Comparison

OneLine Widget vs Instink Handwritten Notes

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

Head to head
About

OneLine Widget

Features
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One Line keeps what matters most right where you'll see it — on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. No accounts. No sync. No clutter. Just your notes, pinned to your phone like text written on the OS itself. FEATURES • Pin any note to a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget • Rich text formatting — bold, italic, underline, links, and adjustable sizes • Attach images and screenshots, with automatic QR-code detection • Location-aware: tap a widget near a place you've tagged, and it opens the note you saved for there • Create as many notes as you like, search them instantly • Fast, private, and entirely on your device One Line is for grocery lists, door codes, Wi-Fi passwords, gate instructions, a reminder to your future self — anything you want one tap away.

About

Instink Handwritten Notes

Features
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An idea shows up. By the time you've unlocked your phone, found your notes app and opened a new page, it's gone. Instink is a blank sheet on your Home Screen. Tap it and you're already writing — by hand, in your own handwriting. Tap Done and you're back where you were. One second. WHY PEOPLE KEEP IT • Ready in under half a second. No account, no sign-up, nothing to choose before you write. • Your handwriting, not a font. Finger or Apple Pencil, with ink that follows your hand. • Saved from the very first stroke. Put the phone away mid-sentence: the note is already safe. • Hands busy? Type, snap a photo or record your voice from the same sheet. • Phone locked? Ask Siri to add a note to Instink and dictate it. No unlocking. EVERY WAY IN Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, the Action button, Back Tap and Shortcuts. Use the one closest to your thumb. THEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE • Sort new notes like cards: swipe right to send, left to keep, down to delete. Ten seconds. • Send any note to Notion, Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, Mail or Messages — as text, with your handwriting attached. • Search your handwriting. Instink reads it on your device. • Wrote "dentist tomorrow at 10"? Instink offers to put it in your calendar. • Once a day an old note resurfaces — "a week ago today" — so good ideas don't get buried. • At night the sheet turns dark, so it won't blind you in bed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your notes stay on your device and never pass through a server of ours. Handwriting and voice are recognized on your iPhone. WHAT INSTINK IS NOT It's not a notebook with folders and pages. It's the pen for the notes system you already use. Questions or ideas: hello@instink.app — a real person reads every message.

Screenshots

OneLine Widget4 screens
Instink Handwritten Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

OneLine Widget and Instink Handwritten Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OneLine Widget versus Instink Handwritten Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneLine WidgetInstink Handwritten Notes
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Mantillapaolo aru

In-app purchases

None

OneLine Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Instink Handwritten Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OneLine Widget free?
OneLine Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Instink Handwritten Notes free?
Instink Handwritten Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OneLine Widget or Instink Handwritten Notes have ads?
Neither OneLine Widget nor Instink Handwritten Notes shows ads.

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