Comparison

Good PDF Notebook vs Corner Note

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

Head to head
About

Good PDF Notebook

Create beautiful notes, sketch ideas, and annotate PDFs with advanced ink tools and AI assistance. Convert handwriting to text, scan documents, and organize files seamlessly across cloud services. Enjoy a realistic ink-on-paper feel with stylus support.

Highlights
  • Advanced ink tools for writing and sketching
  • AI Assistant for summarization and translation
  • Handwritten notes to editable text conversion
  • Document scanning with automatic frame recognition
  • Cloud service integration for file management
  • Full-text search for PDFs
  • PDF reader with highlighting and read aloud
Features
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Pencil Notepad is a new, modern, powerful yet easy to use note-taking, draw and PDF markup app that allows you to create useful and beautiful notes, edit and annotate PDF documents and books and sketch your ideas quickly, and easily using your Apple Pencil, Stylus or even finger! It lets you feel the ink and paper thanks to the intuitive, fast and pixel-perfect precise control of your Pencil with useful tilt and pressure sensitivity, and support for palm rejection. Pencil Notepad means also smart notes: it uses machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to draw perfect shapes, convert your handwritten notes to text using Scribble, scan documents with automatic page frame recognition, search by text your photo library and insert them on your notes and other innovative smart features. Main features: + Use advanced 7 Ink tools to write and sketch: Marker, Pen, Pencil, Monoline, FountainPen, Watercolor and Crayon. + Floating bar to choose from 8 customizable colors and stroke width. + Open multiples documents side by side using multi-windows and multitask. + AI Assistant: What’s that word? Allow the AI Assistant to explain. Need a brief? Ask it to summarize. Language barrier? Request for a translation. Your assistant is ready to lend a hand. Chat with the AI Assistant about your document! + Convert handwritten text into editable text and share it. (No Internet needed!) + Convert locally (No Internet needed!) on your device all kind of documents like Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG& PNG images, etc. to PDF and annotate them. + Lets you feel the ink and paper thanks to the intuitive, fast and pixel-perfect precise control of your Apple Pencil with useful tilt and pressure sensitivity, and support for palm rejection. + Powerful document browser integrated with Files app and any cloud services like iCloud, Dropbox, Box, GDrive, oneDrive, etc. to import, export and sync your files. + Full-text search makes finding PDFs files much easier and faster, so you don’t have to waste time opening folder after folder trying to find that one document you need. + Powerful PDF reader with search, bookmarks, highlighting and voice read aloud. + You can use your iPad and Apple Pencil (and other supported styluses) to write by hand in any text field in the PDF or in your own rich text boxes, like the search field in Safari or a text field in Mail. All handwriting and conversion to text happens on your iPad, keeping your writing private and secure. + Reader mode interface for distraction free moments. + Dark mode support in documents. Ready for aviation use. + Paper background guides (squared, lined, coloured, etc.) for your handwriting and sketching. + Use the iOS camera to scan documents then edit and annotate them. + User Interface available in multiple languages including Right to Left like Arabic and other like English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, etc. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ This app requires users to have a subscription to unlock all the features after a 3-day risk-free trial.

About

Corner Note

Features
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Your notes should not be trapped on one device. Corner Note helps you keep your memos, tasks, ideas, and appointments organized in one simple workspace — and synced across your devices. Write a memo on your work computer. Check it later on your personal computer. Open it again on your phone. With account-based realtime sync, Corner Note keeps your important thoughts and plans available wherever you sign in. No more scattered notes. No more switching between different memo apps. No more wondering which device has the note you need. WHY CORNER NOTE? REALTIME SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Corner Note connects your notes through your account, so you can move naturally between supported devices. Start on one device. Continue on another. Stay organized wherever you are. FOUR SIMPLE CATEGORIES Keep your everyday notes organized with four clear categories: • Memos • To-Do • Ideas • Appointments Use Corner Note for quick thoughts, daily tasks, new ideas, meeting notes, personal reminders, and important schedules. 20-LANGUAGE SUPPORT Corner Note supports a multilingual experience in 20 languages: English, Korean, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Polish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi, Indonesian, and Thai. DAILY ENGLISH QUOTE Build a small daily habit with one English quote each day. The Daily Quote feature gives you a short moment of inspiration while helping you enjoy simple English learning in your everyday routine. ALL IN ONE SIMPLE APP Corner Note is: • A memo app • A to-do organizer • An idea notebook • An appointment reminder • A daily English quote companion Simple enough for everyday use. Organized enough for work and personal life. Synced so your notes are always with you. SUBSCRIPTION Corner Note offers an auto-renewing subscription for premium access. A 7-day free trial is available. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings at any time. Privacy Policy: https://corner-note.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://corner-note.web.app/terms

Screenshots

Good PDF Notebook4 screens
Corner Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

Good PDF Notebook and Corner Note are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Good PDF Notebook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Corner Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Good PDF Notebook versus Corner Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGood PDF NotebookCorner Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size291 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKairoos Solutions SLYong Soo Sung

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Good PDF Notebook

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock All and AI Assistant3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • GoodPencil Upgrade$3.99
3 purchases

Corner Note

Subscriptions3
  • Corner Note Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Corner Note 6 Months7 Days trial$4.956 Months
  • Corner Note Annual7 Days trial$7.901 Year

Questions

Is Good PDF Notebook free?
Good PDF Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Corner Note free?
Corner Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Good PDF Notebook or Corner Note have ads?
Neither Good PDF Notebook nor Corner Note shows ads.

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