Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF

Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF


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1.3.9for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF

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.


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.



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
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.3.9

Last updated on Mar 5, 2024
Old Versions
- Updated UI now allows finer font size adjustments.
- When a notebook is shared in PDF format, the exported file now includes the document's outlines.
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Version History
1.3.9
Mar 5, 2024
- Updated UI now allows finer font size adjustments.
- When a notebook is shared in PDF format, the exported file now includes the document's outlines.
1.3.8
Feb 19, 2024
- Resolved an iCloud synchronization issue that could arise when users delete their data via the Settings app.
- Fixed the issue that "Save to Noteful" when sharing may not functional when used within the app itself.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3.7
Feb 15, 2024
- New: Option to choose the range of pages to export when sharing a notebook.
- The order of folders can be rearranged by dragging. Previously, this could only be performed in the left sidebar, and now this functionality has been improved.
- Fixed: The Sharing button was not accessible on iPhone.
1.3.6
Jan 29, 2024
- New: Crop and resize page option that can add margin space.
- Changed the"Go to Page" button location to make it easier to tap.
- Optimized image display performance.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3.5
Jan 22, 2024
- Fixed an issue where audio sync playback was not working properly since the last update.
- Fixed an issue that caused Photo Cutout to have a white background. Added support for transparent image in HEIF format on iOS 17.2.
1.3.4
Jan 8, 2024
- New: Option to toggle automatically opening of imported notebooks.
- New: Close tab actions that make closing multiple opened notebook easier.
- Updated the image cropping user interface to enhance visibility for certain images.
- Tapping on the notebook's title in library now triggers the rename action, a function that was disabled due to a bug in previous versions.
- Fixed an issue that caused images to become blurry or new strokes to disappear after certain operations.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3.3
Dec 24, 2023
- New: Pen favorites' orders can be rearranged directly by dragging them on the toolbar.
- An icon will be displayed on the notebook title during the recording session to indicate which notebook is being recorded.
- Fixed an issue that caused some PDF searches to crash on iOS 17.
- Fixed a glitch that may occur when using the highlighter tool to highlight text in a PDF by directly holding onto it.
- Fixed an issue where photos in RAW format or some other image formats could not be inserted into the notebook.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3.2
Dec 10, 2023
- New: Image objects now support non-proportional scaling
- New: Option to append pages to the current notebook when saving to Noteful from another app.
1.3.1
Nov 29, 2023
- New: Options to create screenshots without annotations or page backgrounds.
- Fixed a bug in the toolbar that sometimes prevented the ability to switch to the pen tool by tapping on a color preset.
- Fixed an issue that caused background audio recording to stop when another app plays audio.
- When the app is terminated unexpectedly while recording audio, the app will automatically save the audio recording file to ensure that the recording is not corrupted.
1.3
Nov 16, 2023
- New: Create reusable stickers from images or drawings, and then add them to your notebooks.
- New: Arrange stickers into sticker collections.
- New: Option to add the Tape tool to the toolbar as a separate tool.
- New: Customize the orders of tools in the toolbar. Long press on any tool to display the option screen.
- Fixed a display glitch when moving or resizing image objects with border.
1.2.39
Oct 22, 2023
- New: “Send to back” and “Bring to front” options for changing objects’ orders within a layer.
- New: Options to group and ungroup multiple objects.
- Image objects can now be rotated directly without first choosing “Resize” option after selection.
1.2.38
Oct 9, 2023
- General stability improvement when opening multiple large PDF files. Reduce the chances of seeing a “blank background” when viewing large PDF. In the previous versions, one way to recover from “blank background” was to close the opened notebooks or restart the app.
- Fixed an issue that caused copying and pasting pages from very large PDF to fail sometimes.
- Fixed a potential issue where, when restoring a large archive from data export, the operation may halt without importing all the notebooks.
- Minor change in how screenshots are captured. Now it includes every objects in the region, even those on locked layers.
- Added timestamp to archive filenames by default.
1.2.37
Sep 24, 2023
- New: “Draw on Hover” option for Pen Tool. Some users experienced with drawing broken lines with the Pen Tool but not with other tools such as the Lasso Tool. It might be casued by a hardware problem if Apple Pencil’s pressure reading is too low. When enabled, the app will attempt to resolve the problem and the results may vary.
- Fixed a potential issue where data export could produce archive files with missing files. It is recommended that the user re-export the data.
- Fixed an issue where TabBar would not work properly when setting the bottom position on iOS 17.
- Improved multiple selection in notebook thumbnail view. Slide your finger horizontally to select multiple pages.
- Minor UI changes in Presentation Tool.
1.2.36
Sep 17, 2023
- New: Action to display or hide all adhesive tapes on the page.
- New: Option to add screenshot directly to the page so this can be done with fewer taps than before.
- New: While typing in textbox, support for inserting stickers from system’s Emoji keyboard.
- Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when searching certain PDFs.
1.2.35
Aug 30, 2023
- Improved the stability of the app when searching in large PDF files.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused objects to become invisible after pasting selection.
- Optimized the performance of searching.
1.2.34
Aug 24, 2023
- New: Option to toggle pen pressure measurement correction. This new “Enhanced Sensitivity” option is located on the 2nd tab of the pen tool screen.
- Due to many user requests to reduce "changes in stroke appearance” while writing, turning off the option can mostly remove the fluctuations of stroke appearance.
1.2.33
Aug 22, 2023
- Fixed the issue where the ball-point pen's motion smoothing setting was reset after app restart.
- Fixed an issue where weird artifacts were frequently visible when drawing slowly with the laser pointer.
- Fixed a potential issue that caused empty document display when viewing image-heavy PDFs.
- Fixed a potential issue that caused pen strokes to be longer than normal, as they were drawn without touching the screen. If you still experience this issue, please contact support.
1.2.32
Aug 16, 2023
- Minimized the undesirable effect of 'shrinking pen strokes' by increasing the stroke rendering qualities. If you still experience this issue, please contact support.
- General improvement in display performance slightly reduces the frequency of seeing blurred screens.
1.2.31
Aug 12, 2023
- New: Motion smoothing that helps to reduce wobble when writing. Old users can enable this function in pen settings. Using a value of 0 will provide the same experience as before.
- New: Option to delete current page from notebook without entering thumbnail view.
- Eraser tool can be used to remove adhesive tapes. This helps making removing adhesive tapes easier.
1.2.30
Aug 6, 2023
- New: Add adhesive tapes using the highlighter tool. Cover parts of your notes with tapes. Test your knowledge by tapping on the tapes to reveal or hide the covered parts.
- New: menu option to duplicate selected objects in edit menu.
- Fixed an issue that caused line artifacts to show on dark objects after modifications.
- Fixed an issue that Lasso tool selects shapes with empty fill color incorrectly.
1.2.29
Jul 26, 2023
- New: “Save to Noteful” action is available for sharing multiple files from other apps to Noteful. The action can be found on the action list of iOS share sheet. To send a web page as a PDF from the Safari app, choose PDF format when sharing.
- Fixed the issue of wrong notebook names when importing files via drag and drop on Mac.
- Fixed an issue that Lasso tool selects shapes with empty fill color incorrectly.
- Fixed the issue that “Move to layer” menu options were missing on Mac.
1.2.28
Jul 13, 2023
- New: Ruler tool for drawing angled lines. The tool icon can be hidden from the options if desired.
- Minor tweaks in strokes' rendering.
- Minor improvement to reduce pen tool latency.
1.2.27
Jul 4, 2023
- New: Cornell paper templates. 2-column and 3-column paper templates are now available along with other options.
- New: There are 11 different background colors available for the paper templates. (Existing users can access these options by tapping on the Reset button, which will reveal the new choices.)
- New: Option to adjust paper templates’ line color.
- New: Option to sort notebooks by creation time, either in ascending or descending order.
1.2.26
Jun 27, 2023
- New: In thumbnail view, dragging a page thumbnail to the side will open a new window at the page location.
- Increased the smoothness of the laser pointer line drawing in the presentation tool.
- Fixed an issue that caused the layer display to not refresh in horizontal view.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused text style to be losted after finishing editing a textbox.
- Fixed a text selection issue on certain PDFs when using. To refine the selection range, use finger or lasso tool to tap and hold, drag the handles to adjust the selection.
1.2.25
Jun 15, 2023
- This update has addressed a lagging issue that was reported by some users following the previous update to the ink engine. If you are still experiencing this problem, please contact support@getnoteful.com.

Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF.
iPhone
Requires iOS 14.3 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.3 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.3 or later.
Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese
Noteful: Note-Taking on PDF contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Noteful Pro, Lifetime
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