days trial$36.991 Year
- Notewise Cloud Pro Yearly$129.991 Year
- Notewise Marketplace Content$1.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$2.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$3.99
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- Notewise Marketplace Content$4.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$5.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$6.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$7.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$8.99
- Notewise Marketplace Content$9.99
- Notewise Unlimited$19.99









