Comparison

PopNotes 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

PopNotes

Quickly capture thoughts and ideas with instant access from your Lock Screen or Home Screen widgets. Organize notes into customizable emoji folders for a fast and efficient way to manage your information.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Instant note capture
  • Customizable emoji folders
  • Organized idea management
  • Minimalist interface
Features
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Catch the moment it pops into your head and make it cute. Quick notes and a lovely diary, all in PopNotes. ■ A page a day, decorated your way 160+ puffy stickers, washi tape, handwriting fonts and templates. Place, resize, rotate and layer with your fingertips. Turn your own photos into cut-out stickers. ■ Widgets that decorate your home screen Sticky note, Today's diary, D-day, Quick memo and 4-folder widgets. Today's decorated page shows right on your home screen, and widgets follow your theme colors. ■ A mood calendar that fills up Log your mood with one cute bean and watch the month turn colorful. Keep your streak going and celebrate milestones. Share your month as one recap card on Instagram. ■ Notes that look good and feel easy Lined, grid and manuscript papers, handwriting fonts, checklists and adjustable text size. Keep ideas tidy with emoji folders. ■ iPad, tablets & pencil Layouts made for big screens, with a two-page diary spread. Handwriting turns into text. ■ 14 themes to match your mood Mongle Cloud, Butter Gingham, Lace & Ribbon, Starlight Post, Jelly Pop, Cherry Letter and more. ■ Daily reminder A gentle nudge at your chosen time. Skipped on days you've already written. ■ Your notes stay on your device No sign-up needed. Back up to iCloud or Google Drive. PopNotes+ (optional subscription) All premium themes, sticker packs, fonts and papers, watermark-free exports and no ads. Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial) or lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nh-juuun.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3ecee0582b9080829d7bccb21e238bf6

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 â€ĸ Ready in under half a second. No account, no sign-up, nothing to choose before you write. â€ĸ Your handwriting, not a font. Finger or Apple Pencil, with ink that follows your hand. â€ĸ Saved from the very first stroke. Put the phone away mid-sentence: the note is already safe. â€ĸ Hands busy? Type, snap a photo or record your voice from the same sheet. â€ĸ 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 â€ĸ Sort new notes like cards: swipe right to send, left to keep, down to delete. Ten seconds. â€ĸ Send any note to Notion, Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, Mail or Messages — as text, with your handwriting attached. â€ĸ Search your handwriting. Instink reads it on your device. â€ĸ Wrote "dentist tomorrow at 10"? Instink offers to put it in your calendar. â€ĸ Once a day an old note resurfaces — "a week ago today" — so good ideas don't get buried. â€ĸ 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

PopNotes4 screens
Instink Handwritten Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Instink Handwritten Notes at none against PopNotes's shown. PopNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ¡ 6 level
PopNotes versus Instink Handwritten Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPopNotesInstink Handwritten Notes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHayblepaolo aru

In-app purchases

None

PopNotes

No in-app purchases

None

Instink Handwritten Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PopNotes free?
PopNotes 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 PopNotes or Instink Handwritten Notes have ads?
PopNotes shows ads; Instink Handwritten Notes does not.

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