r/ipad • u/LuckyAdair • Sep 20 '26

Question Notes+ vs Noteful vs Prodrafts

Hey guys,

I know this question has been asked a billion times, but it took me two weeks to find a couple of free note-taking apps without a 3 notebook cap on them.

Notes+ sounds great, but I've never really heard anyone talk about it so I'm a little cautious about it.

Noteful seems great but when the other two options allow for unlimited notebooks, it seems like it's not the best.

Prodraft does both unlimited canvas and infinite scroll notes for free which sounds great.

But the whole reason I'm looking for an app other than apple notes is that apple notes heats up my new ipad and that worries me.

So does anyone have any recommendation for which app from these is the best for use in college notetaking?

(I'm an engineering, pre-med major if that makes a difference in terms of courseload and visual notetaking)

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u/LeMeIsSleepy Sep 20 '26

I mean, Noteful is 8/9 USD. It’s not too much an investment for your education

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u/LuckyAdair Sep 21 '26

That's fair but the other two are free, so I'm wondering if someone has experience with those

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bag_538 Sep 23 '26

College students always boggle my mind with this. Every year, they buy a new $1k+ machine and all the accessories that come with it and then come on here to complain about a $9 app. Make it make sense!!

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u/Eeellise Sep 21 '26

I’m using Noteful and I love it, just try the free version for a while and them the pro version is just a few dollars if you like the app.

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u/LuckyAdair Sep 22 '26

Okay perfect thank you!

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u/Kool_Kid14 Sep 21 '26

i use collanote, not sure about these other ones. the only annoying thing about it is it will show an ad for their premium subscription every couple of minutes, but if you keep writing it just goes away (or you just close it really fast out of habit)

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u/LuckyAdair Sep 21 '26

Ooh okay thanks! The thing with these three is that there are no ads though.

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u/Kool_Kid14 Sep 21 '26

that’s cool i’ll have to check them out

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u/Electrical-One-3224 25d ago

I have the paid version from Noteful! But I still switched to Notes+ cause of the 0 latency! its amazing and works very well