Comparison

StarNote vs Experience

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

Head to head
About

StarNote

This app offers a realistic pen-on-paper handwriting experience on tablets with an infinite canvas for notes and sketches. It includes advanced layering, PDF annotation, and a robust organizer for efficient digital note-taking and planning.

Highlights
  • Realistic low-latency handwriting
  • Infinite canvas for unlimited space
  • Layered design for complex projects
  • Deep PDF annotation and markup
  • Robust file management and search
  • Lifetime access with one-time purchase
  • Free templates and digital assets
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StarNote is a clean and powerful note-taking app for handwriting, PDF annotation, study, work, and everyday planning. Write naturally with your stylus, organize notebooks, mark up PDFs, and keep all your ideas in one simple workspace. Built for students, professionals, and tablet users, StarNote helps you take class notes, review lecture slides, annotate documents, plan your day, and build a paperless study or work system. With smooth handwriting, flexible notebooks, PDF markup, and digital planning tools, StarNote makes it easy to capture ideas and stay organized. No monthly subscription. Choose a one-time purchase and enjoy a long-term note-taking tool without ongoing fees. Download StarNote and start building your digital notebook today.

About

Experience

Features
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Experience brings Focus, Notes, ToDo, documents, calculators, workspace tools, and productivity insights together in one refined productivity workspace. The main purpose of Experience is simple: help you study, work, plan, and stay focused without constantly switching between apps. During Focus sessions, essential tools are available directly from the Focus screen, so you can stay in flow while keeping notes, tasks, documents, and productivity tools close. Experience is designed for focused work, daily organization, and long-term productivity improvement. You can start Focus sessions, create notes, manage ToDos, open useful documents, review your progress, and understand your habits with ProAnalyze insights. For iPad users, Experience becomes even more powerful in landscape mode. Notes, ToDo, and Focus tools can be used together in a wider workspace, helping reduce the need to move between separate apps. Supported drag and drop flows make it easier to organize content and work more naturally. During Focus, you can quickly access favorite PDF files, books, study materials, or other documents from ProBoard with a single tap. This makes Experience useful not only for focus tracking, but also for real study and work sessions where your materials need to stay close. Experience also makes daily productivity more motivating with levels, progress, streaks, XP, personal records, and activity tracking. You can earn progress through Focus sessions and also through daily actions such as adding notes and creating ToDos. A minimum Focus duration is required before a session can count toward progress. With ProAnalyze, you can review deeper insights into your focus habits, productivity patterns, best focus windows, streak risk, performance trends, break recovery, session distribution, and local productivity recommendations. Free users can access core productivity tools with usage limits, including Focus sessions, basic productivity tools, limited Notes access, limited ToDo access, limited ProBoard/workspace access, and basic productivity insights. Experience Pro is an optional auto-renewable yearly subscription that unlocks expanded limits and advanced productivity tools. Experience Pro includes: • Expanded Notes limits • Expanded ToDo limits • Advanced ToDo options, including tags, attachments, repeats, and auto rescheduling • Advanced ProAnalyze insights beyond the basic overview • ProAnalyze reports for patterns, forecasts, risk, sessions, break recovery, performance scores, and local productivity recommendations • Expanded ProBoard document and workspace tools • Additional Focus ProBoard workspace access • Premium workflow and productivity tools inside the app

Screenshots

StarNote4 screens
Experience4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Experience at every 6 days against StarNote's every 2 weeks. StarNote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StarNote sells 21 one-off in-app purchases and Experience sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StarNote ships an update every 2 weeks, Experience every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StarNote versus Experience: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarNoteExperience
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (120 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings120 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOnyx International Inc.Ali Yigit

In-app purchases

21 purchases

StarNote

One-time21
  • StarNote AI Trial$0.99
  • Templates\Stickers$3.90
  • Templates\Stickers$4.49
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  • Templates\Stickers$4.79
  • Templates\Stickers$5.00
  • Templates\Stickers$5.79
  • StarNote Lifetime PRO$5.99
  • Templates\Stickers$6.69
  • Templates\Stickers$6.79
  • StarNote AI Plus$6.99
  • Templates\Stickers$7.79
  • Templates\Stickers$8.99
  • Templates\Stickers$9.79
  • Templates\Stickers$9.99
  • Templates\Stickers$10.99
  • Templates\Stickers$11.49
  • Templates\Stickers$11.90
  • Templates\Stickers$12.99
  • StarNote AI Pro$22.99
  • Templates\Stickers$38.90
  • Templates\Stickers$42.90
2 purchases

Experience

Subscriptions2
  • Experience Pro$0.991 Month
  • Experience PRO Yearly$2.991 Year

Questions

Is StarNote free?
StarNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Experience free?
Experience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StarNote or Experience have ads?
Neither StarNote nor Experience shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StarNote or Experience?
StarNote ships an update every 2 weeks, and Experience every 6 days. Most recently, StarNote was updated on October 30, 2026 and Experience on October 9, 2026.

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