Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

Noteful Technologies Ltd

4.75star22,969 ratings

ProductivityHandwriting notes app shelf$6.99–$6.99 · 1 tiersUpdated Aug 15, 2026

Biggest complaint · Billing

18.2%

6 of 33 negatives · store typical 32.1%

Recent reviews negative

its 10 shelf rivals run 42% · 394 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Ratings.

5.0out of 5

23,010 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

519,825

41,883

3587

2265

1450

5 decisions.

Protect billing

18.2% of this app’s 33 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide, which is normal for the store.

How it compares

this app: 18.2%; 6 of 33
its shelf: 23.2%; rivals only
store-wide: 32.1%; typical

Watch limits & caps — recount before acting

extreme · 12.1% of this app’s 33 negative reviews, against 2.8% typical store-wide.

n = 4. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 12.1%; 4 of 33
its shelf: 6.2%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.8%; typical

Watch sync & data — recount before acting

extreme · 9.1% of this app’s 33 negative reviews, against 2.2% typical store-wide.

n = 3. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 9.1%; 3 of 33
its shelf: 16.5%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.2%; typical

UX is at typical — skip it

3% of this app’s 33 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide, which is normal for the store.

n = 1. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 3%; 1 of 33
its shelf: 3.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.9%; typical

Protect ads, performance and support

Ads, Performance, Support all run well below the store’s typical rate.

n = 6. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

Ads3% of 33 · shelf 2.5% · store 10.7%
Performance9.1% of 33 · shelf 30.2% · store 16.9%
Support6.1% of 33 · shelf 9.9% · store 9.2%

The shelf in numbers

All 11 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Billing
Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes	6,226	35.4%
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF	443,545	33%
Notability: AI Notes & Planner	452,978	28.4%
MyScript Notes: AI Handwriting	38,509	27%
Feenote - Notes and lists	1,968	22.2%
Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup	22,969	18.2%
CollaNote: Notes & PDF Markup	13,478	16.9%
SuperNote Notes Recorder+Photo	4,472	12.5%
tatter	1,340	10.8%
Microsoft OneNote	1,058,866	3.1%
Element Note	2,526	2.3%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across handwriting notes app, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the handwriting notes app report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.