NoteSam vs Monosemy

NoteSam — Handwritten Notes for iPad Built by a mathematician who needed a handwriting notebook that actually kept up with the Apple Pencil. Couldn't find one. Wrote it. Private by design. Your notes live on your device. Sync goes only where you point it — iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3, SFTP. Your note content is never shared or used for ads. The free version offers optional rewarded ads to unlock premium items; Pro has no ads. WRITING • Native PencilKit engine tuned for low-latency Apple Pencil • Vector strokes — infinite zoom, no pixelation • Pressure + tilt sensitivity • Palm rejection that just works READING & ANNOTATION • PDF import — annotate textbooks, contracts, lecture notes • EPUB reader with text-anchored highlights that survive font-size changes • Voice memos attached to the page ORGANIZATION • Unlimited folders and notebooks • Template marketplace — grid, dot, music, planner, more • OCR search across handwritten notes PRIVACY End-to-end encryption (AES-256-GCM + Argon2id). Your cloud provider sees ciphertext only. Analytics records a few in-app events such as sign-up and purchase, and our ad partners measure ad performance — never the content of your notes. Your handwriting, your PDFs, your voice memos — those never leave your device unless you sync them yourself. OFFLINE-FIRST Everything works without a network connection. Sync is additive. Free tier: unlimited notebooks, PDF + EPUB import, all core drawing tools. Pro unlocks the template marketplace and multi-provider sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Custom Terms: https://notesam.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://notesam.app/privacy

Monosemy is an AI note app that understands handwriting and sketches. Using AI should not mean stopping to rewrite your thoughts as a separate prompt. Monosemy reads the context of questions, equations, sketches, and materials on the page, then brings search results, calculations, tables, graphs, and working tools directly into your note. AI that starts with your handwriting • Search the web from questions written by hand and get organized answers. • Solve equations and view step-by-step solutions. • Organize handwritten content into tables. • Create function graphs directly from your notes. • Use your notes and imported materials as context for AI search. Tools that work on the page • View search results and browse the web without leaving your note. • Use calculators, math tools, tables, and graphs alongside your handwriting. • Add maps, calendars, to-dos, timers, and memos to the page. • Pass results between connected tools to continue your work. Bring the materials you already use • Import, read, and annotate PDFs. • Import PowerPoint and Word documents. • Add images and documents to your notes. • Combine handwriting, sketches, materials, and AI results on one page. • Search handwriting and content across your notes. In Monosemy, AI is not somewhere you go after taking notes. It becomes part of the page as you write and draw.