It’s easier to make notes and type things on your iPad, especially when you are not in the mood to use the keyboard. In fact, many people find it much more comfortable to write naturally than type using a trackpad. Not only that, but it’s also easy to erase – which isn’t something you can do with a keyboard. But where does all this writing get saved? The short answer is “it doesn’t” – that is until now! Best Apps for Handwriting on iPad is here and ready to save your written notes into PDFs or share them via email.

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Best Apps For Handwriting On Ipad
Jotter
[Price: $0.99 with in-app purchases]
First on our list is Jotter. This handwriting app is a fairly simple app that lets you do pretty much what it says it does which is let you jot stuff down. It does come with unique features like a pen that writes thinner or thicker depending on your writing speed, highlighter functions, zoom, iCloud support, and much more. It’s relatively inexpensive at $0.99 with the in-app purchases consisting mostly of various types of paper you can use.
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MyScript Calculator
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[Price: Free]
MyScript Calculator isn’t your usual handwriting app. Instead, it’s actually a calculator that lets you jot down equations which it will then solve. It’s not overly powerful and it can’t do your advanced calculus homework, but simple things and a good deal of algebra shouldn’t be too much trouble. It’s a totally free application and one of the more unique uses of handwriting we’ve seen.
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Notability
[Price: $8.99]
Notability is one of the more powerful and popular handwriting apps available on the iPad. It has a host of features for all kinds of writing styles and includes a split view so you can browse documents or other PDFs and take notes simultaneously. It also features various fonts, colors, and sizes as well as PDF annotation (including signing PDFs), palm detection to avoid any accidents, and plenty of other features. It’s a tad expensive, but there are no in-app purchases.
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NoteLedge
[Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases]
NoteLedge is a note taking app that was developed specifically for the iPad. It includes some decent features such as a full set of stylus options including pencils, crayons, and watercolor which makes this app good for taking notes or drawing if you want. It has palm detection to help minimize errors and there are even some unique features such as audio and video recording. It’s a bit expensive, especially considering it has in-app purchases, but the feature set is solid.
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Notepad+ Pro
[Price: $19.99]
Notepad+ is a powerful note taking application with a ton of features and a decent price. Some of the features include the ability to annotate PDF files, adding titles to notes, creating a virtual whiteboard, and plenty of others. This one aims for those who need to take notes during things like business meetings, lectures, and conferences and provides a lot of features specifically for those folks. There are also no in-app purchases.
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Notes Plus
[Price: $9.99]
Notes Plus is a bit more obscure of an application despite being one of the first note taking applications available after the iPad’s first release. It does have a solid set of features, including the option to use handwriting or typed text. You can also upload to Dropbox, insert images into notes, palm rejection, and zoom for close up writing. It can also convert written text to typed text if you need it. It’s a bit expensive and newer versions haven’t hit the mark with reviewers, but it’s a decent app nonetheless.
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Noteshelf
[Price: $9.99 with in-app purchases]
Noteshelf is another popular note taking application with handwriting support built right in. The one has a lot of the standard stuff like palm detection, and various customization features like notebook covers and more. However, the real unique stuff is in the security and organization. You can set passwords to protect your notes from prying eyes and the organization features are similar to that of something like Evernote. The in-app purchases are fairly innocuous and shouldn’t spur too much anguish.
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Note Taker HD
[Price: $4.99]
Note Taker HD is another note taking app that’s a little more obscure than others. It aims at those who need these apps for business, academia, and similar occupations and activities. It features some decent organization that lets you tag notes in order to easily categorize them. It also supports PDFs, diagrams, and plenty of other rich content to make your notes really sparkle. It even has support for AirPlay. There are also no in-app purchases.
Best note taking app for ipad free
- Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote on the iPad
Microsoft OneNote is the classic notebook app available from Microsoft. It’s free to use and packed with useful productivity features. This is a choice you can’t go wrong with, especially if you are already using other Microsoft applications.
In this app, your notes are organized on the sidebar by Notebooks, Sections, and Pages. You can also create sub-notebooks and sub-pages, making it very easy to stay organized. It’s also straightforward to switch from one page to another with the convenient sidebar.
You to add text, insert files, draw, change paper styles, record audio, and much more. It comes with a pressure-sensitive pen tool and a highlighter, both of which you can completely customize the colors for. There are even some glitter options for the pens.
One of our favorite underrated pros to note-taking with OneNote is the ability to save an unlimited amount of favorite pens and highlighters to the toolbar. It also lets you choose from six stylus orientations to better suit your writing style.
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OneNote integrates all types of content—text, drawings, PDFs, and more—together on one page. And it does it well. Your notes also sync across devices, making it easy to switch from writing out notes on your iPad to typing them on your computer.
With all the features this app has, it will meet the productivity needs of most people. It’s also a great app for students who want to annotate PDFs and want to take a good combination of typed and handwritten notes.
Download: Microsoft OneNote (Free)
- CollaNote
CollaNote on the iPad
This app offers a great deal of note-taking functionality for free, which is hard to believe. CollaNote is one of the best free alternatives to popular digital note-taking apps such as Goodnotes and Notability.
CollaNote comes with the classic pen, pencil, highlighter, lasso, and eraser set. The colors are completely customizable and you’re able to add pen color, and thickness combinations to your favorites for easy switching.
Additionally, there are a couple of other handy tools like a laser pointer, adjustable ruler, stickers, and even voice notes that sync with the time you started writing. There are dozens of templates to choose from, ranging from paper types to cute pages for digital bullet journaling.
CollaNote’s biggest advantage is its ability to facilitate collaboration on notes with other users. You can even create public documents that serve as “rooms”. If you collaborate on a note with others, you can merge everyone’s notes, saving time during note-taking.
The only drawback about CollaNote is that its text tool is not as easy to use. Adding text takes you to a separate screen to first type out all your text, or by default, write it out with your Apple Pencil.
After you’re done, it will appear on the note page for you to adjust. It’s not the most fluid process, but the rest of the app’s features make up for it. It’s the ultimate choice if you want most of your notes to be handwritten and need more productivity features.
Download: CollaNote (Free)
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- Notebook by Zoho
Notebook App on the iPad
Notebook is a great app if you want to blend typed notes with the occasional hand-drawn diagram or handwritten note. You have complete customization for the colors of a pencil, pen, and highlighter tool. In fact, the pencil tool offers one of the most realistic pencil experiences on a digital app.
A few neat features include the ability to lock specific notes and set a password to be able to open them. You can also scan documents and directly annotate them. Note that the document scanner on Notebook is very similar to taking a picture.
The only real downside to Notebook is that handwritten notes are kept completely separate from other types of notes, even when they’re both on the same page. This makes this app really useful when you only want to handwrite notes, or when you just need to insert an occasional hand-drawn diagram on a page of text notes.
Download: Notebook – Take Notes, Sync (Free)
- Loose Leaf
Loose Leaf on the iPad
Loose Leaf is a hidden gem of an app, and it operates exactly as the name suggests. There are no notebooks, only stacks of loose-leaf sketches and notes. The app is designed to really feel like you’re working on loose pieces of paper.
The iPad has a lot of features that require two-finger gestures, such as closing loose-leaf stacks, flipping pages, and deleting notes, especially when the device already has so many gestures. Once you get the hang of it, the movements will feel like second nature.
The pen and marker tools are completely pressure-sensitive with no manual way to adjust the thickness. Unfortunately, you only get five choices of primary colors, but that could be more than enough depending on your needs.
Some unique features about this app are the Scissor tool in place of the Lasso tool and an asymmetry tool to have your drawings mirrored. It also comes with useful page styles, including a blank music score and a blank to-do list.
This is the perfect choice if you’re looking for a simple app to sketch out ideas on.
Download: Loose Leaf (Free)
- Apple Notes
apple notes
Last but certainly not least, is Apple Notes. This default app for note-taking is packed with hidden features, so don’t underestimate its functionality. With this note-taking app, you can take notes and handwrite them, sync them across multiple devices, and even use the Apple Pencil to handwrite with.
The Notes app has all the basic tools such as the pen, highlighter, pencil, and eraser available through Markup. It also comes with a lasso tool and an adjustable ruler, and the ability to customize your own colors.
It also has an Auto-Minimize option, which moves the toolbar out of sight when you start writing. You can even change the paper style from a few different options.
Another useful feature that Notes have is the ability to scan documents. You can even use your phone camera to do it and have it immediately added to the note on your iPad. The scanned documents on a note are kept as attachments, so you won’t be able to mark them up with the pen, but it’s still handy to have your information in one place.
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