Comparison

Notebook for Students vs KineScribe

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

Head to head
About

Notebook for Students

This app replaces traditional paper notebooks with a digital solution. It allows users to combine text, voice recordings, photos, and drawings on unlimited pages across multiple subject-specific notebooks. Notes can be exported as PDFs for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Voice recording with notes
  • Picture and drawing integration
  • Multiple notebooks for subjects
  • Customizable paper styles and fonts
  • PDF export and email sharing
  • Intuitive page turning gestures
Features
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**Notebooks** is a student notebook app designed for school notes, handwriting, studying, and organizing subjects in one simple place. Create different notebooks for every class, such as Math, Science, English, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Art, and more. Each notebook works like a real notebook: write page by page, swipe left and right to turn pages, and add new pages whenever you need more space. The main experience is handwriting. Use your finger or Apple Pencil to write notes, solve math problems, draw diagrams, sketch ideas, and organize classwork. Each page is fixed like a real paper notebook page, so your notes feel clean and structured instead of endless scrolling. Need typed notes? Use OCR to convert handwriting into editable text. Save the converted text with each page, copy it, search it later, or use it for studying. **Key Features:** * Create notebooks for different school subjects * Handwrite notes with Apple Pencil or finger * Swipe left and right to turn pages * Add, duplicate, and organize notebook pages * Use fixed notebook pages, not endless scrolling * Convert handwriting to text with OCR * Search notes by subject, page, or recognized text * Use paper styles like blank, lined, grid, dotted, or Cornell notes * Great for students, homework, class notes, study guides, and daily schoolwork Notebooks helps students keep every subject organized while making digital note-taking feel natural, simple, and close to writing in a real notebook.

About

KineScribe

This application allows users to create, edit, and read dance notation scores using Laban movement principles. It offers a comprehensive symbol palette and tools for customization, enabling easy sharing and integration with other notation software.

Highlights
  • Create and edit structured notation scores
  • Support for Motif and Language of Dance scores
  • Import and read LabanWriter scores
  • Extensive symbol palette for movement notation
  • Customizable tools with multiple colors and backgrounds
  • Save and share scores as PDFs
  • Multi-page score creation
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KineScribe reimagines LabanWriter for iOS and MacOS, allowing you to write dances in Laban movement notation and quickly edit scores and symbols. Development of this app was supported by Reed College and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with the cooperation and continued support of The Ohio State University.
 Make Scores: KineScribe creates and edits structured notation scores on the staff, Motif scores, and scores using Language of Dance.
 Read Scores: KineScribe reads all scores imported from LabanWriter.
 Edit Scores: KineScribe edits scores created in-app or with LabanWriter.
 Symbol Palette: Includes directions, levels, paths, rotations, bows, staff, floor plan, text input, and more. App updates will increase the number of available symbols and modifications.
 Tools: Choose graph paper or plain background. Make multiple-page scores. Choose from 20 colors for each symbol.
 Save and Share: Email KineScribe files as PDFs from in-app command. Read, edit, and print saved KineScribe files in LabanWriter through iTunes sync.
 For more information: https://u.osu.edu/kinescribe/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KineScribe at none against Notebook for Students's 2. KineScribe also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). Notebook for Students's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notebook for Students sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. KineScribe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook for Students ships an update fortnightly, KineScribe every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notebook for Students versus KineScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook for StudentsKineScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlteru Inc.David Ralley

Customer experience

Notebook for Students

Written reviews30 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative73.3%

KineScribe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notebook for Students

One-time2
  • Notesbook for Students Unlimited$4.99
  • Notebook for Students New Unlimited$4.99
None

KineScribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notebook for Students free?
Notebook for Students is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KineScribe free?
KineScribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notebook for Students or KineScribe have ads?
Neither Notebook for Students nor KineScribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook for Students or KineScribe?
Notebook for Students ships an update fortnightly, and KineScribe every 11 months. Most recently, Notebook for Students was updated on September 1, 2026 and KineScribe on June 24, 2026.

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