Comparison

Scan The Man vs Perenne Note. Digital Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Scan The Man

Features
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Edit paper documents. Simply. Steps to success: 1. Take a picture of a paper document. 2. Crop it & form it. 3. Select words and/or images from the document. 4. Move them. Cut them. Copy them. 5. Paste new images into the document, if desired. 6. Covert to a TEXT file; and/or 7. Save as a PDF file; just as it appears on screen. See? Easy.

About

Perenne Note. Digital Notebook

A minimalist digital notebook designed for iPad and iPhone, offering a realistic writing and sketching experience with Apple Pencil. Organize notes, sketches, and lists with customizable notebooks and real-time syncing.

Highlights
  • Realistic pen and pencil tools
  • Customizable notebooks and paper styles
  • iPhone companion app with iCloud sync
  • Quick notes with rich text and checklists
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • Desk feature for floating elements
  • PDF and PNG export options
Features
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A real notebook, on your iPad. Write with Apple Pencil on pages that feel like paper, with a pencil that leaves real graphite grain and a pen that follows your hand. Perenne Note is made for people who think better with a pen in hand. No infinite canvas, no AI, no features you'll never use: just notebooks, planners and your ideas. Plus a free iPhone app to keep them with you. WRITES LIKE PAPER Pen, fountain pen, pencil and highlighter, powered by Perenne Engine, the drawing engine we built from scratch: real scanned graphite, paper grain that responds to every stroke, tilt and pressure in every line. Any width, opacity and color, eyedropper included. Turn on real notebook mode to flip pages with your finger and write with your Pencil, without switching modes. NOTEBOOKS THAT FEEL REAL 3D covers in 10 colors, 5 textures or your own photo. Blank, ruled, grid or dotted paper, or design your own with the pattern editor. Up to 100 pages, two-page spreads in landscape, colored bookmarks and over 280 stickers: stamps, postmarks and decorations. DATED PLANNERS Daily or weekly, in six styles you can switch anytime without losing a line of what you wrote. Tap a day to open it, tap the date to see the month. If you like, your Calendar events and your Reminders to-dos appear right on the pages, ready to check off with your finger or a mark of your Pencil. Your first planner is free to try. AUDIO NOTES Record a lecture or a meeting right on the page, even with the screen locked. Where your language supports it, transcription happens on your device: your voice goes nowhere else. ON YOUR IPHONE, FREE Your notebooks and planners in your pocket: flip through your pages as you wrote them, search everything and catch ideas on the go with quick notes. Text, checklists, tables, photos and audio, ready to place on the page back on your iPad. REMINDERS THAT TAKE YOU BACK Circle anything with the lasso and set a reminder: the notification arrives with your handwriting and takes you right back to that page. One-time or repeating, in your Calendar too. THE DESK Around your notebook there's room for sticky notes, photos and text you want to keep in sight while you write. Write on the notes, draw on the photos, move, rotate and resize everything. PRIVATE, NO ACCOUNT No sign-up and no ads. Your notebooks and notes stay yours and sync between iPad and iPhone through your own iCloud. Export pages or whole notebooks as PDF or PNG anytime. MADE TO FIT YOU Toolbar at the top or bottom, controls on the side of your writing hand, gestures to undo, keyboard shortcuts. In 14 languages, ready for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. YOUR YEAR Pages written, days in a row and, at the end of the year, an animated recap of everything you created. TRY IT FREE Start with a notebook and 6 pages to try everything, and try your first planner for free. Then it's your choice: a single notebook or planner as a one-time purchase, or a subscription for unlimited use, with a free week on the annual plan. Privacy Policy: https://perenne.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://perenne.app/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Scan The Man4 screens
Perenne Note. Digital Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Perenne Note. Digital Notebook at weekly against Scan The Man's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scan The Man sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Perenne Note. Digital Notebook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan The Man ships an update every 4 weeks, Perenne Note. Digital Notebook weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Scan The Man versus Perenne Note. Digital Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan The ManPerenne Note. Digital Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlumra LtdNicholas Compagnoni

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan The Man

One-time1
  • Once (Only For This Document)$0.99
5 purchases

Perenne Note. Digital Notebook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time3
  • Single Notebook$3.99
  • Yearly Planner$6.99
  • Notebook Bundle$8.99

Questions

Is Scan The Man free?
Scan The Man is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perenne Note. Digital Notebook free?
Perenne Note. Digital Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scan The Man or Perenne Note. Digital Notebook have ads?
Neither Scan The Man nor Perenne Note. Digital Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scan The Man or Perenne Note. Digital Notebook?
Scan The Man ships an update every 4 weeks, and Perenne Note. Digital Notebook weekly. Most recently, Scan The Man was updated on November 3, 2026 and Perenne Note. Digital Notebook on November 5, 2026.

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