Inkflow Visual Notebook vs Novaplan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inkflow Visual Notebook
This app offers a fluid digital writing and sketching experience, allowing users to easily capture, resize, and reorganize ideas. It supports high-resolution zooming for detailed work and integrates text, photos, and custom paper backgrounds. Users can share their creations in various formats.
- Fluid digital ink for writing and sketching
- Resize and reorganize content with touch gestures
- High-resolution zoom for precision detail
- Insert text, photos, and custom paper backgrounds
- Export to PDF, JPEG, and PNG
- Inkport for scanning real-world notes
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Inkflow is a note-taking and brainstorming experience unlike any other! Capture your ideas as easily as with pen and paper, then resize and reorganize them with your fingers. DIGITAL WRITING DONE RIGHT Inkflow's ink feels like a really smooth fountain pen. Great for expressive writing or sketching. Effortlessly scale or move anything you select. This will change the way you think about ink: Jot down a list of concepts then rearrange them to fit into the bigger picture. literally move your thoughts around the page, and assemble big ideas with your fingers. This works great for brainstorming and planning. It's also perfect for prototyping layouts, sketching, and drawing. FULL RESOLUTION ZOOM Zoom and pan with two fingers. Inkflow's ink stays sharp no matter how much you zoom in, so you can add fine details at full quality. It's also lightning fast and lag free. This allows writing and drawing with incredible precision, with or without a stylus. TEXT, PHOTOS, and PAPER BACKGROUNDS TOO Insert text boxes and photos anywhere on the page and resize them seamlessly with the ink. You can also choose from a selection of different stationery. EASILY CREATE and SHARE Inkflow let's you export your books to PDF, high-resolution JPEG, and share them via Twitter, Email, or with other Apps. TRY INKFLOW FOR FREE Rather than just read about Inkflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition of Inkflow completely FREE. The Basic Edition is a full featured note-taking and sketching app. It comes with the Fountain Pen with black ink, photos, and a standard set of 5 popular fonts for text. Books max out at 20 pages each, but you can create as many as you like. If you're looking for more, there is... INKFLOW PLUS Upgrade instantly at any time to the Plus Edition to get: - Inkport - Dozens of premium stationery designs - iCloud sync - A customizable, full color palette, - Pencil, Eraser, and Paint Brush tools, - The Write-Behind Highlighter tool, - Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, - Export as PNG with transparent backgrounds, - Notebooks with unlimited pages, - Custom paper backgrounds, - An additional 50+ fonts, - And more! The Plus Edition lets you do even more things such as: Painting, cartooning, page layouts, and brainstorming in full color. Learn more in the in-App Quickstart Guide. INKPORT: COPY AND PASTE FROM THE REAL WORLD Only Inkflow Plus includes the revolutionary Inkport tool. Inkport uses your iPad's camera to instantly convert your written notes and sketches into Inkflow's native vector ink. Easily pull in materials from multiple sources and go from paper to iPad without missing a beat. Inkport is going to change the way you use paper in your workflow. Universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch: Upgrade once and get Inkflow Plus on all your compatible devices connected to your iTunes account! EDUCATORS: Inkflow Plus is also available as a standalone App, and qualifies for Apple's Volume Purchase Program. A PLATFORM FOR CREATIVITY We strongly believe that the iPad is not just a consumption device. It's a creativity device. Check out our whole range of creativity Apps on our website. Keep on creating! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.qrayon.com/home/privacy/
Novaplan
This digital planner offers a flexible and creative way to organize your life on-the-go. Create custom journals, track habits, and build calendars with drawing and photo integration. A subscription unlocks all features and templates.
- Digital bullet journaling
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly organization
- Customizable cover pages
- Typed notes and bullet paper for drawings
- Photo integration with shapes
- Community-curated page templates
- Color themes and paper options
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Novaplan is a project planner built around your drawings. Pin tasks and milestones to the floor plan, sketch or sheet they belong to, then switch to a ledger or a live timeline whenever you need the numbers. PLAN RIGHT ON THE DRAWING • Pin task cards and milestone diamonds to any spot on a sheet • Drag dimension lines to change a task's duration • Dependency connectors show what's waiting on what, with the critical path in orange FOUR LENSES, ONE PLAN • Outline: phases and tasks at a glance • Sheet: your plan on top of the drawing • Ledger: a fast table of every task, date and day of slack • Span: a timeline with the critical path and today's line LITE CAD AND APPLE PENCIL • Lines, polylines, rectangles, circles, arcs, text and dimensions • Grid, ortho, endpoint, midpoint and centre snaps • Real units and scales (mm, cm, m, in, ft-in; 1:50 and more) • Move, rotate, scale, mirror, offset and trim • Natural Apple Pencil ink on its own layer • Export sheets as PDF, SVG or DXF STAY AHEAD OF CHANGES • Slip preview: see the new finish date before you commit a delay • Revisions: snapshot the plan as Rev A, B, C • See every moved date and re-timed task since the last revision • Compare a sheet with a revision; ghost cards show where work used to be FOCUS ON TODAY • Your Site shows every project's progress, what's due this week and what's overdue • The Bench holds just three tasks, so you always know what comes next EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Native apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac • Private iCloud sync between your devices • Keyboard shortcuts and a command bar on iPad and Mac • Nebula dark and Daylight light themes • English, French and Hindi SUBSCRIPTION Novaplan requires a subscription: monthly (with a free trial for new subscribers) or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. One subscription unlocks Novaplan on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Inkflow Visual Notebook at free with in-app purchases against Novaplan's subscription. Inkflow Visual Notebook also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Novaplan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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. Inkflow Visual Notebook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Novaplan sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Inkflow Visual Notebook ships an update every 5 months, Novaplan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inkflow Visual Notebook | Novaplan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qrayon, LLC | Joel Brecker |
Customer experience
Inkflow Visual Notebook
Novaplan
Bugs and requests
Inkflow Visual Notebook
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and data loss
- Unreliable auto-save and syncing
- Compatibility issues with newer devices/OS
- Pen/input lag and inconsistent responsiveness
Requested features
5 requests- Add more pen/brush options and customization
- Implement layers and advanced drawing tools
- Improve page management (insert, delete, reorder)
- Integrate cloud sync and cross-device access
- Add password protection and locking features
Novaplan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Inkflow Visual Notebook
- Inkflow Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Inkflow Plus Annual Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Inkflow Plus$19.99
Novaplan
- Basic Plan3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Plan3 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Family Plan$14.991 Month
- Basic Plan (Annual)$29.991 Year
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Premium Plan (Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Family Plan (Annual)$119.991 Year
Questions
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