iReels vs Pencil Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iReels
Rediscover your video memories with a smart player. Browse and enjoy your camera roll videos in sequence or random order, filtered by dates and location. Features include a home screen widget for stats and AirPlay support for big screen viewing.
- Smart video playback
- Filter by date and location
- Home screen widget for stats
- Continuous auto-play
- AirPlay support
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iReels is the smart way to browse and enjoy your video memories. Play your camera roll videos in sequence or random order, filtered by dates and location. Perfect for reliving your favorite moments on iPhone, iPad, or over AirPlay with Apple TV. HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your video stats at a glance with our home screen widget. Know how many videos you captured this week, month, or year without opening the app. POWERFUL FILTERING - Filter by date: all time, 1 year, 6 months, 1 month, 1 week, 24 hours, or custom range - Map view groups your videos by location - Browse grid view for quick visual scanning PLAYBACK FEATURES - Continuous auto-play with smooth transitions - Date overlay shows when each video was captured - AirPlay support for big screen viewing Simple, beautiful, and designed to help you rediscover the videos you've captured.
Pencil Note
Create and organize digital sticky notes on a virtual bulletin board. Supports Apple Pencil for realistic writing and drawing with pressure sensitivity. Offers various paper types and pen colors for personalized notes.
- Digital bulletin board for notes
- Apple Pencil support with pressure sensitivity
- Four paper types and two pen colors
- Finger eraser functionality
- Organize and move notes freely
- Split screen support
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Gather your thoughts in a flash using Pencil Note! With support for the new Apple Pencil, you can create sticky notes and save them on a digital bulletin board. Choose from 4 different paper types: pink or yellow sticky notes, graphing, or cardstock paper and two pen colours: red or blue to create notes on the go. Keep track of important dates, lists and other matters in this handy app. Apple Pencil support allows you to jot down notes like you would in reality. Pressure sensitivity gives you the option to not only write, but draw. Applying more pressure with the pen creates thicker lines. Now, once enabled in the Options screen, you can also erase your mistakes using a swipe of your finger! Use Pencil Note to write or draw out ideas and always have them on hand! Features: - Create and keep track of notes using this handy digital bulletin board. - Move around notes to help you organize your thoughts to commit them to memory. - Use red or blue ink and choose from 4 paper types to make differentiation easy. - Make a mistake? Simply trash the note and create a new one or enable the finger eraser in the Options screen to make quick work of your errors with a swipe of your fingertip! - Draw or write! The Apple Pencil support allows you to further enhance your notes, but you can also draw designs with your fingertips. - Simple controls! Tap on a paper to create a new page and tap away from a note when done to minimize and then move it around the bulletin board. - Split screen is supported to let you take notes as you use other apps. - All rotations are now supported for more ease of use. - Throw away old or outdated notes using the waste basket icon to keep everything neat and tidy! - Keep an eye on all of your notes with a quick glance! Organize your day and your thoughts in a snap! **The music used in the App Preview videos are for demonstration purposes only and are not available within the app. The music has been provided by Sound-ideas.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iReels at Free against Pencil Note's $0.99. iReels also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 25%) and rating (4.0 vs 2.4). Pencil Note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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
iReels is free to download; Pencil Note costs $0.99 up front. iReels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pencil Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
iReels holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of iReels's written reviews are positive against 25% of Pencil Note's.
iReels ships an update fortnightly, Pencil Note every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iReels | Pencil Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genki Mine | Magitech Corporation |
Customer experience
iReels
Pencil Note
In-app purchases
iReels
- Ads Free$0.99
Pencil Note
No in-app purchases









