Notewise vs Deadline Desk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Deadline Desk
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Deadline Desk keeps your deadlines in clear view on iPhone and iPad. See what is due today, what is coming next and what is overdue. Add optional times, notes, reminders and categories, then mark work as done or reopen it whenever you need. Features: • All, Today, Upcoming, Overdue and Completed views • A month calendar with deadlines and category filters • Preview and import events from Apple Calendar or Microsoft Calendar as tasks • Choose a category for each imported event, or apply one to all selected events • A live clock and Today, Upcoming and Overdue summaries • Light, Dark and System appearance, plus 12- or 24-hour time settings • Optional reminders and at-a-glance widgets • Notes, flexible dates and editable categories with Pro • Private iCloud syncing across your Apple devices using the same Apple Account • Optional connection to your Windows PC: scan its temporary QR code, approve on Windows, then review and sync your tasks • Clear choices when changes conflict • Automatic recovery backups, with optional copies in iCloud Drive Calendar import creates a one-time task copy and leaves your source events unchanged. Apple Calendar import includes calendars already added to your device. Microsoft work or school accounts may require your organisation’s approval. Use Deadline Desk without a separate account, or connect to the account you use in Deadline Desk on Windows. Account sync starts only after you review and confirm it. You can also choose to link an eligible Pro purchase to that account for use on supported connected devices. The free version supports up to three active deadlines with included categories. Deadline Desk Pro unlocks unlimited active deadlines and editable categories. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription; the current local price and any eligible introductory offer are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Your deadlines are saved on your device. iCloud sync uses your private Apple account; optional Deadline Desk account sync also stores your synced tasks and categories with our account service. Deadline Desk has no advertising or analytics. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notewise at every 2 days against Deadline Desk's every 8 days. Deadline Desk's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Notewise sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Deadline Desk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notewise ships an update every 2 days, Deadline Desk every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notewise | Deadline Desk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (294 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 294 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 426 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIIKR | Mohamed Hamad |
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)
Deadline Desk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notewise
- 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
- Notewise Marketplace Content$9.99
- Notewise Unlimited$19.99
Deadline Desk
- Deadline Desk Pro Monthly14 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Deadline Desk Pro Yearly14 Days trial$9.491 Year
Questions
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