Comparison

ZoomNotes vs eJournal Pro

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

Head to head
About

ZoomNotes

This comprehensive visual note-taking app offers extensive zoom capabilities for creating handwritten notes and sketches on various digital surfaces. It supports PDF annotation, digital planning with calendar integration, and advanced features like sub-pages and bookmarks for organized visual files.

Highlights
  • Extensive zoom range for notes and sketches
  • Write over PDF and Office documents
  • Digital planner creation and calendar integration
  • Sub-pages for hierarchical organization
  • Bookmarks with presentation playback
  • Handwriting recognition for search
  • Layers for content control
Features
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ZoomNotes is the most comprehensive visual note-taking app with huge zoom range. Make handwritten notes and sketches on virtual paper, huge WhiteBoards , PDF files, images and MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents (via GoogleDrive). Sync your documents between your iPad and iPhone with iCloud. ZoomNotes is compatible with any capacitive stylus pen and also with the top electronic pens on the market including the fabulous Apple Pencil. ZoomNotes Desktop for Mac now also available. Features include: MULTIPLE PEN TYPES There are 8 pen types to choose from including gel, nib, pencil and watercolour each with unlimited line thicknesses. HANDWRITING RECOGNITION Search handwritten notes. DIGITAL PLANNING Either import a planner pdf or use the ‘Custom digital planner’ option to create your own. You can configure a planner to show events and reminders from the Calendar and Reminder apps. SUB-PAGES This unique feature allows you to use ‘pages within pages’. This allows you to use sticky-notes and enables the creation of hierarchical visual files. You can also insert whole pdf files as sub-pages, or import pages from other ZoomNotes documents into a sub-page. BOOKMARKS Bookmarks allow you save views in your documents, and then return to them at a later date. There are animated playback facilities to allow you to present with or to create videos from your document. LINKS Add links between pages, and even between documents. This lets you create your own digital planners, enhance imported pdf planners or create indices. SPLIT_SCREEN Edit and view two documents side by side (or above and below). You can now also have 2 views of the same document. CALENDAR EVENTS Add events/reminders linked to your documents, possibly with alarms. The URL in the event links back to the document in ZoomNotes. HUGE ZOOM RANGE, WHITEBOARD MODE Zoom in and out without arbitrary limits including rotated views. LAYERS Layers let you control what is visible on a page, also options for 'master layers' which show on all pages. WRITE OVER PDF FILES Import and write over PDFs, Microsoft Office files Word, Excel and PowerPoint (via GoogleDrive). UNLIMITED PAPER SIZES AND STYLES Make your page as small or as large as you like. Choose any type of paper with our configurable paper types. FULLY EDITABLE In ZoomNotes, you can select, scale, rotate, shift and flip (mirror) objects. Cut, copy and paste are also available, including between documents, pages and other apps. SHAPES AND ARROWS Regular shapes and arrows (ideal for visual mapping); they can be drawn with the polygon tool or roughly drawn by hand and automatically converted into the exact geometric shape. SYMBOL LIBRARY Fully configurable library of reusable shapes and images. IMAGES AND IMAGE EDITING Insert images (photos) in your documents at any size and scale. Crop, mask, re-sample, edit transparency, scan-correct and deform images. Insert images and videos from camera or photo library. TYPED TEXT Enter typed text via keyboard; with a wide range of fonts and font sizes, font colours, fills and borders. Text can be entered at all zoom scales and can be selected and moved, scaled and rotated. RECORD AND PLAYBACK SOUNDS Including import and export of mp3 files. You can also insert a sound recording on the page to which it relates. Now linked to drawing. SHARE DOCUMENTS Share documents as PDF files, images, videos or ZoomNotes documents (via email, iTunes, clipboard, Dropbox, Twitter and Evernote, Airdrop, iCloud Drive and Open in. USE FOR PRESENTATIONS ZoomNotes is VGA compatible for use with projectors, monitors and AirPlay. MAGNIFICATION WINDOW Write into a zoomed in view whilst still viewing the zoomed out view. There are lots more details including videos or the app in action at www.zoom-notes.com. We respond to every email sent to support@zoom-notes.com

About

eJournal Pro

This award-winning note-taking application allows users to create multimedia entries. It offers a robust platform for journaling and capturing ideas across devices.

Highlights
  • Multimedia note creation
  • Award-winning design
  • Cross-device support
  • Journaling capabilities
  • Idea capture
Features
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eJournal is a 2 Award-Winning note taking app, now available for iPhone as well. ======================================== TechCrunch “9th Crunchies Awards” (The Oscars of Tech) TOP 10 "The Most Interesting, Creative and Successful” ======================================== ======================================== Microsoft App Circus Award runner-up Winner TOP 10 "The Most Interesting, Creative and Successful” ======================================== ======================================== Microsoft App Circus Award runner-up Winner ======================================== ======================================== In The News Lenovo: "eJournal Shines at Techcrunch" https://lenovodev.com/blog/metadata/2016/04/15/ejournal-shines-at-techcrunch-crunchies-awards ======================================== Much more: - Microsoft Staff Pick; - #1 Paid Productivity App (Windows 8 2013-2014), pre-cursor to Microsoft OneNote; - #1 Free Productivity App (smaller version). **If you enjoying playing the game, **If you enjoying using the app, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. We really appreciate it!** Follow us on Facebook: @ejournalapp Want to discuss a new feature? Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ejournalapp

Screenshots

ZoomNotes4 screens
eJournal Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ZoomNotes at 84% against eJournal Pro's 44%. ZoomNotes also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). eJournal Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $7.99). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ZoomNotes costs $7.99 and eJournal Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZoomNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZoomNotes has 907 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of ZoomNotes's written reviews are positive against 44% of eJournal Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, eJournal Pro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ZoomNotes versus eJournal Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoomNoteseJournal Pro
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.5 (907 ratings) — better4.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings907 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeliverance Software LtdeJournal Technology

Customer experience

ZoomNotes

All ratings907 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews326 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.8%

eJournal Pro

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

Bugs and requests

ZoomNotes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Randomly deleted text and input
  • Syncing issues with cloud storage
  • Unstable performance after updates
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Improved page management
  • Smoother page transitions
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Better integration with cloud services
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  • Streamlined UI design

eJournal Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ZoomNotes

No in-app purchases

None

eJournal Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZoomNotes free?
ZoomNotes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is eJournal Pro free?
eJournal Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZoomNotes or eJournal Pro?
ZoomNotes is rated higher. ZoomNotes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 907 ratings, while eJournal Pro averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do ZoomNotes or eJournal Pro have ads?
Neither ZoomNotes nor eJournal Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoomNotes or eJournal Pro?
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and eJournal Pro every 4 months. Most recently, ZoomNotes was updated on October 7, 2026 and eJournal Pro on September 23, 2026.

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