Comparison

Notake vs Noteleaf

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

Head to head
About

Notake

Features
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Notake: Your unlimited digital notepad. Transform your iPad and iPhone into the ultimate digital notebook. Notake is the essential app for students, professionals, and creatives who want to take notes, sketch, organize ideas, and keep track of everything in one beautiful place. Whether you’re in a lecture, planning a project, or just journaling, Notake provides a smooth, natural, and distraction-free writing experience. Ditch the paper and take your notes to the next level. A NATURAL WRITING EXPERIENCE • Notake’s digital ink is engineered to be highly responsive, precise, and visually stunning. • Full Apple Pencil support: enjoy perfectly smooth drawing and utilize native Double-Tap support to seamlessly switch to your eraser or previous tool. • Customize your toolset: choose between pens and highlighters. Change colors and stroke thickness instantly using our unique, interactive floating toolbar. • Advanced toolbar gestures: swipe horizontally across the toolbar to switch tools, or swipe vertically to adjust your pen's thickness in a flash. CREATE RICH, VISUAL NOTES • Go beyond handwriting: enrich your pages by importing images and photos directly into your notes. Perfect for mood boards, visual note-taking, and diagrams. • Choose the perfect paper: select from blank, lined, or dotted/grid paper templates that stay perfectly crisp at any zoom level. SIMPLE & POWERFUL ORGANIZATION • Create unlimited notebooks and keep them organized your way. • Never lose a thought: our state-of-the-art saving engine captures every stroke in real-time, ensuring maximum data safety and reliability. • Safely manage deleted items with a built-in trash feature to easily recover anything you've accidentally removed. Designed with love for creativity and productivity. Download Notake today and start capturing your next big idea! --- Subscription Information (Notake Pro): Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicoloclemente.com/privacy

About

Noteleaf

Features
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Noteleaf is a handwriting notebook that feels like real looseleaf paper. Write freely with Apple Pencil, rearrange pages, choose from templates, and make it your own. ■ Key Features Looseleaf Feel Pages can be reordered freely, just like real looseleaf paper. Move, insert, or remove pages to organize your notes the way you want. Handwriting with Apple Pencil Write naturally with Apple Pencil. Supports Scribble. Turn on Apple Pencil-Only Mode in Settings to prevent accidental palm touches. Ruler Tool Draw perfectly straight lines at any angle using the on-screen ruler — no physical ruler needed. 10 Page Templates Choose from blank, lined, wide-ruled, grid, dot grid, Cornell, and more. Mix templates freely within a single notebook. 16 Leather Cover Colors Personalize each notebook with a color that suits you — 16 rich leather-style covers to choose from. PDF Export Export any notebook as a PDF to share or archive your notes. Notebook Sharing Share notebooks with others in the app's native format. ■ One-Time Purchase Noteleaf is free to download. One in-app purchase unlocks: ・ Unlimited notebooks (free tier: 1 notebook) ・ PDF export ・ Notebook sharing All handwriting features are available for free. No subscription. No account required.

Screenshots

Notake4 screens
Noteleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Noteleaf at 17.0 against Notake's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Notake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Noteleaf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notake ships an update weekly, Noteleaf every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Notake versus Noteleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotakeNoteleaf
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolo Clementemasafumi matsumoto

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notake

Subscriptions2
  • Notake Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Notake Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Noteleaf

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Notake free?
Notake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noteleaf free?
Noteleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notake or Noteleaf have ads?
Neither Notake nor Noteleaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notake or Noteleaf?
Notake ships an update weekly, and Noteleaf every 6 days. Most recently, Notake was updated on September 30, 2026 and Noteleaf on October 5, 2026.

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