ManualBook vs TidyNotes

Paper manuals pile up in drawers — and the one you need is never there. ManualBook turns that pile into a searchable library on your phone. Scan a manual with your camera, snap a photo, or import a PDF. ManualBook reads every word on the page — in English, 简体/繁體中文, and 日本語 — entirely on your device, so you can find any detail in seconds. How it works • Capture: the built-in document scanner auto-detects edges and straightens the page. Or import straight from Photos or Files — images and PDFs alike. • Recognize: on-device text recognition reads each page, including mixed English / Chinese / Japanese, with no internet and nothing uploaded. • Search: full-text search across every manual and every page, with matches highlighted and a tap to jump right to the page. • Organize: group manuals into folders, add tags, and keep brand and notes together. • Share to ManualBook: send a PDF or photo from any app — Safari, Files, Mail, Photos — straight into your library, scanned and filed automatically. • Export: turn any manual back into a shareable PDF. Private by design • Everything runs on your iPhone. Text recognition happens on-device — your manuals are never uploaded to us, and there are no accounts, servers, analytics, or trackers. • Optional iCloud Sync keeps your library in your own private iCloud, encrypted by Apple, so it's there on all your devices. We never see it. Stop hoarding paper. Scan it once, find it forever.

Tidy Notes keeps your thinking in one clean place. Write by hand, type, sketch, or mark up a PDF, then find any of it again in seconds. No clutter, no learning curve. WRITE HOWEVER YOU THINK - Handwrite with Apple Pencil or your finger, or switch to the keyboard mid-page. - Sketch diagrams and doodles alongside your text on the same page. - Choose lined, grid, dotted, or blank paper for every note. - Highlight, underline, and use tape to make the important parts stand out. PDFs AND DOCUMENTS - Import PDFs and write straight on top of them. - Scan paper documents, receipts, and handouts with your camera. - Fill in and sign forms without printing anything. - Export any note as a PDF and share it in one tap. STAY ORGANIZED - Group notes into folders and subfolders that match how you actually work. - Search your typed text and your notes to find anything fast. - Pin the notes you open every day to the top of your library. - Build checklists and tick items off as you go. FOR STUDENTS - Annotate lecture slides and textbook PDFs instead of reprinting them. - Keep a notebook per subject and a planner for deadlines in one app. - Review your own notes before an exam without hunting through paper. FOR WORK - Take meeting notes and mark up documents on the same page. - Keep client notes, plans, and scans together per project. - Share a clean PDF of your notes right after the meeting. Privacy Policy: https://tidynotes.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://tidynotes.net/terms Questions or feedback: support@tidynotes.net