Comparison

OrigNotes vs StudentHub

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

Head to head
About

OrigNotes

Create, organize, and manage high-quality handwritten notes with ease. Supports handwriting, drawing, image insertion, and PDF annotation. Stay organized and productive for study, work, or daily ideas.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and drawing
  • Image insertion and PDF annotation
  • Organize and search documents
  • Customizable note covers and paper styles
  • Palm rejection and writing settings
  • Variety of brushes and tools
  • Cloud sync support
Features
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OrigNotes is a powerful, free digital note-taking app built for iPad and iPhone. Whether you're taking handwritten notes, annotating PDFs, organizing ideas with mind maps, or capturing inspiration with images, audio, and video, OrigNotes gives you the tools to keep everything in one place. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, convert handwriting into editable text, search through your notes, and customize your workspace to fit the way you think and work. OrigNotes is free to use, and we're committed to keeping it that way. If you're enjoying OrigNotes, we'd greatly appreciate a 5-star review. Your support helps us continue improving the app and building new features for everyone. Have an idea or feature request? Leave us a review or contact us directly through the app. You can also check our Future Plans inside OrigNotes to see what we're working on and follow the progress of upcoming features. KEY FEATURES • Handwriting & Drawing Enjoy a natural writing experience with a variety of pens, brushes, and creative tools designed for Apple Pencil. • PDF Reading & Annotation Import PDFs to read, highlight, annotate, draw, and take notes directly on your documents. • Mind Maps Create mind maps to organize ideas, study topics, and brainstorm visually. Add topics and subtopics, drag and rearrange nodes, and customize your mind map to fit your ideas. • Handwriting to Text Turn handwritten notes into editable text for easier editing, organizing, and reuse. • Powerful Search Find information faster by searching handwritten notes and text inside PDFs. • Images, GIFs, Audio & Video Bring your notes to life with images, animated GIFs, audio, and video—all within your notebook. • Personalized Notebooks Customize covers, paper templates, and themes to create a workspace that feels like your own. • Custom Toolbar & Tool Box Arrange your favorite tools around the way you work and keep the ones you use most within easy reach. • Smooth Writing Experience Optimized handwriting, palm rejection, and Apple Pencil interactions help writing feel smooth, responsive, and natural. • Easy Organization Organize and sort your documents, bookmark important pages, and quickly get back to the content you need. • Data Protection & Backup Multiple backup options and improved data protection help keep your important notes safe. • Cloud Backup Back up your notebooks to cloud storage for easier long-term storage and management. MADE FOR THE WAY YOU TAKE NOTES From class notes and study materials to work documents, PDF annotation, brainstorming, and everyday ideas, OrigNotes gives you a flexible space to capture, organize, and develop your thoughts. Simple when you need it. Powerful when you need more. Write. Think. Create. Organize. All in OrigNotes.

About

StudentHub

This app consolidates your academic life, including timetables, notes, tasks, files, and lecture recordings. It offers tools for creating flashcards, quizzes, and summaries, with features like on-device transcription and iCloud syncing across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Integrated timetable and calendar
  • Organized note-taking with formatting
  • Task management by subject
  • Infinite canvas for brainstorming
  • On-device lecture recording and transcription
  • Flashcard and quiz creation
  • Automated study material generation
Features
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Everything for school, in one place. StudentHub keeps your timetable, notes, tasks, files, flashcards, lecture recordings and study sessions in one app, so you stop jumping between five of them. No account. No sign-up. No ads. Open it and start. What's inside: Calendar: paste the iCal link from your school and the timetable fills itself. Notes: organised by subject, with formatting and highlights. Tasks: see what is due, and for which subject. Boards: an infinite canvas for sketching, images and sticky notes. Recordings: record lectures and turn them into text on your device. Flashcards and quizzes: build decks by hand, or from your own material. Studio: turn notes, files and lectures into summaries, flashcards and study questions. Focus, grades and files: timed sessions, your average with a goal calculator, and PDFs and scans kept with the right subject. From lecture to study material: Record the class. StudentHub transcribes it on your device, so it works without a connection and your audio never leaves your phone. Then use the transcript in Studio to make a summary, a set of flashcards or exam questions. Scan a page or photograph a slide, and Studio can use that too. What is free: Everything you make yourself: notes, tasks, decks, cards, quizzes, boards, focus sessions, grades and recording. No limits, no account, no ads. Two things use a study action: transcribing a recording, and one run in Studio. You get 3 free every month, and you can earn around 11 more by setting the app up. You can also buy 15 as a one time purchase. StudentHub Pro: Unlimited transcription, and unlimited generation of flashcards, quizzes, summaries and study questions. Everything else in the app is free for everyone. Works on all your Apple devices: iPhone, iPad and Mac, synced through your own private iCloud. One subscription covers every device signed in with the same Apple Account. Subscription: StudentHub Pro comes as 6 months or 12 months. Your local price is shown in the App Store before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. If you cancel, nothing you made is lost. Your notes, recordings and decks stay yours and stay readable. You only lose the Pro features until you subscribe again. Privacy: Your content lives on your device and in your own private iCloud. We have no server that receives it, and no ads. Transcription and generation run entirely on your device. We measure anonymous usage events, such as how many people record a lecture, and they never include your content. Terms of Use: https://getstudenthub.app/documents/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://getstudenthub.app/documents/privacy-policy Made by one person. Questions: hello@contact.getstudenthub.app

Screenshots

OrigNotes4 screens
StudentHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OrigNotes at none against StudentHub's 5. OrigNotes also leads on ratings volume (362 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26). StudentHub's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. StudentHub sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 6 months. OrigNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StudentHub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OrigNotes has 362 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OrigNotes ships an update every 11 days, StudentHub every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
OrigNotes versus StudentHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrigNotesStudentHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (362 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings362 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Future Writing Technology Co.,LTD.Aleksander Kjølberg

Customer experience

OrigNotes

All ratings359 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative12.7%

StudentHub

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OrigNotes

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

StudentHub

Subscriptions2
  • Semester Pro$19.996 Months
  • Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 2 Credits$1.99
  • 5 Credits$2.99
  • 15 Credits$3.99

Questions

Is OrigNotes free?
OrigNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StudentHub free?
StudentHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OrigNotes or StudentHub?
StudentHub is rated higher. OrigNotes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 362 ratings, while StudentHub averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OrigNotes or StudentHub have ads?
Neither OrigNotes nor StudentHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OrigNotes or StudentHub?
OrigNotes ships an update every 11 days, and StudentHub every 9 days. Most recently, OrigNotes was updated on October 22, 2026 and StudentHub on October 16, 2026.

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