Comparison

Loose Leaf vs Noteflow

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

Head to head
About

Loose Leaf

Capture your thoughts, sketches, and ideas with an intuitive digital notebook. Offers unlimited pages, customizable templates, and easy import/export options. Its simple interface mimics the feel of pen and paper for effortless creativity.

Highlights
  • Unlimited pages
  • Customizable templates
  • Image and PDF import
  • Moveable scraps with scissors tool
  • Ruler and protractor tool
  • Sidebar scrap drawer
  • Export and share options
Read full description

Loose Leaf is great for notes, sketches, ideas, and more! Watch the video and find out more: https://getlooseleaf.com FEATURES • Unlimited pages • Templates! Blank, lined, grid, and more! • Easy image and PDF import • As easy as pen and paper • Scissors create moveable scraps • Ruler / protractor tool for simple shapes • Sidebar scrap drawer • Export and share ideas via major social networks • Send pages quickly to other apps • Share pages to your contacts in Loose Leaf • Simple two-finger gesture page navigation EASY TO USE 1 finger to draw, erase, or cut 2 fingers to move and navigate NO HIDDEN COSTS • No in app purchases • No subscriptions • No settings TRANSLATE Want Loose Leaf in your language? Help us translate it at http://bit.ly/translate-looseleaf ! If you have any questions or suggestions, you can always send us an email at hello@getlooseleaf.com or reach out to @getlooseleaf.

About

Noteflow

This app offers a digital notebook experience designed to replace pen and paper. It allows for note-taking, PDF annotation, sketching, and freeform idea capture with vector ink that scales without quality loss. Seamlessly integrate real-world content and organize your thoughts digitally.

Highlights
  • Digital notebook replacement for pen and paper
  • Annotate PDFs and sketch freely
  • Convert real-world images to vector ink
  • Fluid editing without traditional layers
  • Drag-and-drop integration with iOS
  • Cloud storage synchronization
Features
Read full description

Noteflow is designed to replace pen and paper. It is a modern digital notebook that lets you get the most from your iPad and 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. EVALUATE NOTEFLOW RISK FREE Rather than just read about Noteflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition 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. NOTEFLOW+ Upgrade instantly at any time to get: + Inkport + Import and annotate PDFs + A customizable, full color palette, + The Marker, Write-Behind Highlighter and Straight Line tools. + Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, + Notebooks with unlimited pages, + Page backgrounds and sizes, + An additional 50+ fonts, + And more! Learn more in the in-app Quickstart Guide. 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 call

Loose Leaf and Noteflow both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 68% of Loose Leaf's written reviews are positive against 47% of Noteflow's. Loose Leaf also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.4). Noteflow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (182 vs 57). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Loose Leaf against 4.2 for Noteflow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 182 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Loose Leaf's written reviews are positive against 47% of Noteflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loose Leaf ships an update every 2 months, Noteflow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loose Leaf versus Noteflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoose LeafNoteflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (57 ratings)4.2 (182 ratings)
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings57182 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilestone Made, LLCQrayon, LLC

Customer experience

Loose Leaf

All ratings57 ratings
Positive77.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative26.4%

Noteflow

All ratings182 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative43.3%

Bugs and requests

Loose Leaf

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Does not rotate to landscape view
  • Sidebar makes writing difficult on the left
  • Cannot insert text box
  • Cannot crop pictures
  • No way to delete projects
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  • No way out of current project
  • Biased against left-handed users
  • Issues importing photos from library
  • PDFs not imported directly from app
  • Low resolution import for photos
  • Appends advertisements even after purchase
  • Freezes up for long periods
  • Control buttons unresponsive or delayed
  • Crashes during startup
  • Cannot change pen size
  • Slow execution on older devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Adjustable eraser size
  • RGB color selector for pencil
  • PDF as paper template
  • Text box insertion
  • Crop pictures in square/rectangle
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  • Day timer sheet offerings
  • Zooming for writing/drawing
  • Export selected pages
  • Landscape mode
  • More colors
  • EPUB import
  • Implement text input
  • iPhone version
  • Albums feature

Noteflow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Loose Leaf

No in-app purchases

None

Noteflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loose Leaf free?
Loose Leaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noteflow free?
Noteflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loose Leaf or Noteflow?
Loose Leaf and Noteflow are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 57 and 182 ratings respectively.
Do Loose Leaf or Noteflow have ads?
Neither Loose Leaf nor Noteflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loose Leaf or Noteflow?
Loose Leaf ships an update every 2 months, and Noteflow every 6 weeks. Most recently, Loose Leaf was updated on September 18, 2026 and Noteflow on September 21, 2026.

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