Comparison

Inkflow Visual Notebook vs Wren

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 paper backgrounds. 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. *** NOTE: To delete ink, tap on the selection then tap delete. Tap on the book name to delete a book. If you're looking for more, there is... INKFLOW PLUS Upgrade instantly at any time to the Plus Edition to get: - Inkport - A customizable, full color palette, - Pencil, Eraser, and Paint Brush tools, - The Write-Behind Hilighter 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!

About

Wren

Transform your handwritten notes into study materials. This app uses AI to generate summaries, practice questions, flashcards, and mind maps from your lecture notes. It also includes a calendar for tracking deadlines and scheduling study sessions.

Highlights
  • AI-generated summaries
  • Practice questions from notes
  • Flashcard creation
  • Mind map generation
  • Specialized sticky types (code, graphs, flowcharts)
  • Integrated calendar with deadline tracking
  • Search by meaning, not just keywords
Features
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Wren is the AI agent built for student life: notes that study with you, a calendar that understands your semester, a tutor that knows what you wrote, and agents that turn your own notes into study material. AI AGENTS - Your notes, turned into study material Pick a goal and an agent reads your notes, then builds what you need as real, editable notes: - Study guides drawn from your own lectures - Flashcard sets for exam week - Learning paths that sequence what to review first - Summaries and outlines across multiple notes - Mindmaps, timelines and flowcharts when a picture beats a paragraph A live progress view shows exactly which notes it read, so you can check the result. AI TUTOR - Answers grounded in your own notes Ask a question and get an answer built from what you actually wrote, with sources you can open. The tutor knows your upcoming events and pinned notes, so "what should I study tonight?" gets a real answer. It can create calendar events straight from the chat. STUDY BUDDY - A second brain while you study Open any note and start a conversation about it. Study Buddy reads the page you are on, so you can ask "explain this derivation" or "quiz me on this section" without copying anything anywhere. Answers stream in beside your note while you keep writing. RESOURCE HUB - Every document you were given Upload lecture slides, PDFs, readings and handouts. Search, filter and tag them by class, then analyze them with AI. Wren finds dates and topics inside your documents and offers to add them to your calendar, so a syllabus becomes a schedule. EXAM MODE - Practice before it counts Generate a practice exam from any note, take it, and review your results mistake by mistake. Find the gaps while there is still time to close them. AI STUDENT CALENDAR - Your academic command center See your whole semester at a glance. Track exams with countdowns, plan study sessions, manage assignment deadlines, and jump straight to the notes for any day. CLASS SPACES - One place per class Give every class its own space. Notes, documents, practice exams and events stay grouped by subject, so switching from Organic Chemistry to World History takes one tap, and everything for a class lives where you expect it. HANDWRITING THAT DOES MORE Write naturally with Apple Pencil or your finger. Your handwriting stays exactly as you wrote it, and AI adds intelligence beside it: - Instant summaries - Definitions and explanations - Practice questions for exam prep - Mindmaps connecting concepts across classes - Code snippets with syntax highlighting - Graphs, timelines, diagrams and flowcharts - Checklists that track study progress Pause your pen and Wren offers a relevant suggestion. Review every AI draft on the canvas and Keep or Discard it before anything becomes permanent ink. DOCUMENT MODE A structured editor with rich formatting, native pagination, and Document Stickies anchored beside your text. Built for essays, lecture notes, and anything where structure matters. BUILT FOR IPAD Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity. Palm rejection that actually works. An infinite canvas for big diagrams. Standard paper sizes or custom dimensions. Home screen widgets. Works offline and syncs when you are back. A WEEK WITH WREN Monday: take lecture notes with your Pencil, and a sticky suggests a definition while you pause. Wednesday: upload the professor's slides, and the syllabus dates land on your calendar. Friday: an agent turns the week's notes into a study guide. Sunday night: generate a practice exam, find the two topics you would fumble, and fix them before it counts. Perfect for high school, college, grad school, and anyone who never stopped learning. Wren is free to download. Write one note, hand it to an agent, and see what comes back. Terms of Use: https://www.getnotenest.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getnotenest.com/privacy

Screenshots

Inkflow Visual Notebook4 screens
Wren4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wren at weekly against Inkflow Visual Notebook's every 5 months. Wren also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Inkflow Visual Notebook's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 22) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Inkflow Visual Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wren sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wren holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inkflow Visual Notebook has 1.9K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Inkflow Visual Notebook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wren's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkflow Visual Notebook ships an update every 5 months, Wren weekly. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Inkflow Visual Notebook versus Wren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkflow Visual NotebookWren
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCNOTENEST LLC

Customer experience

Inkflow Visual Notebook

All ratings1,865 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews378 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral8.2%
Negative20.6%

Wren

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Wren

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Inkflow Visual Notebook

One-time1
  • Inkflow Plus$12.99
5 purchases

Wren

Subscriptions5
  • NoteNest Lite7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • NoteNest Founder7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • NoteNest Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • NoteNest Elite7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • NoteNest Pro Annual7 Days trial$71.991 Year

Questions

Is Inkflow Visual Notebook free?
Inkflow Visual Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wren free?
Wren is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inkflow Visual Notebook or Wren?
Wren is rated higher. Inkflow Visual Notebook averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Wren averages 5.0 from 22 ratings.
Do Inkflow Visual Notebook or Wren have ads?
Neither Inkflow Visual Notebook nor Wren shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkflow Visual Notebook or Wren?
Inkflow Visual Notebook ships an update every 5 months, and Wren weekly. Most recently, Inkflow Visual Notebook was updated on October 10, 2026 and Wren on October 10, 2026.

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