Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook vs Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook
This app acts as a visual notebook, allowing users to capture handwritten notes and sketches that can be easily rearranged and reorganized. It offers a smooth writing experience, full-resolution zoom, and the ability to import real-world content using your device's camera.
- Handwritten notes and sketches
- Rearrange and reorganize content
- Smooth, pen-like ink feel
- Full resolution zoom and pan
- Import from camera (Inkport)
- Insert text and photos
- Export to PDF and JPEG
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Visual Thinkers Rejoice! Inkflow works like a word-processor for visual thinking. Capture your ideas as easily as with pen and paper, then arrange and reorganize them with your fingers! INKFLOW PLUS This is the full featured Plus Edition of Inkflow. It is the same as the in-app purchase from the basic edition Inkflow. Please download this only if you haven't already upgraded in-App. 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. 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. 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. PLUS FEATURES This edition includes the full set of expanded features, including: - Inkport - A customizable, full color palette, - Pencil, Eraser, and Paint Brush tools, - Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, - Page Management, - Notebooks with unlimited pages, - An additional 50+ fonts on the iPad, - Custom paper backgrounds, - And more! Universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch: Upgrade once and get Inkflow Plus on all your compatible devices connected to your iTunes account! GREAT FOR CLASS We built a standalone Plus Edition mainly so that Educational institutions can take advantage of the volume purchase program (check with your school's Apple rep for details). A PLATFORM FOR CREATIVITY We strongly believe that the iPad is not just a consumption device. It's a creativity device. Thanks for supporting us in our journey of building Creative Apps like Inkflow. We hope you enjoy it!
Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
This digital notebook app allows for freeform idea capture, note-taking, PDF annotation, and sketching. It offers unique features like converting real-world writing into editable digital ink and a fluid editing experience without traditional layers. Seamlessly integrate with your workflow using drag-and-drop and cloud storage.
- Convert real-world writing to editable digital ink
- Fluid editing without traditional layers
- Vector ink engine for scalable, high-quality drawings
- Drag-and-drop integration with iOS
- Cloud storage synchronization
- PDF annotation and markup
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Noteflow is designed to replace pen and paper. It is a modern digital notebook that lets you get the most out of your iPad or iPhone. Use it for taking notes, annotating PDFs, sketching and doodling, plus a whole lot more: Copy and paste from the real world: Use Inkport gen 2 to snap a picture of a whiteboard or writing and convert it into Noteflow's native vector ink. No special paper needed. Then resize, re-color, or edit as if you wrote it in Noteflow. Create layered drawings without layers: Use the highlighter tool to color and shade behind existing ink. Use Color-Select to separate and edit individual colors. It's a much more fluid and natural editing experience than with layers. Use the straight-line tool with a grid for fast and intuitive wireframes and drafting. Drag-and-drop, cloud-storage, and more: Noteflow natively integrates with iOS's file system and drag-and-drop capabilities. Drop photos and text into Noteflow, and drag your drawings into other apps. Store your files locally or sync with the cloud service of your choice. Make Noteflow a seamless part of your workflow, the way you like. SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS TO ROAM Our vision for Noteflow is simple: to be digital pen and paper. The magic of pen and paper is in their versatility. They are useful for so many things, but particularly for the freeform capture of ideas. Noteflow expands upon this quality. You can naturally do all the things you normally do with pen and paper: take notes in meetings or class, and jot down flashes of inspirations on the go. And you can take that to a whole new level: One of Noteflow’s best uses is for "thinking on digital paper": quickly capture key ideas and concepts, then move and organize them on the screen. Noteflow's vector ink engine lets you scale and edit your work without any loss of quality. Your words and drawings remain tack sharp when zoomed in, giving you a huge effective working canvas even on a single page. There are analogues in the physical world, such as sketchnotes or everyday working on a white board, but being able to fluidly edit and move your ideas around the page is something you can only do digitally. When you represent the ideas in your head with your own personal scribbles on the screen, it effectively becomes an extension of your mind - giving you more room to think. We've designed every part of Noteflow to let you intuitively capture and work on your ideas the way you like. Whether it's dropping in existing information, quickly sketching concepts, or assembling polished presentations for others. By resizing ink and zooming in, you have a huge effective canvas to work with, even on a single page. As your ideas shape up, Noteflow has all the tools you need to tidy them up and format them to share with others. DIGITAL TOOLS FOR A DIGITAL AGE I hope you'll find Noteflow a useful part of your workflow, and that you'll discover new ways to do things with it that weren't easy before. We're very proud of the work we've put into Noteflow, but we're also just seen the beginning of what's possible with powerful new digital platforms like the iPad. Our goal is to push these platforms to their limits to craft useful tools. Tools that can help us think a little more clearly, communicate a bit more effectively, and connect with other in new and enriching ways. Thanks for joining us on this journey! -- The App Makers @ Qrayon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook at $7.99 against Noteflow+ Digital Notebook's $14.99. Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 53%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On update cadence, 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
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook costs $7.99 and Noteflow+ Digital Notebook $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 706 and 186 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook's written reviews are positive against 53% of Noteflow+ Digital Notebook's.
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook ships an update every 2 months, Noteflow+ Digital Notebook monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook | Noteflow+ Digital Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (706 ratings) — better | 4.4 (186 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better | 52.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 706 — better | 186 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qrayon, LLC | Qrayon, LLC |
Customer experience
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook
Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
User reviews
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook
From 706 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Smooth writing experience
- 💡 Useful for brainstorming and sketching
- 👍 Versatile for notes, drawings, and photos
- 💡 Inkport feature to import handwritten notes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and loss of progress
- 🐛 Syncing issues between devices
- 🐛 Unreliable palm rejection and eraser
- 🐛 Limited customization options
- 🐛 Pixelated image exports
Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
From 186 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive UX and snappy performance
- 💰 No subscription required
- ✍️ Great for mixing handwriting and drawings
- 💡 Inkport function is unique
- 🎨 Excellent tool for artists
Room to improve
- 🐛 App closes unexpectedly
- 🐛 Notes not saved when app closes
- 🐛 Pages/canvas not infinite
- 🐛 No confirmation when deleting pages/files
- 🐛 No undo for deleted pages/files
Bugs and requests
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent crashes
- Pages randomly deleted
- Inability to save work
- Zooming issues
- Disappearing toolbar icons
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Ability to organize notebooks and pages
- More paper templates and background options
- Geometric shape tools
- Handwriting to text conversion
Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
Reported bugs
57 issues- App closes while in use
- Notes not saved when app closes
- No confirmation when deleting pages
- No undo for deleted pages
- No confirmation when deleting a file
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- No undo for deleted files
- App doesn't keep your place when re-opens
- Wide lines are too close
- App defaults to finger pointer
- Eraser doesn't erase specific colors
- Navigating through notebooks with many pages is a hassle
- No undo for import issues
- Printing requires export to PDF
- Icon is too dark
- Shading behind ink doesn't work
- Rotation feature instructions don't match screen
- Straight-line tool not found
- Gallery not found
- Pan mode unclear
- App is very glitchy
- App crashing suddenly
- File closing and saying 'deleted remotely'
- Photo import not working properly
- Submission page for feedback broken
- Import feature broken (calendars, PDFs show blank)
- Features not working after updating to iOS 16.2
- Marked-up docs are blank
- PDFs and photos do not show up when imported
- Project disappeared after formatting
- 'File deleted' messages
- Graphic missing from first page on export
- Cmd A causes bugs
- Exporting has bugs
- Unusable lag
- Crashed on open on M1 Mac
- Hand keeps moving page while writing
- Palm rejection issues
- Scanned PDFs not supported for inkport
- Crashes after capturing with inkport
- No password protection
- Constantly crashing
- Slow and crashes after update
- Shape detection thinks everything is an oval
- No real way to layer
- Filling a shape with color is painful
- Eraser tool doesn't create smooth lines/edges
- Pen only function issues
- Page layout not user-friendly
- Doesn't remove text lines as shown in video
- Files never appear where they were last accessed
- Needs pencil only input
- Closing and opening palette continually
- Ink engine not as smooth
- Lost all work due to crashing
- Poor anti-aliasing
- Printing background not printed
- Writing not as fluid as Inkflow
Requested features
45 requests- Infinite page/canvas size
- Confirmation for deleting pages/files
- Undo for deleted pages/files
- Keep place when app re-opens
- Super wide line option
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- Default to pen on opening
- Eraser option to erase specific colors
- Quick way to jump to specific page or end of notebook
- Show more page thumbnail icons
- Undo for import issues
- Easier direct printing option
- Lighter icon options
- Improved shading behind ink functionality
- Working rotation feature
- Visible straight-line tool
- Access to app settings/gallery
- Clear explanation of pan mode
- Fix for iOS 16.2 compatibility issues (images, PDFs, calendars)
- Fix for blank documents after iOS update
- Fix for PDF and photo import issues
- Fix for disappearing projects
- Customizable page stationery
- Fix for missing graphics on export
- Fix for Cmd A bugs
- Fix for exporting bugs
- Fix for lag when writing
- Mac compatibility (M1 Mac)
- Feature to fix page location while writing
- More brush options
- Read-only mode for page turning
- Double tap to fit page to width
- Improve palm rejection
- Support for inkport in scanned PDFs
- Password protection
- Fix for shape detection (ovals)
- Layering functionality
- Easier shape filling with color
- Smoother eraser tool
- Pen only function improvements
- Video import function
- Improve ink engine smoothness
- Better anti-aliasing for smoother lines
- Improved printing capabilities (background printing, format options)
- Pin pen palette to screen
- Email support option
In-app purchases
Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook
No in-app purchases
Noteflow+ Digital Notebook
No in-app purchases
Questions
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