OrigNotes is a professional digital handwriting note-taking app designed for iPad and iPhone.
It helps you create, organize, and manage high-quality handwritten notes with ease, including handwriting, drawing, image insertion, and PDF annotation.
We are committed to keeping the app completely free to use.
If you enjoy using OrigNotes, we would truly appreciate a 5-star rating. Your support means a lot to us and motivates us to keep improving the app. Thank you very much!
If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment in the review section or contact us directly through the app.
To help you better understand where the product is heading, we have also added a Future Version Plan inside the app.
You can check what features we are currently working on and follow the development progress at any time.
We will continue to improve every detail and work hard to build a note-taking app that is truly useful, free, and worth using for the long term.
Key Features:
- Supports handwritten notes, drawing, image insertion, and PDF annotation
- Quickly organize and search documents, with customizable or rule-based sorting for easy access
- Freely customize note covers and paper styles to create your own personal note-taking experience
- Multiple themes available to bring different visual styles and user experiences
- Unique palm rejection and writing settings, so your fingers and Apple Pencil each work as intended
- A variety of brushes and tools to support different writing and creative needs
- Optimized writing performance for a smoother and more natural handwriting experience
- Supports more writing styles with flexible pen case management
- Add bookmarks to important pages for faster access later
- Multiple backup options to better protect your data
- Cloud sync support for faster and more convenient collaboration across devices
OrigNotes is a free, simple, and easy-to-use handwriting note app that helps you create and manage large amounts of handwritten content on mobile devices.
Whether for study, work, or daily idea capture, it helps you stay organized, improve productivity, and focus on what matters most.
I’ve been using this notebook app for school and work, and I literally cannot get over how perfect it is. As an app that’s completely free, I expected to be bogged down with pop up or banner ads, to reach a notebook capacity, or something else that I encounter on every app, but this one has… none of those. It truly amazed me when I first started using it, and it’s exactly what I needed. Seriously, the only recommendation I would give is the ability to upload your own notebook cover photos. But it’s so amazing, that’s literally my only complaint. Keep doing what you do, because it’s so wonderful!
Developer Response
Thank you for your support and feedback. You can customize the cover and paper template. Please configure it in Settings - Cover and Paper.
Love the App; How to contact for new features/improvements
PinkPower24
Hello, I’ve recently downloaded the app, and I’ve been enjoying using it for storyboarding and note-taking tasks. I do have a a few suggestion for new features and improvements. Is there a way to contact you so that I can explain these suggestions to you?Edit: I’ve been using this app for a couple of weeks. I still love it, but there are a lot of bugs present in it. I’m just gonna paste in the list of bugs and requested features. I wish I could post images of what I’m experiencing on this review.A drawing that’s been copied needs remain available for until I copy something else, not just for one time. (Explanation: The app removes the ability to paste after only pasting once)Pencil strokes keeps randomly changing from small to big for no reason.Allow us to rotate the page using our fingers when sketching on whiteboard or notebook for better drawing experience.Issues where undoing a stroke also undos an erased stroke after only pressing once.Allow us to directly upload photos from our photo library instead of on the stickers tabSelecting a single stroke selects other strokes.Also, there’s a whiteboard I’ve made, and every time I try to export it as pdf, it crashes. I followed the instructions to reduce the chances of it crashing, including lowering the threshold, as well as deleting and reinstalling the app. However, it has continued crashing. The whiteboard is ~ 250MB, just to let you know. Could you please help me with this?Sorry if this is long to read.
Developer Response
Thank you for your support and for enjoying the app! We’d love to hear your ideas and suggestions. Please feel free to contact us at wlsx_support@126.com with any feature requests or feedback. We truly appreciate input from our users and look forward to hearing from you!
App accessed my private PDFs that were elsewhere on my iPad, not linked to this app.
specialappssk
I did NOT agree to the privacy policy that popped up- it had links to 3rd party SDKs entirely in Chinese for example (how can I agree to something I can’t read?) BUT when I went to DELETE the app immediately after reviewing these policies, it instead showed a preview of all my documents in the app. Somehow without granting any permission whatsoever, the app read my private PDFs that I have generated elsewhere on my iPad, from years ago, and placed them within their app. I never gave access to any of my data through this app, because after I read their privacy policy I did NOT AGREE, and I immediately took steps to remove the app from my device. This serves as notice that this developer/company must remove and delete any data gleaned or viewed through the installation and opening of this app, as I did NOT agree to the privacy policy and I did NOT grant permission for that data to be used.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We strictly adhere to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Regarding third-party SDK agreements: these are provided by the third-party platforms themselves and cannot be modified by us. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.Concerning the ability for OrigNotes to access PDF files: this functionality is part of Apple's system rules. If an app can open PDF files, a long-press on it within the system may trigger a quick action menu to help users select PDFs. This is a system-level feature provided by Apple, not a function built into our app.We appreciate your feedback and understanding.
Incredible App
hcassi14
This app is incredible! The fact that it has no in app purchases for the features it contains is such a blessing. As a college student, I tell all of my friends and peers about this app. It is better than GoodNotes and Notability because there are no purchases required or limits within the app. I also enjoy the future version section where you can see what the developers are working on to further enhance the app. So simple, useful, and handy, I cannot thank the developers enough! ✨
1.9.5 Release Notes:
New Features:
1.Added a side thumbnail panel that can be docked to the left or right for faster page browsing, navigation, and switching
2.Added full-text search for PDF text, text boxes, and handwriting, with quick navigation and highlighting of search results
3.Added System, Compatibility, and Optimized PDF rendering modes for different document types
4.Added PDF compression to reduce resource usage and improve opening and page-turning speed for complex PDFs
5.Added text recognition and selection for images
6.Added the option to delete Time Machine history records
Improvements:
1.Improved the detection and rendering of complex or unusual PDFs for better compatibility and stability
2.Improved cloud backup history and task status display, with clearer notifications when the network is unavailable
3.Added Warm Yellow, Mist Blue, Soft Pink, Lavender, Deep Blue, and Deep Brown eye-comfort colors
4.Improved the performance and usability of draft paper and multi-page notes
5.Improved resizing and scaling of floating video windows
Bug Fixes:
1.Fixed page scaling, page turning, and page number display issues in certain situations
2.Fixed issues affecting cloud backups, downloads, and file access
3.Fixed an issue that could cause draft paper to become unresponsive
4.Fixed an issue where some text could be displayed incompletely
5.Fixed an issue where the interface might not refresh after deleting or reordering pages
6.Fixed incorrect floating video window sizes in certain situations
Version 1.9.5
The developer, Hangzhou Future Writing Technology Co.,LTD., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Hangzhou Future Writing Technology Co.,LTD.
Size
94.4 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.