Comparison

Notebook vs DocScanly

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

Head to head
About

Notebook

Features
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Notebook – Daily Planner, Notes, To-Do Lists & Drawing in One Beautiful App Notebook is your all-in-one digital notebook for daily planning, writing, journaling, task management, and drawing. Whether you’re planning your day, capturing quick ideas, writing in your personal diary, building detailed to-do lists, or sketching concepts by hand β€” Notebook keeps everything in one clean, beautiful space. Organized with tags, synced with iCloud, and designed to work the way your mind does. DAILY PLANNER & PRODUCTIVITY Plan your day, organize your priorities, and stay on track. Notebook combines daily planning with notes, checklists, tasks, goals, and routines. Create daily, weekly, and monthly plans, organize what matters most, and keep your routines on track. Set priorities, track completed tasks, and see your progress with a visual progress tracker. Create repeating tasks for daily habits, weekly routines, and monthly goals β€” so nothing falls through the cracks. JOURNAL & DIARY Make Notebook your personal journal and digital diary. Capture your thoughts, memories, experiences, ideas, and everyday moments in your own words. Write daily journal entries, reflect on your day, record memories, or use your diary as a private space to reflect. From daily reflections and gratitude notes to personal stories and life milestones, Notebook gives your thoughts a place to grow. TO-DO LIST & CHECKLISTS Turn ideas into action. Build smart to-do lists with a tap, check off tasks as you go, and watch your progress grow with a visual progress tracker. Set repeating tasks for daily habits, weekly reviews, and monthly goals. Whether it’s a shopping list, study checklist, work project, or daily routine, Notebook keeps your tasks organized and easy to manage. NOTES & TEXT EDITOR Write the way you think. Notebook gives you a powerful yet distraction-free text editor for journal entries, meeting notes, lecture summaries, shopping lists, personal notes, and more. Format your thoughts, highlight key ideas, organize information, and keep your writing organized. SKETCH PAD & DRAWING Some ideas are better drawn than written. Notebook includes a full-featured sketch pad powered by Apple Pencil and touch drawing β€” perfect for diagrams, wireframes, mind maps, doodles, illustrations, and hand-drawn notes. Every sketch lives alongside your text notes, journal entries, and to-do lists, so your ideas stay in context. TAGS & SMART ORGANIZATION Stop searching, start finding. Assign color-coded tags to notes, journal entries, task lists, and drawings and filter your content in seconds. Organize by project, mood, topic, subject, priority, or personal category. ICLOUD SYNC β€” ALWAYS IN SYNC Your notes, journal entries, to-do lists, and drawings follow you everywhere. Notebook syncs automatically across your Apple devices via iCloud β€” iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Start on one device and continue on another. Your content stays up to date. HISTORY & ARCHIVE Never lose an idea, task, or memory again. Notebook keeps a history of completed task lists, past notes, journal entries, and drawings β€” organized by date, so you can revisit your work and memories anytime. β€” WHO IS NOTEBOOK FOR? β€” β€’ Students capturing lecture notes and study plans β€’ Professionals managing projects, daily tasks, and meeting notes β€’ Creatives sketching ideas and concepts β€’ Journalers keeping a personal diary and daily reflections β€’ Anyone planning their day and building better routines β€’ Anyone who wants one beautiful app instead of five β€” PRO FEATURES β€” Unlock the full Notebook experience with Pro: β€’ Unlimited tags and color customization β€’ Share your to-do lists and notes instantly β€’ Priority support and all future Pro features Start free. Upgrade when you’re ready. Notebook β€” Write it. Plan it. Journal it. Draw it. All in one place. * Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * Privacy Policy: https://kerols.me/dailyplanner/privacy/index.html

About

DocScanly

Features
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Scan, organize and understand every page. Tap the scan button to digitize your first document. DOCUMENTS β€’ Crisp scans β€’ Import from photos β€’ Add pages β€’ Rotate β€’ Extract text β€’ Copy text PDF β€’ Create PDF β€’ Name it, pick a folder and save it to your files. β€’ Keep every PDF organized in folders. β€’ Search PDFs β€’ New folder β€’ Print AI ASSISTANT Get clear answers from this document in seconds. β€’ Summarize β€’ Ask a question β€’ Translate PREMIUM AI assistant, instant PDFs and no ads. β€’ AI summary, Q&A and translation β€’ Instant PDFs β€” no ads to watch β€’ No banner ads anywhere β€’ PDFs without watermark Payment is charged to your account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notebook4 screens
DocScanly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Notebook at none against DocScanly's shown. DocScanly's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Notebook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DocScanly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook ships an update every 10 days, DocScanly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Notebook versus DocScanly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebookDocScanly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKerols NaguibMersas Grup Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notebook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
3 purchases

DocScanly

Subscriptions3
  • DocScanly Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • DocScanly Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • DocScanly Pro Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocScanly free?
DocScanly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebook or DocScanly have ads?
DocScanly shows ads; Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, Notebook or DocScanly?
Notebook ships an update every 10 days, and DocScanly fortnightly. Most recently, Notebook was updated on October 28, 2026 and DocScanly on November 6, 2026.

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