Livescribe+ vs inq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Livescribe+
Instantly sync handwritten notes and sketches from your smartpen to your iPhone or iPad. Organize, tag, and convert notes to text for easy management. Enhance notes with audio, photos, and typed memos, then share them as PDFs or videos.
- Sync handwritten notes from smartpen
- Organize notes by page, timeline, or pencast
- Convert handwriting to editable text
- Record audio synced with notes
- Add photos and typed memos
- Share notes as PDFs or videos
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Note: Livescribe+ is designed to be used with the Aegir and Livescribe 3 smartpens from Livescribe. Livescribe+ pairs with your Livescribe 3 or Aegir smartpen to instantly sync everything you write on paper directly onto your iPhone or iPad. Your notes become more useful, more quickly when they’re organized, tagged, searchable, and converted to text. Notes, sketches, diagrams and drawings created with your Livescribe 3 or Aegir smartpen show up instantly in Livescribe+. Access your notes in 3 different views to get more out of them: (1) Page View shows your notebooks and pages exactly as they were written. (2) Feed View organizes your notes into smaller, actionable snippets sorted in a timeline. (3) Pencast View allows you to play back audio recordings synced to your notes so you can hear what was said exactly when you were writing. Convert your handwritten notes into text to transform them into tasks, reminders, calendar events, new contacts and more. Import shared pages or snippets into Adobe Illustrator or any other vector drawing app, and work directly with your own hand-drawn artwork. Paper-to-vector path is an industry first! Create pencasts and add photos and typed memos directly in Livescribe+ to add more depth and context to your written notes. Save your pencasts as video and play them back anywhere, or use iMovie or any other video editor to easily create great lectures and presentations. Tag your notes in Feed view to create Collections that sort all your tagged content together. Share PDFs of your notes, pictures and pencasts through Mail, Messages, AirDrop, Evernote, OneNote, Dropbox, and more. Need help or want to discover more? Visit www.livescribe.com
inq
Digitize your handwritten notes and drawings for access across all devices. Automatically transcribe and search your content, with options to export in specialized formats like LaTeX or CSV. Share your work with live updates for collaborators.
- Digitize notes and drawings
- Access notes anywhere (web, any device)
- Automatic transcription and search
- Export to LaTeX, CSV, mermaid
- Share notes with live updates
- Integrated voice recording synced to handwriting
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- Access your notes and drawings anywhere, including on the web with any device. - Transcribe and search your notes automatically. - Export special formats including LaTeX for math, CSV for data, and mermaid for diagrams. - Share your notes, including on the web where recipients can get live updates. - Integrated voice recording through your phone - synced to your handwriting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: inq at 3.1 against Livescribe+'s 2.1. inq also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 19%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Livescribe+'s advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
inq holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Livescribe+'s written reviews are positive against 54% of inq's.
Livescribe+ ships an update every 2 months, inq every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Livescribe+ | inq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (52 ratings) | 3.1 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Livescribe Inc. | inq incorporated |
Customer experience
Livescribe+
inq
Bugs and requests
Livescribe+
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when opening notebooks
- Pen disconnects randomly during use
- Handwriting not always accurately transcribed
- Sync issues with Evernote and OneNote
- Firmware update process is unreliable
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable tags and notebooks
- Improved cloud sync and backup
- Native desktop app support
- Enhanced audio recording and playback
- Smoother integration with productivity apps
inq
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Livescribe+
No in-app purchases
inq
No in-app purchases









