Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF 4+
Effective Paperless Studies
Noteful Technologies Ltd
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Noteful is your one-stop note-taking app to experience the new paperless revolution on iPad.
Perfect for annotating documents, taking class notes or even building your personal knowledge system. It is time to put aside the paper clutter, as Noteful is a versatile tool that helps you to accelerate your learning and knowledge work.
Take Beautiful Handwritten Notes
• Natural, fluid and precise handwriting experience
• Precise handwriting on iPad with Apple Pencil native support
• Custom-built ink engine InfiniteStroke that captures and converts your strokes into high-resolution vector ink
• 3 brushes available: ballpoint pen, fountain pen and highlighter
• Switch between pen sizes and colours
• Recognise geometrical shapes
Markup, Highlight, Annotate
• Import PDFs, MS Office documents to a notebook
• Add images, shapes and typed text to notes
• Use multiple paper templates in a single notebook
• Export and share handwritten annotations as PDF
• Use Quick Create to create a new notebook for quick sketching
Powerful Tagging
• Organise quickly by tagging with #tag or even #nested/tag anywhere in notebooks
• More flexible than folders; Notes can be organised by subjects, by topics or by priorities
• Browse notebooks or pages by tags
• Rename, delete or re-assign tags to easily re-organise your library
Layers in Notebook
• Add annotation on separate layers without changing original content*
• Hide or show layers independently
• Rearrange layers
• Make it possible to composite complex layout*
All Your Notes, All the Time
• Sync to all your iPhone and iPad devices*
• Take textbooks, slides, handwritten notes and PDF documents with you wherever you go
• Notebooks synced with iCloud are encrypted via account-based keys
Powerful Editing
• Erase strokes with eraser
• Double tap on Apple Pencil to switch to eraser tool
• Move and resize annotations with lasso tool
• Unlimited undo, redo
• Support Split View for multitasking
Audio Record Notes
• Record audio while you take notes
• Audio playback position synced with the notes
Modern App Design
• A minimalist UI that maximizes content space
• Streamlined design that requires fewer taps for common functions
• Different orientations are available for the main toolbar
• A clean UI that lets you focus on note-taking and the content
We will be adding new features so please stay tuned for future updates.
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Noteful is free to use without time limit but with certain features (marked with*) only available to users who upgrade to Noteful Pro via In-app purchase.
Noteful Pro is available for one-time purchase and the features will be unlocked forever.
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If you have support questions or product suggestions, please contact us by support.
Wishing you happy note-taking!
Customer Support: support@getnoteful.com
Privacy Policy: https://www.getnoteful.com/privacy
What’s New
Version 1.4.12
- When using cut or copy in the page thumbnail view, bookmarks and outlines are now also copied.
- Fixed an issue where the pen’s Auto Shape settings were reset after restarting the app.
- Fixed an issue where the page navigation shortcut key did not work in two-page display mode.
- Minor UI fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Most frequently used app but still needs improvement
Very smooth and simple to use. It’d be better if the documents can sync faster. Besides, it’s often difficult to copy words and sentences from a pdf file. (Let say if you wanna copy words from one line, you’ll have to hold down the first word and select till the second line) Idk if it’s because of my file or the app is not sensitive enough to detect words and characters. Another thing is that sometimes when I import a document into Noteful, every layer is expanded for me to choose where to put it. Since I’ve been using this app for like three years, I’ve created countless folders. It’s not very convenient when every folder is shown whenever I import a document.
Lovely app
This app has all functions of my dreams! Keep up the good work :) I have bought the premium version. However I have encountered a problem: Occasional crashes. Sometimes when I write on a note, my whole iPad will lag and be stuck in a reboot loop. Today it even lagged when I tried to delete notes. Is it because I inserted too many pages in one notebook (my largest notebook has over 100 pages) or has Noteful met its full capacity? (My iPad said it occupied 10+GB of storage though I don’t see where that came from). I really want to solve this problem so please leave me a reply :) Thank you so much
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your feedback. To fully delete a notebook, please go to library's Trashed folder and tap "Delete All". Noteful should be able to handle large notebook. Could you record a video and send it to us so we can understand how the lagging occur. Our support email is support@getnoteful.com. Thank you very much. Keep in touch.
I hope to automatically sort bookmarks by page number when they are added.
Each time I add a bookmark, it doesn't automatically sort by page number. Manually sorting them one by one is very troublesome, and I hope this can be improved. It's truly a great app, with more comprehensive features than GoodNotes and Notability. The tags are also very useful. Despite this small flaw, the app remains excellent.
In-App Purchases
App Privacy
The developer, Noteful Technologies 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:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Provider
- Noteful Technologies Ltd
- Size
- 167.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.3 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Noteful Technologies Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Noteful Pro, Lifetime HK$ 38.00
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.