Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw vs Simple Handwritten Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw
Create and display handwritten notes, drawings, and sketches directly on your iOS home screen. This app offers a suite of free drawing tools, including customizable pens, an eraser, and undo/redo functionality. Save unlimited notes, organize them into folders, and share your creations easily.
- iOS 14 home screen widgets
- Free drawing and sketching tools
- Apple Pencil compatibility
- Customizable pen types and colors
- Undo, redo, and eraser
- Unlimited note saving
- Folder organization
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It's a handwritten notes app compatible with iOS14 home screen widgets. All features are completely free to use. - Quick start - Easy to draw handwritten notes - Compatible with Apple Pencil - You can choose the type and color of the pen - Undo, Redo, with eraser function - You can share your notes on SNS - Unlimited notes can be saved - Can be divided into folders - Supports iOS14 home screen widget - Dark mode support - Completely free, no additional charge Want to put handwritten notes, scribbles, illustrations and sketches on your home screen? URL scheme: handwritten://
Simple Handwritten Note
This app allows users to jot down notes and sketches using a black pen. It functions as a simple memo pad or notebook for quickly capturing ideas or communicating through writing. The core features include writing, erasing, and saving.
- Handwritten note-taking
- Drawing and sketching
- Memo pad functionality
- Quick idea capture
- Writing, erasing, and saving
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A handwritten note app that lets you write with a black pen Can be used as a memo pad, notebook, quickly write down ideas, draw, sketch, written communicate, etc. It is a simple function of writing, erasing, and saving, please try it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Handwritten Note at 5.0 against Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw's 4.2. Simple Handwritten Note also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw's advantage is ratings volume (57 vs 1) and review sentiment (64% vs 50%). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Handwritten Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple Handwritten Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw ships an update every 6 weeks, Simple Handwritten Note every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw | Simple Handwritten Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (57 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Ryouhei Azuma |
Customer experience
Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw
Simple Handwritten Note
In-app purchases
Handwritten Notes Widget, Draw
No in-app purchases
Simple Handwritten Note
No in-app purchases
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