Comparison

ForNote vs Eve

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 • Draw with Apple Pencil on iPad, or with your finger on iPhone • Pen, marker, eraser, and lasso with a full color picker • Native page-curl animation between pages • Pinch to zoom up to 5Ɨ • Floating tool palette you can drag anywhere on screen FOLDERS & ORGANIZATION • Nest folders inside folders — Files-style hierarchy • Drag and drop notebooks and folders between locations • Spring-load on the back arrow to navigate while dragging • Select multiple items at once • Bulk export, move, or delete in a single action PAGE BACKGROUNDS • Drop a photo as a background and annotate over it • Import a PDF — every page becomes a notebook page you can write on • Scan a document with the camera and turn it into pages instantly • Annotate every imported page with Apple Pencil SPOTLIGHT SEARCH • Vision OCR runs in the background on every page you draw on • Search for any handwritten word from Spotlight on your device • Tap a result to jump straight to the exact page • Turkish and English recognition out of the box STATISTICS • Track your writing streak across notebooks, pages, and folders • Library overview with item counts • Content breakdown of OCR-indexed and image-backed pages • 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 — no custom chrome, just the system you already know from Notes, Files, and Reminders. FORNOTE PLUS — TRY FREE • Unlimited notebooks • Unlimited PDF imports • Photos, PDF, and document scanner page backgrounds inside the editor • 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. ——————————————— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cagandurgun.com/fornoteprivacy

About

Eve

Features
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Eve is a calm, offline PDF reader and annotator for iPhone and iPad. Open your documents, mark them up, and pick up right where you left off — with no accounts, ads, or tracking. YOUR LIBRARY, LIKE A SHELF • Real first-page cover previews turn your files into a bookshelf • See reading progress at a glance • Filter by unread or favorites, and sort your way A FOCUSED READER • Smooth continuous or page-by-page reading • Search across the whole document • Outline and bookmarks to jump anywhere • Go to any page instantly, with a live thumbnail scrubber • Fit width or whole page; light, dark, and sepia modes ANNOTATE WITH EASE • Highlight, underline, strikethrough, and squiggly marks • Sticky notes, free text, and freehand ink • Saved per document and redrawn when you reopen MADE FOR READING • Reading stats and a daily streak • Reading timer, auto-scroll, and read-aloud • Brightness swipe and an immersive, distraction-free mode PRIVATE BY DESIGN Eve works fully offline. Your PDFs, annotations, bookmarks, and settings stay on your device — never uploaded, never shared. No account required. Eve is a companion to Eve for Mac. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.gladve.com/privacy

Screenshots

ForNote4 screens
Eve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Eve at every 3 weeks against ForNote's every 11 months. Eve also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. ForNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Eve sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForNote ships an update every 11 months, Eve every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ForNote versus Eve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForNoteEve
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAGAN DURGUNKAAN DONMEZ

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ForNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Eve

Subscriptions2
  • Eve Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Eve Pro — Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is ForNote free?
ForNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eve free?
Eve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ForNote or Eve have ads?
Neither ForNote nor Eve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForNote or Eve?
ForNote ships an update every 11 months, and Eve every 3 weeks. Most recently, ForNote was updated on October 6, 2026 and Eve on October 8, 2026.

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