Comparison

YouNotes vs PDF Master

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

Head to head
About

YouNotes

This digital note-taking app helps you organize thoughts for learning, work, and creativity. Create personalized notebooks, draw on a freeform canvas, and brainstorm with mind maps. It offers a smooth and reliable experience for all your note-taking needs.

Highlights
  • Personalized notebooks with custom covers
  • Freeform canvas for writing and drawing
  • Whiteboard mode with zooming
  • Mind map creation for idea organization
  • Insert images, text, and shapes
  • Flexible editing tools
Features
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YouNotes is a digital note-taking app designed for learning, work, and creative thinking. Everything you need is in one place—notes, PDF annotation, an infinite whiteboard, mind maps, text documents, and more. In addition to Apple's built-in drawing tools, YouNotes provides a complete set of creative tools including Lasso Selection, Text, Mind Map, Shapes, and a Laser Pointer, making handwriting, annotation, organization, and layout feel more natural and intuitive. With YouNotes, you can enjoy: • Infinite Canvas Combine mind maps, handwritten notes, images, stickers, and shapes on an unlimited canvas where your ideas can grow without boundaries. • Mind Maps Create expressive mind maps by freely mixing text, images, and handwriting, making your ideas more visual, flexible, and engaging. • Seamless Sync Across Devices Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud Sync, so your notes are always available wherever you are. • Multiple Interaction Modes Choose between Apple Pencil Mode, Finger Drawing Mode, and Reading Mode to match the way you like to work. • Teaching & Presentations Use the built-in Laser Pointer to highlight important content during classes, meetings, or presentations. • Dark Mode Enjoy a comfortable viewing experience at night while reducing eye strain and helping extend battery life. From a simple idea, to a single page of notes, to an entire knowledge system, YouNotes is designed to be your quiet, reliable creative companion—helping every thought become clearer and every note more meaningful. Looking Ahead Traditional note-taking is about recording information, organizing it yourself, and searching for answers on your own. As YouNotes continues to evolve, my vision is to transform it into an AI-powered notebook built for the future. More than just a place to write, YouNotes will integrate powerful AI capabilities that actively support your learning—from capturing ideas to understanding concepts, from asking questions to finding answers. Every note will become more valuable as AI helps organize knowledge, explain complex topics, and solve problems—like having a personal tutor by your side whenever you need one. Privacy Policy: https://younote.aiyue.pro/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PDF Master

Features
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PDF Tools Editor is the only PDF app you will ever need on iPhone. Scan, view, edit, annotate, sign, convert, merge, split, compress, and protect — every PDF task in one beautifully designed app. EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH PDFs SCAN ANYTHING TO PDF Auto-detect document edges with your camera. Capture multi-page scans into a single crisp PDF. Choose color, grayscale, or black-and-white modes. Built-in OCR makes every scan searchable. POWERFUL PDF EDITOR Highlight text in twelve colors. Draw freehand with adjustable pen widths. Add text using custom fonts and sizes. Insert shapes such as rectangle, circle, and line. Place handwritten signatures anywhere on the page. Recolor any annotation in one tap. Apply multi-page annotations such as highlights that span across pages. Undo or redo every change. Resize and rotate any element. SIGN PDFs LIKE A PRO Draw your signature with finger or Apple Pencil. Save signatures for reuse. Place them on any page with a single tap. Capture works correctly in both light and dark mode without changing your ink color. CONVERT PDF AND BACK AGAIN Convert PDF to Word using real on-device RTF conversion. Convert PDF to images, Excel, or PowerPoint. Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images back to PDF. Choose the page size when converting images. Edit converted Word files inside the app. ORGANIZE AND MANAGE Merge multiple PDFs into one. Split a PDF by page ranges. Compress files to shrink size. Rotate pages individually. Add page numbers automatically. Add custom watermarks. Multi-select files for batch share or delete. SECURE YOUR DOCUMENTS Password-protect any PDF. Remove passwords from your own PDFs. Files stay on your device by default — nothing is uploaded. AI ASSISTANT AI Summarize condenses long PDFs into key points. AI Chat lets you ask questions about your document. Save summaries as new PDFs in your library. THIRTEEN LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Thai, and Turkish. DESIGNED FOR iOS System Light and Dark mode with manual override. Native gestures including swipe to delete and multi-select. Edge-to-edge layout that feels truly native. Fast performance — every action completes in under 200 milliseconds. WHO IT IS FOR Students annotating lecture PDFs. Professionals signing contracts on the go. Freelancers turning receipts into searchable PDFs. Anyone who deals with documents that need to be reviewed, signed, or shared. Download now and bring your PDF workflow up to speed. For questions or feedback, open Settings inside the app and tap Share App.

Screenshots

YouNotes4 screens
PDF Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Master at none against YouNotes's 2. YouNotes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. YouNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. PDF Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
YouNotes versus PDF Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYouNotesPDF Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYangjiang AiYue Information Technology Co., LTDNguyen Hoang Tung

In-app purchases

2 purchases

YouNotes

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Membership$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$5.99
None

PDF Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YouNotes free?
YouNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Master free?
PDF Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YouNotes or PDF Master have ads?
Neither YouNotes nor PDF Master shows ads.

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