noteit
Noteit is a cute concept for sharing doodles and notes with a partner or friend, but it's plagued by frequent bugs, sending failures, and limited free features, making it questionable whether it's worth using or paying for.
Noteit allows users to send drawings and notes to a partner or friend via a widget, fostering connection, especially for long-distance relationships. However, numerous user reviews highlight persistent issues with notes failing to send, app crashes, and drawing glitches, significantly hindering its core functionality.
Free vs paid
The free version allows users to send drawings and notes to one partner or friend, and some users find it satisfying for basic use R83. However, many features, such as uploading photos from the camera roll, accessing more creative options, and certain streak repair functionalities, are restricted to paid users R16R65R287R308. The app also pushes users to maintain streaks, with penalties and repair costs if streaks are broken R33R56R112.
Value complaints
- The app is described as 'money hungry' with unexpected costs for streak repair, such as paying $5 to renew a streak and then being asked for an additional $7.R33
- Users report that many desirable features, including uploading photos from the library and more creative options, are locked behind a premium paywall.R16R65R287R308
- The app pushes users to maintain streaks, and some feel forced to pay to continue using it or to repair broken streaks.R56R201
- One user paid for a streak repair pack for almost $7, but it failed to fix their streak, indicating a broken monetization feature.R112
Where it delivers
- The app is praised for being a cute and meaningful way to connect with long-distance partners and friends by sharing doodles and notes.R1R20R25R39
- The widget functionality is highlighted as a key benefit, making it easy to see notes and reminders, which is particularly helpful for neurodivergent users for managing tasks.R51
- Some users find the free version satisfying and enjoy using it to its full extent without paying.R83
- The app is seen as a fun and creative alternative to traditional messaging, helping maintain connection without needing constant conversations.R20R62R74R216
Evidence note: The evidence is heavily skewed towards negative experiences, particularly regarding bugs and sending failures, despite a high lifetime rating. Recent reviews frequently mention critical functionality issues.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R33] Trash app: This app sucks. It pauses music and doesn’t tell you when the streak is ending. I paid $5 to renew the streak and now it says I have to pay $7 more for streak repair. Dirty money hungry app. You will hate this app. Don’t download it.
- [R16] Lacking features to be useful: Does not allow you to add more than one person, camera function doesn’t work, can’t upload from camera roll without paying
- [R65] Great app - not many feature for non-premium users: I love using the app with my girlfriend. We can put notes for each other on stressful days or just to say “i love you” and it’s fun and creative. My only complaint is that there is a very limited amount of things you can do without premium. I understand that the really good stuff should be kept for paying customers, however I feel there is a heal
- [R287] Good at first…: Me and my friend were in enjoying this app so much sending little notes in the morning and it wasn’t like IN YOUR FACE that you needed premium but after an update all our favourite features became premium :( so I would recommend this app if you want to pay but if not then it’s not really worth it
- [R308] Ability to upload a picture should be free: This app is fun. The new display looks much cleaner - well done there :) My main issues with the app is streaks (I find these frustrating). Secondly, the inability to upload a picture unless you pay for the subscription is a weird decision (I understand the devs want to generate income).
- [R56] mhs: hay q hacer un dibujo diario y no todo el mundo esta para eso.Ahora supuestamente tengo q pagar para seguir si mal no me equivoco
- [R201] Mid: It’s fine I guess, I hate how it pushes you to hold a streak and theres no plain and simple pen tool on iOS, it does the job of the app 🤷
- [R112] Glitchiest App Ever. DO NOT GET: I got this app with my bf over a year ago and ever since then this app has gone downhill. There’s so many glitches, I can’t send photos or write text sometimes and the streak repairs are completely broken. I had a streak of almost 10,000 and my streak broke but I had bought a $6.99 streak repair pack only to have an error message saying something is wrong and I’m c
- [R1] Cuteee: Cute app for sharing doodles with my friend. My only request would be to have the widget able to not be tinted when I tint my apps.
- [R20] Love it, but: I really love using this app with my long-distance partner. It's been a meaningful way for us to stay connected. However, recently I've experienced frequent crashes when opening the app or trying to draw, which has been very frustrating. We had a long streak going, but ended up having to break it because neither of us could get the app to work properly anymore. I believe this is like
- [R25] The Noteit App.: It is very nice! I love to draw with my very talented partner, we enjoy eachothers notes. Overall, cute. 🤩
- [R39] LOVE IT: It is a very nice app also very nice idea for whoever made this its an extra cute and easy way to connect with friends and i just simply love itself
- [R51] An actual lifesaver: Whoever made this app clearly had neurodivergent people in mind while making it. My partner and I just this every single day to send each other reminders while we’re at work and it helps SO MUCH. With the widget option it’s literally impossible not to see the note and it really does help that much more. Our errands/chores don’t get forgotten and there’s so much relief from kno
- [R83] great app: i like this app because even though i dont pay the subscription i still enjoy it and use it to the full and im superrr satisfied with it
- [R62] I love this!: It’s a little confusing at first but once you get used to it I love it so much!! I live across the country from my best friend and we love communicating this way bc sometimes normal messages get boring. I overall LOVE this app I would 100/20 recamend
- [R74] 20/10: Es bastante divertido jajaja. Puedes hacer dibujos sencillos pero divertidos con los cuales hacer reír a tu amigo o pareja . Es totalmente recomendable además es bien facil de usar
- [R216] Love this!: Me and my partner use it while long distance for a year, it’s really good at keeping us connected without having to have conversations, however it does come with some issues, there are features where you can replay your drawing and sometimes this feature doesn’t work Also sometimes you have to go onto the app to see the new note actually show up
- [R3] Doesn’t function: My app never sends the note, just asks me to retry. For an app with one purpose, i’m unsure how this could be a problem.
- [R5] app don’t work: tried for months update delete accounts redownload nothing
- [R7] Drawings: It’s alright but multiple of my drawings just haven’t sent
- [R12] Bad lagging: Maybe bugs need to be updated it won’t let me send any notes to anyone it says fail immediately and unable to reload
- [R2] Improvements: Fix the chat, messages and drawings disappear. · translated
- [R4] horrible: the widget never worked, no matter if i uninstalled + reinstalled, restarted my phone or otherwise…and the app would freeze and crash if I was drawing anything more than just a heart, or took a photo.
- [R9] Don’t get it: App más hijadelagrantresmilputas se traba horrible, estaba intentando hacerle una nota a mi novio y que colera se hace un desvergue total cuando quiero poner muchas letras, -0/10👎 no sirve esta mierda
- [R11] Widget: App doesn’t automatically refresh in the background to see the newest note sent by partner. You have to manually open the app to view the newest note
- [R6] Cannot link email: The app asks me to secure my account and link an email, says my email is already in use, and offers no solutions. There's no way to recover the password or contact support until I enter an email, and it also prevents me from using the app. · translated
- [R42] Please use anything else: I’ve used this app for a long time. I had a streak of 760 days so I’ve experienced this app in its fullest. Let me just say this app is one of the worst I’ve used in a long time. The app itself just looks so plain and boring but even that aside the app simply doesn’t work. The whole point of this app is sending notes and having a streak but the streaks are so broken they
- [R47] Lost notes: For some reason I logged back in after awhile and all my and my partners notes were gone :(
- [R91] background colors, photos from library, and updating widget: for the most part, i enjoy this app. however, i don’t like that the recent update took away the background color options for drawing, as it is time-consuming to color in the background with the brushes provided. if this feature isn’t restored, there should be much larger pen/crayon brush size options. additionally, i think you should b
- [R124] Used to be better: I liked the widget at first but after the recent update there are even less options for colors and you just get a blank white canvas instead of the choice of colors
- [R41] Need more widget for different friends: I love the app but I wish I could put different friend widgets on my home screen
- [R73] Good but one thing..: I loved the app but I don’t think you can have more than one person. And that’s kinda annoying, tho tell me if I’m wrong
- [R315] good but: it's a really cute app, but i think it would be nice if you could have more than one friend on it
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store