Note Taker HD vs iNotePad Pocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Taker HD
This app allows for versatile handwritten note-taking and PDF annotation on iPad and iPhone. It offers features like zoomed ink, shapes, typed text, and image insertion, with flexible organization and sharing options.
- Zoomed ink for detailed writing
- PDF annotation capabilities
- Insert photos and shapes
- Typed text blocks
- Organize with folders and tags
- Export as PDF
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Zoomed ink, PDF markup, photos, shapes, typed text, folders and tagging, extensive AirPlay control, and much more. The latest upgrade of one of the first note taking apps designed specifically for the Apple iPad and now also available for the Apple iPhone, Note Taker HD has long been known as a powerful and stable application for writing and organizing handwritten notes and diagrams. Note Taker HD can also be used to annotate PDF files. It can shrink your writing so you can easily fit a lot of text on a page. You can read the reduced-size "ink" as if you had written those letters with a very fine pen. It gives you solid functionality and control to produce the pages you need. Documents are flexibly organized by tags, date/time last modified, favorites, and more, with a scrolling list of thumbnail images of part of each page to help you find them later. You can email one or more pages as a single PDF file, "Open In" other apps, or, if your device supports it, print. Note Taker HD lets you create pages by writing on the screen with your finger or an iPad/iPhone-compatible stylus. You can either write directly on the page for large drawings, or have the "ink" you write shrunk down. You can write in large letters on the screen rather than trying to make tiny motions like a pencil. You just keep writing and Note Taker HD automatically adds new writing next to the old. To quickly correct mistakes, it has multi-level undo and redo buttons as well as an eraser -- just drag your finger over the page to erase the "ink" under it. You can zoom in and out on a page using the pinch gesture while viewing or editing. The Zoomed Editing window lets you see both a zoomed-out overview and a zoomed-in close-up writing area at the same time. You can use "Open In" in other apps send PDF files to Note Taker HD for annotation. Other features include: - Pages organized into documents and folders - Typed blocks of text with optional borders - 60+ highly customizable shapes - Insert and crop images from Photo Albums, Pasteboard, or the iPad/iPhone camera - Custom backgrounds from images or PDF pages - Free templates and clip art on the support web site - VGA/HDMI/AirPlay support with zoom, pan, and a moveable pointer - Wrist guard to avoid inadvertent touches - Layout variations better suited to some left-handed users - Optional fields in output footers like in a word processor - Extensive built-in help - Smooth and crisp ink on screen and in PDF output - Share editable copies of your documents with others - Backup to a single file for off-iPad/iPhone storage - Password protected folders - Support for the iOS Data Protection API - Support for languages written right-to-left - Full-screen preview mode - Automatic advance and auto-return in zoomed editing - Copy/Cut/Paste between pages, rotate/resize ink Note Taker HD was designed and programmed by Dan Bricklin, the same person who over 40 years ago came up with VisiCalc, the pioneering electronic spreadsheet that made working with numbers on a personal computer so easy. To see it in action, click on the Support link here or go directly to www.notetakerhd.com.
iNotePad Pocket
A simple yet powerful text editor for TXT and RTF files, designed for quick note-taking, writing, and document management. It offers a distraction-free writing space with features like automatic saving, text formatting, and easy file sharing.
- Create, open, edit, and save TXT/RTF files
- Automatic and manual saving
- Full font support and text styling
- Search and replace functionality
- Unlimited note saving
- Easy file sharing and email integration
- Word and character count
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iNotePad Pocket Your quick writing space, always with you. iNotePad Pocket is a simple, powerful, and reliable text editor for TXT and RTF files, ideal for taking notes, writing articles, letters, reports, or any type of text. Transform your device into a true pocket typewriter. Write freely, organize your notes, and share them in just a few taps. Smooth, professional writing: - Automatic and manual saving - Creating, opening, editing, and saving TXT and RTF files - Full support for fonts available on the device - Control for text alignment, style, and size - Search text - One-tap search and replace - Select, cut, copy, and paste - Automatically restore work when reopening the app - Advanced settings for RTF files - Word and character count Complete document management: - Save an unlimited number of notes - Organized and always accessible archive - Load previous documents - Easily delete unwanted files - Full-screen TXT and RTF viewing Quick and easy sharing: - Open In: Send and receive TXT and RTF files with other installed apps - File sharing with Mac or PC - Send emails with attachments directly from the app - AirPrint printing support Perfect for: - Students - Professionals - Writers - Journalists - Anyone who wants a simple, distraction-free writing space iNotePad Pocket combines simplicity and advanced features in a fast, clean, and intuitive environment. Open the app and start writing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Taker HD at 84% against iNotePad Pocket's 0%. Note Taker HD also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (140 vs 1). iNotePad Pocket's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Note Taker HD costs $4.99 and iNotePad Pocket $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note Taker HD holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Taker HD has 140 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Note Taker HD's written reviews are positive against 0% of iNotePad Pocket's.
Note Taker HD ships an update every 4 months, iNotePad Pocket every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Taker HD | iNotePad Pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (140 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 140 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Software Garden | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
Note Taker HD
iNotePad Pocket
Bugs and requests
Note Taker HD
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when exporting PDFs
- Crashes when adding photos
- Crashes and loses data
- Exporting to email not working well
Requested features
9 requests- Evernote integration
- Ability to scroll between pages
- Ability to underline, bold or italicize typed text
- Ability to group objects together
- Voice recording and clip function
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- Dropbox/iCloud sync and backup
- Ability to convert handwriting to text
- Folders and sub-folders for better organization
- Ability to rotate objects
iNotePad Pocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Taker HD
No in-app purchases
iNotePad Pocket
No in-app purchases
Questions
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