Notes+ : Notes for Pencil

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.7 3044 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Great app，thank it help me！

   I am a student, and I am very grateful to the developer for creating this free software. At first, I downloaded it just because it was free. After all, poor students really need free software to help with their studies. Compared with other software, it is really good value for money. Other similar software charges a lot and the price is unstable. However, Note+ can always be free while constantly improving its own software bugs, listening to user opinions, and respecting user privacy. My English expression may not be very good, but I really like this software and I am very grateful to the developer and the development team! I wish you further success and let more and more people know about this app!

   📖🐟06 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5Honest review (6+ months)

   To put in perspective, I am a university student. So all my use for this app is MAINLY academic purposes. I have used several other apps like this before and how I found out about this app was that I was snooping at another girls iPad to check out this clean-looking, apple-like notes. And yes at first I thought it was apple’s app, apparently not. There are many things that I love about this app. First, it’s free. Second, for an almost free app— it’s almost free because they recently added an ai tool that costs about ~$15 to use— it has a great selection of tools and templates to choose from. But the thing that actually frustrates me, is the highlighter. Yes, the highlighter because it doesn’t go under written texts. It lays on top of it and kind of blurs out the letters instead of “highlighting” it. I know that they have a PDF highlighter that I could use, but that too is terrible. Sometimes it bugs out and highlights only HALF the text I wanted. Other times it just CRASHES my entire app. Another thing that I wish the devs would fix is the shapes. Like why should I wait half a decade for a straight line to form? Why can’t I resize my circles? It’s very annoying. Other than that, I don’t think I have anything else to complain about. It can transfer docs from macOS to iPads, unlimited files. And if the highlighting and shapes don’t matter all that much to you as a user, you should definitely install it.

   Tiredstudent1 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Almost perfect, just two things!

   Firstly, this app is SO INCREDIBLY GOOD. I'm so happy that I was able to find this app going through several other ones (fifth time's a charm!), and the fact that it's all free? Thank you so much devs!!! I appreciate you so much!! This will help me so much with college work ♡ There's honestly only two things that I have to suggest. I currently do not have an Apple Pencil, so my review isn't going to be related to that. One (1): Could you PLEASE make it so that we can input the size of the text ourselves, and not have to pick from a selection of numbers? Sometimes 12pt font is too big! Sometimes I NEED 11pt <\3 (I personally use a digital notebook template so being able to have flexibility with the size of my text is a MUST.) Two (2): Can you make it to where when you tap on a hyperlink it sorta highlights which on you're tapping / holding down on? A little particular, I know but I'd like to be able to see exactly which link I'm about to jump to. That's all! Again thank you so much for this app! Cheers!

   lovelyziy · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5Hyperlinks and shortcuts

   I truly love this app but the missing features keep making me try others. I ultimately keep coming back to it, but a way to add hyperlinks in the app itself would be phenomenal. Right now I have to use canva to do it and it doesn’t always work the best. The links on the templates you offer in the resource center always work which is great but it would be nice to have the ability to make my own hyperlinks in my documents. Also, SHORTCUTS!!! I currently have over 300 documents saved in this app and the fact that I can’t use a widget or set a shortcut on my home screen to open directly to a specific notebook is so frustrating. That would be such a huge improvement for me. Otherwise, it would be nice if the search function worked for handwriting and text outside of text in PDFs. All in all, this app is so close to perfect for me that I genuinely would pay a one time fee to use it forever if it meant getting a few more added features.

   Essie O · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Great app, simple but effective

   First off- I love that there’s no adds and it’s free to use. I can store as much as I want and not be bombarded with notifications telling me I’m out of space or need to pay for a subscription. I use this for notes as a college student and it gets the job done. I like that there’s a variety of different types of “paper” pages to select from to take notes on. Good variety of pens / styles of ink you can use. I think this app is generally easy to understand and get the hang of quickly. Very easy to navigate exporting files as well. My only complaint is that there’s not a ton of templates for other uses besides like “paper” pages. I’ve seen on other apps they have a variety of templates for stuff like journaling, planning, to-do lists, etc. and this app doesn’t have too much of that. That’s not a huge deal because you can create your own template, but it would be nice if there were more options.

   Kayla J. King · 31 Jul 2026

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