Notes Writer: PDF, Voice, AI

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.5 7258 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Best combo of Note taking and PDF editing

   I have been trying to find an App that worked better with PDF annotation (in addition to being good at note taking), but one HUGE drawback of other note taking Apps (i.e. Goodnotes, Flexcil, Nebo, Notability) is that every file has to be imported to be used, and therefore becomes a duplicate, non-sycronized file (not a big deal if you just use it for notes only). Well, NotesWriter fixes that! All files can be saved natively in the iPad Files folder and useable by any PDF program, not just Noteswriter. To me that makes NotesWriter a perfect combination of Goodnotes and PDF Viewer. Considering other PDF Apps charge a subscription, this feels like a steal. You even get a lasso/clipping tool, the ability to scan pages in, and a ton of page templates (all of which most free PDF Apps don’t have). PDF Expert and PDF viewer are the most similar, and but this is slightly better than those if you want note taking abilities. Note to Developers: The layout/user interface could still be improved: if the toolbar was customizable (like PDF Expert), if the view layout was more full screen (neither Reader or Presentation mode are as good as PDF Viewer’s layout), and if the handwriting had a simple zoom feature and was recognizable (like Goodnotes). Great job!

   jaggner · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5The worst 💕

   You will not be able to have any form of autonomy over your notes unless you buy it. I can’t share MY notes or create any new ones, I was not even able to edit them! If you have homework you need to submit and no budget for random apps… just like every other student ever, this app is the worst combination! I understand being greedy and asking for money every other second but some decency would be to let users at least share a copy of their own work. Why claim this is free in the first place?! This is a next level scam! Not only did I take all the notes but I also have to pay 7 dollars for them. Why? I did the work and the app gets a small commission regardless.. very greedy and gross.

   Silly goooose · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Needs Refining

   I like this app overall but after using it for a while I have a few bugs that NEED to be fixed 1) Erasing!!! I take my notes on the dark paper, and when you write in white pen, your notes disappear for some reason. I have to just guess where my handwriting is and it’s super frustrating. 2) Cutting function! Selecting multiple pen marks is not useful at all because the app automatically groups all of the things you drew into seemingly random groups. If I want to move two words out of a sentence I wrote, I can’t because notes writer groups the whole sentence together and there’s no way to select only those words. The cutting function needs to be able to select the exact pen marks you are selecting and nothing more. 3) adding pages ! I’ve recently noticed that when I add pages it takes forever to load. If I am taking notes during class I can’t wait an extra 30 seconds for a new page to load I will miss many notes

   appleitunesstorereview · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5Limits and Bugs

   I am running the latest version (16.0.3) as of this writing. I had the app lying around, but didn’t use it for a lot. Recently I decided to give it a shot for note-taking in classes. I was immediately met with a message telling me that I’d hit my limit of notes (I only had 2 I created for testing the app a while back) and to delete notes. There was a “samples” notebook that had also appeared. I tried deleting that. I couldn’t even delete notes due to a ridiculous arbitrary limit. I tried emptying the trash (bad UI and UX for that alone). It still complained that I had hit limits. No matter what I did, I was limited and at every turn I was constantly nagged to upgrade to pro. I had considered upgrading to Pro, but these bugs and arbitrary limits added to the “free version” have made me reconsider. There should be real, good incentives for upgrading to Pro. You should never, ever suddenly impose limits and then say, “Pay for Pro!” to get access to that which had been lost.

   Dòbhran · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Best note taking app ever!

   Wow! Where should I begin? This is the best note taking app ive ever had! You can do everything on it! It’s works with the Apple Pencil perfectly. It’s the most best ever! For anyone that is reading this and have not downloaded it yet, well you really need to get it. I went to school and wrote down my notes (also yes we are allowed to take our iPads with Apple Pencil to school and write down notes instead of using a note book) on my iPad and my teacher goes “oh what app is that I’ve been looking at your iPad all day and wondering what app the is cause I really need it!” And told her and she went to her desk got her iPad and downloaded it! (Everyone in my class has this app on there iPad to use it and take down notes) this is just the best app ever! I love it❤️😘💜💕🖤

   New York Girl! · 31 Jul 2026

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