Comparison

Whitelines vs ArtPencil

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

Head to head
About

Whitelines

Effortlessly digitize your handwritten notes and drawings. The app automatically captures and cleans up your content, making it easy to save, edit, and share across various platforms.

Highlights
  • Capture notes automatically
  • Save and organize notes
  • Share notes digitally
  • Edit captured notes
  • Remove background from scans
  • Scan manual notes
Features
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Use Whitelines App when you want to: ・Capture your notes. ・Save your notes. ・Share your notes on Social Media, email, etc. ・Continue to work and edit your notes digitally. The Whitelines App will capture your notes automatically when it detects all four corner codes on your Whitelines Paper and adjust the image to make it useful to you. When using Whitelines Paper the app removes the background, so all that remains is your writing or drawing over a white background. Whitelines App is perfect when you want to: ・ Review your notes on the go before an exam. ・ Share notes from a class with a friend. ・ Include a handmade drawing in a presentation. ・ Post an illustration or note to Instagram. CAPTURE YOUR NOTES WITH WHITELINES APP 1. Tap the camera icon to enter capture mode. Whitelines App will capture your note automatically when it detects the full page (including all four corner codes), with the logo at the bottom of the page. Or, if you use other than Whitelines Paper tap the button to scan the note manually. Before scanning, choose between “Auto” or “Manual” to tell Whitelines App to remove the background automatically or to edit the image yourself. 2. If you have several pages of notes that you’d like to save as a stack, simply stay in the capture mode and continue to capture pages one at a time. Of course, you can also save your notes to existing stacks in the app. 3. Save, Use, Edit and Share the Notes Choose if you’d like to save your note locally on your phone, or if you’d like to share it–with yourself or with somebody else. You can share your note with any app that processes image files, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, OneDrive, OneNote, Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox, Line, Facebook installed on your phone. Tick the boxes on the Whitelines Paper to email the note or save it to Dropbox or Evernote. SUPPORT If you need help with anything or have any questions about the app, feel free to read our FAQ. Is something not working as expected? Get in touch with us! We’d love to know where we have room for improvement. Your feedback is important, as it helps guide our future efforts. FEEDBACK Please give us your thoughts on Whitelines App, and let us know what we could do to make it better. It helps us develop the features you want. We’re already thinking about what our next step should be in order to best support your ideas and help you set them free. This update of the app is a step in our efforts to create a digital/analog interface for note-taking that will help you grow, learn the things you want to know, pass exams, and collaborate creatively. Contact us at support@whitelines.se ////////////////////////////////////////// WHITELINES LOVES TO SEE YOU GROW! We’re so happy that you’re here with us, with all your knowledge, all the thoughts that pass through your mind, and all the things you want to learn and do. If you like, we’d love to join you on your journey, and help you in every way we can. We want our white lines to support you in your quest for new knowledge, as you challenge past truths and look for creative solutions to problems. We want that because we believe in the innate genius of every human being, and in the power of collaboration. When human beings help and challenge each other, it makes the world a better place! The note on page one among the images above was made by Juliette Croce (Instagram: @julestudy) from the USA. The note on page two among the images above was made by Karin Verdoes (Instagram: @evabrittakarin) from Sweden.

About

ArtPencil

Create realistic pencil sketches on your iPad with a vast selection of pencils and papers. This app offers advanced features like unlimited layers, zoom functionality, and an eyedropper tool for detailed artwork. Save and share your creations with ease.

Highlights
  • 48 unique pencils
  • 41 paper textures
  • Unlimited layers
  • Zoom in/out canvas
  • Eyedropper tool
  • 20-depth undo/redo
  • Gallery and sharing
Features
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ArtPencil is a awesome pencil sketch app for iPad! You can draw a awesome sketch on a real paper using various pencils! You can use 48 pencils to draw your artwork. Also ArtPencil provides you 41 papers! Enjoy sketching with ArtPencil! ✓ Key Features • 48 pencils • 41 papers • Layers. There is no limit to the number of layers. • Zoom-In, Zoom-Out Canvas! • Eyedropper! ( Tap and hold eyedropper shortcut ) • 20 depth Undo/Redo • Gallery • Sharing your painting with others! • You can control the size of a pencil tip by using size slider. • You can control the opacity of a pencil tip by using opacity slider.

Screenshots

Whitelines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whitelines at none against ArtPencil's 1. Whitelines also leads on ratings volume (104 vs 11) and device support (3 vs 1). ArtPencil's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (5.1 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. ArtPencil sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whitelines asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Whitelines against 4.0 for ArtPencil. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whitelines has 104 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Whitelines's written reviews are positive against 53% of ArtPencil's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whitelines ships an update every 5 months, ArtPencil weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Whitelines versus ArtPencil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhitelinesArtPencil
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (104 ratings)4.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings104 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.05.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWhitelinesSUNG CHEOL KIM

Customer experience

Whitelines

All ratings103 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive59.2%
Neutral10.9%
Negative29.9%

ArtPencil

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative30.0%

Bugs and requests

Whitelines

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent scanning performance
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Issues with detecting page corners and edges
  • Problems with syncing and uploading notes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Manual capture and editing options
  • Ability to combine multiple pages into a single document
  • Integration with more cloud storage services
  • Improved organization and sharing features
  • Support for more paper sizes and formats

ArtPencil

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Whitelines

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ArtPencil

One-time1
  • Upgrade Pro!$1.99

Questions

Is Whitelines free?
Whitelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArtPencil free?
ArtPencil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whitelines or ArtPencil?
ArtPencil is rated higher. Whitelines averages 3.9 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while ArtPencil averages 4.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Whitelines or ArtPencil have ads?
Neither Whitelines nor ArtPencil shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whitelines or ArtPencil?
Whitelines ships an update every 5 months, and ArtPencil weekly. Most recently, Whitelines was updated on October 21, 2026 and ArtPencil on October 22, 2026.

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