Comparison

LightTable by MoGee vs ForNote

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

Head to head
About

LightTable by MoGee

Transform your device into a digital light table for reviewing photographic film or artwork. Adjust brightness with gestures and customize drawing tools like color and stroke width.

Highlights
  • Digital light table functionality
  • Brightness adjustment via gestures
  • Drawing on screen
  • Customizable stroke color and width
  • Background color customization
Features
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Use your iPad/iPhone as a light table and use it to review photographic film or artwork by placing it on top of it. You can change brightness by swiping two fingers across the screen, draw on the screen with one finger and change the color of the background, the stroke color and the width of the stroke by doing a long press on the screen.

About

ForNote

Features
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The notebook that turns Apple Pencil strokes into searchable, organized handwritten notes. ForNote is a native iPad and iPhone notes app for handwriting, sketching, and annotating PDFs. Draw with Apple Pencil, organize notebooks in nested folders, drop a photo or PDF as a page background, and find any handwritten word from Spotlight. HAND-DRAWN PAGES • Draw with Apple Pencil on iPad, or with your finger on iPhone • Pen, marker, eraser, and lasso with a full color picker • Native page-curl animation between pages • Pinch to zoom up to 5× • Floating tool palette you can drag anywhere on screen FOLDERS & ORGANIZATION • Nest folders inside folders — Files-style hierarchy • Drag and drop notebooks and folders between locations • Spring-load on the back arrow to navigate while dragging • Select multiple items at once • Bulk export, move, or delete in a single action PAGE BACKGROUNDS • Drop a photo as a background and annotate over it • Import a PDF — every page becomes a notebook page you can write on • Scan a document with the camera and turn it into pages instantly • Annotate every imported page with Apple Pencil SPOTLIGHT SEARCH • Vision OCR runs in the background on every page you draw on • Search for any handwritten word from Spotlight on your device • Tap a result to jump straight to the exact page • Turkish and English recognition out of the box STATISTICS • Track your writing streak across notebooks, pages, and folders • Library overview with item counts • Content breakdown of OCR-indexed and image-backed pages • Everything stays on-device LIQUID GLASS DESIGN Every card, sheet, and toolbar uses iOS 26's stunning Liquid Glass material. The whole app is built with native SwiftUI — no custom chrome, just the system you already know from Notes, Files, and Reminders. FORNOTE PLUS — TRY FREE • Unlimited notebooks • Unlimited PDF imports • Photos, PDF, and document scanner page backgrounds inside the editor • Detailed writing statistics Start a free trial today. Cancel anytime. Built for students, researchers, planners, and anyone who thinks better with a pen. Available in 3 languages: English, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese. ——————————————— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cagandurgun.com/fornoteprivacy

Screenshots

LightTable by MoGee3 screens
ForNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ForNote at Free against LightTable by MoGee's $0.99. LightTable by MoGee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On 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

ForNote is free to download; LightTable by MoGee costs $0.99 up front. ForNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LightTable by MoGee asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LightTable by MoGee ships an update every 4 months, ForNote every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LightTable by MoGee versus ForNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightTable by MoGeeForNote
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorten GregersenCAGAN DURGUN

In-app purchases

None

LightTable by MoGee

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ForNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is LightTable by MoGee free?
LightTable by MoGee costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ForNote free?
ForNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LightTable by MoGee or ForNote have ads?
Neither LightTable by MoGee nor ForNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LightTable by MoGee or ForNote?
LightTable by MoGee ships an update every 4 months, and ForNote every 11 months. Most recently, LightTable by MoGee was updated on October 26, 2026 and ForNote on October 6, 2026.

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