Carbo › Digital Notebook
Organize your notes & drawings
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2.2.4for iPhone, iPad and more
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Sep 15, 2022
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About Carbo › Digital Notebook
Carbo lets you capture and organize handwritten notes and sketches, bringing handwriting in the digital age, right on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Carbo's innovative visualization technology sets you free from pixel artefacts, while preserving all expressiveness of your original drawings. Collect notes, design sketches, or whiteboard drawings.
Tag and annotate your notes for easy retrieval. Store them either on the device itself or in the cloud, with native support for iCloud, Evernote, and Dropbox. Finally, turn your notes and drawings into beautiful creations using a variety of handcrafted export styles and share them with the world.
KEY FEATURES
• Hybrid visualization technology: note picture is cleaned up and turned into a highly accurate monochrome representation. Carbo’s innovative rendering technology offers both the advantages of vector (sharpness) and bitmap (easy editing) techniques.
• Image-based input options: take a new picture, import from camera roll, or import an image from iCloud Drive.
• Drawing support: highly accurate and natural sketching capabilities. Full support for Apple Pencil & 3D Touch pressure sensitivity.
• Note editing: edit any part of your note, i.e. select, resize, relocate, or remove any element. Make strokes thinner or thicker.
• Annotations: add descriptive text to your note. These annotations are archived along with the image, and are globally searchable.
• Tag your notes. Tags are colored for easier detection, and will help you classify notes.
• Notes can be stored either on your device, or in the cloud using Evernote, Dropbox, and iCloud.
• Efficient file-based storage: typical note is 400KB instead of the usual 3MB JPEG of a photo.
• Export styles (iOS): choose among 7 beautifully handcrafted styles and their variants to customize your notes (Blackboard/chalks combos, Blueprint, Paper with several pen styles…).
• Up to 1200-dpi black-and-white high-fidelity exports for print.
• Many sharing options: Twitter, Facebook, AirDrop, Mail, Messages, iCloud Drive, Open in (another app)...
• Latest iOS Support: App Search, iPad multitasking, Siri 'Remind Me', 3D Touch shortcuts, modern iOS 14 photo access (browsing & searching).
• macOS 11 Big Sur / Mac Catalyst (Optimized for Mac).
• Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Pro Pack 2 or Pro Plan: one-off purchase to remove the 10-note limit.
PRICING
You can unlock all features either through Pro Pack 2, a one-time purchase, or through Pro Plan, an affordable subscription. Pro Pack upgrade pricing is also available if you own a previous version.
HELP & FEEDBACK
Visit creaceed.com/carbo for more information. Send your questions and feedback to carbo@creaceed.com
Terms of Use: https://creaceed.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://creaceed.com/privacy
Tag and annotate your notes for easy retrieval. Store them either on the device itself or in the cloud, with native support for iCloud, Evernote, and Dropbox. Finally, turn your notes and drawings into beautiful creations using a variety of handcrafted export styles and share them with the world.
KEY FEATURES
• Hybrid visualization technology: note picture is cleaned up and turned into a highly accurate monochrome representation. Carbo’s innovative rendering technology offers both the advantages of vector (sharpness) and bitmap (easy editing) techniques.
• Image-based input options: take a new picture, import from camera roll, or import an image from iCloud Drive.
• Drawing support: highly accurate and natural sketching capabilities. Full support for Apple Pencil & 3D Touch pressure sensitivity.
• Note editing: edit any part of your note, i.e. select, resize, relocate, or remove any element. Make strokes thinner or thicker.
• Annotations: add descriptive text to your note. These annotations are archived along with the image, and are globally searchable.
• Tag your notes. Tags are colored for easier detection, and will help you classify notes.
• Notes can be stored either on your device, or in the cloud using Evernote, Dropbox, and iCloud.
• Efficient file-based storage: typical note is 400KB instead of the usual 3MB JPEG of a photo.
• Export styles (iOS): choose among 7 beautifully handcrafted styles and their variants to customize your notes (Blackboard/chalks combos, Blueprint, Paper with several pen styles…).
• Up to 1200-dpi black-and-white high-fidelity exports for print.
• Many sharing options: Twitter, Facebook, AirDrop, Mail, Messages, iCloud Drive, Open in (another app)...
• Latest iOS Support: App Search, iPad multitasking, Siri 'Remind Me', 3D Touch shortcuts, modern iOS 14 photo access (browsing & searching).
• macOS 11 Big Sur / Mac Catalyst (Optimized for Mac).
• Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Pro Pack 2 or Pro Plan: one-off purchase to remove the 10-note limit.
PRICING
You can unlock all features either through Pro Pack 2, a one-time purchase, or through Pro Plan, an affordable subscription. Pro Pack upgrade pricing is also available if you own a previous version.
HELP & FEEDBACK
Visit creaceed.com/carbo for more information. Send your questions and feedback to carbo@creaceed.com
Terms of Use: https://creaceed.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://creaceed.com/privacy
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.2.4
Last updated on Sep 15, 2022
Old Versions
This release brings compatibility and optimizations for iOS 16.
Carbo requires iOS 14 or later.
Carbo requires iOS 14 or later.
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Version History
2.2.4
Sep 15, 2022
This release brings compatibility and optimizations for iOS 16.
Carbo requires iOS 14 or later.
Carbo requires iOS 14 or later.
2.2.3
Apr 4, 2022
Maintenance release with minor enhancements & bug fixes.
2.2.2
Nov 15, 2021
ENHANCEMENTS & BUG FIXES
• Full compatibility and enhancements with iOS 15 including transparent navigation bars and inset grouped table views.
• Fixed errouneous page overlay in the camera view that could be misaligned on some iPad devices.
• Minor fixes and enhancements.
• Full compatibility and enhancements with iOS 15 including transparent navigation bars and inset grouped table views.
• Fixed errouneous page overlay in the camera view that could be misaligned on some iPad devices.
• Minor fixes and enhancements.
2.2.1
Feb 19, 2021
Fixed a bug where owners of the previous version could not be entitled to access to Premium Pack.
2.2
Feb 17, 2021
Carbo is now available both as a one-off purchase (Pro Pack, same as before), or through a subscription (Pro Plan, new). This hybrid business model lets you economically try all features, and lets you choose the purchase model that best suits your needs. One-off purchase covers the current major version of the app (+ upgrade pricing) while the subscription includes all major upgrades of the app while subscribed.
2.1
Dec 2, 2020
Fixed a bug that could cause unwanted straight lines when sketching.
2.0.2
Nov 18, 2020
What's New in Carbo 2.0.2:
Stability and performance improvements.
What's New in Carbo 2:
Carbo 2 brings all your iPad or iPhone-created notes right into your Mac through a new Mac Catalyst app (Optimized for Mac). Carbo enables handwriting & drawing either from camera or Apple Pencil with outstanding real-life-like pixel-free quality. This makes a lot of sense on iPad and iPhone as these are great input & viewing devices, but now these notes can also be accessed from the Mac through a refined Mac Catalyst app, providing the full productive experience on all your Apple devices.
macOS 11 Big Sur / Universal app
- Carbo 2 comes as a universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- Optimized for Mac (Mac Catalyst app enhanced for macOS 11 look & feel) which provides a great user experience on the Mac.
- Modern-style full-height sidebar, refreshed toolbar, use of modern SF Symbols design language.
- Main menu adaptations, contextual menus.
- Drag & drop of notes (tagging, import, export)
- Spotlight search
- Metal-based note rendering (Metal is Mac only, pixel-free on all devices).
iOS 14 ENHANCEMENTS
- Carbo 2 now offers photo import from the new & more capable iOS 14 photo picker (filter, search, etc.).
- This release also brings improved handling of user privacy with support for photo albums security constraints of iOS 14.
- iOS app requirement: iOS 13 or more recent.
PURCHASE MODEL UPDATE
- Carbo 2 now comes as a free app + in-app purchase. New users can fully try the app for free with a limit of 10 notes, and get the Premium Pack to remove that limit.
- Free upgrade for version 1.0 users. Pre-existing users (paid app) keep all the features they already have without limitation.
Stability and performance improvements.
What's New in Carbo 2:
Carbo 2 brings all your iPad or iPhone-created notes right into your Mac through a new Mac Catalyst app (Optimized for Mac). Carbo enables handwriting & drawing either from camera or Apple Pencil with outstanding real-life-like pixel-free quality. This makes a lot of sense on iPad and iPhone as these are great input & viewing devices, but now these notes can also be accessed from the Mac through a refined Mac Catalyst app, providing the full productive experience on all your Apple devices.
macOS 11 Big Sur / Universal app
- Carbo 2 comes as a universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- Optimized for Mac (Mac Catalyst app enhanced for macOS 11 look & feel) which provides a great user experience on the Mac.
- Modern-style full-height sidebar, refreshed toolbar, use of modern SF Symbols design language.
- Main menu adaptations, contextual menus.
- Drag & drop of notes (tagging, import, export)
- Spotlight search
- Metal-based note rendering (Metal is Mac only, pixel-free on all devices).
iOS 14 ENHANCEMENTS
- Carbo 2 now offers photo import from the new & more capable iOS 14 photo picker (filter, search, etc.).
- This release also brings improved handling of user privacy with support for photo albums security constraints of iOS 14.
- iOS app requirement: iOS 13 or more recent.
PURCHASE MODEL UPDATE
- Carbo 2 now comes as a free app + in-app purchase. New users can fully try the app for free with a limit of 10 notes, and get the Premium Pack to remove that limit.
- Free upgrade for version 1.0 users. Pre-existing users (paid app) keep all the features they already have without limitation.
2.0
Nov 11, 2020
What's New in Carbo 2:
Carbo 2 brings all your iPad or iPhone-created notes right into your Mac through a new Mac Catalyst app (Optimized for Mac). Carbo enables handwriting & drawing either from camera or Apple Pencil with outstanding real-life-like pixel-free quality. This makes a lot of sense on iPad and iPhone as these are great input & viewing devices, but now these notes can also be accessed from the Mac through a refined Mac Catalyst app, providing the full productive experience on all your Apple devices.
macOS 11 Big Sur / Universal app
- Carbo 2 comes as a universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- Optimized for Mac (Mac Catalyst app enhanced for macOS 11 look & feel) which provides a great user experience on the Mac.
- Modern-style full-height sidebar, refreshed toolbar, use of modern SF Symbols design language.
- Main menu adaptations, contextual menus.
- Drag & drop of notes (tagging, import, export)
- Spotlight search
- Metal-based note rendering (Metal is Mac only, pixel-free on all devices).
iOS 14 ENHANCEMENTS
- Carbo 2 now offers photo import from the new & more capable iOS 14 photo picker (filter, search, etc.).
- This release also brings improved handling of user privacy with support for photo albums security constraints of iOS 14.
- iOS app requirement: iOS 13 or more recent.
PURCHASE MODEL UPDATE
- Carbo 2 now comes as a free app + in-app purchase. New users can fully try the app for free with a limit of 10 notes, and get the Premium Pack to remove that limit.
- Free upgrade for version 1.0 users. Pre-existing users (paid app) keep all the features they already have without limitation.
Carbo 2 brings all your iPad or iPhone-created notes right into your Mac through a new Mac Catalyst app (Optimized for Mac). Carbo enables handwriting & drawing either from camera or Apple Pencil with outstanding real-life-like pixel-free quality. This makes a lot of sense on iPad and iPhone as these are great input & viewing devices, but now these notes can also be accessed from the Mac through a refined Mac Catalyst app, providing the full productive experience on all your Apple devices.
macOS 11 Big Sur / Universal app
- Carbo 2 comes as a universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- Optimized for Mac (Mac Catalyst app enhanced for macOS 11 look & feel) which provides a great user experience on the Mac.
- Modern-style full-height sidebar, refreshed toolbar, use of modern SF Symbols design language.
- Main menu adaptations, contextual menus.
- Drag & drop of notes (tagging, import, export)
- Spotlight search
- Metal-based note rendering (Metal is Mac only, pixel-free on all devices).
iOS 14 ENHANCEMENTS
- Carbo 2 now offers photo import from the new & more capable iOS 14 photo picker (filter, search, etc.).
- This release also brings improved handling of user privacy with support for photo albums security constraints of iOS 14.
- iOS app requirement: iOS 13 or more recent.
PURCHASE MODEL UPDATE
- Carbo 2 now comes as a free app + in-app purchase. New users can fully try the app for free with a limit of 10 notes, and get the Premium Pack to remove that limit.
- Free upgrade for version 1.0 users. Pre-existing users (paid app) keep all the features they already have without limitation.
1.8.1
Jun 9, 2020
• Modernization for latest OS & bug fixes
• Fixed a bug where a Dropbox notebook could fail to sync when the app was reactivated from the iOS Home screen.
• Fixed a bug where a Dropbox notebook could fail to sync when the app was reactivated from the iOS Home screen.
1.8
Oct 30, 2019
Carbo 1.8 is now optimized for iOS 13.
- Dark Mode is supported throughout the app and enables notes that remain easy on the eyes in a dark environment.
- User interface has been fine-tuned with latest iOS 13 enhancements.
- Dark Mode is supported throughout the app and enables notes that remain easy on the eyes in a dark environment.
- User interface has been fine-tuned with latest iOS 13 enhancements.
1.7
Dec 10, 2018
Updated for the new iPad Pro
- Handling of new iPad Pro display sizes (11" and 12.9")
- Handling of new Apple Pencil double-tap gesture: switch to eraser, or last-used tool.
- Handling of new iPad Pro display sizes (11" and 12.9")
- Handling of new Apple Pencil double-tap gesture: switch to eraser, or last-used tool.
1.6.7
Oct 18, 2018
Fixed a rare issue that could cause a crash at launch.
1.6.6
Oct 4, 2018
- Updated for new iPhone sizes (including iPhone XS Max and more).
- Minor fixes and enhancements for iOS 12.
- Minor fixes and enhancements for iOS 12.
1.6.5
Jun 21, 2018
Updated the crash reports framework.
1.6.4
May 24, 2018
This release of Carbo adds compliance with European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In particular, for a notebook stored in a 3rd-party service (iCloud, Dropbox, and Evernote), this release ensures that you can:
1. Get a copy of all the notes stored in the notebook:
- Select the notebook in the sidebar.
- Select any note with a long press.
- Tap on the "Select All" button.
- Tap on the archive button to create a local archive file containing the note images and their metadata in human readable form.
2. Completely delete the data stored in the third-party service associated with the notebook.
- Select the notebook in the sidebar.
- Select any note with a long press.
- Tap on the "Select All" button.
- Tap on the delete button.
3. Temporarily deactivate access to the third-party service associated with the notebook.
- Go to Settings > Notebooks.
- Switch off the notebook.
In particular, for a notebook stored in a 3rd-party service (iCloud, Dropbox, and Evernote), this release ensures that you can:
1. Get a copy of all the notes stored in the notebook:
- Select the notebook in the sidebar.
- Select any note with a long press.
- Tap on the "Select All" button.
- Tap on the archive button to create a local archive file containing the note images and their metadata in human readable form.
2. Completely delete the data stored in the third-party service associated with the notebook.
- Select the notebook in the sidebar.
- Select any note with a long press.
- Tap on the "Select All" button.
- Tap on the delete button.
3. Temporarily deactivate access to the third-party service associated with the notebook.
- Go to Settings > Notebooks.
- Switch off the notebook.
1.6.3
May 7, 2018
More robust palm rejection to avoid leaving marks when resting the palm while drawing with the Apple Pencil.
1.6.2
Mar 29, 2018
- Inko Compatibility: added support for dragging notes to our new collaborative whiteboard app "Inko".
- Fixed a bug that caused the editing tool offset setting (Settings > General Options) to be ignored.
- Fixed a bug that caused the editing tool offset setting (Settings > General Options) to be ignored.
1.6.1
Jan 24, 2018
- Fixed a crash that could occur on iOS 11.2 when cropping a picture.
- Improvements to touch gesture handling when drawing, moving, or zooming in the canvas.
- Improvements to touch gesture handling when drawing, moving, or zooming in the canvas.
1.6
Nov 3, 2017
Updated to support iPhone X.
1.5.2
Oct 10, 2017
Fixed a bug that could crash the app on 32-bit devices.
1.5.1
Oct 2, 2017
iOS 11-related bug fixes.
1.5
Sep 19, 2017
NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Optimized for iOS 11.
- Support for iOS 11 Drag and Drop
- Tagging / moving notes: notes can be dropped on a specific tag in the sidebar which will tag them. Dragging notes to another store (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.) in the sidebar will move them to that store. (internal dragging: iPhone and iPad)
- Importing picture: dragging a picture from another app into Carbo will create a new note from it. Dragging it directly into a specific store (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.) in the sidebar will create the note in that store. (iPad only)
- Exporting a drawing: when a note is opened in the style chooser, it can be exported with that style into another app by dragging it. (iPad only)
- Exporting multiple notes: multiple notes can be dragged simultaneously from the main list, and exported to another app. (iPad only)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Improved Apple Pencil support (sketch shape rendering)
- Fixed a bug that could cause the picture to flicker when zooming in the picture of a note.
WORKFLOWS
Carbo is getting extensive support for iOS 11 Drag & Drop in various contexts (import / export notes, and internal app use like tagging, changing note storage). It's very visual and a useful addition to the core features.
- Optimized for iOS 11.
- Support for iOS 11 Drag and Drop
- Tagging / moving notes: notes can be dropped on a specific tag in the sidebar which will tag them. Dragging notes to another store (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.) in the sidebar will move them to that store. (internal dragging: iPhone and iPad)
- Importing picture: dragging a picture from another app into Carbo will create a new note from it. Dragging it directly into a specific store (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.) in the sidebar will create the note in that store. (iPad only)
- Exporting a drawing: when a note is opened in the style chooser, it can be exported with that style into another app by dragging it. (iPad only)
- Exporting multiple notes: multiple notes can be dragged simultaneously from the main list, and exported to another app. (iPad only)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Improved Apple Pencil support (sketch shape rendering)
- Fixed a bug that could cause the picture to flicker when zooming in the picture of a note.
WORKFLOWS
Carbo is getting extensive support for iOS 11 Drag & Drop in various contexts (import / export notes, and internal app use like tagging, changing note storage). It's very visual and a useful addition to the core features.
1.4.4
Jun 8, 2017
Fixed crash at launch that could occur in rare circumstances when signing out of iCloud.
1.4.3
May 11, 2017
Updated Dropbox integration for future proofing.
1.4.2
Feb 3, 2017
- Fixed a crash occurring while taking a picture when "Save Pictures to Album" option is set.
- Fixed an issue with photos not always saved in Carbo's album when "Save Pictures to Album" is set.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when drawing on devices with a version of iOS below 9.1.
- Fixed an issue with photos not always saved in Carbo's album when "Save Pictures to Album" is set.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when drawing on devices with a version of iOS below 9.1.
Carbo › Digital Notebook FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Carbo › Digital Notebook.
iPhone
Requires iOS 14.2 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.2 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.2 or later.
Carbo › Digital Notebook supports English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
Carbo › Digital Notebook contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Pro Pack 2
$15.99
Pro Plan (Monthly)
$0.99
Pro Plan (Yearly)
$7.99
