An iPad Pro with some handwritten notes created in GoodNotes.

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6 best handwriting apps for the iPad in 2023

All the apps in this article are paid apps that our team has tested extensively over the past five years. 6. Notability How the

16 January 2023

image shows a Samsung tablet with some handwritten notes on it (in Samsung Notes)

Note-taking

Samsung Notes for the Galaxy Tab S (2023)

Samsung Notes is a free handwriting note-taking app for Android by Samsung. It’s been difficult to get a list of devices supported by the

8 January 2023

Image showing an iPad Pro with handwritten notes in Noteful

Note-taking

Noteful for the iPad (2022 review)

Noteful is a handwriting note-taking app for the iPad and iPhone by Noteful Technologies Ltd. It costs $4.99, a one-time purchase and has a

7 June 2022

Desktop with a cute doll, iPad Pro, a Macbook Pro and Apple Pencil

Note-taking

Note-taking with Flexcil: everything you need to know

There’s a new set of applications that are hybrids of note-taking and PDF reading that we’ve not focused on, on this channel. In this

3 February 2022

CollaNote: everything you need to know

Note-taking

CollaNote for the iPad (2023 review)

CollaNote, the new kid on the block, is a 6-month-old note-taking app by Qouc Huy Nguyen (a Vietnamese student studying software-system development in Germany).

1 July 2021

uPad V is for the iPad: everything you need to know

Handwriting

uPad V For The iPad

PROS Tables are easy to work with Password recovery if you forget it Planner templates Gridlines for technical drawing Add text inside your shapes

6 March 2021

Screenshot of the iPad Pro showing Whink, a minimalist note-taking app for the iPad.

Handwriting

Whink for the iPad

PROS Cheap Minimalist Simple to use Audio recording synced to handwritten notes. Works great with Scribble CONS Doesn’t get updated often Minimalist means it’s

12 January 2021

ZoomNote is the most complex note-taking app for the iPad and it does so much more than all the other apps in its category. If you can think it, there's a 99% chance ZoomNotes does it

Note-taking

ZoomNotes: A Beginner’s Guide To Creating Digital Notes

ZoomNotes is an exceptional note-taking app. It is complex and requires a lot of time to learn but once you’ve understood it, it is

26 December 2020

Free

Apple Notes in iPadOS 15 (2022)

Apple Notes is a free note-taking app for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. It also has a web version that is accessible from any

12 August 2020

iPad pro with Apple Pencil, iPhone and iWatch on wooden desk. iPad pro on Smart Keyboard folio displaying digital notes in Noteshelf

Note-taking

Noteshelf for the iPad (2022 review)

Noteshelf is a great note-taking and planning app for your iPad/iPhone and Mac. This review goes through everything you need to know about if

13 July 2020

iPad with Notability opened, it has a recipe for Lemon Rosemary cake, lemon and whisk beside iPad

Note-taking

Notability for the iPad (2022 review)

Notability is a handwriting note-taking app for the iPad, iPhone and Mac.

22 April 2020

GoodNotes Full Review covering everything you need to know about this handwriting note-taking app for the iPad.

Note-taking

GoodNotes on the iPad (2022 review)

GoodNotes is a handwriting note-taking app by Time Base Technology Limited. It is available on the iPad, iPhone and Mac and costs $7.99, a

28 March 2020

converting handwriting to text on the iPad pro

Note-taking

Nebo complete for the iPad (2023 review)

Nebo is an app that learns your handwriting. The more you use it, the better the conversion because of its AI technology. For handwriting

25 February 2020

Though primarily a drawing app, Procreate is an excellent note taking option

Handwriting

Procreate: A Note-taker’s Review

Procreate is a drawing app. It has everything! Every inking or drawing tool you can possibly think of. That is one of the things

10 November 2019