Markour vs Notely

Description Markour is a powerful, intuitive whiteboard and drawing app designed for creative thinkers, students, teachers, and teams. Sketch ideas on endless whiteboards, organize work with tabs, and invite anyone to collaborate in real time — all from your iPhone or iPad. DRAW WITH PRECISION Choose from Pen, Pencil, and Brush tools with four brush sizes. Pick from 20+ preset colors or dial in the exact shade you want with the advanced HSL color picker — complete with opacity control. Add text with full styling options (bold, italic, underline, custom size) and import images from your photo library. STAY ORGANIZED Create and name unlimited whiteboards. Use the multi-tab system to keep different ideas in the same board — like pages in a notebook. Auto-save runs every 30 seconds so you never lose your work. Your 20 most recent boards are always one tap away. STAY ORGANIZED Create and name unlimited whiteboards. Use the multi-tab system to keep different ideas in the same board — like pages in a notebook. Auto-save runs every 30 seconds so you never lose your work. Your 20 most recent boards are always one tap away. COLLABORATE IN REAL TIME Share your board with a simple 6-digit code. Guests join instantly — no account, no sign-up, no friction. See connected users, chat during sessions, and watch strokes appear live as your team draws together. Perfect for brainstorming, tutoring, and remote workshops. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your drawings are stored locally on your device. Collaboration sessions use only a temporary name — no account or personal data required. You control your work, always. Pen, Pencil & Brush tools with 4 sizes Advanced color picker with HSL sliders & opacity Text tool with font size, weight & style controls Image import from photo library Multi-tab canvases within each whiteboard Undo, redo, eraser & grid overlay Auto-save every 30 seconds Dark mode support Real-time collaboration In-session chat & user list Export & share drawings No account required

Notely is a notebook for iPad and iPhone that feels like paper and keeps everything on your device. Write by hand, mark up PDFs, record a lecture while you take notes, then study from what you wrote. There's no account and no cloud. Your notes stay where you wrote them. New in 1.4 Notely has a hand-drawn look now, with drawn icons and handwritten headings. I also rebuilt the pencil from scratch. It picks up the grain of the paper and responds to pressure, and if you tilt Apple Pencil on its side it shades like a real one. Record the lecture with your notes Press record and keep writing. Notely transcribes on your device as you go and remembers when each stroke was written. Later, tap a line of ink and the audio jumps to what was being said at that moment. Tapping a line in the transcript works too. Transcription depends on on-device speech support for your language and device. If it isn't available, Notely still saves the audio. Study from your own notes Make flashcards yourself, or lay tape over part of a page and quiz yourself on what's underneath. Cards come back on a spaced review schedule, and you can turn on reminders for when they're due. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Notely can also draft cards from a note and answer questions about it, with a link back to the page each answer came from. You review every draft before it's saved. Handwriting that turns into text Tap the handwriting button and Notely turns your writing into typed text, on the device. Anything it can't read confidently stays as ink. Search also looks inside your handwriting, typed text and PDFs. Pages or open space Use Letter or A4 pages, or switch a note to an infinite canvas when you need room to think. There's always a blank page waiting at the end, and if you don't use it, it's left out when you export. Templates include Cornell notes, dot grid, lab reports, math and physics pages, and music staff. Import PDFs and write on them, or scan paper pages with the camera. Private by default Notely works offline, with no analytics and no ads. Lock any note with Face ID or a password. Locked notes are kept out of Spotlight search and the widget. A few more things - Export pages as PDF or PNG - Back up notes to a .vectora archive and restore them without overwriting anything - Bring notebooks over from Goodnotes or Notability (PDF exports work best; native import is experimental) - A home screen widget with recent notes and a New note button - Shortcuts actions to create a quick note or open recent notes - Folders, tags and smart collections Notely is made by one person. If something bugs you, the support page reaches me directly.