Comparison

Notewise vs Notico Max

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

Head to head
About

Notewise

Capture, organize, and interact with all your information in one place. This app combines writing, drawing, audio recording, and PDF annotation with powerful AI search and chat capabilities to help you learn and create.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and freeform sketching
  • Audio recording with real-time transcription
  • PDF annotation and document import
  • AI-powered search and chat
  • Convert notes to flashcards, quizzes, and podcasts
  • Web clipping and research integration
Features
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Featured multiple times on the App Store. 8M+ downloads. Trusted by millions worldwide. Your meetings, lectures, ideas, and research don’t arrive in one format. Your notes shouldn’t have to either. Notewise brings together what you write, record, draw, read, and save. Capture it once, then find it again, ask about it, learn from it, and build on it. Notewise is an AI note-taking app for iPhone and iPad with handwritten notes, audio recording and transcription, PDF annotation, documents, web sources, and AI search and chat. ■ CAPTURE EVERYTHING IN ONE NOTE • Write, type, or handwrite notes • Sketch ideas and diagrams on a freeform canvas • Record meetings, lectures, conversations, and voice notes • Import 25+ file formats, including PDFs, documents, slides, images, and more • Add website links and bring web research into your notes • Scan paper notes and whiteboards Start with whatever is in front of you. Add things in any order, and keep related notes, recordings, files, and ideas together as you go. ■ SEARCH & ASK ACROSS YOUR NOTES Search handwritten notes, typed text, audio transcripts, PDFs, documents, and images. Ask Notewise AI about the note you’re in or across all your notes. Search the web when you need more context. Answers can cite the notes, recordings, files, and sources behind them, so you can always see where the information came from. Search less. Pick up where you left off and keep thinking. ■ RECORD, TRANSCRIBE & ASK IN REAL TIME Stay focused on the meeting, lecture, or conversation instead of trying to write down every word. • Automatic transcription in 20+ languages • Key points, decisions, and next steps • Ask questions while a meeting or lecture is still happening • Ask across past recordings later • Keep audio, meeting notes, PDFs, and related documents together Meeting notes become more than transcripts. Class notes stay useful long after the lecture ends. ■ WRITE, DRAW & ANNOTATE FREELY Handwrite a page. Draw a diagram. Work through a problem. Mark up a PDF. Move things around until the idea makes sense. Choose from 30+ brushes and tools — including pencil, oil paint, watercolor, highlighter, lasso, tape, shapes, tables, rulers, sticky notes, and more. Start from 20+ templates or create your own, from Cornell notes to meeting notes and custom workflows. ■ TURN NOTES INTO FLASHCARDS, QUIZZES & PODCASTS Good notes don’t all look the same. Turn study notes, meeting notes, or research into AI notes, summaries, flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, and more — using the same material in the format that helps you most. Summarize a recording. Ask questions about a PDF. Search handwritten notes. Find connections across different notes. Sometimes you want AI. Sometimes you just want a blank page. Notewise gives you both. ■ FOR WORK, STUDY & RESEARCH Use Notewise for meeting notes, lecture recording, handwritten and digital notes, voice notes, PDF annotation, research papers, brainstorming, and search across everything you save. On iOS 27, use Siri AI to create, edit, and find information in your notes, or Visual Intelligence to surface related content from what you see. Whether you’re building a company, studying for an exam, researching your next idea, or simply trying to remember what matters, Notewise gives your thinking one place to grow. ■ PRIVACY FIRST Notewise is built by a small, independent team. We don’t sell your data or show ads. Your notes are encrypted, secure, and under your control. ■ TRY NOTEWISE FREE Start with 10 free canvas notes and import your own slides and documents. Explore Notewise with a 7-day free trial, while core features remain free to use. Write. Record. Draw. Remember. Privacy Policy: https://www.notewise.dev/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.notewise.dev/terms-conditions

About

Notico Max

An all-in-one workspace for notes, links, reminders, study sets, and passwords. Organize everything in one place with rich formatting, folders, and tags. Works offline and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Notes with rich formatting, folders, and tags
  • Save URLs with previews and notes
  • Date and time reminders with calendar view
  • Flashcards and quizzes for study
  • Encrypted password vault
  • Cross-device cloud sync
  • Offline functionality
Features
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NOTICO MAX is a fast, all-in-one workspace for your notes, links, reminders, study sets, and passwords — built for people who want everything organized in one place without the bloat. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Notes — quick capture with rich formatting, folders, tags, and pins • URLs — save links with previews and notes attached • Reminders — date and time reminders with a built-in calendar view • Study Sets — flashcards and quizzes for what you're learning • Passwords — encrypted vault for your credentials • Environment Variables — secure storage for developer secrets • Trash — recover anything you delete by mistake WORKS EVERYWHERE NOTICO MAX runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows. Sign in once and your data syncs across every device automatically. PRIVACY-FIRST Sign in with Apple. Your data is yours — nothing is sold, nothing is shared. Local-first storage means the app works offline, and changes sync the moment you're back online. NOTICO MAX PRO Upgrade to Pro for cross-device cloud sync, ad-free experience, and priority support. $2.99/month. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.noticomax.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notewise4 screens
Notico Max4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Notewise at every 2 days against Notico Max's every 2 months. Notewise also leads on ratings volume (294 vs 1). Notico Max's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notewise sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Notico Max sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notico Max holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notewise has 294 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notewise ships an update every 2 days, Notico Max every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notewise versus Notico Max: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotewiseNotico Max
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (294 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings294 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size426 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIIKRMichael Demchak

Customer experience

Notewise

All ratings292 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive57.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative32.5%

Notico Max

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

Bugs and requests

Notewise

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes on every update
  • Handwritten content randomly disappears
  • Annotations vanishing intermittently
  • Lasso selection tool malfunctions
  • Text input fields not responding
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  • App freezes when highlighting large areas with markers
  • Handwriting input not registering
  • Palm rejection issues causing unwanted marks
  • Shape recognition failures
  • Scribble-to-erase function unreliable
  • PDF export causing app crashes
  • Notes auto-deleting or getting corrupted
  • Sync getting stuck mid-process
  • Slow and delayed cross-device synchronization
  • UI elements obscuring page content after 20+ minutes of use
  • Copy-paste functionality limited and unreliable
  • App performance degradation over time
  • Glitchy behavior with shape drawing mode

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add layers feature for advanced editing
  • Implement automatic zoom box that follows writing
  • Add pencil, waterbrush, and crayon drawing tools
  • Sticker marketplace or sticker customization
  • Horizontal page flipping/swiping navigation
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  • Ability to pause real-time syncing
  • MacBook native app with full feature parity
  • More shape customization (arcs for graphing)
  • Improved text formatting and customization options
  • Single page view mode (vertical and horizontal)
  • Notebook organization beyond just pages
  • Magnifying glass tool like GoodNotes
  • More pen and pencil style options
  • Line spacing customization for text
  • PDF import from web/internet
  • Printing functionality
  • Audio recording and sharing capabilities
  • Hyperlink support on desktop version
  • Scroll locking to prevent accidental page movement
  • Better shape recognition (arrows, parentheses)

Notico Max

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Notewise

Subscriptions8
  • Notewise Cloud Basic Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notewise Cloud Starter Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Notewise Cloud Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Notewise Cloud Pro Monthly$15.991 Month
  • Notewise Cloud Basic Yearly$28.991 Year
  • Notewise Cloud Starter Yearly7 Days trial$36.991 Year
  • Notewise Cloud Plus Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Notewise Cloud Pro Yearly7 Days trial$129.991 Year
One-time2
  • Notewise Marketplace Content$9.99
  • Notewise Unlimited$19.99
9 purchases

Notico Max

Subscriptions9
  • 5 GB Personal Storage$0.991 Month
  • Extra Family Seat$0.991 Month
  • NoticoMax$2.991 Month
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  • 50 GB Personal Storage$2.991 Month
  • 20 GB Family Storage$2.991 Month
  • Family Plan$4.991 Month
  • 100 GB Family Storage$4.991 Month
  • 200 GB Personal Storage$5.991 Month
  • 500 GB Family Storage$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Notewise free?
Notewise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notico Max free?
Notico Max is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notewise or Notico Max?
Notico Max is rated higher. Notewise averages 4.6 out of 5 from 294 ratings, while Notico Max averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notewise or Notico Max have ads?
Neither Notewise nor Notico Max shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notewise or Notico Max?
Notewise ships an update every 2 days, and Notico Max every 2 months. Most recently, Notewise was updated on November 10, 2026 and Notico Max on November 5, 2026.

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