Comparison

Whiteboard vs Notes Writer

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

Head to head
About

Whiteboard

This digital whiteboard offers an infinitely expanding canvas for creative projects, note-taking, and presentations. It supports PDF imports and provides various tools and templates for seamless collaboration and learning.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas
  • PDF import
  • Multiple file types (pages/free form)
  • Variety of templates and objects
  • Geometric shape drawing
  • Simple and clean interface
Features
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The Whiteboard App always adheres to the concept of "simplicity to the extreme" and "Nothing more Nothing less". Despite offering many small tools, its interface remains simple and user-friendly. This app is suitable for various scenarios, including teaching, creativity, meeting presentations, prototype design, and learning drafts, among others. It provides users with a variety of universally applicable paper formats, objects, and prototype designs to choose from. It also offers instant drawing of geometric shapes, making teaching, creativity, and on-site communication more convenient. Additionally, it can be used for students' homework drafts, doodling, note-taking, temporary notepads, word dictation, and math problems, among other purposes. Users highly praise its simple and easy-to-use button layout and tool exit mechanism. The app offers two forms of creating new files, allowing users to choose the one that suits them best: - The first form is a multi-page file (Pages), where each page serves as a canvas with size limitations, similar to a PDF file. This makes it easy to organize knowledge. - The second form is a free-form file (Free Form), where a file consists of one infinitely large canvas without boundaries. This allows for unlimited creativity. The app also supports direct import of PDF files, even large files with hundreds or thousands of pages, without crashing. It opens instantly. Features: - Small storage space - Simple operation - Clean interface - Quick startup - Rich functionality Welcome to download and experience the Whiteboard App as soon as possible! Contact information: - Twitter: chenlidongorg - Threads: chenlidongorg - WeChat: ichenlidong - Email: chenlidong@gmail.com - Official website: whiteboardapp.org End-User License Agreement (EULA): http://whiteboardapp.org/TermsofUse Privacy Policy: http://whiteboardapp.org/fsaf-88bdbc6b

About

Notes Writer

This app is a comprehensive note-taking and PDF editing solution for mobile devices. It allows users to write, format, and organize notes, annotate PDFs, fill forms, and scan documents. The app offers advanced editing tools, powerful search, and seamless sharing and export options.

Highlights
  • Write and format notes
  • Annotate PDFs and fill forms
  • Organize with unlimited notebooks
  • Powerful full-text search
  • Document scanning
  • Sync with cloud services
  • Export to multiple formats
Features
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Every note. Every format. Unlimited Digital Notebooks. Like paper, but better. Take lecture notes, prepare for exams and develop your research. Bring the same tools to manuscripts, interviews, lesson plans, meetings and creative projects. Notes Writer keeps your work together on iPad, iPhone and compatible Apple silicon Macs. Designed for students and anyone who wants to learn, create and stay organized—including teachers, writers, journalists, doctors, architects, illustrators, mathematicians, researchers and business professionals. WRITE & CAPTURE • Handwriting, sketching & painting Take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil, type a document or explore a concept through drawing. Use dedicated sketching, watercolor and oil painting tools for illustrations and creative work. • PDF annotation Review lecture slides, medical literature and professional reports. Highlight PDFs, add comments, images and shapes, fill forms and sign documents. Keep your annotations beside the source material. • Recording & transcription Record lectures, business meetings and interviews, transcribe the audio and search the transcript for the detail you need. Add recordings to PDF notes and whiteboards, then listen back at your own pace. STUDY & RESEARCH • Courses, manuscripts & research projects Choose an optional project tree to arrange topics, sources and drafts in a Study Project. Use the Binder for structure, the Corkboard to plan sections and compilation to assemble a document or ebook. • Whiteboards, diagrams & outlines Create whiteboards with notes, images, recordings and tables. Build flowcharts and diagrams to explain a process, compare findings or plan a lesson or project. Use Outline Notes when your ideas need a hierarchy. • Flashcards & review Create flashcards with text, handwriting and images, or generate them from notes and PDFs with optional AI tools. Review with spaced repetition, answer by typing or speaking, and track your progress. MATH & SCIENCE • Calculations, Python & charts Math Notebooks combine written reasoning, symbolic calculations and Python cells. Plot results, explore a model and present your data in editable Chart documents. • LaTeX & technical PDFs Write technical papers in LaTeX and compile them to PDF with a preview of the result. For plans and technical drawings, set a scale and measure distances, perimeters and areas directly on the PDF. ORGANIZE & SHARE • Notebooks, folders & templates Create and customize folders, subfolders and notebooks. Choose names, covers and paper templates that suit each course or project. Scan handouts, search your collection and manage documents with sorting, moving and grouping tools. • Documents side by side Open documents in tabs and work with your reading and draft side by side. Create a study planner, lesson plan, research journal or manuscript within the same library. • Formats for your work Work across PDF, Microsoft Word (DOCX), EPUB, RTF, Markdown, plain text (TXT), HTML, LaTeX and OPML outlines. Edit formatted documents, read ebooks and export supported documents as PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML or EPUB. Export options vary by document type. • Sync, backup & privacy Sync with iCloud and work with Dropbox and Google Drive files through the Files app, with changes synced by your provider. Set up automatic document backups, use autosave and recovery, and protect the app and folders with a passcode. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT Ask questions about your notes and documents, simplify an explanation, summarize a reading or refine your writing. Use translation, grammar and tone tools when they help. Review every suggestion and decide what belongs in your work. Start a notebook. Study, create and work your way. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Whiteboard4 screens
Notes Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Whiteboard and Notes Writer both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 45% of Notes Writer's. Whiteboard also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Notes Writer's advantage is ratings volume (7.3K vs 954). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Whiteboard sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Notes Writer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notes Writer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes Writer has 7.3K ratings behind it against 954, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 45% of Notes Writer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whiteboard ships an update every 6 days, Notes Writer every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Whiteboard versus Notes Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhiteboardNotes Writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (954 ratings)4.5 (7.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews — better44.8% of reviews
Number of ratings9547.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB660 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEndless AI LLCKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

Whiteboard

All ratings954 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative16.8%

Notes Writer

All ratings7,332 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews966 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral15.1%
Negative40.1%

User reviews

Whiteboard

From 954 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 💡 Useful templates and backgrounds
  • 🤩 Great for quick sketching and note-taking
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Eraser issues (automatically switches to marker, hard to use)
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
  • 🔍 Limited customization options (e.g., pen size, colors)
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features (e.g., layers, text editing)

Notes Writer

From 7.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth writing experience
  • 💡 Versatile note-taking features
  • 🔒 Good privacy
  • 👍 Useful for various purposes (notes, PDF annotations, etc.)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔒 Limiting free version with paywalls
  • 🐛 Bugs with erasing, page management, and file corruption
  • 🐛 Laggy performance and slow loading times

Bugs and requests

Whiteboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Eraser automatically switches to marker
  • Drawing sometimes gets blurry or distorted
  • App crashes or freezes after prolonged use
  • Inability to delete or clear the canvas

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve palm rejection and eraser usability
  • Allow customizing pen size and color presets
  • Implement text editing and formatting options
  • Add ability to save/load drawings and annotate PDFs

Notes Writer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Inability to recover deleted documents
  • Unexpected behavior when adding/deleting pages
  • Syncing issues and broken links between documents

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more brushes and pen customization options
  • Improve the clipping/selection tool
  • Implement OCR and handwriting search
  • Provide a Mac version

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Whiteboard

Subscriptions2
  • Whiteboard Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Whiteboard Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Recharge 100 Points - Attempt$3.99
  • Sponsorship to unlock I$14.99
  • Sponsorship to unlock II$17.99
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  • Sponsorship to unlock III$24.99
  • Recharge 1000 Points$39.99
4 purchases

Notes Writer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Full Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Whiteboard free?
Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notes Writer free?
Notes Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whiteboard or Notes Writer?
Notes Writer is rated higher. Whiteboard averages 4.3 out of 5 from 954 ratings, while Notes Writer averages 4.5 from 7.3K ratings.
Do Whiteboard or Notes Writer have ads?
Neither Whiteboard nor Notes Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whiteboard or Notes Writer?
Whiteboard ships an update every 6 days, and Notes Writer every 4 days. Most recently, Whiteboard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Notes Writer on November 6, 2026.

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