Handwritten ToDo vs NovaNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwritten ToDo
Create and manage to-do lists using your Apple Pencil. Organize tasks with multiple lists, unique tags, and filtering options. Customize how completed tasks are displayed and easily sort or swipe to manage your workflow.
- Handwritten task creation
- Multiple to-do lists
- Tagging and filtering
- Customizable task display
- Sorting and swipe actions
- Dark mode support
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This To-Do and task app is different. You you can write your ToDos and tasks naturally with your Apple pencil. In order to organize a high number of To-Dos the app offers the following capabilities: • create multiple To Do lists • show only the open, the done or all ToDos together • create and maintain unique tags per ToDo list • add tags to your created ToDos • filter your ToDos based on a selected Tag • mark your most used tags as a favorite, so it is easily accessible • sort the To-Do as you need • Use a swipe action to move the To Do to the end of the list • creation date and time is available for each ToDo • ToDos which are done can be hidden from the open list with either a time delay or immediately * ToDos and ToDo lists can also be deleted The app supports dark mode.
NovaNote
This app merges your digital life and ideas with advanced rich text formatting, image and PDF attachments, and voice recording. Seamlessly integrate maps and calendars into your notes for effortless organization and task management.
- Rich text formatting
- Map integration
- Calendar integration
- Image and PDF attachments
- Voice recording
- Color-coded categories
- iCloud sync
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NovaNote is your space to write, organize, and create without interrupting the flow of your ideas. Take notes, create notebooks, add images, scans, drawings, PDFs, audio recordings, tasks, events, and locations: everything stays together in one simple, complete app designed to support your everyday work and creativity. With notebooks, you can organize pages and notes more naturally, keeping projects, study, work, and personal ideas separate and easy to find. Rich text tools let you format text, create lists, adjust alignment, and structure every note with clarity. NovaNote also helps you preserve context. Add locations to notes, connect calendar events, record multiple audio clips in a single note, import attachments, and turn images, scans, and drawings into resources that are always within reach. Attachments are a core part of the experience: add photos, PDFs, images, scans, and drawings, then edit, annotate, crop, and export them whenever you need. Color-coded categories make it easier to quickly find what matters. iCloud sync keeps your content updated across your Apple devices, while improvements to performance, zoom, gallery, scanner, and overall stability make the experience smoother and more reliable. NovaNote is built for anyone who wants functionality and creativity in one place: notes, ideas, documents, and memories, always with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handwritten ToDo at 87% against NovaNote's 33%. Handwritten ToDo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (64 vs 3). NovaNote's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handwritten ToDo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwritten ToDo has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Handwritten ToDo's written reviews are positive against 33% of NovaNote's.
Handwritten ToDo ships an update every 4 weeks, NovaNote every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handwritten ToDo | NovaNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (64 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus Notzel | Francesco Salvati |
Customer experience
Handwritten ToDo
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In-app purchases
Handwritten ToDo
No in-app purchases
NovaNote
No in-app purchases









