Scribble Storm Notes vs LinHand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scribble Storm Notes
This app provides a boundless digital workspace for creatives to brainstorm and organize ideas through drawing and visual mapping. It offers customizable tools and dynamic navigation to support your creative process from broad sketches to intricate details.
- Maximal Canvas for limitless creativity
- Dynamic Bookmarks to save idea states
- Idea Mapping with fluid drawing tools
- Visual Navigation with a minimap
- Customizable brushes, colors, and backgrounds
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Scribble Storm is a companion for your creative journey, that combines powerful drawing tools with a simple UI that stays out of your way while you create. Visionary’s aren’t inspired by dry text and dusty flow charts. Whether you’re a designer, artist, or visionary thinker, Scribble Storm offers you the perfect space to scale to your imagination. Key Features: - Maximal Canvas: Zoom, pan, and scroll through an expansive digital workspace that lets your creativity flow without limits. - Dynamic Bookmarks: Drop bookmarks on areas of interest across your canvas. Each bookmark saves your specific window into your vector notes, allowing you to return to your ideas exactly as you left them. - Idea Mapping: Effortlessly organize your thoughts with fluid, intuitive drawing tools. Scribble Storm adapts to the scale of your project—from broad sketches to intricate details. - Visual Navigation: Our minimap ensures you can always find your way back, offering a bird’s-eye view of your entire canvas. - Customizable Tools: Tailor your toolkit with custom brushes, colors, and grids and backgrounds, making each project distinctively yours. Ride the Horizon of Your Mind. Transform the way you brainstorm. Download Scribble Storm today and start a creative revolution right at your fingertips.
LinHand
Capture ideas with a fluid writing experience, organize them with outlines, and quickly find information through text search. Share your notes in various formats, including native data for seamless collaboration.
- Fluent writing with various brushes and colors
- Create outlines for easy navigation
- Quick text search within notes
- Export to PDF, PNG, and native format
- Add pictures and text to notes
- iCloud automatic data storage
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With LinHand, you can take notes, share notes, and add pictures and text to them at any time. 【1】Fluent writing Writing with LinHand is as smooth and precise as writing in a real notepad. There are a variety of brushes and colors to choose from. [2] Create an outline Add a directory to the file, easy to find and jump to the page. 【3】Quick search text Perform a global search of text to quickly find key annotations. 【4】Support exporting files in various formats Supports exporting files in PDF, PNG, .LinHand formats. Use .LinHand format files to easily share LinHand native data with other users. LinHand uses iCloud to automatically store data, please turn on iCloud to store data in the phone's system settings. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of your order. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by visiting your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of use: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/530890491 Privacy Policy: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/141347640
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scribble Storm Notes at 4.5 against LinHand's 3.0. Scribble Storm Notes also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 52 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). LinHand's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Scribble Storm Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LinHand sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scribble Storm Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scribble Storm Notes has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Scribble Storm Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, LinHand every 52 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scribble Storm Notes | LinHand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 52 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Bell | 侠光 邢 |
Customer experience
Scribble Storm Notes
LinHand
In-app purchases
Scribble Storm Notes
- Unlock Everything!$4.99
LinHand
- Yearly subscription$2.991 Year
- upgrade Pro$4.99









