Comparison

Loose Leaf vs AxNote

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
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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

AxNote

This app offers an intelligent canvas for note-taking, allowing users to generate summaries from text, handwriting, and audio recordings. It supports image annotation, data visualization with tables and charts, and handwriting conversion to typed text. Designed for Apple Pencil, it provides flexible layouts and on-device AI features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries from text, handwriting, and audio
  • Audio transcription and topic exploration
  • Image and PDF annotation
  • Data visualization with tables and charts
  • Handwriting to typed text conversion
  • Apple Pencil integration
  • Customizable layouts
Features
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AxNote is an intelligent canvas that thinks with you. Generate summaries from your notes and audio recordings with Apple Intelligence. Explore topics in recordings and jump to where they're discussed. Create flashcards from your notes with a single tap. Handwrite your notes and convert it to typed text. Drag and drop images, and instantly annotate on a blank canvas, lined, or grid paper. Snap perfect shapes. Create beautiful tables and charts to visualize your data. AxNote is a next-level digital note-taking experience. FEATURES Magic Summary: Generate summaries of your text, handwriting, or audio recordings using a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Summaries are perfect for catching up with meetings, revision, and for creating flashcards. Magic Summary cards can also be converted to a PDF or plain text for use in your favorite flashcard platform. Ask About Topics: Magic Summary automatically finds key topics discussed in your audio recordings and gives you summaries of those topics. You can also ask specific questions about the contents of your recording and Magic Summary will give you an answer using your recording as the source of truth. Jump To Topic: Instantly skip to the part of a recording where a specific topic is discussed with Magic Summary. No more manually scrubbing through hours of lectures or meetings. Audio Transcription: AxNote features fast, accurate audio transcription that runs directly on your device and supports languages other than English. Audio transcriptions can be added to your note or shared with others. Images, PDFs, Tables, and Charts: Drag and drop images and PDFs anywhere in a note. Images can be annotated directly over using a markup tool. Create simple tables with CSV support and link them with charts to create beautiful data visualizations. Images, tables, and charts live right alongside your handwriting and typed text. AxNote also supports Image Playground, so you can turn a prompt into an image and add it to your note (requires a device with Apple Intelligence enabled). Made for Pencil: AxNote is the perfect companion for Apple Pencil. With support for tilt and pressure sensitivity, shape snapping, Apple Pencil Hover, and handwriting-to-text, it's the only app you need to turn your ideas into beautiful ink. Layouts: Transform your iPad or iPhone into a real notebook with a selection of preset Layouts, including lined, grid, dot grid paper, and a freeform canvas. Customize your layouts with specific measurements for line and grid spacing and colors. Bookmarks: Pin what matters most in your notes. You can access your bookmarks from anywhere in a note, allowing you to jump within (and between) pages for quick access to important content. Privacy and Flexibility: With AxNote, you're in control of your data and where it's stored. Save your documents in your preferred cloud storage provider with the Files app or keep them on your device. AxNote's AI features also run directly on your Apple Intelligence-supported device, so your notes are never sent to an online service for processing or AI model training. Offline Support: AxNote's AI features (including Magic Summary and Audio Transcription) don't need an internet connection after initial setup, so you can work even when you're off the grid. --- AxNote+ - Unlimited pages - Unlimited Magic Summary usage - Customize Layouts These features are available with a one-time in-app purchase to AxNote+. Please read the Terms of Service at animantlabs.com/axnote/terms --- Need help? Please visit support.animantlabs.com/axnote Terms of Service: animantlabs.com/axnote/terms

Screenshots

AxNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loose Leaf at none against AxNote's 1. Loose Leaf also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%) and ratings volume (57 vs 7). AxNote's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). 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. AxNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Loose Leaf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Loose Leaf against 4.3 for AxNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loose Leaf has 57 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Loose Leaf's written reviews are positive against 50% of AxNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Loose Leaf versus AxNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoose LeafAxNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (57 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilestone Made, LLCJonathan Benjamin

Customer experience

Loose Leaf

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

AxNote

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

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

AxNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Loose Leaf

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AxNote

One-time1
  • AxNote+$24.99

Questions

Is Loose Leaf free?
Loose Leaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AxNote free?
AxNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loose Leaf or AxNote?
AxNote is rated higher. Loose Leaf averages 4.2 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while AxNote averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Loose Leaf or AxNote have ads?
Neither Loose Leaf nor AxNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loose Leaf or AxNote?
Loose Leaf ships an update every 2 months, and AxNote every 2 months. Most recently, Loose Leaf was updated on September 18, 2026 and AxNote on September 19, 2026.

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