Simple Handwritten Note vs Grafika
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Grafika
Create unlimited handwritten notes and detailed sketches with a variety of tools. This digital notebook allows for canvas layers, changeable backgrounds, and image imports, making it a versatile replacement for traditional notebooks.
- Unlimited canvas size
- Drawing and writing tools
- Canvas layers
- Changeable backgrounds
- Import images
- Export as image
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Grafika is an electronic notebook application. Grafika allow you to make handwritten notes of unlimited size, as well as draw sketches. The application is very easy to use. It is supposed to use the Apple Pencil stylus. Application features: - unlimited canvas size; - a set of ready-to-use drawing and writing tools; - canvas layers; - changeable backgrounds; - import images; - export as an image. The application was created as a replacement of an ordinary notebook with an electronic one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Handwritten Note at 5.0 against Grafika's 2.5. Simple Handwritten Note also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Grafika's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Grafika sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Handwritten Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Handwritten Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Simple Handwritten Note's written reviews are positive against 67% of Grafika's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simple Handwritten Note ships an update every 3 months, Grafika fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Handwritten Note | Grafika |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryouhei Azuma | Nikolay Denislamov |
Customer experience
Simple Handwritten Note
Grafika
In-app purchases
Simple Handwritten Note
No in-app purchases
Grafika
- Purchase full version$3.99
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