ViewDo vs A4Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ViewDo
This app lets you display your most important tasks and notes directly on your phone's lock screen, Dynamic Island, and home screen widgets. It offers a simple, distraction-free way to ensure you never forget what matters most.
- Lock screen widgets
- Dynamic Island integration
- Home screen widgets
- Minimalist design
- Quick task entry
- No ads
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【Put what matters most, right on your Lock Screen.】 Designed for your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Home Screen widgets. See your most important to-dos every time you wake your phone. Say goodbye to forgetting and stay on top of everything that matters. 【Minimalist, focused, and silent. 】 We've removed all unnecessary features to deliver the purest "record and remind" experience. The workflow is incredibly simple, with no ads and no distractions, letting you set an important task in seconds. 【Core features, forever free. 】 We believe great tools should be accessible to everyone. ViewDo's core features will always be free for all users. (Terms of Use / EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
A4Pad
Easily create A4 documents from various sources like screenshots, photos, and scans. Add blank pages for notes, organize content into notebooks, and export as PDFs. This tool is ideal for annotating, collecting, and structuring information.
- Automatic A4 formatting
- Import screenshots, photos, scans, PDFs
- Add blank, ruled, squared, or dotted pages
- Markup with Apple Pencil & PencilKit
- Organize into notebooks and collections
- Offline and private operation
- PDF export, print, and share
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Combine images, PDF, Scans, everything into one clean document — then write all over it. Handwrite notes on real A4 pages with Apple Pencil, place images anywhere, and mark up any page. No account, no cloud — everything stays on your iPhone or iPad. A4Pad is the fast, private way to bring the files you already have into one tidy document. Combine existing PDFs, photos, and screenshots — plus fresh camera scans when you need them — into a single organized notebook. Or open one existing PDF just to annotate and highlight it directly, no merging required. No sign-up, no learning curve, no clutter. Arrange the pages exactly how you want, mark them up, and export a single polished PDF — all on device. **A notebook that starts from your documents.** Most note apps give you a blank page. A4Pad gives you a blank A4 page too — plain, ruled, squared, or dotted — but it also lets you write straight onto the scans, PDFs, and screenshots you already have, in the same notebook. Handwrite with Apple Pencil on iPad, or with your finger on iPhone. Strokes stay on their own layer, so you can erase and adjust them later without ever touching the page underneath. **COMBINE & ORGANIZE** • Combine existing PDFs, photos, and screenshots into one document • Reorder, duplicate, and organize pages with a tap • Convert images to PDF automatically on export • Create portrait or landscape documents — your choice per notebook **PLACE IMAGES ON A PAGE** • Drop photos, logos, or screenshots onto any page • Move, resize, rotate, duplicate, and reorder them like objects on a slide • Rotation snaps to straight angles, so things line up without fiddling • Paste straight from the clipboard • Your notes stay on their own layer, always above the images **HANDWRITTEN NOTES & ANNOTATION** • Take handwritten notes on blank A4 pages — plain, ruled, squared, or dotted • Or write directly onto your scans, PDFs, photos, and screenshots • Full Apple Pencil support on iPad — pen, pencil, marker, highlighter, and eraser • Finger-friendly on iPhone, with the same tools • Notes stay on their own layer — erase or adjust strokes later, the page underneath is never altered • True A4 format on every page, so notes stay clean and print-ready **IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE** • Drop in existing PDFs — pages are merged in automatically • Import photos and screenshots from your Photo Library or the Files app • Send into A4Pad from any app with the system Share Sheet • Scan paper documents with your camera when you need to **EXPORT** • One tap to export a single, print-ready PDF at a clean 150 DPI • Share via Mail, Messages, AirDrop, or any app **PRIVATE BY DESIGN** • Everything stays on your device — no account, no cloud, no login • No trackers, no ads, no data collection • You're always in control of your files **NO LIMITS, NO FRICTION** • Unlimited Collections, Notebooks, and Pages • Every feature is available the moment you open the app • Organize into Collections and Notebooks for a clear structure across every project Fast, private, and focused — on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A4Pad at none against ViewDo's 3. A4Pad also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ViewDo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. A4Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for ViewDo against 4.6 for A4Pad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of ViewDo's written reviews are positive against 100% of A4Pad's.
ViewDo ships an update every 4 weeks, A4Pad weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ViewDo | A4Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 扬 章 | Giuseppe Lucariello |
Customer experience
ViewDo
A4Pad
In-app purchases
ViewDo
- Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
- Annual Membership$2.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$6.99
A4Pad
No in-app purchases





