Comparison

Pofi Brush vs Take Notes

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

Head to head
About

Pofi Brush

Unleash your creativity with a professional art studio experience on your device. This app offers a powerful 2D engine, extensive brush customization, and an advanced multi-layer system for sketching, painting, and illustration.

Highlights
  • Nearly 10 exquisitely crafted brushes
  • Full-featured layer and color tools
  • Powerful 2D Artistic Engine
  • Professional Brush Editor with 40+ settings
  • Advanced Multi-layer System with grouping
  • Support for large HD canvases up to 4k x 4k px
  • Optimized for smooth drawing speeds
Features
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Pofi Brush delivers nearly 10 exquisitely crafted brushes, full-featured layer and color tools, an elegant interface, and a smooth yet powerful 2D Artistic Engine—unlocking a professional art studio experience on your device. Whether you're sketching your first draft or crafting professional illustrations, Pofi Brush empowers artists to create stunning comics, animations, and concept art on mobile or tablet. Unleash your creativity anytime, anywhere. Powerful 2D Artistic Engine The powerful 2D Artistic Engine is developed by the Pofi team and is optimized for 64-bit multi-core processors. It is compatible with multiple platforms and supports large HD canvases and multiple layers. It is optimized for smooth speed to ensure you get the best painting experience. - Canvas up to 4k × 4k px, making your artwork clear and lifelike. - Easy-to-use interface for mobile painting. - Optimised for 64-bit multicore processors for smooth drawing speeds. - Use the Apple Pencil for smooth, realistic, low-latency strokes. - Auto-save and save on exit. - All features supported on phones and tablets. Professional Brush Editor Pofi Brush presets dozens of creative brushes of various types, each with over 40 custom settings, allowing you to adjust the brush editor according to your personal preferences and creative needs, or design your own custom brushes for more personalized creations. - Built-in dozens of well-designed creative brushes for sketching, inking, texture, art, specialties and more! - Each brush has three modes: Brush, Eraser, and Smudge. - Each brush has over 40 customizable settings and a library of preset nib shapes and textures. - Comb, sort, and create brushes by groups for better management of your brushes. - Anti-flutter brush strokes can be set to give your brush more flow. - Finger-painting simulates pressure, so you can use your finger to paint with the sharpness and fineness of a real paintbrush. - Take full advantage of the Apple Pencil's features, combining the speed, tilt and pressure of the brush to experience a realistic brush touch. Advanced Multi-layer System Pofi Brush offers a multi-layer system with grouping, layer effects, and layer adjustments, giving you precise control over each layer to create stunning artwork. - Quickly preview and find the layer you need with the Layer Preview. - Support drag-and-drop grouping, merging, and deleting of multiple layers to conveniently manage your layers. - 20 layer functions: drag sort, show/hide, lock/unlock, transparency, multi-select, grouping/ungrouping, merge, fill, new, clear, copy, delete, rename, alpha lock, invert color, color markup, background color. - 27 layer blending modes: Standard, Darken, Positive Blend, Color Deepen, Linear Deepen, Darken, Brighten, Filter, Color Lighten, Linear Lighten, Lighten, Overlay, Soft Light, Highlight, Bright Light, Linear Light, Spot Light, Solid Blend, Difference, Exclude, Subtract, Divide, Color and other modes. Full-featured Color Tools Provides various color tool panels and styles needed by painters, allowing you to get the colors you need easily and quickly. - 4 kinds of color panels: circular color palette, square color palette, HSB numeric color value, grouping color matching color blocks - 2 kinds of color picking methods: input hexadecimal color code, long press to suck color - 6 color block functions: color block group, group rename, group sort, color block sort, overlay color block, delete color block More Highlights - Cell phone interface view supports half-screen and full-screen expanding interface. - Tablet PC supports large interface expansion and small interface drag and drop. - Support canvas rotation and zoom - Auto archive, return to save - Support exporting Png and Jpg image files. > Twitter/X: @ Pofi Brush > Instagram: @pofibrush > Email: brush@pofiart.com Privacy Policy: https://brush.pofiapp.com/privacy

About

Take Notes

A minimalist digital notepad and whiteboard app designed for quick notes, drafts, and creative expression. It offers a clean interface, simple operation, and a calculator function, ideal for students and professionals alike.

Highlights
  • Minimalist interface
  • Fast opening
  • Calculator function
  • Supports Apple Pencil
  • Drafting and graffiti
  • Temporary notepad
Features
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It is necessary for installation and takes up a small space, only a few m; Simple operation and simple interface; Wide range of uses, fast opening; Popular app, download it quickly! This is a simple to the extreme small blackboard, convenient for your life, study and work. It can be used for making drafts, demonstrations, graffiti, blackboard writing, as well as your note paper and temporary Notepad. It can also be used for dictating words, calculating the draft paper of topics, and practicing calligraphy. Whiteboard in the meeting room, on-site guidance, children drawing and graffiti, etc. Added calculator function,Clean interface and simple operation. One finger can write, which is better with apple pencil. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal in the account settings. Cancelling automatic renewal requires at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended yet, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start subscribing. To subscribe, you need to agree to the following terms: Service Terms: https://dongnan2022.github.io/posts/dongnan/fuwu Privacy Policy: https://dongnan2022.github.io/posts/dongnan/privacy

Screenshots

Pofi Brush4 screens
Take Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Take Notes at 4.6 against Pofi Brush's 3.2. Take Notes also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 43%) and ratings volume (72 vs 13). Pofi Brush's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Pofi Brush sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Take Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Take Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Take Notes has 72 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Pofi Brush's written reviews are positive against 83% of Take Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pofi Brush ships an update fortnightly, Take Notes every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pofi Brush versus Take Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPofi BrushTake Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (13 ratings)4.6 (72 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1372 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB68 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPofi Entertainment楠 董

Customer experience

Pofi Brush

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral19.0%
Negative38.0%

Take Notes

All ratings59 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pofi Brush

One-time10
  • PB Cloud(500)1 Month$1.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)2 variants$2.99
  • PB Cloud(2000)1 Month$3.99
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  • PB Cloud(5000)1 Month$7.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)$9.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)$12.99
  • 「Pofi Brush」Plus Annual$19.99
  • PB Cloud(500)1 Year$19.99
  • PB Cloud(2000)1 Year$39.99
  • PB Cloud(5000)1 Year$79.99
2 purchases

Take Notes

Subscriptions1
  • 月度会员3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro version$6.99

Questions

Is Pofi Brush free?
Pofi Brush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Take Notes free?
Take Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pofi Brush or Take Notes?
Take Notes is rated higher. Pofi Brush averages 3.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Take Notes averages 4.6 from 72 ratings.
Do Pofi Brush or Take Notes have ads?
Take Notes shows ads; Pofi Brush does not.
Which is updated more often, Pofi Brush or Take Notes?
Pofi Brush ships an update fortnightly, and Take Notes every 2 months. Most recently, Pofi Brush was updated on October 24, 2026 and Take Notes on October 24, 2026.

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