Comparison

ForNote vs Tertiary NotePad

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

Head to head
About

ForNote

Features
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The notebook that turns Apple Pencil strokes into searchable, organized handwritten notes. ForNote is a native iPad and iPhone notes app for handwriting, sketching, and annotating PDFs. Draw with Apple Pencil, organize notebooks in nested folders, drop a photo or PDF as a page background, and find any handwritten word from Spotlight. HAND-DRAWN PAGES โ€ข Draw with Apple Pencil on iPad, or with your finger on iPhone โ€ข Pen, marker, eraser, and lasso with a full color picker โ€ข Native page-curl animation between pages โ€ข Pinch to zoom up to 5ร— โ€ข Floating tool palette you can drag anywhere on screen FOLDERS & ORGANIZATION โ€ข Nest folders inside folders โ€” Files-style hierarchy โ€ข Drag and drop notebooks and folders between locations โ€ข Spring-load on the back arrow to navigate while dragging โ€ข Select multiple items at once โ€ข Bulk export, move, or delete in a single action PAGE BACKGROUNDS โ€ข Drop a photo as a background and annotate over it โ€ข Import a PDF โ€” every page becomes a notebook page you can write on โ€ข Scan a document with the camera and turn it into pages instantly โ€ข Annotate every imported page with Apple Pencil SPOTLIGHT SEARCH โ€ข Vision OCR runs in the background on every page you draw on โ€ข Search for any handwritten word from Spotlight on your device โ€ข Tap a result to jump straight to the exact page โ€ข Turkish and English recognition out of the box STATISTICS โ€ข Track your writing streak across notebooks, pages, and folders โ€ข Library overview with item counts โ€ข Content breakdown of OCR-indexed and image-backed pages โ€ข Everything stays on-device LIQUID GLASS DESIGN Every card, sheet, and toolbar uses iOS 26's stunning Liquid Glass material. The whole app is built with native SwiftUI โ€” no custom chrome, just the system you already know from Notes, Files, and Reminders. FORNOTE PLUS โ€” TRY FREE โ€ข Unlimited notebooks โ€ข Unlimited PDF imports โ€ข Photos, PDF, and document scanner page backgrounds inside the editor โ€ข Detailed writing statistics Start a free trial today. Cancel anytime. Built for students, researchers, planners, and anyone who thinks better with a pen. Available in 3 languages: English, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cagandurgun.com/fornoteprivacy

About

Tertiary NotePad

Features
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NotePad is a clean, native iPad note-taking app built for Apple Pencil. It feels like a paper notebook with the power of digital ink. - Handwriting with pressure and tilt, low latency, and palm rejection - the Pencil draws while a finger scrolls and two fingers zoom. - GoodNotes-style tool bar: pen, highlighter, erasers, color dropdown and widths. - White paper or blackboard templates, applied across the whole notebook. - Shapes and flowcharts (process, decision, start/end, connectors) with editable vector overlays; connectors re-route when you move a node. - Type directly into sticky notes and flowchart nodes (multi-line, with background colors). - Lasso to move, delete or copy multiple strokes; recolor and edit shapes. - Import PDFs and annotate them; export pages or whole notebooks to PDF/PNG/JPG. - Organize with nested notebooks and tags, and search inside your handwriting. - Record voice memos per notebook. - Everything syncs across your devices with iCloud. Powered by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

Screenshots

ForNote4 screens
Tertiary NotePad2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tertiary NotePad at none against ForNote's 2. Tertiary NotePad also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ForNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Tertiary NotePad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForNote ships an update every 11 months, Tertiary NotePad daily. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
ForNote versus Tertiary NotePad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForNoteTertiary NotePad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAGAN DURGUNAlfred Ang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ForNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Tertiary NotePad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ForNote free?
ForNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tertiary NotePad free?
Tertiary NotePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ForNote or Tertiary NotePad have ads?
Neither ForNote nor Tertiary NotePad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForNote or Tertiary NotePad?
ForNote ships an update every 11 months, and Tertiary NotePad daily. Most recently, ForNote was updated on October 6, 2026 and Tertiary NotePad on October 6, 2026.

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