Notake vs Overhand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notake
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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
Overhand
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Overhand turns your iPhone or iPad into a fast, private remote control for your Mac at home. Travelling, at the office, or on the couch - see your Mac's screen live, hear its audio, and control its mouse and keyboard as if you were sitting in front of it. BUILT FOR PEOPLE, NOT LICENSING DEPARTMENTS - NO false "commercial use" lockouts - ever. - NO 5-minute timeouts or session caps. - End-to-end encrypted - the relay never sees your screen. - Apple-native and hardware-accelerated for low-latency, sharp video. - Simple ID + password pairing. No account required to start. FREE TIER Unlimited session length, full mouse and keyboard control, your Mac's audio on your phone, and end-to-end encryption - for one Mac, supported by a banner on the connection screen and a short ad every 15 minutes during a session (never over your live screen). OVERHAND PRO $19.99/month or $149/year, with a 3-day free trial: control all your Macs from one place, and a completely ad-free app - no banner and no 15-minute interruptions. Your subscription supports independent, privacy-first development and includes every future Pro feature. GETTING STARTED To control a Mac, install the free Overhand Host on that Mac (download from the Overhand website) and pair with the ID + password it shows. iOS devices can be viewed but not controlled (an Apple platform limitation). Overhand Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mwsupplylimited.github.io/helmward/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Notake at none against Overhand's shown. Overhand's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Notake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Overhand sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notake | Overhand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicolo Clemente | Matthew Wong |
In-app purchases
Notake
- Notake Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Notake Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Notake Premium Yearly Downsell3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Overhand
- Overhand Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Overhand Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$149.001 Year
- 500 Tokens$0.99
- 1,500 Tokens$2.99
- 5 GB Internet Data$4.99
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- 4,000 Tokens$6.99
- 15 GB Relay Data$12.99
- 50 GB Relay Data$39.99









