What’s the Best iPad Notes App For Drawing and Handwriting?
Out of GoodNotes, Notability and Noteshelf — it’s not the one you think
No artist or designer that I know picks up a notes app like GoodNotes, Notability or Noteshelf when they need to do serious work. Paid work.
We use those apps for our beautiful interactive planners and for general note taking, but we still like to embellish and doodle without pulling out the big guns.
You’ve got your iPad and Apple Pencil ready to go, so which of the big three is the best app for you, if the writing and drawing experience is your main consideration?
If you’d asked me this question at the end of last year, I’d have said GoodNotes, no question. Especially now that they have that wonderful sticker saving feature built-in! That’s a stroke of genius. And there’s no denying that their Brush Pen is pretty good at creating beautiful modern calligraphy.
GoodNotes seems to be king of the heap for artistic-minded people at the moment, if the number of “made for GoodNotes” interactive planners available on Etsy is anything to go by. It’s a hard one to beat in many areas, but for reasons I’ll go into next, it’s not the one I’ve chosen to use this year.
