Handwriting Memorandum vs Chart Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwriting Memorandum
Easily capture your thoughts and ideas with a simple digital notebook. Draw sketches or jot down notes using your finger for quick and convenient input.
- Finger-based note-taking
- Simple sketching functionality
- Digital notebook
- Quick input
- Easy to use interface
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You can take notes or draw simple sketches with your fingers using this app.
Chart Maker
Easily generate line, pie, and bar graphs from your data. This tool also functions as a simple spreadsheet creator, making it a versatile option for organizing information and visualizing trends.
- Line graph creation
- Pie chart generation
- Bar graph visualization
- Spreadsheet functionality
- Data organization
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This application allows you to easily create line, pie, and bar graphs. It can also be used for spreadsheets, so we recommend it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Handwriting Memorandum at 5.0 against Chart Maker's 4.2. Handwriting Memorandum also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 50%). Chart Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Handwriting Memorandum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chart Maker has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Handwriting Memorandum's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chart Maker's.
Handwriting Memorandum ships an update every 12 months, Chart Maker every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Handwriting Memorandum | Chart Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuichi HARA | Taro Horiguchi |
Customer experience
Handwriting Memorandum
Chart Maker
In-app purchases
Handwriting Memorandum
No in-app purchases
Chart Maker
No in-app purchases
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