Comparison

Singlenote vs Instink Handwritten Notes

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

Head to head
About

Singlenote

Features
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Singlenote is a notes app with a single note. Always open, always at hand, nothing to organize. Most note apps ask you to manage notebooks, tags, and folders before you can write anything down. Singlenote skips all of that. Open the app and you're straight into your note: the one place for the door code, your Wi-Fi password, a booking reference, your work schedule, or whatever you need to check again and again. WRITE AND FORMAT Bold, italic, underline, links, bullet lists, numbered lists, and checklists. Paste in Markdown from anywhere and it formats itself. ADD IMAGES Drop in photos of tickets, IDs, receipts, or anything else worth keeping close. Drag to reorder them, tap to view full-screen with pinch-to-zoom. SHARE IN A TAP Send your note to WhatsApp, email, or any app, formatting intact. Share text or images into Singlenote from other apps too, straight into your note. LOCK IT WHEN YOU'RE DONE Switch to read-only with one tap so nothing gets edited by accident, then unlock to keep writing. MAKE IT YOURS Light, dark, or automatic. Three text sizes. Six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your note stays on your device. We never see it, store it, or back it up on our servers. Singlenote collects a small amount of anonymous usage data to help us improve the app: things like note length or which tools get used, never your note content. Turn it off any time in Settings. One note. That's the whole app. Terms of Use: https://singlenote.app/terms-of-use

About

Instink Handwritten Notes

Features
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An idea shows up. By the time you've unlocked your phone, found your notes app and opened a new page, it's gone. Instink is a blank sheet on your Home Screen. Tap it and you're already writing — by hand, in your own handwriting. Tap Done and you're back where you were. One second. WHY PEOPLE KEEP IT â€ĸ Ready in under half a second. No account, no sign-up, nothing to choose before you write. â€ĸ Your handwriting, not a font. Finger or Apple Pencil, with ink that follows your hand. â€ĸ Saved from the very first stroke. Put the phone away mid-sentence: the note is already safe. â€ĸ Hands busy? Type, snap a photo or record your voice from the same sheet. â€ĸ Phone locked? Ask Siri to add a note to Instink and dictate it. No unlocking. EVERY WAY IN Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, the Action button, Back Tap and Shortcuts. Use the one closest to your thumb. THEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE â€ĸ Sort new notes like cards: swipe right to send, left to keep, down to delete. Ten seconds. â€ĸ Send any note to Notion, Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, Mail or Messages — as text, with your handwriting attached. â€ĸ Search your handwriting. Instink reads it on your device. â€ĸ Wrote "dentist tomorrow at 10"? Instink offers to put it in your calendar. â€ĸ Once a day an old note resurfaces — "a week ago today" — so good ideas don't get buried. â€ĸ At night the sheet turns dark, so it won't blind you in bed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your notes stay on your device and never pass through a server of ours. Handwriting and voice are recognized on your iPhone. WHAT INSTINK IS NOT It's not a notebook with folders and pages. It's the pen for the notes system you already use. Questions or ideas: hello@instink.app — a real person reads every message.

Screenshots

Singlenote4 screens
Instink Handwritten Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Instink Handwritten Notes at none against Singlenote's 2. Singlenote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Singlenote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Instink Handwritten Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ¡ 4 level
Singlenote versus Instink Handwritten Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinglenoteInstink Handwritten Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBytelantic, Inc.paolo aru

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Singlenote

Subscriptions2
  • Singlenote Pro Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Singlenote Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
None

Instink Handwritten Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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