The S-pen is one of the many things that make the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 one of the best phones you can buy. It’s a stylus that’s been optimized for your phone; it has features like live translation and a digital ruler, and you can customize it with advanced settings to make it your own.
But what if you want to go beyond just using the S-pen? What if you want to use it as a full-on digital writing tool? We’ve got some good news: there are plenty of apps out there that let you do just that!
So here are our top picks for best apps for Spen note 10.
Best Apps For Spen Note 10
The Samsung Galaxy Note series of phones come with the unique S Pen. This is more powerful than a regular stylus. It is more precise, more accurate, and is crammed with tech that makes it smart, too.
There’s a handful of apps installed on the Note that work with the S Pen, but there’s plenty more you can download from the Play Store.
We’ve rounded up our pick of the ten best S Pen apps you can download today.
Sketchbook express
SketchBook Express
The S Pen, at its heart, is a drawing and writing tool, and some of the best apps are in this category.
SketchBook Express is a powerful and popular drawing app capable of handling quick doodles or professional quality artwork. The greater precision you get from the S Pen makes it a far more useful tool than a standard capacitve stylus.
The interface is easy to follow, and you can upload you finished masterworks to DeviantArt in a second.
Inkredible
INKredible — Handwriting Note
With its near six-inch display the Note 4 is almost at the point where it can be used in place of an old fashioned notepad and pen.
With INKredible this comes a step further. With its distraction-free interface—there’s no controls on screen most of the time—you are free to write and sketch away.
Everything you produce is converted into a vector graphic, which makes it easy to enlarge, and is able to be printed at the highest quality, should you find you need a paper copy of your notes after all.
S pen launcher
S Pen Launcher
S Pen Launcher is an app that automatically assigns functions to your S Pen.
Pul the stylus from its housing in the bottom corner of your Galaxy Note and S Pen Launcher will pop up a little window containing shortcuts to your favourite apps. Or, if you find you use the same app all the time, you can set that app to launch whenever you grab the pen.
Pop the S Pen back in its holder, and it’ll close down once again.
Scribble racer
Scribble Racer
There aren’t many games that make use of the S Pen specifically, but Scribble Racer is fun enough to keep kids (and a few adults) entertained on long car journeys.
This simple racing game requires you to hold the S Pen on the screen and guide it through the course as it scrolls down. With a attractive hand-drawn style, it’s fun and packed with charm.
There’s plenty of gameplay too, with several difficulty levels and dozens of achievements to unlock.
Gmd spen
GMD SPen Control ★ root
For more advanced users—your Note needs to be rooted—GMD is a highly configurable app that turns your S Pen into a handy app launcher.
The idea is simple. You can assign gestures to the S Pen that launch apps or perform tasks whenever you do them. These gestures may be things you draw onscreen—draw a circle to launch Google Maps, for example—or things associated with the pen itself, such as removing it from its housing or pressing a button.
For power users, SPen Control can completely overhaul your system, significantly reducing the number of screen taps and button presses you need to perform common tasks and launch your favourite apps.
Onenote
OneNote
Microsoft’s OneNote is one of the best note-taking apps for Android. It includes an excellent drawing feature that enables you to integrate sketches into your typed notes.
This is where the S Pen really excels, and helps you create professional looking documents directly on your phone.
Snapseed
Snapseed
Snapseed is one of the leading image editing apps for Android, and though it’s not an obvious one for the S Pen, it does benefit from the accuracy of the pen’s input.
Snapseed provides the full range of editing functions, and they can be used on entire images or specific parts of a shot. In the latter instance you pick the spot you want to edit and move the sliders to adjust things like colour and contrast.
With the S Pen you get greater precision over picking colours or specific areas of an image, giving you the kind of control you’d normally only get on a desktop.
Virtualtablet
VirtualTablet Lite
VirtualTablet is one of the more innovative uses of the S Pen. It turns you Galaxy Note into a wireless tablet for your PC.
You need to run a desktop app to make the connection with the phone, and it is available for both PC and Mac. Once you’re connected you can use your S Pen on the Note, and draw in apps like Photoshop on your desktop computer, just as you would with something like a professional-grade Wacom tablet.
It also doubles as a remote mouse, and can be very useful for controlling presentations on a bigger screen.
Myscript
MyScript Stylus
It’s still relatively early days for this app, which is still in beta, but MyScript Stylus could be a big app for the future.
It’s a handwriting recognition tool that allows you to write in (reasonably) natural handwriting and will convert it to printed text. Unlike older systems there’s no need to write one word at a time either, the app will recognise entire sentences.
With 63 languages supported MyScript Stylus is already a powerful addition to what the S Pen can do.
Photoshop touch
Adobe Photoshop Touch
The most expensive app on our list is fast becoming the standard for professional image editing on Android devices.
It contains so many of the features that you see on the desktop version of the program, while the ability to use S Pen during your edits only gives you more control over the work you are doing.
The app integrates seamlessly with the Adobe Creative Cloud, and supports layered PSD files from Photoshop CS6 or CS5.1.
Probably overkill for many users, but for pros this is still the default choice.
best stylus apps
While some apps are optimized for the Samsung S Pen, most work with other types of styluses. Here are our ten favorite stylus apps for Android, including games, drawing apps, and coloring apps, as well as apps for note-taking and e-signatures.
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Best Coloring Book App: Coloring
The Coloring app for Android
What We Like
Images sorted by type, including free and animals.
In-app purchases aren’t prohibitively expensive.
What We Don’t Like
Limited images.
Pens can be glitchy.
Adult coloring books are a popular way to relax and briefly escape the world. Coloring is an app that includes a bunch of free images you can color on the go. It conveniently has a left-handed mode and a huge palette of colors. You can use the bucket tool to color the image section by section, or color with a crayon using the pencil.
The app has a library of premium images you can unlock with coins, or access everything by subscribing at $2.99 for one month or $4.99 for three months. Both subscription options have a three-day trial. Coloring gives you 50 coins to start, and you can buy more in blocks of 100 ($0.99), 250 ($1.99), and 600 ($3.99). You can also watch ads to earn coins.
Download Coloring
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Best Input App for Styluses: Google Handwriting Input
The Google Handwriting Input app for Android
What We Like
Consistent handwriting recognition.
Supports numerous languages.
What We Don’t Like
Can be difficult to use on tablets.
Can’t switch between languages while in use.
Google Handwriting Input is a keyboard option that transforms your handwriting into text in almost any Android app that supports typing. You can test the functionality in the app, but you’ll get a better idea of what it can do when texting, emailing, taking notes, or posting to social media. It supports emojis in addition to printed and cursive writing using a stylus or your finger.
Download Google Handwriting Input
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Best Advanced Drawing App: Adobe Photoshop Sketch
The Adobe Photoshop Sketch app for Android
What We Like
Lots of drawing tools.
Easy export to desktop.
What We Don’t Like
Steep learning curve.
Only has brushes.
The Adobe Photoshop Sketch app can be used on its own, with Adobe Photoshop CC, or with Illustrator CC. The Sketch app works in layers, and you can incorporate anything you create in the app into a project on either of the desktop tools.
The Android app has five pen and brush options, and each has a color picker tool and size options. You can also add an array of lines and shapes, as well as images from other apps.
You’ll need an Adobe account to access the app, but a free version is available, which includes access to Adobe’s collection of stock photos, cloud storage, and the ability to send a file to Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC with the layers intact.
Download Adobe Photoshop Sketch
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Best Multi-Platform Note-Taking App: Evernote
The Evernote app for Android
What We Like
Convenient home screen shortcut.
Automatically syncs between devices that have the app.
What We Don’t Like
Frequent upgrade prompts.
Search feature is glitchy.
Evernote is a stylus-compatible note-taking app. It syncs across all your devices, and in addition to text and handwriting notes, it captures audio and images from your device’s camera. You can create handwritten notes from scratch using a stylus or your finger, or add images and handwriting to existing text notes.
The app also has a few Android widgets, including a pen input shortcut to capture your thoughts immediately.
Download Evernote
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Best Sketching App: Autodesk Sketchbook
The Autodesk Sketchbook app for Android
What We Like
Generous pen, painting, and texture options.
Can draw from a blank canvas or import a photo.
What We Don’t Like
Layers sometimes disappear.
Not very intuitive.
Autodesk Sketchbook is a free drawing tool with a large library of pens and paintbrushes, as well as splatter, smudge, and other effects. You can also create multiple layers, just as you would in Photoshop. The app requires an account for long-term use, but you can try it out for seven days without one.
Download Autodesk Sketchbook
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Best Handwriting App: Write (by Stylus Labs)
The Write app for Android
What We Like
Edit handwriting like written text.
Helpful undo and redo tools.
What We Don’t Like
No cloud backup.
Can’t add typed text.
The Write app by Stylus Labs is a handwriting app. It doesn’t turn your scrawls into typed text; words appear exactly how you write them. The app includes a handful of pen options, and you can create a custom one, choosing the color, stroke width, and pressure sensitivity. Write includes some tools found in word processors, so you can create folders and insert, delete, and move text blocks.
If you make a mistake, Write has an undo/redo dial that you can slide back and forth to make adjustments. Finally, you can add bookmarks to your text so that you can easily find important passages and add handwritten links for navigation.
Download Write
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Best App for Notes and Reminders: Google Keep
The Google Keep app for Android
What We Like
Store notes and reminders.
Accurate handwriting to text translation.
What We Don’t Like
No text formatting.
No lock option.
Google Keep, Google’s notetaking and task management app, is perfect for stylus users. Use it to jot down notes or set up a reminder with a few taps, and the app quickly and accurately translates your handwriting to text. You can also set default times for morning, afternoon, and evening for faster scheduling.
Google Keep can also transcribe your oral notes, and you can add images and drawings. It also responds to Google Assistant voice commands. Notes sync across all your devices, including smartwatches.
Download Google Keep
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Best ‘Paper’ Notebook App: Bamboo Paper
The Bamboo Paper app for Android
What We Like
Multiple notebook customization options.
User-friendly.
What We Don’t Like
Limited pen colors.
Importing is iffy.
The Bamboo Paper app mimics a paper notebook that you can customize by changing the cover color and the paper (blank, lined, dotted, and more). It comes with two pen options, a ball pen and felt pen, and one notebook, the Thinker.
You can purchase additional pens for $0.99 or get the Pro Pack for $5.65, which includes the crayon, watercolor brush, brush pen, pencil, and three additional notebooks (sold separately, they’re $0.99 each).
You can also insert photos from your camera or other apps and share your sketches and notes to cloud storage services, other drawing apps, and via email.
Download Bamboo Paper
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Best E-Signature App: DocuSign
The DocuSign app for Android
What We Like
Simplifies paperwork.
Customize documents as needed.
What We Don’t Like
Can only save or change signature using the desktop app.
Limited support.
DocuSign is one of a slew of apps that lets you e-sign documents on the go. It’s always free to sign documents through the app, but you’ll pay $10 per month to send documents to others. You can add fields to documents you upload, including signature, initial, date, check box, and text.
If those fields exist, DocuSign detects them so that you can easily see what needs filling out. DocuSign accepts documents from a range of cloud storage services, as well as those scanned with your phone’s camera.
Download DocuSign
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Best Stylus-Friendly Game: Fruit Ninja
A lone piece of fruit waits to be sliced in the Fruit Ninja game for Android.
What We Like
Fast, entertaining gameplay.
Appropriate for all ages.
What We Don’t Like
Ad-heavy.
Can be choppy.
Fruit Ninja is a fun game with the objective of slicing through fruit, making it perfect for a stylus. As the game progresses, more watermelons, bananas, apples, and other sliceable targets are tossed before you at a faster pace, and you get extra points by slicing through multiple pieces at once.
The game also tosses in bombs that you must avoid. The game has a few modes: You can play against the clock, against other players, or in endless classic mode. Slicing through fruit is very satisfying, as it turns out.
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