| Type of app | – Handwriting note-taking app |
| Age Rating | 4+ |
| Developer | – Noteful Technologies Ltd – Privacy policy – App support |
| App Privacy | – Data linked to you: usage data, diagnostics – Data not linked to you: none |
| Supported OS | – iPadOS 14.3 or later – iOS 14.3 or later – macOS 11.15 or later & Apple M1 chip or later |
| Price | – $4.99, one-time purchase – Free trial |
| Size | 70.5 MB |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese |
| Storage Used | 1.49 GB for 59 notebooks |
| Organisation | – Folders: infinite levels – Universal tags: infinite levels |
| User Interface | – Minimalist: one toolbar, mobile – Separate tabs & toolbar |
| Pages | – Sizes: A5-A3, letter, legal and tabloid, 16:9 & 4:3 for presentations – Orientation: portrait & landscape – Colours: white, black & yellow – Templates: Basics, Storyboards & Music – Use custom templates – Proper page rotation – Excellent page editing options |
| Writing tools | – Vector ink – Type: ballpoint, fountain, brush pens – Sizes: 0.10 – 5.0mm – No opacity options – Colours: unlimited on the toolbar – No favourites toolbar |
| Zoom tool | None |
| Text | – Input: Keyboard, Scribble – Type in text boxes – Many fonts & colours – Supports custom fonts – Text alignment: left, right, centre; top, middle, bottom – Format: bold, italic & underline – Save 1 text box style – No line spacing options |
| Highlighter | – Behind the ink – Type: unknown – Sizes: 1.0 – 10.0mm – No opacity options – Colours: unlimited on the toolbar |
| Eraser | – Per stroke/pixel – Erase highlighter only – Sizes: 5, fixed – Auto-deselection – Erase shapes only |
| Lasso tool | – Selects handwriting/highlights/text boxes/images & shapes only – Selects any combination of the above mentioned – Cut, copy, delete – Style: changes colour, stroke type & pen thickness – Does not convert handwriting to text – Move selection to different page layers |
| Items added to notes | – Audio recordings synced to notes – Images – Tags |
| Shapes | – Regular & irregular shapes, curves, curved arrows – Modify shapes after you have drawn them – Style: changes stroke type, border size, colour – Resize & rotate – Has opacity options |
| Photos | – PNG & JPEG – Crop, rotate, resize, cut, copy, delete – Style: frame, frame colour – Opacity options |
| Audio recording | – Syncs to handwritten notes only (not text) – Speed up playback: 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, 2x – Slow down playback to 0.75x – Rewinds/fast-forward 10s – Name audio recordings – Export audio |
| Scrolling | – Continuous vertical & paged horizontal – Pull to add new pages |
| Multitasking | – Multiple tabs – Multiple instances |
| PDF Annotation | – Recognises hyperlinks – Deactivates hyperlinks when writing over them – Bookmark pages – Add page layer – Uses all writing tools |
| OCR | – Only searches through scans |
| OCR Languages | – System language |
| iPadOS Support | – False dark mode changes the app’s user interface only – Multiple instances – Drag & drop – Scribble |
| Presentation Mode | – Present without showing the user interface – Split view to see your notes while presenting – Laser pointer: dot/trail, four colour options |
| Collaboration | – None |
| Universal Search | – Searches through notebook titles only |
| Unique features | – Page layers – Universal tags – Nested outlines – 16:9 and 4.3 presentation pages |
| Exporting | – Formats: PDF, Native Noteful, image, |
| Settings | – Auto backup to Google Drive only |
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