Noteful vs My Inventory Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noteful
This app revolutionizes paperless note-taking on iPad, allowing for handwritten notes, document annotation, and knowledge organization. It offers a fluid writing experience, PDF markup, powerful tagging, and audio recording synced with notes.
- Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
- PDF and document annotation
- Organize notes with tags
- Layers for annotations
- Audio recording synced with notes
- Import PDFs and MS Office documents
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Noteful is your one-stop note-taking app to experience the new paperless revolution on iPad. Perfect for annotating documents, taking class notes or even building your personal knowledge system. It is time to put aside the paper clutter, as Noteful is a versatile tool that helps you to accelerate your learning and knowledge work. Take Beautiful Handwritten Notes • Natural, fluid and precise handwriting experience • Precise handwriting on iPad with Apple Pencil native support • Custom-built ink engine InfiniteStroke that captures and converts your strokes into high-resolution vector ink • 3 brushes available: ballpoint pen, fountain pen and highlighter • Switch between pen sizes and colours • Recognise geometrical shapes Markup, Highlight, Annotate • Import PDFs, MS Office documents to a notebook • Add images, shapes and typed text to notes • Use multiple paper templates in a single notebook • Export and share handwritten annotations as PDF • Use Quick Create to create a new notebook for quick sketching Powerful Tagging • Organise quickly by tagging with #tag or even #nested/tag anywhere in notebooks • More flexible than folders; Notes can be organised by subjects, by topics or by priorities • Browse notebooks or pages by tags • Rename, delete or re-assign tags to easily re-organise your library Layers in Notebook • Add annotation on separate layers without changing original content* • Hide or show layers independently • Rearrange layers • Make it possible to composite complex layout* All Your Notes, All the Time • Sync to all your iPhone and iPad devices* • Take textbooks, slides, handwritten notes and PDF documents with you wherever you go • Notebooks synced with iCloud are encrypted via account-based keys Powerful Editing • Erase strokes with eraser • Double tap on Apple Pencil to switch to eraser tool • Move and resize annotations with lasso tool • Unlimited undo, redo • Support Split View for multitasking Audio Record Notes • Record audio while you take notes • Audio playback position synced with the notes Modern App Design • A minimalist UI that maximizes content space • Streamlined design that requires fewer taps for common functions • Different orientations are available for the main toolbar • A clean UI that lets you focus on note-taking and the content We will be adding new features so please stay tuned for future updates. — Noteful is free to use without time limit but with certain features (marked with*) only available to users who upgrade to Noteful Pro via In-app purchase. Noteful Pro is available for one-time purchase and the features will be unlocked forever. — If you have support questions or product suggestions, please contact us by support. Wishing you happy note-taking! Customer Support: support@getnoteful.com Privacy Policy: https://www.getnoteful.com/privacy
My Inventory Tracker
Easily catalog your home valuables with photos, details, and receipts. Organize items by location and category, track their status, and access your inventory offline for emergency preparedness. Collaborate with family members and maximize insurance benefits.
- Catalog belongings with photos and details
- Organize by location and category
- Track item status and archive old items
- Offline access and iCloud backup
- Share inventory with family members
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Effortlessly track the valuables in your home! NEW — AI-Powered Item Entry: Just take a photo. Apple Intelligence analyzes your item and fills in the details for you, making it faster than ever to build your inventory. All analysis happens privately on your device — your photos and data never leave it. (Requires an Apple Intelligence–compatible device.) 1. Inventory Management: Catalog your belongings using a simple and intuitive interface. Take photos of your items, add a few details, attach receipts or proofs-of-purchase and you're done! 2. Organization: Organize your inventory by location and category for easy access. Sort, filter and search to easily find what you're looking for. 3. Emergency Preparedness: Access your inventory anytime, anywhere, in case of disasters. Everything is backed up to iCloud and available across all of your devices. 4. Maximize Insurance Benefits: Document everything you own so you're adequately covered — and prepared — in the unlikely event of an insurance claim. 5. Export & Report: Generate polished PDF reports organized by location or category, or export to CSV for use in any spreadsheet app. 6. Status Tracking: Keep track of which items need more details. Archive items you no longer own without losing your hard work. 7. Collaborate: Share your home with family members so that everyone has access. 8. Private by Design: No accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Your inventory lives in your iCloud, period. One price, yours forever. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Noteful at Free against My Inventory Tracker's $1.99. Noteful also leads on ratings volume (24K vs 3). My Inventory Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Noteful is free to download; My Inventory Tracker costs $1.99 up front. Noteful sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Inventory Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Noteful against 4.7 for My Inventory Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteful has 24K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Noteful's written reviews are positive against 100% of My Inventory Tracker's.
Noteful ships an update fortnightly, My Inventory Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noteful | My Inventory Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (24K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noteful Technologies Ltd | Michael Watts |
Customer experience
Noteful
My Inventory Tracker
Bugs and requests
Noteful
Reported bugs
3 issues- Syncing issues across devices
- Lasso tool not working properly with PDFs
- Eraser tool not functioning as expected
Requested features
6 requests- Handwriting recognition and search
- More text editing options (bullet lists, etc.)
- Improved PDF handling and annotations
- Custom templates and sticker support
- Expanded cloud storage options (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.)
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- Customizable pen pressure and smoothing
My Inventory Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Noteful
- Noteful Pro, Lifetime$6.99
My Inventory Tracker
No in-app purchases









