Comparison

VisualNote AI vs NoteGuide

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

Head to head
About

VisualNote AI

Transform lectures, textbooks, voice memos, and links into visual notes like sketchnotes and mind maps. Study smarter and remember more with over 30 AI-powered visual styles. Create engaging study aids and visual knowledge bases.

Highlights
  • Convert lectures, textbooks, voice memos, and links to visuals
  • Create sketchnotes, mind maps, and infographics
  • Over 30 AI visual styles
  • AI that understands content for coherent visuals
  • Personal visual knowledge base
  • High-resolution downloads
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Turn any lecture into study notes you'll actually remember, then get flashcards, a quiz, a mind map and a podcast from the same note. Snap your class notes, record the lecture, paste a link or type what you have. VisualNote AI writes clear study notes and draws them as a hand-drawn visual page. From that one note you get every tool you need before the exam. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Add your materials: photos of your notebook or textbook, a voice recording (record live or upload one), a web link, or your own typed notes. Mix them in one note. โ€ข Pick what to make: notes come first, then choose a visual, flashcards, a mind map, a quiz or a podcast. โ€ข Study: flip cards, take the quiz, follow the map, or listen on the way to class. WHAT YOU GET FROM ONE NOTE โ€ข Study notes: clean, structured notes written from your materials. โ€ข Visual notes: a hand-drawn page in the style you like, from Teen Diary to Blueprint, Comic or Swiss Design. โ€ข Flashcards: made for you, flip and test yourself. โ€ข Mind map: see how the ideas connect, in a vertical or radial layout. โ€ข Quiz: five questions at a time. Every miss comes with the right answer and why. โ€ข Podcast: a solo host, two hosts talking it through, a quick-fire drill or a debate, made from your class. โ€ข Chat: ask about your notes, get an explanation, or change the notes and the visual. MADE FOR STUDENTS Built for high school and university: lectures, textbook chapters, revision before tests, and exam prep. Visual notes help you remember more than a wall of text, and active recall with flashcards and quizzes is what makes it stick. FREE AND PRO Start free with a set of visuals, flashcards, mind maps and podcast minutes. VisualNote Pro unlocks more of everything, all styles and no watermark. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your Apple ID settings. AI-generated content can contain mistakes: check important facts against your course materials. Terms: https://salvatorecastellitti.github.io/visualnoteai/termOfService.html Privacy: https://salvatorecastellitti.github.io/visualnoteai/privacy.html

About

NoteGuide

Features
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NoteGuide is a squared notebook you write in by hand, with a stylus or a finger, and someone who reads back what you wrote. Write as you would on paper: notes or exercises, in any subject. Then you have two buttons. โ€ข Check reads the sheet back and marks the mistakes where they are, in red. It works for calculations and for facts too: if you wrote a wrong date in your notes, it tells you. โ€ข Hint tells you where to start again when you are stuck, without giving you the solution. You can also import a PDF (handouts, homework, notes taken with another app) and have it checked like any other page. If the exercise is longer than one page, select several sheets and it checks them together. Your notebooks stay on your device. When you ask for a check, the image of the sheet is sent to the model and then deleted: nothing stays on our server. Each check uses a little credit: some may be offered for free, the rest is bought in the app. Writing, drawing, pasting photos and exporting to PDF cost nothing and work offline too. NoteGuide speaks English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Screenshots

VisualNote AI4 screens
NoteGuide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NoteGuide at every 2 days against VisualNote AI's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. VisualNote AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and NoteGuide sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisualNote AI ships an update monthly, NoteGuide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
VisualNote AI versus NoteGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualNote AINoteGuide
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.415.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size94 MB0 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSalvatore CastellittiEttore Tasini

In-app purchases

5 purchases

VisualNote AI

Subscriptions3
  • VisualNoteAI Weekly Subscription$9.997 Days
  • VisualNoteAI Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • VisualNoteAI Yearly Subscription$109.001 Year
One-time2
  • Basic Sketch Pack - 5 credits$2.99
  • Intermediate Sketch Pack 15 credits$6.99
6 purchases

NoteGuide

One-time6
  • Credit 0.99 โ‚ฌ$0.99
  • Credit 1.99 โ‚ฌ$1.99
  • Credit 4.99 โ‚ฌ$3.99
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  • Credit 9.99 โ‚ฌ$8.99
  • Credit 24.99 โ‚ฌ$22.99
  • Credit 99.99 โ‚ฌ$89.99

Questions

Is VisualNote AI free?
VisualNote AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteGuide free?
NoteGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VisualNote AI or NoteGuide have ads?
Neither VisualNote AI nor NoteGuide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisualNote AI or NoteGuide?
VisualNote AI ships an update monthly, and NoteGuide every 2 days. Most recently, VisualNote AI was updated on October 13, 2026 and NoteGuide on October 8, 2026.

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