Comparison

WowBoards vs AxNote

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

Head to head
About

WowBoards

An infinite digital canvas for visual thinking, mind mapping, and annotating documents. Import PDFs, web pages, and images to sketch, highlight, and connect ideas seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Infinite whiteboard canvas
  • Import PDFs, images, and web pages
  • Highlight text and save excerpts
  • Build mind maps and diagrams
  • Sketch with Apple Pencil
  • Syncs via iCloud across devices
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Infinite Whiteboard for Visual Thinking WowBoards is an infinite whiteboard for mind maps, PDF notes, and web research—on iPad & Mac. Import PDFs and web pages onto your canvas, highlight key passages, and connect ideas as you think. What You Can Do • Import PDFs, images, and web pages • Highlight text and save excerpts from PDFs and web pages • Build mind maps, diagrams, and flowcharts that scale with your work • Sketch and draw with Apple Pencil • Add sticky notes, text notes, and quotes • Connect items with lines to show relationships • Keep boards in sync across iPad & Mac with iCloud Made For Students, researchers, writers, and designers—anyone who thinks better in space than in lists. Pricing Start free with up to 100 items across all boards. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited items and boards. Questions or feedback? Contact us at ohmymind@babaheights.com Terms of Use: https://babaheights.com/oh-my-mind/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://babaheights.com/oh-my-mind/privacy.html

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

AxNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AxNote at 4.3 against WowBoards's 3.0. AxNote also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). WowBoards's advantage is iOS requirement (14 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. WowBoards sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and AxNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AxNote holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of WowBoards's written reviews are positive against 50% of AxNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WowBoards ships an update monthly, AxNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WowBoards versus AxNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWowBoardsAxNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan GodorojaJonathan Benjamin

Customer experience

WowBoards

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

AxNote

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

In-app purchases

5 purchases

WowBoards

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly • Mac + iPad$3.991 Month
  • Annual • Mac + iPad (Best value)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime access on iPad$7.99
  • Lifetime access on Mac$7.99
  • Lifetime access • iPad + Mac$79.99
1 purchases

AxNote

One-time1
  • AxNote+$24.99

Questions

Is WowBoards free?
WowBoards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AxNote free?
AxNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WowBoards or AxNote?
AxNote is rated higher. WowBoards averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while AxNote averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do WowBoards or AxNote have ads?
Neither WowBoards nor AxNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WowBoards or AxNote?
WowBoards ships an update monthly, and AxNote every 2 months. Most recently, WowBoards was updated on September 15, 2026 and AxNote on September 19, 2026.

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