Puddle Sketch vs myNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puddle Sketch
This app offers a simple and beautiful digital whiteboard for brainstorming and idea sketching with an unlimited canvas. It provides minimal tools and an intuitive interface, allowing for seamless collaboration and sharing of creative concepts.
- Endless canvas for unbounded creativity
- Minimalist tools for focused ideation
- Intuitive pen and finger drawing interface
- Collaboration and idea sharing capabilities
- Support for latest OS features like Dark Mode and Drag & Drop
- Continuous updates and cloud backups with membership
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Simple & beautiful whiteboard app for idea sketch with endless canvas. "Don't stop the idea!" "Don't stop thinking!" Easy to understand, Simple & Beautiful. Nothing to disturb your thinking. Puddle Sketch gives you a boost to create new ideas. It will provide quality and quantity for idea sketches. ■ Endless canvas like universe There is no need to consider the artboard limit. Draw as you feel and expand your world. ■ Simple & minimal tools Provide only tools needed for idea sketching. Nothing to disturb your thinking, because easy to understand. ■ Intuitive & beautiful UI design Draw with a pen, erase with your finger. It's like whiteboard. Best performance by our technology enables intuitive operation. ■ Collaboration evolves your ideas Lots of features for sharing your ideas is availabled. Let's draw and share immediately. Feedback from yout team develop your ideas. ■ The best workspace by the latest OS DarkMode, Drag&Drop, MultiTasks, MultipleWindows… Available the features of latest OS on Puddle Sketch. The working style suits you brings the best performances to you. ■ About Puddle Membership To use all features, you must purchase a Puddle Membership subscription. And Puddle Membership users can receive Continuous Updates and Cloud Backups. Get the best value with the annual pass for $49.99/year or stay flexible with a monthly subscription for $4.99/month. * Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. * Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. * You can restore previously purchased subscription. Please log in to the iTunes Store and App Store with the same Apple ID as when you purchased. * Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a Puddle Membership subscription. Terms of Service: https://puddle-sketch.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://puddle-sketch.com/privacy
myNotes
Create notes, sketches, and to-do lists on an expansive, customizable canvas. Easily export your creations as high-resolution images for sharing via email or messaging. Supports Apple Pencil and finger input for a seamless creative experience.
- Infinite canvas
- Apple Pencil & finger drawing
- Export as JPEG/PNG
- iCloud synchronization
- Customizable background
- Dark Mode
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It was never easier to create notes, sketches, todo lists, reminders or whatever comes to your mind. You can use the Apple Pencil or your fingers to create amazing notes on an almost infinite canvas. With the export function you can easily save your note as an image and use it wherever you like. Forwarding via email, messages, whatsapp, etc. is no problem either. FUNCTIONS AT A GLANCE: • Draw with Apple Pencil or your fingers • Almost infinite canvas size • Customize the canvas background • Export as JPEG or PNG (max. 8192 pixels x 8191 pixels) • Customize the image export settings • iCloud Synchronization • On iPad and iPhone • Autosave function • Fast positioning • Fast zoom • Toolbar is hideable • Dark Mode • and much more… Data protection is a top priority at myNotes. The data belongs to you. The app will not send any data to anyone, neither the developer nor any other third party or service. Except for the data exchange between your devices through your iCloud, but this function is deactivatable. You have full control over your data and to whom it is sent. You can delete them at any time. QUESTIONS? Do you have any questions or feedback? Write a message to help.myTime@gmx.de! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puddle Sketch at 3.6 against myNotes's 2.3. Puddle Sketch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). myNotes's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 53%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. myNotes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Puddle Sketch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puddle Sketch holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Puddle Sketch's written reviews are positive against 76% of myNotes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Puddle Sketch ships an update every 2 months, myNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puddle Sketch | myNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | 2.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPINNERS | Heiner Gerdes |
Customer experience
Puddle Sketch
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In-app purchases
Puddle Sketch
No in-app purchases
myNotes
- Small Coffee$0.99
- Medium Coffee$3.99
- Pro Version$3.99
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