Comparison

ZoomNotes vs pinnery

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

pinnery

Capture ideas and tasks effortlessly by recording notes and annotating key phrases. Organize your thoughts with multiple task boards and lists, and share your work with others. Stay focused and motivated with planning tools and tips.

Highlights
  • Record notes and annotate phrases
  • Create tasks from annotated phrases
  • Annotate PDFs
  • Add photos and drawings
  • Share notes live across devices
  • Multiple task boards and lists
  • Add reminders and assign responsible persons
Features
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pinnery is the new way to get things done! Simply record your notes and annotate important phrases to create tasks from them. Use pinnery for your daily ideas and tasks and take your notes while you are in a meeting or on a phone call. EASY NOTE TAKING -Use your Apple Pencil to take notes. Draw with ink, use the highlighter and insert text. -Add Photos and Drawings to your documents PDF ANNOTATION -Upload your PDF document and annotate it. SET A PIN ON IMPORTANT PHRASES -Mark important text parts or sketches and set a pin right next to it. pinnery will then create task with this contents for you. SHARE YOUR NOTES -Export your notes to PDF and send it to your friends -Invite your friends to your notebooks to grant live access -Share your notes live across multiple devices MULTIPLE TASK BOARDS AND LISTS -Create multiple task boards for different topics -Divide your task boards into multiple columns TASKS -Add reminders and responsible persons STAY IN FOCUS -Plan your next day by selecting the tasks you want to solve -Get motivation tipps pinnery is free without any hidden costs. No premium content for extra, no subscriptions, no tricks!

Screenshots

ZoomNotes4 screens
pinnery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: pinnery at Free against ZoomNotes's $7.99. pinnery also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, pinnery every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ZoomNotes versus pinnery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoomNotespinnery
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (907 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings907 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeliverance Software LtdRowisoft GmbH

Customer experience

ZoomNotes

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

pinnery

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

pinnery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ZoomNotes

No in-app purchases

None

pinnery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZoomNotes free?
ZoomNotes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is pinnery free?
pinnery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZoomNotes or pinnery have ads?
Neither ZoomNotes nor pinnery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoomNotes or pinnery?
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and pinnery every 5 days. Most recently, ZoomNotes was updated on September 23, 2026 and pinnery on June 4, 2026.

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