Comparison

UnivNote vs 노애드한글

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

Head to head
About

UnivNote

Features
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UnivNote — Smooth PDF Note App UnivNote makes the fundamentals — writing, reading, and organizing on PDFs — fast and reliable, instead of leading with AI. Write on textbooks, slides, papers, and books with iPad and Apple Pencil, and keep working on the same notes on iPhone and Mac. Memorize with the masking highlighter, review on schedule, and collect missed problems in Mistake Notes — your whole study flow in one app. ▶ What Makes UnivNote Different · Fast writing with lower heat Pen, eraser, lasso, and paste never stall, even as your notes pile up. We keep improving scrolling and note opening on stroke-heavy pages, along with heat and battery. · Cover, test, and review on schedule Cover answers with the masking highlighter and tap to check. Drag a rectangular mask with your finger to move it, or drag a corner to resize it. Right/wrong memory test results set your next review date, and the “Review” tab and Home Screen widget show today’s reviews and your weekly and monthly schedule. You can also set your own review intervals. · Layers — keep the original and your notes apart Keep handwriting, answers, and corrections on 5 layers per note and hide them with one tap. Edits touch only the current layer, so ink on the others stays as it is. · Views built for workbooks Choose Vertical scroll, Horizontal page turn, Horizontal scroll, or Two-page view, and keep your place with Lock Zoom and Lock View. Extend page margins on all four sides to make room for working out problems. · Shapes you can re-edit anytime 30+ shapes, from lines and arrows to 3D shapes like cylinders, cones, and spheres. Keep fine-tuning their form with handles after inserting. · Lecture recording and class notes Audio recording with handwriting-synced playback, laser pointer, reading mode, and gesture shortcuts. Recordings are kept even if the app quits unexpectedly. ▶ Main Features · Pen, pencil, highlighter, fountain pen, eraser — widths, colors, line styles · Lasso and rectangle select — move, resize, rotate, copy, duplicate, move to layer · Apple Pencil double-tap and squeeze actions, favorite pens, per-note tool memory · No-Pencil mode — finger writing, two-finger scroll · Masking highlighter, right/wrong memory tests, Review tab and widget · Mistake Notes — collect lassoed problems and jump back to their page · Page links and backlinks · Shape insertion, image paste and crop, text boxes · Text recognition (OCR), word-aware highlighting on PDF text · Unified search — PDF text, text boxes, note titles · Sidebar table of contents — detects and edits PDF outlines, Build Contents with AI · Import EPUB ebooks and Office documents, “Translate with Your AI” · Import folders and .zip files exported from other note apps in one go · Bring in PDFs and photos from other apps via the share sheet · 90+ design templates, note covers, infinite notes · Study clock — stopwatch and timer, exam countdowns per subject · Folder library — nested folders, grid view, hide, lock · Page manager — add, delete, duplicate, rotate, multi-select · iCloud sync, WebDAV import and backup · “Help” guide in Settings, 27 languages ▶ Pricing · Free for up to 20 notes · Unlimited Notes is a one-time lifetime purchase · No subscription · No ads · Family Sharing supported · Early Supporters automatically get Unlimited Notes ▶ Privacy · No note data is sent externally · Notes stay on your device or your own iCloud ▶ Recommended Setup · iPad + Apple Pencil recommended; iPhone and Mac supported · iPadOS 18 or later, optimized for 13" and 11" iPad Pro / iPad Air

About

노애드한글

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노애드한글은 광고 없이 한글 문서(HWP·HWPX)를 여는 가장 깔끔한 뷰어입니다. 회원가입도, 광고도, 불필요한 권한 요청도 없습니다. 설치하면 바로 문서를 열 수 있습니다. ■ 주요 기능 · HWP·HWPX 문서 열기 — 한글 문서를 원본에 가깝게 렌더링 · 어디서든 열기 — 카카오톡·메일·파일 앱에서 '노애드한글으로 열기'로 바로 실행 · 최근 문서 — 열었던 문서를 홈에서 다시 빠르게 열람 · 이미지로 저장 — 현재 페이지 또는 전체 페이지를 사진에 저장 · PDF로 내보내기 — 문서 전체를 PDF로 만들어 공유·보관 · 원본 공유 — 열고 있는 문서를 다른 앱으로 그대로 전달 · 화면 테마 — 시스템·라이트·다크 모드 지원 ■ 이런 분께 · 광고 없는 깔끔한 한글 문서 뷰어가 필요한 분 · 카톡·메일로 받은 HWP 파일을 빠르게 확인하려는 분 · 공공기관·학교 문서를 자주 열어보는 분 노애드한글은 문서를 '보는 것'에 집중한 가벼운 뷰어입니다.

Screenshots

UnivNote4 screens
노애드한글4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 노애드한글 at none against UnivNote's 1. 노애드한글 also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). UnivNote's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. UnivNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 노애드한글 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UnivNote ships an update daily, 노애드한글 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
UnivNote versus 노애드한글: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnivNote노애드한글
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeonghwan RyuDONG CHEOL HAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

UnivNote

One-time1
  • Unlimited Notes$9.99
None

노애드한글

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UnivNote free?
UnivNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 노애드한글 free?
노애드한글 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UnivNote or 노애드한글 have ads?
Neither UnivNote nor 노애드한글 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UnivNote or 노애드한글?
UnivNote ships an update daily, and 노애드한글 weekly. Most recently, UnivNote was updated on October 24, 2026 and 노애드한글 on October 8, 2026.

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