Booklet Maker vs Notedown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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BookletMaker is a PDF imposition and template app that turns any PDF into a print-ready booklet and gives you 40+ fully editable templates for bulletins, programs, invitations, cards, zines, menus and photo books. Change every word, photo and shape, then print on your own printer. It runs on your Mac, iPad and iPhone, with no account and no upload, in 34 languages. COMMON QUESTIONS How do I make an invitation, card or bulletin? Open Templates, pick a design, tap any text, photo or shape to change it, then print or save. How do I print a PDF as a booklet? Open the PDF, choose a preset, then print or save. Page order, rotation and duplex flipping are automatic, with 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, n-up grids, signature folding and creep compensation. Does BookletMaker upload my files? No. Every page is processed on your device, and your documents and photos never leave it. Templates are plain files the app downloads; nothing about your documents is sent. What does Pro add? Signature folding, creep, fold margin, hole punch, watermarks, letterhead, batch tools, Pro templates, My Templates and My Presets. Anyone who bought the app before 2.0 keeps everything unlocked. KEY FEATURES • Templates: 40+ fully editable designs for bulletins, programs, invitations, cards, zines, menus and photo books. Every text, photo and shape can be changed; add text, photo frames and shapes, rotate, group and ungroup, reorder layers, recolor art, change the page background, undo and redo. • A floating bar over your selection and an editing panel with tabs for text, style, font, color, photo and arrange. • My Templates: save your own designs and start from them again (Pro). They stay on your device. • My Presets: save your own print settings, plus ready-made presets for booklets, zines, cards and handouts (Pro). • Imposition: saddle-stitched booklets, mini-booklets, 2-up, 4-up or any custom n-up grid, with page order and rotation handled for you. • Signature folding up to 32 pages, and creep compensation that keeps the trim straight. • Fold lines, staple marks and cut guides, with solid, dashed or dotted lines. • Made for iPhone Duo: open the fold like a book, with the preview on one side and Settings on the other. • Cleanup: crop margins, remove blank pages, split landscape spreads, rasterize corrupted PDFs. • Page numbers: position, size, color, format, starting offset, skip-first for covers. • Hole punch margins with visual guides, plus a fold margin for cutting sheets in half. • Watermark and letterhead overlays. • Grayscale and lightened content for draft prints. • Find & Replace, highlights, redaction, 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 images, or print via AirPrint. • Booklet Factory: batch-impose whole folders with your saved presets. BOOKLETMAKER PRO The core of BookletMaker stays available to everyone. Pro unlocks the advanced print shop: booklet signatures, creep, fold margin, hole punch, watermarks, letterhead, batch processing, Pro templates, My Templates and My Presets. Pro comes as a yearly or monthly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Bought BookletMaker before 2.0? Everything stays unlocked for you. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bookletmaker.app/privacy PRIVATE BY DESIGN BookletMaker runs on your device and your documents are never uploaded. Anonymous usage statistics can be switched off in Settings.
Notedown
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Notedown is a featherweight markdown notes app for people who just want to write. No accounts, no sync, no clutter — every note is saved as a plain .md text file on your device and never leaves it. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Use familiar markdown to structure your thoughts: headings, bold and italic, bulleted lists, checkboxes, quotes, code, and links. A one-tap formatting toolbar inserts the syntax for you, so you never have to remember it. EDIT OR PREVIEW Flip between a distraction-free editor and a clean rendered preview with a single tap. See exactly how your note looks, then jump back to writing. FULLY OFFLINE, FULLY YOURS Your notes are stored as standard markdown files in the app's own folder on your device. There is no cloud, no login, and nothing to set up. What you write stays with you. FIND ANYTHING FAST Search across all of your notes instantly. The list keeps your most recently edited notes at the top. SHARE WHEN YOU WANT Export any note as markdown text through the standard share sheet. SIMPLE BY DESIGN - Light and dark themes - English and Japanese - Portrait, one-handed friendly layout - Free to use (contains ads) Notedown is the calm, lightweight alternative to heavy note apps — just markdown, and nothing in your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notedown at none against Booklet Maker's 3. Booklet Maker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Booklet Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Notedown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Booklet Maker ships an update every 5 days, Notedown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booklet Maker | Notedown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD | Yuki Okawa |
In-app purchases
Booklet Maker
- BookletMaker Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- BookletMaker Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- BookletMaker Pro — Lifetime$49.99
Notedown
No in-app purchases









