Comparison

Note Taking Writing App vs AxNote

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

Head to head
About

Note Taking Writing App

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and important information with a versatile note-taking application. Easily record text, audio, photos, and sketches. Organize your notes with tags and find them quickly with a powerful search function.

Highlights
  • Text, audio, and photo notes
  • Drawing and sketching tools
  • Quick search functionality
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Rich text editing options
Features
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Great for those quick notes! Just tap the + button and start typing! Simple design style, quick and easy to use operation. Record life, study, work. FEATURES: ● Multiple ways to record, text and photos, etc. ● Record ideas, meetings, and lectures with the audio note. ● Capture moments using the dedicated photo note. ● Quick search notes ● Draw and sketch using different color / colour ● Group notes into notebooks using tags ● Copy / Paste / Fonts / Colors and everything else you'd expect from a great text editor Get the most awesome notes app for Brainstorm & create Sticky Notes using drawing, text, voice & photo notes!

About

AxNote

This app offers an intelligent canvas for note-taking, allowing users to generate summaries from text, handwriting, and audio recordings. It supports image annotation, data visualization with tables and charts, and handwriting conversion to typed text. Designed for Apple Pencil, it provides flexible layouts and on-device AI features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries from text, handwriting, and audio
  • Audio transcription and topic exploration
  • Image and PDF annotation
  • Data visualization with tables and charts
  • Handwriting to typed text conversion
  • Apple Pencil integration
  • Customizable layouts
Features
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AxNote is an intelligent canvas that thinks with you. Generate summaries from your notes and audio recordings with Apple Intelligence. Explore topics in recordings and jump to where they're discussed. Create flashcards from your notes with a single tap. Handwrite your notes and convert it to typed text. Drag and drop images, and instantly annotate on a blank canvas, lined, or grid paper. Snap perfect shapes. Create beautiful tables and charts to visualize your data. AxNote is a next-level digital note-taking experience. FEATURES Magic Summary: Generate summaries of your text, handwriting, or audio recordings using a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Summaries are perfect for catching up with meetings, revision, and for creating flashcards. Magic Summary cards can also be converted to a PDF or plain text for use in your favorite flashcard platform. Ask About Topics: Magic Summary automatically finds key topics discussed in your audio recordings and gives you summaries of those topics. You can also ask specific questions about the contents of your recording and Magic Summary will give you an answer using your recording as the source of truth. Jump To Topic: Instantly skip to the part of a recording where a specific topic is discussed with Magic Summary. No more manually scrubbing through hours of lectures or meetings. Audio Transcription: AxNote features fast, accurate audio transcription that runs directly on your device and supports languages other than English. Audio transcriptions can be added to your note or shared with others. Images, PDFs, Tables, and Charts: Drag and drop images and PDFs anywhere in a note. Images can be annotated directly over using a markup tool. Create simple tables with CSV support and link them with charts to create beautiful data visualizations. Images, tables, and charts live right alongside your handwriting and typed text. AxNote also supports Image Playground, so you can turn a prompt into an image and add it to your note (requires a device with Apple Intelligence enabled). Made for Pencil: AxNote is the perfect companion for Apple Pencil. With support for tilt and pressure sensitivity, shape snapping, Apple Pencil Hover, and handwriting-to-text, it's the only app you need to turn your ideas into beautiful ink. Layouts: Transform your iPad or iPhone into a real notebook with a selection of preset Layouts, including lined, grid, dot grid paper, and a freeform canvas. Customize your layouts with specific measurements for line and grid spacing and colors. Bookmarks: Pin what matters most in your notes. You can access your bookmarks from anywhere in a note, allowing you to jump within (and between) pages for quick access to important content. Privacy and Flexibility: With AxNote, you're in control of your data and where it's stored. Save your documents in your preferred cloud storage provider with the Files app or keep them on your device. AxNote's AI features also run directly on your Apple Intelligence-supported device, so your notes are never sent to an online service for processing or AI model training. Offline Support: AxNote's AI features (including Magic Summary and Audio Transcription) don't need an internet connection after initial setup, so you can work even when you're off the grid. --- AxNote+ - Unlimited pages - Unlimited Magic Summary usage - Customize Layouts These features are available with a one-time in-app purchase to AxNote+. Please read the Terms of Service at animantlabs.com/axnote/terms --- Need help? Please visit support.animantlabs.com/axnote Terms of Service: animantlabs.com/axnote/terms

Screenshots

Note Taking Writing App4 screens
AxNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AxNote at Free against Note Taking Writing App's $4.99. AxNote also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (50% vs 23%). Note Taking Writing App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads, monetization model 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

AxNote is free to download; Note Taking Writing App costs $4.99 up front. AxNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Taking Writing App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AxNote holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Note Taking Writing App's written reviews are positive against 50% of AxNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Taking Writing App ships an update every 3 days, AxNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Note Taking Writing App versus AxNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote Taking Writing AppAxNote
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.8 (22 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrina TiukalovaJonathan Benjamin

Customer experience

Note Taking Writing App

All ratings22 ratings
Positive40.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral19.2%
Negative57.7%

AxNote

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note Taking Writing App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AxNote

One-time1
  • AxNote+$24.99

Questions

Is Note Taking Writing App free?
Note Taking Writing App costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AxNote free?
AxNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Note Taking Writing App or AxNote?
AxNote is rated higher. Note Taking Writing App averages 2.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while AxNote averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Note Taking Writing App or AxNote have ads?
Neither Note Taking Writing App nor AxNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Taking Writing App or AxNote?
Note Taking Writing App ships an update every 3 days, and AxNote every 2 months. Most recently, Note Taking Writing App was updated on September 29, 2026 and AxNote on September 19, 2026.

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