NanNanCat Notes vs Asympta Paperie

NanNanCat Notes is a handwriting notes app, made by a university student in Taiwan and named after their cat, NanNan. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no locked features, no ads — just a plain tool. HANDWRITING AND DRAWING Fountain pen, ballpoint, brush and highlighter with freely adjustable width and colour — save your favourites. Shape recognition, a ruler, sticky notes, washi tape, stickers and text boxes are included. Inserted photos can be cropped, resized and rotated. RECORDING WITH INK REPLAY Record a lecture or meeting, and optionally capture the timing of your writing — during playback the ink reappears stroke by stroke in time with the audio. Choose the built-in mic or a connected headset. THREE KINDS OF DOCUMENT Besides paged notebooks, there's a whiteboard for thinking out loud and a text document that exports as Markdown. All three share the same folders and search. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Sign in to the same Apple Account and notes written on iPad appear on iPhone by themselves — no account to create, no sync button to press. Or keep everything local with iCloud turned off entirely. HANDWRITING SEARCH AND ON-DEVICE AI Search your own handwriting. Summarising, proofreading and translating all run on the device — your notes are never sent to any server. PRIVATE AND SECURE Set a passcode for the app and unlock it with Face ID or Touch ID. No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. TAKE IT ANYWHERE Export notebooks as PDF or as a re-editable file format, and text documents as Markdown. The Files app always has an up-to-date PDF of every notebook. Available in Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. Questions or suggestions? Reach us on Discord or by email.

A handwritten journal. A photo scrapbook. A little book of your everyday. Asympta Paperie brings handwriting, photos, stickers and typewriter lettering together on textured paper. Keep a travel diary, make a collage, sketch a thought or give your week a little room to breathe. MAKE EACH PAGE YOURS • Write and sketch with Apple Pencil on supported devices, or use finger writing. • Add photos, stickers, tape and stamps to collect moments in your own way. • Type with vintage lettering and adjust the font and size. • Use dated planner pages for small plans and everyday notes. • Turn the pages of a bound notebook, with quiet paper textures and an analog feel. • Keep your notebooks across devices with iCloud when an available iCloud account is signed in. START WITH TWO FREE NOTEBOOKS Optional Paperie Lifetime is a one-time purchase for unlimited notebooks, with no automatic renewal. Restore Purchases is available. For the little things worth keeping. ON IPHONE DUO Carry your journal from the outer screen to an unfolded, two-page workspace. Tools and the typewriter adapt to the space available.