Handwritten notes vs Handwriting Memorandum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwritten notes
This app allows for quick and smooth handwritten note-taking with simple tools. You can choose from four colors, adjust line thickness, and easily erase or clear your notes. Save your creations as images.
- Smooth multi-finger writing
- Four color options
- Adjustable line thickness
- Erase and clear functions
- Save notes as images
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Handwritten notes appeared in the paid version! I lost my ads. Operation will be smoother than ever before. Handwritten notes is a simple handwritten notes. You can also write with multiple fingers. You can write very smoothly. ********************************************** Feature Very simple! ! You can quickly and notes by hand! * Basic functions **************************** ● color is simple, four black, red, blue and green. (If you press the button "Switch", color selection button will appear.) ● In the slide, the thickness of the line can be adjusted. ● When you press the button "Show", you can erase the line wrote. (Adjustable in thickness delete slides) ● When you press the "CL" button, you can remove the bulk. ● When you press the "Save button", you can save the image.
Handwriting Memorandum
Easily capture your thoughts and ideas with a simple digital notebook. Draw sketches or jot down notes using your finger for quick and convenient input.
- Finger-based note-taking
- Simple sketching functionality
- Digital notebook
- Quick input
- Easy to use interface
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You can take notes or draw simple sketches with your fingers using this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Handwriting Memorandum at Free against Handwritten notes's $0.99. Handwriting Memorandum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 39 months). Handwritten notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Handwriting Memorandum is free to download; Handwritten notes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handwriting Memorandum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Handwritten notes's written reviews are positive against 71% of Handwriting Memorandum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Handwritten notes ships an update every 39 months, Handwriting Memorandum every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handwritten notes | Handwriting Memorandum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiyoshi Koike | Yuichi HARA |
Customer experience
Handwritten notes
Handwriting Memorandum
In-app purchases
Handwritten notes
No in-app purchases
Handwriting Memorandum
No in-app purchases
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