Instink Handwritten Notes vs Stickit

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 • Ready in under half a second. No account, no sign-up, nothing to choose before you write. • Your handwriting, not a font. Finger or Apple Pencil, with ink that follows your hand. • Saved from the very first stroke. Put the phone away mid-sentence: the note is already safe. • Hands busy? Type, snap a photo or record your voice from the same sheet. • 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 • Sort new notes like cards: swipe right to send, left to keep, down to delete. Ten seconds. • Send any note to Notion, Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, Mail or Messages — as text, with your handwriting attached. • Search your handwriting. Instink reads it on your device. • Wrote "dentist tomorrow at 10"? Instink offers to put it in your calendar. • Once a day an old note resurfaces — "a week ago today" — so good ideas don't get buried. • 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.

Stickit puts your notes right on your home screen, like sticky notes on a fridge. The note you write in the app shows up on the widget exactly as it looks, so your to-dos and reminders are there every time you look at your phone. Home screen widgets • Each widget shows your note just like in the app: same theme, font and text size. • Tap a widget to open that note instantly. A board full of sticky notes • Drag notes around, or tap Arrange to line them up neatly. • Star important notes to keep them at the front. • Long-press a note to pick its card size • Undo and redo while editing Lots of paper themes • From classic sticky notes to Korean hanji, scrolls, wall posters, talismans and saekdong stripes, plus newspaper, airmail, blueprints, receipts, chiyogami and spring couplets, and seasonal cherry blossom and Christmas themes. • Real paper textures and attachments like tape, pins and clips. Fun to write • Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and checklists • Handwriting, brush and typewriter fonts, plus your device font • Lots of note colors, with lined, grid, dot and legal pad paper Find, share and keep • Search to find any note in a moment. • Share notes to messengers or email, or just copy the text. • Deleted notes stay in the Trash for 30 days. No sign-up needed • Your notes are stored only on your device. * Free: 2 home screen widgets and the basic themes and fonts, with a small ad at the top of the board. Premium (one-time purchase): no ads, unlimited widgets, and every theme and font. Available in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).