Comparison

CoreNotes vs Daypen

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

Head to head
About

CoreNotes

Features
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CoreNotes — Turn Anything Into Smart Study Notes CoreNotes helps students turn learning materials into clear, structured study notes. Add content from documents, web links, YouTube videos, voice recordings, textbook pages, lecture notes, or printed materials, and CoreNotes will organize it into study-ready notes. CoreNotes can help you create: - Main points - Key definitions - Simplified explanations - Important properties and details - Flashcards - Practice quizzes Study From Any Source CoreNotes is built for modern studying. Whether your material is a PDF, a website, a video lecture, a voice note, or a scanned page, CoreNotes helps convert it into something easier to review and remember. Use CoreNotes with: - Documents and PDFs - Web articles and links - YouTube lectures - Voice recordings - Textbook pages - Lecture notes - Printed study materials AI-Generated Study Notes CoreNotes analyzes your material and creates structured notes so you can understand the topic faster. Review the most important ideas without digging through long documents, videos, or chapters. Automatic Flashcards CoreNotes turns important concepts into flashcards for active recall. Use them to memorize definitions, formulas, terms, and key facts before exams. Practice Quizzes Test your understanding with AI-generated quiz questions based on your material. Use quizzes for quick review, exam prep, and self-testing. Built for Students CoreNotes is designed for students who study from many different sources. Upload a document, paste a link, add a YouTube video, record your voice, or scan printed notes, then get organized study material in seconds. Study faster. Understand better. Remember more. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://khamidjon.github.io/gymlog-landing-page/privacypolicy/

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Daypen

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Take notes. Daypen gets you ready for the exam. Take notes with Apple Pencil or your finger on iPad and iPhone. Daypen Learn turns them into a summary, flashcards and a quiz, and your planner keeps lectures, deadlines and revision in one week. One purchase covers your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac. HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOKS • Apple Pencil or finger, with fountain pen, ballpoint, pencil, highlighter and crayon • 380 templates: Cornell notes, lined and grid paper, 2026–2027 calendars and exam planners • 137 covers, stickers and labels • Handwriting to text, and search inside your handwriting • Your notebooks in sync on iPhone and iPad, and shared notebooks you write in together, live • Record audio while you write, then tap your writing to hear that moment • Bring in a PDF, or add one to any notebook, and write on it: slides, past papers, worksheets • Write a formula by hand and Daypen solves it step by step • Shapes that complete themselves, a laser pointer, and a lasso that turns writing into a task or a calendar entry Your first launch opens with a ready Anatomy notebook and a Daypen Guide, so you can try everything at once. DAYPEN LEARN Pick a page, a notebook or everything you wrote. Daypen Learn makes a summary, key terms, flashcards and a quiz from your own notes. Cards you miss come back sooner, the ones you know wait longer. Take a timed practice exam from your sets and see the three topics to study next. Set a daily goal, keep a streak, follow your scores, and share a quiz as an image with your study group. STUDY ROOMS Study with friends wherever they are: one shared timer, what everyone is working on, and who is focusing or on a break. A PLANNER FOR YOUR WEEK Block out lectures, study sessions and deadlines. Drag a block to move it, tap the circle to finish it, and let it repeat. Get a reminder on time or when you arrive somewhere. Any plan can have its own notebook page. SUMMARISE Record a lecture, open an audio file, a PDF or a Word document, or share a link. Daypen gives you the summary, the key points, the to-dos and the dates, and every line drops into your plan with one tap. HABITS Reading, revision, sleep, the gym. Tap a ring to complete it, watch the streak grow, and see the week, month and year in charts. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR PLANS Ask what is due, how the week went, or what a plan still needs. It reads only your own plans, habits and notes. THE VAULT Expiry dates with reminders, passwords and IBANs, opened with Face ID or a code of its own. Passwords and IBANs stay in your device's keychain. TOGETHER One book with your flatmates, partner or family: a shared list, habits you keep as a group, and a spending log you can fill from a photo of the receipt. ALSO • Widgets for the home and lock screen, and Siri • A record button in Control Center • Your Apple Calendar events beside your own plans • 28 languages FREE AND PRO Free for good: three notebooks with the basic papers and every pen, the planner, the list, notes, five habits, one shared book, the widgets, and your first five questions to the assistant. After the tour you get a free sample quiz. Daypen Pro adds unlimited notebooks, the full template library and every cover, handwriting to text and handwriting search, Daypen Learn, PDF and audio in notebooks, Summarise, the vault, the unlimited assistant, unlimited habits, and backup across devices. One purchase covers every iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account: • A monthly or yearly subscription • Or a one-time lifetime purchase, which also covers every feature added to Pro from here on Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a single payment and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/privacy/

Screenshots

CoreNotes4 screens
Daypen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daypen at every 3 days against CoreNotes's fortnightly. Daypen also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. CoreNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Daypen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CoreNotes ships an update fortnightly, Daypen every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
CoreNotes versus Daypen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoreNotesDaypen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhamidjon EgamovAli Can

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CoreNotes

Subscriptions2
  • CoreNotes Pro | Monthly$3.991 Month
  • CoreNotes Pro | Yearly$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Daypen

Subscriptions2
  • Daypen Pro$4.991 Month
  • Daypen Pro Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Daypen Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is CoreNotes free?
CoreNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daypen free?
Daypen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CoreNotes or Daypen have ads?
Neither CoreNotes nor Daypen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CoreNotes or Daypen?
CoreNotes ships an update fortnightly, and Daypen every 3 days. Most recently, CoreNotes was updated on October 23, 2026 and Daypen on October 24, 2026.

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