NoteSam: Handwritten Notes
Cryptosam LLC Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
NoteSam: Handwritten Notes is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Cryptosam LLC. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 30, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 17 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 30
- 2026 · v1.0.3
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About NoteSam: Handwritten Notes
NoteSam — Handwritten Notes for iPad Built by a mathematician who needed a handwriting notebook that actually kept up with the Apple Pencil. Couldn't find one. Wrote it. Private by design. Your notes live on your device. Sync goes only where you point it — iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3, SFTP. Your note content is never shared or used for ads. The free version offers optional rewarded ads to unlock premium items; Pro has no ads. WRITING • Native PencilKit engine tuned for low-latency Apple Pencil • Vector strokes — infinite zoom, no pixelation • Pressure + tilt sensitivity • Palm rejection that just works READING & ANNOTATION • PDF import — annotate textbooks, contracts, lecture notes • EPUB reader with text-anchored highlights that survive font-size changes • Voice memos attached to the page ORGANIZATION • Unlimited folders and notebooks • Template marketplace — grid, dot, music, planner, more • OCR search across handwritten notes PRIVACY End-to-end encryption (AES-256-GCM + Argon2id). Your cloud provider sees ciphertext only. Analytics records a few in-app events such as sign-up and purchase, and our ad partners measure ad performance — never the content of your notes. Your handwriting, your PDFs, your voice memos — those never leave your device unless you sync them yourself. OFFLINE-FIRST Everything works without a network connection. Sync is additive. Free tier: unlimited notebooks, PDF + EPUB import, all core drawing tools. Pro unlocks the template marketplace and multi-provider sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Custom Terms: https://notesam.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://notesam.app/privacy
What’s new
Version 1.0.3 · Updated September 30, 2026
The biggest quality update yet. • Pencil, fountain pen and eraser rebuilt to feel like the real thing • Pinch-to-zoom in PDFs, with writing that stays welded to the page at any zoom • Handwriting now syncs between iPad and other devices • Reader annotations and highlights finally back up and sync • Undo/redo and a visible eraser added to the PDF and EPUB readers • Faster, lighter sync and dozens of stability and data-safety fixes Thank you for using NoteSam.
App privacy
The developer, Cryptosam LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Diagnostics: Performance Data
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Audio Data, Other User Content
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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