AxNote vs notototo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
notototo
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You can load a pdf and annotate and markup with Apple Pencil or your finger. If you connect to the server, you can also collaborate with everyone. It can also be used for drawing that supports layers and brushes. Add text and images to photos and send them to social media! ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Function description ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ~~~~~~~~~~~~Main Screen~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Tools menu Menus for operating various tools 2. File menu Menus for operating files such as saving, loading, and creating new files 3. Page menu Menus for moving, adding, deleting and rotating pages 4. Layer area Show the currently active layer. notototo creates images by layering images on top of each other. The layer selected hereafter is defined as the "active layer". Most of the operations in the tool menu are performed on the active layer. Display layer menu by touch. 5. Submenu Submenus for various tools 6. Tab Tray Menu Area for managing loaded files on the tab tray 7. Paper area Paper for viewing and editing 8. Advertising area Area for displaying advertisements. Premium plans are hidden. -----------Tools menu----------- ・refer Ability to move, enlarge, and reduce paper ・pen draw a line on the active layer ・brush Draw a line with an image on the active layer ・fill Fill active layer with color ・image paste image ・text paste text ・eraser Delete image in active layer ・outline Add a line to the image in the active layer ・shadow cast a shadow ・ocr Read the characters in the active layer and convert them to text ・crop Crop and output images when printing, sharing, or saving ・layer Open the layer screen and operate the layer ・move move active layer ・camera Start the camera and paste the captured image ・setting Open settings screen ・label Show or hide button labels ・help Open help screen -----------File menu----------- ・redo redo work ・undo undo the work ・new create a new file ・open load the file ・save save the file ・share Share features of various apps. With this function, you can upload images to SNS, print them, and send them by mail. -----------page menu----------- ・start go to first page ・prev Go to previous page ・next Go to next page ・end Go to last page ・SelectBox Tap to move to any page ・add Added page. The page size depends on the original page size. It is also possible to add files selected from the file manager. ・delete delete page ・rotate page change page orientation -----------Layer----------- with a tapOpen the layer screen and operate the layer ・Rename layer ・Change layer opacity ・Change Layer Visibility ・Swap layers by drag and drop ・add add layer ・group add group ・copy copy layer ・join Merge layers ・delete delete layer -----------Tab tray Menu----------- ・Opened files are lined up in the tab tray. Since the maximum file size is fixed, it is necessary to save and delete when the maximum size is exceeded. ・Active file selection on tap ・Delete by tapping the × button ・Edited tabs are marked with ● ~~~~~~~~~~~~File Management Screen~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Display menu Menus that determine the display method 2. File name area View, edit, and manipulate file names. nto files can be saved while maintaining the layer state. 3. Drive area Connected drive letter area. Double tap to connect to drive. 4. File list area The area where the file list is displayed. Double tap the folder to display the contents of the folder. In the file open mode, double tap to read the file. 5. pass area Current folder path. Tap the path to display the contents of the folder 6. File operation menu Various file operation menus manual page ↓ https://www.notototo.com/manual/notototoManual/en/index.html ~~~~~ ・Ads will be displayed If you want to hide ads, please purchase a premium plan. If you purchase a premium plan, you will be able to hide ads, connect to the box cloud, and download images from the notototo cloud. ・A premium plan is required to connect to the box cloud. ~~~~~ Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AxNote at none against notototo's shown. notototo's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. AxNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and notototo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AxNote ships an update every 2 months, notototo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AxNote | notototo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Benjamin | YASUNAGA SOFT, K.K |
In-app purchases
AxNote
- AxNote+$24.99
notototo
- notototoTototo$3.991 Year






