Comparison

ZoomNotes vs Handwritten ToDo

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

Handwritten ToDo

Create and manage to-do lists using your Apple Pencil. Organize tasks with multiple lists, unique tags, and filtering options. Customize how completed tasks are displayed and easily sort or swipe to manage your workflow.

Highlights
  • Handwritten task creation
  • Multiple to-do lists
  • Tagging and filtering
  • Customizable task display
  • Sorting and swipe actions
  • Dark mode support
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This To-Do and task app is different. You you can write your ToDos and tasks naturally with your Apple pencil. In order to organize a high number of To-Dos the app offers the following capabilities: • create multiple To Do lists • show only the open, the done or all ToDos together • create and maintain unique tags per ToDo list • add tags to your created ToDos • filter your ToDos based on a selected Tag • mark your most used tags as a favorite, so it is easily accessible • sort the To-Do as you need • Use a swipe action to move the To Do to the end of the list • creation date and time is available for each ToDo • ToDos which are done can be hidden from the open list with either a time delay or immediately * ToDos and ToDo lists can also be deleted The app supports dark mode.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Handwritten ToDo at Free against ZoomNotes's $7.99. ZoomNotes's advantage is ratings volume (907 vs 55) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Handwritten ToDo is free to download; ZoomNotes costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ZoomNotes against 4.6 for Handwritten ToDo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZoomNotes has 907 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of ZoomNotes's written reviews are positive against 87% of Handwritten ToDo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, Handwritten ToDo every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ZoomNotes versus Handwritten ToDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoomNotesHandwritten ToDo
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (907 ratings)4.6 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings907 — better55
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.014.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeliverance Software LtdMarcus Notzel

Customer experience

ZoomNotes

All ratings907 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews324 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.9%

Handwritten ToDo

All ratings55 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.0%

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

Handwritten ToDo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ZoomNotes

No in-app purchases

None

Handwritten ToDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZoomNotes free?
ZoomNotes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handwritten ToDo free?
Handwritten ToDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZoomNotes or Handwritten ToDo?
Handwritten ToDo is rated higher. ZoomNotes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 907 ratings, while Handwritten ToDo averages 4.6 from 55 ratings.
Do ZoomNotes or Handwritten ToDo have ads?
Neither ZoomNotes nor Handwritten ToDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoomNotes or Handwritten ToDo?
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Handwritten ToDo every 4 weeks. Most recently, ZoomNotes was updated on September 23, 2026 and Handwritten ToDo on September 26, 2026.

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