Mapable vs Infinite Canvas Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapable
Capture thoughts, voice memos, photos, and links effortlessly. This app uses AI to automatically organize, tag, and link your information, visualizing it as an interactive mind map. Ask natural language questions to retrieve answers from your entire knowledge base.
- Instant capture (text, voice, images, URLs)
- AI auto-tagging and linking
- Interactive knowledge graph visualization
- Natural language search
- Daily journal with prompts
- Goal tracking and todo management
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Mapable is a calm second brain that organizes itself. Throw in a thought, a voice note, a screenshot, a link or a TikTok. Mapable files each one into a few clear topics, draws them as a map, and answers when you ask. No folders. No tags. No setup. CAPTURE ANYTHING • Thoughts, voice notes, photos and screenshots, links • TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube videos: Mapable watches them and remembers what's inside, down to the moment • Share from any app with the share sheet, or dictate anywhere with your voice IT ORGANIZES ITSELF • Every note lands in one of a few stable topics, automatically • Your topics are drawn as a topographic map: each topic is a hill that grows as you add to it • Related notes link up on their own ASK YOUR NOTES • Ask in plain words: "where was that ramen place?" • Get an answer in your language, with the notes it came from, even "the moment at 0:21 in that TikTok" YOUR DAY, IN ONE PLACE • Today: your calendar, todos, rituals, and a note resurfaced from a while ago • It noticed: Mapable spots todos, dates, goals and habits inside your notes and suggests them. Nothing is added without your tap • Grow: goals drawn as summits, rituals with streaks, and the people named in your notes • Evening check-in: your mood as weather, plus a few words • Weekly review: what grew this week, as a map you can share MADE FOR BUSY HEADS Students, readers, makers, parents, and anyone whose reading list makes them feel guilty. Use it as a brain dump, a voice journal, a recipe keeper, a bookmark manager, or the place where saved TikToks finally get watched again. SIX LANGUAGES English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Italian. Mapable replies in your language. IN THEIR WORDS "honestly I just throw stuff in and forget about it, then a week later it's sitting exactly where I'd have put it. bit spooky" (John) "asked it where that restaurant was that I saved months ago and it just knew" (Lina) "my reading list used to make me feel guilty. now I actually go back to it" (Dennis) "I never stick with notes apps. still using this one" (Irina) FREE AND PRO Mapable is free: 5 notes a day, 3 Asks a week and 1 video a week. Mapable Pro removes the limits: unlimited notes, Asks and videos. Mapable Pro is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.mapable.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mapable.dev/terms
Infinite Canvas Notes
Create an infinite canvas for notes, mind maps, and project planning. Annotate PDFs, draw with Apple Pencil, and organize research visually. Integrates various content types for a flexible workspace.
- Infinite canvas for notes and ideas
- PDF annotation and markup
- Mind mapping and diagram creation
- Project planning and task management
- Handwriting conversion to text
- Import and organize various content types
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Canvio is a notes, whiteboard, PDF annotation and planning app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Create an infinite canvas where you can write, draw, type, connect ideas, organize research, annotate PDFs, plan projects and keep everything in one flexible workspace. CREATE YOUR OWN CANVAS Start by creating a canvas, naming it and choosing an icon. Use an infinite canvas for open thinking, or choose structured sizes like A4, A5, Letter, iPad or a custom canvas size. Each canvas can also include multiple pages, so one project, subject or idea can stay organized in one place. WRITE, TYPE AND CUSTOMIZE TEXT • Double tap anywhere on the canvas to start writing quickly • Add text with fonts, custom fonts, font size, styles and colors • Customize text background colors, borders and strokes • Place text anywhere and move it freely on the canvas • Use Canvio for class notes, study notes, ideas, planning and visual thinking DRAW WITH APPLE PENCIL • Draw with pen, pencil, marker, highlighter and ruler tools • Use Apple Pencil for smooth handwriting, sketching and annotation • Draw directly on the canvas or inside separate drawing cards • Convert handwriting or drawing text into editable text objects • Use smart shapes to turn rough hand-drawn shapes into clean shapes BUILD MIND MAPS, DIAGRAMS AND FLOWCHARTS • Connect ideas with smooth connectors • Add lines, rectangles, triangles, polygons, circles and arrows • Create mind maps, concept maps, flowcharts and diagrams • Add sticky notes, symbols, images and text blocks • Organize everything with layers, grouping, multi-select, move and delete tools PLAN PROJECTS AND TASKS Canvio is not only for notes. It also helps you plan and organize work visually. • Add to-dos with due dates, priority and subtasks • Use templates for comparison, project boards, mind maps, meeting notes, weekly planning and study planning • Build project boards, research boards, study plans and brainstorming spaces • Keep tasks, notes, diagrams and references together on the same canvas ANNOTATE PDFS AND DOCUMENTS • Open PDFs page by page like a book • Swipe or scroll through PDF pages • Draw, highlight and write directly on PDF pages • Extract PDF pages or content back onto your canvas • Use PDFs together with notes, images, drawings, audio and tasks SCAN, IMPORT AND CAPTURE IDEAS Bring different types of content into one place instead of switching between many apps. • Add images from your gallery or camera • Scan images and turn them into PDF-style documents • Extract text from images using OCR • Add tables for structured information • Record audio notes or import audio files • Play audio directly from the canvas • Add YouTube links and watch videos inside your workspace CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKSPACE • Choose canvas background palettes • Use dots, grid, lines, columns or blank backgrounds • Switch between light mode and dark mode • Organize large ideas with pages inside each canvas • Zoom in for details or zoom out to see the full picture EXPORT, SHARE AND SYNC When your work is ready, export it easily. • Export the full canvas as PNG or PDF • Save clean, high-quality notes, diagrams, plans and boards • Sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac BUILT FOR STUDENTS, CREATORS AND PROFESSIONALS Students can create study notes, mind maps, PDF annotations, research boards and exam plans. Professionals can plan projects, create meeting notes, organize tasks, build diagrams and present ideas clearly. Creators and designers can collect inspiration, sketch concepts, create mood boards, organize references and brainstorm visually. Canvio gives your ideas more room than a normal notes app. Write by hand, type, draw, annotate, plan, connect and organize everything on one powerful canvas. Free to download. No account is required to start. Create your first canvas and give your ideas room to grow. Terms of Use: https://ak375456.github.io/canvio-site/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://ak375456.github.io/canvio-site/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Infinite Canvas Notes at none against Mapable's shown. On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Mapable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Infinite Canvas Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mapable ships an update every 4 days, Infinite Canvas Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapable | Infinite Canvas Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexis Raimbault | Aftab fazal Qayum |
Customer experience
Mapable
Infinite Canvas Notes
In-app purchases
Mapable
- Mapable Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Mapable Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Infinite Canvas Notes
- Canvio Pro$2.991 Month
- Canvio Pro$29.991 Year
- Canvio Local Pro$14.99
- Lifetime Cloud Upgrade$29.99
- Canvio Pro Lifetime$59.99









