Comparison

Smart Note Notepad vs Noteflow

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

Head to head
About

Smart Note Notepad

Create visually appealing notes and memos using professionally designed coloring paper styles. This app offers a simple gallery interface for easy management and editing of your digital creations.

Highlights
  • Gallery interface
  • Customizable paper styles
  • Pinch to zoom
  • Edit cells
  • Draw memos
Features
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with simple and awesome gallery interface. make beautiful notes and memos with professionally designed coloring paper styles. thank you for your support ! relax and wonderful digital experience on iPhone and iPad ! How to use. pinch And stretch fingers to zoom, press hold or swipe to edit cells in collection, The Creativity Never Ends ! appreciate your encouragement with good comments.

About

Noteflow

This app offers a digital notebook experience designed to replace pen and paper. It allows for note-taking, PDF annotation, sketching, and freeform idea capture with vector ink that scales without quality loss. Seamlessly integrate real-world content and organize your thoughts digitally.

Highlights
  • Digital notebook replacement for pen and paper
  • Annotate PDFs and sketch freely
  • Convert real-world images to vector ink
  • Fluid editing without traditional layers
  • Drag-and-drop integration with iOS
  • Cloud storage synchronization
Features
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Noteflow is designed to replace pen and paper. It is a modern digital notebook that lets you get the most from your iPad and iPhone. Use it for taking notes, annotating PDFs, sketching and doodling, plus a whole lot more: Copy and paste from the real world: Use Inkport gen 2 to snap a picture of a whiteboard or writing and convert it into Noteflow's native vector ink. No special paper needed. Then resize, re-color, or edit as if you wrote it in Noteflow. Create layered drawings without layers: Use the highlighter tool to color and shade behind existing ink. Use Color-Select to separate and edit individual colors. It's a much more fluid and natural editing experience than with layers. Use the straight-line tool with a grid for fast and intuitive wireframes and drafting. Drag-and-drop, cloud-storage, and more: Noteflow natively integrates with iOS's file system and drag-and-drop capabilities. Drop photos and text into Noteflow, and drag your drawings into other apps. Store your files locally or sync with the cloud service of your choice. Make Noteflow a seamless part of your workflow, the way you like. SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS TO ROAM Our vision for Noteflow is simple: to be digital pen and paper. The magic of pen and paper is in their versatility. They are useful for so many things, but particularly for the freeform capture of ideas. Noteflow expands upon this quality. You can naturally do all the things you normally do with pen and paper: take notes in meetings or class, and jot down flashes of inspirations on the go. And you can take that to a whole new level: One of Noteflow’s best uses is for "thinking on digital paper": quickly capture key ideas and concepts, then move and organize them on the screen. Noteflow's vector ink engine lets you scale and edit your work without any loss of quality. Your words and drawings remain tack sharp when zoomed in, giving you a huge effective working canvas even on a single page. There are analogues in the physical world, such as sketchnotes or everyday working on a white board, but being able to fluidly edit and move your ideas around the page is something you can only do digitally. When you represent the ideas in your head with your own personal scribbles on the screen, it effectively becomes an extension of your mind - giving you more room to think. We've designed every part of Noteflow to let you intuitively capture and work on your ideas the way you like. Whether it's dropping in existing information, quickly sketching concepts, or assembling polished presentations for others. EVALUATE NOTEFLOW RISK FREE Rather than just read about Noteflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition completely FREE. The Basic Edition is a full featured note-taking and sketching app. It comes with the Fountain Pen with black ink, photos, and a standard set of 5 popular fonts for text. Books max out at 20 pages each, but you can create as many as you like. NOTEFLOW+ Upgrade instantly at any time to get: + Inkport + Import and annotate PDFs + A customizable, full color palette, + The Marker, Write-Behind Highlighter and Straight Line tools. + Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, + Notebooks with unlimited pages, + Page backgrounds and sizes, + An additional 50+ fonts, + And more! Learn more in the in-app Quickstart Guide. DIGITAL TOOLS FOR A DIGITAL AGE I hope you'll find Noteflow a useful part of your workflow, and that you'll discover new ways to do things with it that weren't easy before. We're very proud of the work we've put into Noteflow, but we're also just seen the beginning of what's possible with powerful new digital platforms like the iPad. Our goal is to push these platforms to their limits to craft useful tools. Tools that can help us think a little more clearly, communicate a bit more effectively, and connect with other in new and enriching ways. Thanks for joining us on this journey! -- The App Makers @ Qrayon.

Screenshots

Smart Note Notepad4 screens
Noteflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Noteflow at 4.2 against Smart Note Notepad's 1.0. Noteflow also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 10%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Smart Note Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Noteflow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noteflow holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteflow has 182 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Smart Note Notepad's written reviews are positive against 47% of Noteflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Note Notepad ships an update every 5 months, Noteflow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Smart Note Notepad versus Noteflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Note NotepadNoteflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (182 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.4% of reviews46.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1182 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.112.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIN HWAN KIMQrayon, LLC

Customer experience

Smart Note Notepad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive10.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative81.8%

Noteflow

All ratings182 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative43.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Note Notepad

One-time1
  • upgrade to pro$3.99
None

Noteflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Note Notepad free?
Smart Note Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noteflow free?
Noteflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Note Notepad or Noteflow?
Noteflow is rated higher. Smart Note Notepad averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Noteflow averages 4.2 from 182 ratings.
Do Smart Note Notepad or Noteflow have ads?
Smart Note Notepad shows ads; Noteflow does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Note Notepad or Noteflow?
Smart Note Notepad ships an update every 5 months, and Noteflow every 6 weeks. Most recently, Smart Note Notepad was updated on October 8, 2026 and Noteflow on October 10, 2026.

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