# Notes Writer Pro: Beyond PDFs

> Notepad, Word, Pencil & Scan

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1422480068](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1422480068)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1422480068`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kairoos Solutions SL
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (3,215 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
- **First published:** 2018-08-15
- **Size:** 375 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notes-writer-pro-beyond-pdfs/id1422480068)
- **Website:** [http://www.noteswriter.com](http://www.noteswriter.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos\_Privacy\_Policy.html](http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html)

## Description

Notes Writer Pro 2026 is an all-in-one writing and note-taking tool. It supports voice notes, handwriting-to-text, rich text and Markdown, PDF annotation, templates, and an optional AI Assistant to boost your writing and research workflows. Use it to capture lectures, drafts, articles, and business notes with offline and online flexibility, distraction-free writing, and extensive export options.

Organize your work with unlimited notebooks and a tree-like structure, annotate PDFs, fill forms, sign documents, scan notes, and export to multiple formats (RTF, Markdown, PDF, ePub, HTML, TXT). Sync via cloud services, enable automatic backups, and protect your work with passcodes for folders and projects.

## Rankings

- #32,612 — Overall
- #19 — solution
- #29 — pdf
- #35 — note
- #48 — keep
- #51 — writer's block

## Review summary

Reviews consistently praise the app’s strong organization and its usefulness in education and professional settings, plus backup features. However, recurring issues include data loss/crashes, lag and pen/eraser performance problems, unreliable audio/AI features, and weak developer support with upgrade/migration frustrations. Overall, it’s valued for organization and versatility, but reliability and support challenges are common drawbacks in many reviews.

### Pros

- Excellent for organizing notes and documents across notebooks and folders.
- Useful across education and professional contexts (teachers, students, taxes, general note-taking).
- Data backup features and reduced risk of losing work (e.g., auto backup and folder covers).

### Cons

- Data loss or crashes leading to lost notes and content.
- Laggy performance and pen/eraser responsiveness issues, plus unstable features like audio recording.
- Weak developer support and slow or unhelpful responses.
- Upgrade to Pro can cause data access issues or require starting over (migration problems).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1422480068)