Noteora vs Daypen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Noteora
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Noteora is a free note-taking app for everything you write. Type it, handwrite it or write right on top of a PDF, and every page looks exactly like the real thing. No account, no cloud: your notes never leave your device. Open a PDF or Word file, mark it up with Apple Pencil, add a table, sketch a diagram and export a pixel-perfect PDF in seconds. HANDWRITING THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER ⢠Pressure- and tilt-aware pen, pencil and highlighter with smooth, natural strokes ⢠Pen-only mode with palm rejection: rest your hand on the screen and write ⢠Apple Pencil double-tap switches between the eraser and your last pen ⢠A felt-tip highlighter that keeps one even thickness ⢠Seven paper templates: blank, lined, narrow ruled, wide ruled, grid, dotted and Cornell notes ⢠Portrait or landscape, with as many pages as you need ⢠Add photos to handwritten pages and annotate them ⢠Shape recognition: hold the pen to snap a perfect line, rectangle, square or circle ⢠Object pen to select, move, rotate and resize anything on the page ⢠Snapped shapes come with handles to resize them, and rectangles keep the angle you drew ANNOTATE ANY PDF Open a PDF from Files, Mail or Safari straight into Noteora. Handwrite over its pages or type on them, start a new note or add the pages to one you already have, at the beginning or at the end. Ideal for lecture slides, worksheets, research papers, contracts and forms you need to fill in and sign. Photos open the same way, as a one-page note you can write on. WORD-LEVEL TEXT NOTES ⢠Real pages that reflow as you type, just like a word processor ⢠Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and four heading levels ⢠Bullet lists, numbered lists, checklists, quotes, code blocks and links ⢠Tables you can create, fill and export ⢠Nine fonts, text and highlight colors, and all four alignments ⢠Insert, drag, resize and rotate images; attach PDFs and files as cards ⢠Import .docx documents with the same fonts, sizes, line spacing and page count PAGES YOU CONTROL Every note has a pages panel: duplicate, rename, reorder, copy and paste, or multi-select pages to share or delete. Copy pages from one note into another, several at a time. Switch between continuous scroll and a two-page book view, and pinch to zoom in on detail. Each note reopens on the exact page you left off. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING ⢠Nested folders with a folder tree; drag a note onto a folder to move it ⢠Pinned folders, favorites, tags and tag filters ⢠Due dates and reminders on any note, so no deadline slips by ⢠Fast full-text search across titles and content ⢠Sort by date modified, date created, title or deadline ⢠Duplicate any note in one tap ⢠Trash keeps deleted notes for 30 days, so nothing is lost by accident PRIVATE BY DESIGN Lock any note or folder with its own PIN and an optional hint. Locked notes are encrypted on your device with a key derived from your PIN. Noteora works fully offline, needs no sign-up and never uploads your notes anywhere. EXPORT & SHARE Export typed or handwritten notes as pixel-perfect PDFs or plain text, and text notes as Word documents. Export the whole note or only the pages you pick, then share instantly through the native share sheet. ⢠Vector PDF export: razor sharp at any zoom, far smaller files. Convert anything into pdf. MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Light, dark and system themes, a full color palette, adjustable zoom and a guided tour that has you writing within a minute. Available in 12 languages. PERFECT FOR ⢠Students: lecture notes, Cornell notes, homework, exam revision and annotated slides ⢠Professionals: meeting minutes, reports, Word drafts and signed PDFs ⢠Planners and journalers: daily pages, to-do lists, bullet journals and sketches Studying for finals, planning your week or keeping a private diary? Noteora gives typed and handwritten pages the same care. Download it free and take your first note in seconds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Daypen
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Take notes. Daypen gets you ready for the exam. Take notes with Apple Pencil or your finger on iPad and iPhone. Daypen Learn turns them into a summary, flashcards and a quiz, and your planner keeps lectures, deadlines and revision in one week. One purchase covers your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac. HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOKS ⢠Apple Pencil or finger, with fountain pen, ballpoint, pencil, highlighter and crayon ⢠380 templates: Cornell notes, lined and grid paper, 2026ā2027 calendars and exam planners ⢠137 covers, stickers and labels ⢠Handwriting to text, and search inside your handwriting ⢠Your notebooks in sync on iPhone and iPad, and shared notebooks you write in together, live ⢠Record audio while you write, then tap your writing to hear that moment ⢠Bring in a PDF, or add one to any notebook, and write on it: slides, past papers, worksheets ⢠Write a formula by hand and Daypen solves it step by step ⢠Shapes that complete themselves, a laser pointer, and a lasso that turns writing into a task or a calendar entry Your first launch opens with a ready Anatomy notebook and a Daypen Guide, so you can try everything at once. DAYPEN LEARN Pick a page, a notebook or everything you wrote. Daypen Learn makes a summary, key terms, flashcards and a quiz from your own notes. Cards you miss come back sooner, the ones you know wait longer. Take a timed practice exam from your sets and see the three topics to study next. Set a daily goal, keep a streak, follow your scores, and share a quiz as an image with your study group. STUDY ROOMS Study with friends wherever they are: one shared timer, what everyone is working on, and who is focusing or on a break. A PLANNER FOR YOUR WEEK Block out lectures, study sessions and deadlines. Drag a block to move it, tap the circle to finish it, and let it repeat. Get a reminder on time or when you arrive somewhere. Any plan can have its own notebook page. SUMMARISE Record a lecture, open an audio file, a PDF or a Word document, or share a link. Daypen gives you the summary, the key points, the to-dos and the dates, and every line drops into your plan with one tap. HABITS Reading, revision, sleep, the gym. Tap a ring to complete it, watch the streak grow, and see the week, month and year in charts. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR PLANS Ask what is due, how the week went, or what a plan still needs. It reads only your own plans, habits and notes. THE VAULT Expiry dates with reminders, passwords and IBANs, opened with Face ID or a code of its own. Passwords and IBANs stay in your device's keychain. TOGETHER One book with your flatmates, partner or family: a shared list, habits you keep as a group, and a spending log you can fill from a photo of the receipt. ALSO ⢠Widgets for the home and lock screen, and Siri ⢠A record button in Control Center ⢠Your Apple Calendar events beside your own plans ⢠28 languages FREE AND PRO Free for good: three notebooks with the basic papers and every pen, the planner, the list, notes, five habits, one shared book, the widgets, and your first five questions to the assistant. After the tour you get a free sample quiz. Daypen Pro adds unlimited notebooks, the full template library and every cover, handwriting to text and handwriting search, Daypen Learn, PDF and audio in notebooks, Summarise, the vault, the unlimited assistant, unlimited habits, and backup across devices. One purchase covers every iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account: ⢠A monthly or yearly subscription ⢠Or a one-time lifetime purchase, which also covers every feature added to Pro from here on Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a single payment and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noteora at none against Daypen's 3. Daypen's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Daypen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Noteora asks for nothing beyond the download.
Noteora ships an update every 2 weeks, Daypen every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noteora | Daypen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 15.1 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PerfectAiStudio | Ali Can |
In-app purchases
Noteora
No in-app purchases
Daypen
- Daypen Pro$4.991 Month
- Daypen Pro Year$29.991 Year
- Daypen Pro Lifetime$99.99








