Comparison

ZoomNotes vs YYPlayer

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

YYPlayer

A powerful video player supporting all formats, including M3U8 and web streams. Adjust playback speed from 0.25x to 4x for local and online videos. Offers web browsing, history, and bookmarking for seamless viewing.

Highlights
  • Supports all video formats
  • Plays M3U8 and web streams
  • Adjustable playback speed (0.25x-4x)
  • Web browsing and history
  • Password lock for privacy
  • Bookmark and playback progress saving
Features
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****支持全格式、倍速视频播放器*** YYPlayer一款年轻的、强大的视频播放器。支持本地全媒体格式支持: M3U8, MKV, RM,RMVB,MP4,AIV,WMV,FLV,MOV 等 功能列表: 1. 支持全格式的视频播放器 2.支持各种方式的添加视频 3.可播放网页视频,m3u8流媒体 4.支持0.25-4倍速播放本地、在线视频 5.支持网页浏览记录、收藏、网页视频播放进度与记录 6.支持6位解锁密码 -------------- 用户使用协议: http://uf33h2.coding-pages.com/termsofuse.html

Screenshots

ZoomNotes4 screens
YYPlayer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: YYPlayer at 5.0 against ZoomNotes's 4.5. YYPlayer also leads on price ($0.99 vs $7.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). ZoomNotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (915 vs 2). On 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

ZoomNotes costs $7.99 and YYPlayer $0.99 up front. YYPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ZoomNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YYPlayer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZoomNotes has 915 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of ZoomNotes's written reviews are positive against 95% of YYPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, YYPlayer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ZoomNotes versus YYPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoomNotesYYPlayer
Price$7.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (915 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews95.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings915 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB30 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDeliverance Software Ltd金剑 李

Customer experience

ZoomNotes

All ratings915 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative9.2%

YYPlayer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

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

YYPlayer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ZoomNotes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

YYPlayer

Subscriptions2
  • 月度钻石VIP1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • 年度钻石VIP1 Year trial$13.491 Year
One-time1
  • 终身钻石VIP$29.99

Questions

Is ZoomNotes free?
ZoomNotes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is YYPlayer free?
YYPlayer costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZoomNotes or YYPlayer?
YYPlayer is rated higher. ZoomNotes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 915 ratings, while YYPlayer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ZoomNotes or YYPlayer have ads?
Neither ZoomNotes nor YYPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoomNotes or YYPlayer?
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and YYPlayer weekly. Most recently, ZoomNotes was updated on October 14, 2026 and YYPlayer on September 22, 2026.

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