VelNotes: Handwriting Notes

Take handwritten notes, annotate PDFs, and turn lecture recordings into text, all in one iPad notebook. Start without creating an account. No ads.

VelNotes brings handwriting, PDF annotation, voice notes, transcripts, planner pages, and creative canvas tools together in a calm workspace built for iPad.

WRITE YOUR WAY
• Write and highlight naturally with a stylus or optional Finger Writing Mode
• Type text, draw shapes, use a ruler, laser pointer, brushes, labels, and sticky notes
• Capture keyboard notes quickly with Quick Text, then save them as a notebook
• Move or resize selected handwriting, convert it to text, or scribble over strokes to erase
• Choose paper styles, custom colors, daily and weekly layouts, and built-in stickers

WORK WITH PDFS AND MEDIA
• Import PDFs of up to 300 pages with orientation-aware page sizing
• Write, draw, and place text, photos, scans, stickers, and shapes over PDF pages
• Add images from Photos, Camera, or the built-in document scanner
• Export notebooks as PDF or images with multiple quality options

RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE
• Record lectures, meetings, and ideas inside VelNotes
• Create on-device transcripts when supported by the device, system, and language
• Import local audio or video and turn speech into notebook text with Pro
• Review generated text before creating your transcript notebook

REPLAY AND CREATE
• Use Time Travel to replay how a page was written and drawn
• Export Time Travel videos in portrait 9:16 or landscape 16:9
• Turn photos into cutout stickers locally with Sticker Studio

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Start immediately with no sign-in or account
• Notebooks are stored on this device first
• When iCloud Drive is available, automatic private safety backup is on by default; turn it off in Settings or export a portable archive
• VelNotes does not upload your notebooks or raw recordings to a VelNotes server

FREE AND PRO
Free includes a lifetime allowance of 3 personal notebook creations on this device, recordings of up to 15 minutes per session, 1 live-transcription trial, and 3 successfully saved Time Travel video exports. Deleting notebooks does not replenish the notebook allowance. Weekly, monthly, and yearly Pro unlock the same features: unlimited personal notebook creation and Time Travel video exports, unlimited live transcription on supported devices, longer voice-note recordings, and local audio/video import for on-device transcription. Prices vary by App Store region.

Transcription and handwriting recognition can contain errors and depend on device, operating-system, and language support. The app interface is available in English, Turkish, and German; other device languages use English.

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