Comparison

Booklet Maker vs Noteline

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

Head to head
About

Booklet Maker

Transform any PDF into a print-ready booklet with advanced imposition, signature folding, and cleanup tools. Features include page numbering, watermarking, and an inline editor for text corrections. Batch processing and presets streamline your workflow.

Highlights
  • Saddle-stitched booklet imposition
  • Custom n-up grid imposition
  • Signature folding with creep compensation
  • PDF cleanup tools (crop, remove blank pages)
  • Configurable page numbering
  • Inline text editor for PDFs
  • Batch imposition with Booklet Factory
Features
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BookletMaker is a PDF imposition app for Mac, iPad and iPhone that turns any PDF into a print-ready, saddle-stitched booklet. Teachers, churches, zine makers and print shops use it for service programs, songbooks, class workbooks, manuals and zines. It runs entirely on your device — no account, no upload — and is localized into 34 languages on macOS 14+, iPadOS 17+ and iOS 17+. COMMON QUESTIONS How do I print a PDF as a booklet? Open the PDF, choose a preset, then print or save — page ordering, rotation and duplex flipping are automatic, including a guided mode for printers without duplex. What is PDF imposition? Arranging pages so folded sheets read in the right order. BookletMaker does saddle-stitched booklets, mini-booklets, 2-up, 4-up and custom n-up grids, with signature folding and creep compensation. Does BookletMaker upload my files? No. Every page is processed on your device; your documents never leave your Mac, iPad or iPhone. Is BookletMaker free? Yes — core booklet printing is free. BookletMaker Pro adds signature folding, creep, punch gutter and batch tools; anyone who bought the app before 2.0 keeps everything unlocked. KEY FEATURES • Imposition: saddle-stitched booklets, mini-booklets (4 pages per side), 2-up, 4-up, or any custom n-up grid — page ordering and rotation handled for you. • Signature folding: single booklet up to 32-page signatures; creep compensation keeps the trim cut straight. • Cleanup: crop margins, remove blank pages, split landscape spreads, rasterize corrupted PDFs, choose the media/crop/trim box as imposition source. • Page numbers: position, size, color, format ({n} or {n} of {total}), starting offset, skip-first for covers. • Hole punch: margins for 2- or 3-hole binders with visual guides, plus a punch gutter for cutting sheets in half. • Watermark + letterhead: adjustable text watermark; any 1-page PDF as letterhead on all, first, odd or even pages. • Color & ink: grayscale conversion and content lightening for draft prints. • Inline editor (Mac): edit text directly in the PDF — original font, size and color preserved, surrounding content reflows. • Find & Replace across the document with proper font matching. • Highlight, redact, sticky notes, ink and signature stamps. • OCR: Apple Vision makes scanned PDFs searchable; export recognized text. • Output: save the imposed PDF, flatten annotations, password-protect, export pages as PNG/JPEG/TIFF, copy as PDF, or print via AirPrint. • Booklet Factory: batch-impose whole folders with your saved presets. • Presets sync across your devices via iCloud. BOOKLETMAKER PRO Core booklet printing is free forever. Pro unlocks the advanced print shop — booklet signatures, creep, punch gutter, hole punch, watermarks, letterhead and batch processing: • Pro Yearly — US$29.99/year • Pro Monthly — US$3.99/month • Pro Lifetime — US$49.99 (one-time) Bought BookletMaker before 2.0? Everything stays unlocked for you at no charge. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bookletmaker.app/privacy PRIVATE BY DESIGN BookletMaker runs entirely on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

About

Noteline

Features
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Noteline is a fast, minimal note app for people who write in Markdown. Type a # and it becomes a heading. Type **bold** and it turns bold — right where you typed it. Noteline gives you live preview: your formatting renders inline as you write, so there's no split-screen and no clutter. Just clean text that quietly becomes a clean document. Your notes are plain .md files stored on your device. No account, no sign-in, no servers of ours — and if you want them on your other devices, you can keep the folder in your own iCloud Drive. Open them, back them up, move them, or edit them in any other Markdown app. Noteline works fully offline and stays out of your way. Every note is plain Markdown — the same format AI tools read and write — so your notes stay usable by whatever you reach for next. It's the calm, focused place to think, take notes, and write. Features: • Live preview Markdown — headings, bold, italics, lists, and checkboxes render inline as you type • Local-first — your notes are plain .md files on your device • Works fully offline — no connection required, ever • No account, no sign-in — nothing to set up • Open format — your files stay portable and yours • The format AI speaks — plain Markdown that AI tools read and write directly • Minimal, distraction-free interface • Checklists and task lists for quick to-dos • Fast and lightweight No ads. No tracking. No telemetry. Just notes.

Screenshots

Booklet Maker4 screens
Noteline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Booklet Maker at weekly against Noteline's every 3 weeks. Noteline's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booklet Maker ships an update weekly, Noteline every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Booklet Maker versus Noteline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooklet MakerNoteline
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOBILE ALCHEMY LTDFoo AI Corp.

In-app purchases

None

Booklet Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Noteline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Booklet Maker free?
Booklet Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noteline free?
Noteline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Booklet Maker or Noteline have ads?
Neither Booklet Maker nor Noteline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booklet Maker or Noteline?
Booklet Maker ships an update weekly, and Noteline every 3 weeks. Most recently, Booklet Maker was updated on October 12, 2026 and Noteline on October 10, 2026.

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