Comparison

Inkwell Notes vs Notelit

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

Head to head
About

Inkwell Notes

Features
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Inkwell is a quiet, distraction-free markdown notes app for people who actually write. A cream paper canvas, a serif body type, and the tools writers actually use — focus mode, daily word goals, tag chips, and a one-tap markdown preview. No clutter, no popups, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • Markdown editor with live word, character, and reading-time stats • One-tap markdown preview for **bold**, *italic*, `code`, headings, and lists • Focus mode dims everything except the paragraph you are writing • Daily word goal per note with a quiet progress arc in the toolbar • Tag chips to organize journals, drafts, field notes, and reading lists • Full-text search across titles, bodies, and tags • Cream paper light theme tuned for long writing sessions • Autosave on every keystroke — nothing is ever lost DESIGNED FOR WRITERS Whether you are keeping morning pages, drafting a chapter, taking field notes on a train, or pulling together a reading list, Inkwell stays out of the way and just keeps writing. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. No network calls. Your notes live on your device.

About

Notelit

A fast and beautiful notebook app for handwriting, typing, sketching, and organizing notes. Offers various drawing tools, text formatting, and organizational features. Syncs across devices and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Handwriting with Apple Pencil support
  • Nine drawing tools with custom colors and widths
  • Text formatting with Markdown preview
  • Customizable page styles and sizes
  • Organize notes into colorful files
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Notelit is your notebook on the Mac — the same notebooks, pages and handwriting as on your iPhone and iPad, now on a big screen with a keyboard. YOUR FILES, ALWAYS TO HAND • Every subject in a sidebar, with the open file right beside it • Quick Notes and Recordings at the top, then My Files with its own search • Pin your favourite files and notes to the top • One search finds files, notes, and the words written on your pages CLICK AND TYPE • Click anywhere on a page and start typing right there • Fonts, sizes, colours, bold, italic and underline for your words • Blank, ruled or grid paper, page by page • Add shapes, stickers and pictures, then move, resize and turn them YOUR HANDWRITING, ON THE MAC • Pages written with Apple Pencil on iPad or iPhone open just as they were • Every note keeps its own paper, so its layout is the same on every device • Circle ink or words with the lasso to move, resize or delete them SYNCED EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple and your notes stay in step on Mac, iPad and iPhone — changes arrive moments after you make them • Share a note with a friend who uses Notelit, recordings and all • Share pages to Messages, Mail and other apps, or save them as PDF RECORDINGS • Every recording from your notes in one place • Play them, rename them, and move one into any note MADE FOR LATE NIGHTS • Light and dark mode, with dark pages that export as real paper • Available in 14 languages, including Arabic PLANS Notelit is free to start, with no account needed. • Lite adds all fonts, every sticker pack, the Notelit widgets and Save to iCloud • Pro adds everything in Lite, plus page templates, whole-file PDF export, custom app icons and up to six pins Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Inkwell Notes3 screens
Notelit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inkwell Notes at none against Notelit's 4. Notelit's advantage is device support (4 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. Notelit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Inkwell Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inkwell Notes versus Notelit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkwell NotesNotelit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat KhanhAli Alraeesi

In-app purchases

None

Inkwell Notes

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Notelit

Subscriptions4
  • Notelit Lite Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Notelit Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notelit Lite Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Notelit Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Inkwell Notes free?
Inkwell Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notelit free?
Notelit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inkwell Notes or Notelit have ads?
Neither Inkwell Notes nor Notelit shows ads.

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