In 2025, there are more handwriting note-taking apps than ever—but Goodnotes still gets most of the attention. Our database is still a work in progress, but from the apps we’ve fully analysed so far, Goodnotes stands out as one of the most complete.
On paper, Goodnotes obviously has more features. But does that actually make it a better app than Apple Notes in 2025? Have all the updates to Apple Notes culminated into something worth leaving paid apps for?
For a good user experience, you need more than just how an app looks. Sure a modern-looking app is great, but more important than that is how intuitive it is.
Prodrafts has a lot of unique features that make it perfect for advanced note-taking. With great shapes, support for GIFs, and a good tape feature, should you be using be using Prodrafts in 2025?
Freenotes, initially came as a free app and grabbed a sizeable chunk of the market.
iPadOS 18 was a great update for Apple Notes because we got a lot of useful features for digital note-taking. So, what does that mean for note takers in 2025?
More and more handwriting apps are starting to expand beyond the Apple ecosystem in search of new markets. That is good news for those of us who have always wanted cross-platform support because we use several operating systems.
The App Store doesn’t always do a great job of pointing us to the right apps. There are apps that are still ranking high that are simply traps on your digital transformation journey.
Part two of this review was a little disappointing. Adding and interacting with items in Notes Plus X wasn’t as fun as just taking notes in the app. This
The first part of this series reunited us with a long-lost gem for the digital note-taking community. In this second part, we’ll explore all the items you can add in Notes Plus X.
Notes Plus is as old as Notability, and several years ago it had a lot of amazing features that made Notability and Goodnotes look like jokes.
Welcome to the third and final part of this CollaNote review for 2024: should you use this app? Or should you not?
CollaNote has come a long way since its launch. I am happy to see that the app is more stable, and the developers have really worked hard to polish it.
CollaNote just recently had a big update. We now have the third version of the app, CollaNote 3.0. In this video, we’re going to look at the new UI, what it’s like now to create new notebooks, as well as the writing tools in CollaNote 3.0.
I am hesitant to recommend Kilonotes for any serious note-taking, but it is a fun app to explore.
Freenotes is pieced together from different note-taking apps, and it’s very easy to see. You can see Noteful, Notability, Goodnotes, and Apple Notes.
Noteshelf 3 is a great alternative for anyone running away from the subscriptions you get with GoodNotes and Notability.
