Reopen in Private vs Handwritten Digital Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reopen in Private
This extension closes your current tab and immediately reopens it in a private browsing window. It's a simple tool for quickly switching to incognito mode for specific web pages.
- Reopens current tab
- Opens in private mode
- Simple activation
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When activating the extension, it closes the current tab and reopens it in a private tab.
Handwritten Digital Notes
Capture thoughts, journal memories, and organize study notes with a variety of writing and creative tools. Personalize pages with stationery, stickers, and photos. Sync across devices and secure individual notebooks.
- Handwriting and typing tools
- Customizable page stationery
- Photo and sticker integration
- Keepsake jar for saving pages
- Folder and tag organization
- iCloud syncing
- PDF annotation
- Notebook locking
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A little space for your thoughts. A beautiful home for your memories. Digital Notes brings writing, journaling, and creative note-taking together on your iPhone and iPad. Capture a quick idea, decorate a diary page, organize study notes, or keep a moment you want to remember. Make every page yours with cozy stationery, lined paper, grids, and more. Write with Apple Pencil or your finger, or type with a choice of fonts, sizes, and colors. Add photos and cute stickers, then move, resize, and rotate them to create a page that feels like you. Save meaningful pages in your keepsake jar. Watch your paper fold and tuck itself inside, then open it whenever you want to revisit that memory. Choose a sage, rose, or lavender jar to match your mood. Keep your notebooks together on one simple Home screen. Use folders, tags, favorites, and search to find what you need. Archive older notebooks and restore notes from Trash when you change your mind. Keep your notes close with iCloud syncing. Sync notebooks, photos, stickers, and audio recordings across your iPhone and iPad using the same iCloud account. Syncing is on by default, and you can manage it anytime in Settings. Your notes stay available locally for offline writing. With Digital Notes, you can: - Draw and highlight with handwriting tools. - Turn typed text into pages with handwritten fonts in Studio. - Import PDFs and annotate them. - Scan paper documents on supported devices. - Attach audio recordings to your notebooks. - Share notebooks as PDFs or individual pages as images. - Export and restore notebook backups. - Lock individual notebooks with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Locked contents require authentication to open; titles remain visible. From everyday lists to letters to yourself, Digital Notes gives your thoughts a place to belong. Privacy Policy: https://digitalhole.github.io/DHPrivacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reopen in Private at none against Handwritten Digital Notes's 1. Reopen in Private also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). Handwritten Digital Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price and review sentiment 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. Handwritten Digital Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Reopen in Private asks for nothing beyond the download.
Reopen in Private ships an update every 2 months, Handwritten Digital Notes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reopen in Private | Handwritten Digital Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Carlos Jeurissen | Arima Jain |
Customer experience
Reopen in Private
Handwritten Digital Notes
In-app purchases
Reopen in Private
No in-app purchases
Handwritten Digital Notes
- Unlock All Features$4.99
Questions
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