Comparison

Huion Note vs J

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Huion Note

This app digitizes handwritten notes from a smart notebook, offering real-time editing and organization on your phone or tablet. It provides various tools for customization, audio recording linked to notes, and the ability to replay note creation. Notes can be exported in multiple formats for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Sync handwriting to phone/tablet
  • Vectorize notes for legibility
  • Diverse editing tools (pens, eraser, lasso)
  • Record audio linked to notes
  • Replay note creation process
  • Export notes as PDF, JPG, Video
Features
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Huion Note can work with a smart digital notebook of the same name to offer a smooth writing experience during note-taking and enable you to read and edit the notes on your phone or tablet in real time and to get digital notes more easily than taking photos or scanning paper documents. Diverse editing tools such as pens, eraser, lasso tool, and so on are available in Huion Note to help you take class notes conveniently, write memos quickly, and create beautiful diaries. Features: [Sync To Your Phone And Tablet Simultaneously] ● Note down on Huion smart digital notebook and sync your handwriting to a phone or tablet so you will never lose them. ● Vectorize your handwritten notes to keep them legible despite zooming in or out. [Design Your Notes Freely] ● Apply diverse pens and colors to highlight and mark different parts of a note. ● Design the layout of your notes with multiple editing tools such as an eraser and lasso tool or insert pictures to create unique and beautiful diaries. ● Choose from a great number of paper templates including ruled paper, squared paper, dot paper, Cornell paper, etc. [Record Audio With One Tap] ● Record more details (not only words but also the sounds) during a lesson or a meeting. ●Make a recording while simultaneously writing on a notebook in Huion Note. Tap a certain word or mark in the note, and the audio will jump to the corresponding point. ●Record in sections, and the total duration of a recording within a notebook is up to 5 hours. [Play Back The Creation Process Of Your Notes] ●Record the creation process of a note and save it as a video in the album of your phone for you to review at any moment and organize thoughts. [Share Your Inspiration And Ideas Anytime] ●Export digital notes as PDFs, JPGs, Videos, or Huion Note format files to share your brilliant inspiration with others anytime. Your feedback is important to us. Welcome to feedback your problems and suggestions on Feedback (Settings > Feedback) within Huion Note or send us an email (notesupport@huion.cn.). We will keep improving to serve you better. Thank you for your support!

About

J

This app helps you organize thoughts, sketch ideas, and manage tasks with a beautiful, intuitive interface. It offers rich text editing, smart organization, and flexible views for a personalized experience. Keep your data private with local storage and no cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Text and drawing notes
  • Rich text editing
  • Smart organization (pinning, color-coding)
  • Trash and recovery system
  • Flexible display views
  • Calendar and map integration
  • Reminders and instant search
Features
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Notes that stay on your iPhone. Write them, sketch them, lock them behind Face ID, and put them on your Home Screen. No account, no cloud, no ads, no in-app purchases and nothing to subscribe to. WRITE IT, OR DRAW IT Type a note, or sketch one with pen, marker and pencil — Apple Pencil or your finger, with adjustable width and color. Start a drawing over a photo from your library or straight from the camera. Undo and redo sit under the keyboard while you write. Check items off inside the text: a checklist line is part of the note rather than a separate list, and the box responds wherever you tap it. EVERYTHING WHERE YOU LEFT IT • Pin the notes that matter to the top • Color-code them, tag them, and filter by a tag in one tap • Search titles, bodies and tags at once • Compact, standard or detailed rows, remembered between launches • Deleted notes wait 30 days in the trash, and can be opened before you decide • On iPad the list and the note sit side by side, through rotation and Split View alike REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE Set a date and time on any note and it comes back as a notification — as a banner even when the app is already open, and tapping it opens that note rather than the list. If iOS will not schedule it, the app says so instead of losing it quietly. Notes with reminders also line up in a calendar view, by the day they are due. NOTES THAT REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE A note keeps the place it was written, and the map shows them all — notes made in the same spot share a pin. Useful for a trip, a viewing, a walk around a site, or anywhere the location is half of what you wrote down. LOCKED IS LOCKED • Lock any note behind Face ID or Touch ID • The notes file is unreadable while the device is locked • An unlocked note is covered before iOS takes its app-switcher snapshot • A locked note's reminder reaches the Lock Screen without its title or its text • Search does not look inside a locked note ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets show your most recent notes, pinned first — and tapping one opens that note, not the list. All three Lock Screen shapes are there too: the newest note as a line, as a title with a line of text, or just how many notes there are. A locked note shows its padlock and nothing else, in every size. Ask Siri to create a note, or put it in a Shortcut. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Every icon-only control is labeled for VoiceOver, and a note's row is announced as one thing rather than as the seven pieces it is drawn from. A checklist line says whether it is checked. Text follows your Dynamic Type size, including the checkbox and the area you tap to check it. The unlock button shows the method your device actually offers. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS • No ads • No in-app purchases, no subscription • No account, no sign-in, no cloud, no data collected • Works completely offline • Back up and restore everything as a single file • English and Czech • iPhone and iPad Just your notes. Nothing else.

Screenshots

Huion Note4 screens
J4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: J at 100% against Huion Note's 50%. J also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Huion Note's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

J holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Huion Note has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Huion Note's written reviews are positive against 100% of J's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Huion Note ships an update monthly, J fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Huion Note versus J: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuion NoteJ
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Huion Animation Technology Co.,Ltd.Robert Libsansky

Customer experience

Huion Note

All ratings19 ratings
Positive52.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative36.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%

J

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Huion Note

No in-app purchases

None

J

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Huion Note free?
Huion Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is J free?
J is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Huion Note or J?
J is rated higher. Huion Note averages 3.3 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while J averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Huion Note or J have ads?
Neither Huion Note nor J shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Huion Note or J?
Huion Note ships an update monthly, and J fortnightly. Most recently, Huion Note was updated on September 14, 2026 and J on September 18, 2026.

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