PocketJot vs Handwritten Idea Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketJot
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a portable notebook for quick, fun note-taking. Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil, organize notes into sections, and set reminders. Share and sync notes across devices via iCloud.
- Handwritten note-taking
- Apple Pencil support
- Note organization by sections
- Drag and drop note reordering
- Programmable alarms
- iCloud synchronization
- PDF export and email sharing
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Draw your notes on your iPhone/iPad with PocketJot! PocketJot turns your iPhone/iPad into your portable notebook. PocketJot is fast, easy to use, fun and always with you. >> USE IT AS A SMALL PAPER NOTEBOOK Have fun flipping through your notes as if they were on a small notebook. Always with you. >> EASY TO USE PocketJot is designed for everyday use, quick and fun. Just trace with your finger, at full screen on your device. Or, if you like, type a note using the keyboard. >> APPLE PENCIL On devices that support it you can use to draw, if you want, even the pencil. >> SECTIONS You can, if you want, organize your notes in various sections. You can assign a name to each section and organize the order to show the sections. >> DRAG AND DROP You can change the order of the notes within the sections. Just keep your finger pressed on a note and drag it where you want, inside the section or in another. All very easy. >> COMPLETED NOTES If a section contains various notes with things to do, as you complete them you can mark each note as 'completed'. The completed notes are displayed with a check mark. Do you have to shop? Make a 'Supermarket' section with things to take. When you go shopping, as you take them, check them out. Once finished you can hide the check for all things to be taken for the next time. >> PROGRAMMABLE ALARMS Take your notes and, if you need, mark the time when the phone or tablet will warn you: a meeting, a phone call, something to do. PocketJot will remind you to remember it! >> SHARING NOTES BETWEEN YOUR DEVICES Synchronize your notes and keep them automatically updated among all your devices. It is very simple: it does everything for itself. All you need to do is to enable synchronization in app Settings. PocketJot uses your iCloud account. >> COLOR AND DIMENSION OF PENCIL TO CHOOSE When you draw you can choose the color and the size of the stroke. PocketJot remembers for each note the last pencil you used and reuse it when you reopen the drawing if you want to change it. >> PHOTO You can import a photo of your device into the note so you can draw on it. In addition, you can save your note, with what you have drawn, among the photos of your device. >> PDF AND EMAIL If you want to send your notes you can not only export the note saved from the photos, but directly within the app, create an email with an attached pdf file of the note. >> SPLIT VIEW AND SLIDE OVER PocketJot now supports multitasking modes on devices that allow for that >> UNLIMITED NUMBER OF NOTES Do not restrain your creativity! The Premium version of the app allows for an unlimited number of notes. The trial version of the app, which can be downloaded for free, allows for a limited number of notes. Within the trial version you can purchase the Premium version to unlock the limitation. ----------------------------- Have fun with PocketJot! -----------------------------
Handwritten Idea Notes
Quickly capture your thoughts with this handwriting-focused note-taking app. Easily create new pages and organize your notes, with support for Apple Pencil. Export your collected images to cloud services for easy access.
- Quickly jot down ideas
- Create new pages easily
- Organize notes in folders
- Export images to cloud apps
- Apple Pencil support
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It is a handwritten notes app. Once you come up with something soon to write ! From the page view can create the following page, are continuously quick write ! Collected image to a folder, you can export to iTunes shared folder and other Cloud apps. Support the Apple Pencil.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PocketJot at none against Handwritten Idea Notes's shown. Handwritten Idea Notes's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 42%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. PocketJot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Handwritten Idea Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Handwritten Idea Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of PocketJot's written reviews are positive against 71% of Handwritten Idea Notes's.
PocketJot ships an update every 2 months, Handwritten Idea Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketJot | Handwritten Idea Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (50 ratings) | 4.6 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iStArtApp | tadashi atoji |
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PocketJot
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In-app purchases
PocketJot
- PocketJot version upgrade$5.99
Handwritten Idea Notes
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