ZoomNotes vs TaskKast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
TaskKast
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Simple view. Smartly connected. TaskKast brings your tasks, events, notes, and projects all into one place. Connects to the tools you already use, so you stop hopping between apps to find what's next. CONNECTED TO YOUR TOOLS • ClickUp — two-way sync for the Lists you choose, including subtasks, status, and due dates • Google Calendar — two-way sync, with guest invites sent from your own account • Zoom — create a meeting from an event and keep the join link attached • iPhone Calendars — see and add to the calendars already on your device TASKS Stay on top of every moving piece. Create tasks, group them by project, add subtasks, notes and priorities, and set reminders that arrive when you need them. Build repeat schedules that match how you actually work: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly, on chosen weekdays, or on patterns like "the third Tuesday of the month." Weekend rules can automatically shift a task to the Friday before or the Monday after. CALENDARS Plan your day without the clutter. Move between Day, Week, and Calendar views, jump to any date, and see everything together or filtered down to a single project. All-day events, start and end times, and locations with map links are all built in. NOTES AND COUNTDOWNS Capture details your way. Write notes with simple formatting, or dictate them with talk-to-text. Set a countdown to the moments that matter and watch them tick down. Everything stays attached to the project, task or day it belongs to. PROJECTS Give every client, area, or workflow its own project. Filter any view down to a single project, set a default calendar and its own notification sound for each one, and keep business and personal life cleanly separated. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your data lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud account. Lock the app behind Face ID, export a full backup or a CSV whenever you want, and disconnect any integration at any time. You can request deletion of your server records from inside the app. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WAY Dark mode, adjustable text size, your choice of accent color, 12 or 24-hour time, and your preferred first day of the week. SUBSCRIPTION TaskKast Annual is a yearly auto-renewing subscription that includes every feature and all integrations. The price for your region is shown in the app before you purchase. New subscribers may be offered a 7-day free trial; if one applies to you, its terms are shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm, or at the end of your free trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://taskkast.kindkine.com/terms-use/ Privacy Policy: https://taskkast.kindkine.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TaskKast at Free against ZoomNotes's $7.99. TaskKast also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). ZoomNotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
TaskKast is free to download; ZoomNotes costs $7.99 up front. TaskKast sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. ZoomNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, TaskKast every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZoomNotes | TaskKast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (907 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 907 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deliverance Software Ltd | Kind Kine LLC |
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
TaskKast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZoomNotes
No in-app purchases
TaskKast
- TaskKast Annual$9.991 Year









