Comparison

Doodle notes and write ideas vs DrawNote

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

Head to head
About

Doodle notes and write ideas

Capture your thoughts and organize your life with this intuitive notepad app. Create to-do lists, shopping lists, memos, and sketches with a variety of colors and line thicknesses. Save, edit, and share your notes easily.

Highlights
  • Write notes, memos, and messages
  • Create shopping and to-do lists
  • Scribble, sketch, or draw drafts
  • Fifteen color options
  • Three line thickness options
  • Eraser and undo functionality
  • Share or save notes as images
Features
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Use our practical and simple interactive notepad app to write down your ideas, create shopping lists or to-do lists and organize them. Take notes, scribble or sketch a draft, do the grocery list, draw or do whatever you want with this notebook! Write notes, memos, messages, sticky notes, shopping lists, check list and to-do lists. It is an easy-to-use note-taking app. This is a simple to-do list and task manager app that helps you get all your lists done. Download it and organize your quick notes in this simple notepad. It is perfect for organizing your work ideas as if it were a notebook. And you can you access your notes whenever you want. Anywhere and anytime create notes, to-do lists, shopping list, edit or save a note! Share this app via social media or any other program on your phone. If you liked the app, please rate it. It helps us improve our work. Thank you! Features: • Fifteen colors or markers • Three types of line thickness (thin, medium, thick) • White background • Erase whatever you want with the eraser • Delete the image with the undo-arrow • Share the note or save it in the images gallery https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DrawNote

Features
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DrawNote is your all-in-one digital notebook for handwriting, drawing, planning and organizing ideas. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, sketch on a flexible canvas, create text notes and mind maps, manage to-dos, and annotate PDFs — all in one place. CREATE YOUR WAY • Handwrite and draw with pressure-sensitive pens • Create Super Notes, Text Notes and Mind Maps • Use shapes, rulers, grids, tables, stamps and more • Choose ruled, dotted, squared, plain or music paper • Create reusable templates STAY ORGANIZED • Organize notes with folders and favorites • Sort and quickly access recent notes • Plan with to-dos, priorities and categories • Link tasks directly to your notes • Search your notes and tasks WORK WITH YOUR FILES • Import PDFs, images, Markdown and text files • Write and draw directly on imported PDF pages • Export as PDF, PNG or SVG • Open and manage supported files from the Files app PRIVATE & FLEXIBLE • Lock the app, notes or folders with a PIN • Back up and restore your notebook • Use light and dark themes • Keep your core notes available offline without creating an account Whether you're taking class notes, sketching ideas, planning projects, annotating documents or organizing your day, DrawNote gives you one simple place to think, create and stay organized.

Screenshots

Doodle notes and write ideas4 screens
DrawNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DrawNote at none against Doodle notes and write ideas's 4. DrawNote also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Doodle notes and write ideas sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. DrawNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodle notes and write ideas ships an update every 3 months, DrawNote weekly. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Doodle notes and write ideas versus DrawNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle notes and write ideasDrawNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB79 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMaria GasconFATIMA-ZAHRAE ED.DAHRAOUI

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Doodle notes and write ideas

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly plan$7.997 Days
  • Annual plan3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Lifetime plan$49.99
None

DrawNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doodle notes and write ideas free?
Doodle notes and write ideas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawNote free?
DrawNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Doodle notes and write ideas or DrawNote have ads?
Both Doodle notes and write ideas and DrawNote show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doodle notes and write ideas or DrawNote?
Doodle notes and write ideas ships an update every 3 months, and DrawNote weekly. Most recently, Doodle notes and write ideas was updated on October 13, 2026 and DrawNote on October 13, 2026.

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