
Notely - Notes & PDF app
Handwriting & PDF Notes
Free · Designed for iPad
Draw smoother. Zoom further. Notely now features predicted touch rendering for instant-feeling strokes, pixel-perfect shape snapping, and a zoom range from 0.001 to 100M.
Notely is a powerful, privacy-first note-taking and drawing app built for iPad and iPhone. Write, sketch, annotate, and organize — all without creating an account or sending a single byte of data off your device.
DRAW WITH PRECISION
Use pen, pencil, and highlighter tools with full Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity. Draw shapes, select and move strokes with the lasso tool, and fine-tune your work with adjustable stroke smoothing. Predicted touch rendering keeps your strokes feeling instant.
INFINITE ZOOM
Zoom from 0.001% to 100,000,000% — navigate massive canvases and zoom into the finest details without losing quality.
WRITE WITH RICH TEXT
Type formatted notes with bold, italic, underline, headings, bullet points, numbered lists, and checklists. Pick any font, size, and color.
ANNOTATE PDFs
Import PDF documents and mark them up directly on the page with all the same drawing and text tools.
STAY ORGANIZED
Create color-coded folders and subfolders. Favorite your most-used notes. Search your entire library instantly. Work across multiple notes at once with tabs.
CHOOSE YOUR CANVAS
Pick from blank, ruled, graph, or dot grid paper. Set letter or A4 page sizes in portrait or landscape — or go infinite with unlimited whiteboard mode.
KEEP NOTES PRIVATE
Lock individual notes with Face ID or a password. No account required. No cloud sync. No analytics. No data collection. Your notes live on your device and nowhere else.
REPLAY YOUR WORK
Watch your drawings play back stroke by stroke with adjustable speed and timeline scrubbing.
MORE FEATURES
• Sticky notes with custom colors
• Image insertion and positioning
• Undo/redo history
• Moveable toolbar positioning
• Apple Pencil squeeze to toggle eraser
• Partial or whole-stroke eraser modes
• Trash with recovery
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Drawing in Notely just got a major upgrade.
SMOOTHER DRAWING
• Predicted touch rendering eliminates pencil-to-screen latency — strokes feel instant
• New point smoothing reduces micro-jitter for cleaner, more natural handwriting
• No more stroke tails when lifting the Apple Pencil
BETTER SHAPE SNAPPING
• Circles, rectangles, lines, and parabolas now render with pixel-perfect geometry at every zoom level
• Fixed shapes appearing smaller than drawn at extreme zoom
• Rectangle corners are now sharp — no more rounded edges after snapping
INFINITE ZOOM RANGE
• Zoom from 0.001% all the way to 100,000,000%
• Draw and snap shapes accurately at any zoom level
• Pages stay centered when zooming out
STABILITY
• Fixed a crash when snapping shapes at extreme zoom levels
• Performance improvements across the board
The developer, JUSTIN WEI SUN, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
JUSTIN WEI SUN
- JUSTIN WEI SUN has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © 2026 Notely