VelNotes: Handwriting Notes
YUNUS ISLEGEL Productivity iPad
VelNotes: Handwriting Notes is a free Productivity app for iPad by YUNUS ISLEGEL. Requires iOS 17.6. Updated October 18, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 106 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 18
- 2026 · v2.1.0
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About VelNotes: Handwriting Notes
Take handwritten notes, write on PDFs, record your lectures. All in one iPad notebook: no account, no ads, start right away. NEW: Math mode! Write a calculation with your pen or finger, add =, and we'll handle the rest. MATH MODE The answer is written next to the = in your own ink color, and if you write your own answer, we'll check it. (We don't read equations with unknowns, exponents or stacked fractions yet; we're still improving it.) BEAUTIFY WHILE WRITING Rushed lines tidy up as you write: pick one of 19 styles or a neater version of your own hand. (Experimental) WRITE AND DRAW FREELY Write with Apple Pencil or your finger, and bring pages to life with a fountain pen, stickers, 300+ GIFs and GIF Studio. Open notebooks in tabs and pick any page size. PDFS AND SCANS Open a PDF or scan a page and write on it. Narrow PDF? Expand the page or add space on the right. RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE Record a lecture and turn the talk into text, then convert your handwriting to text too. TIME TRAVEL Watch a page being written from the very start, and share the video for free. STUDY FOR EXAMS Hide answers under study tape to test yourself, and stay focused with the Timer. YOUR NOTEBOOKS STAY YOURS Notebooks sync across your iPads through your own iCloud Drive and aren't uploaded to our servers. Lock any notebook you like. FREE AND PRO The free plan lets you create 3 notebooks in total on this iPad, record up to 15 minutes at a time and try live transcription once; Math mode, Beautify, handwriting to text, iCloud sync and Time Travel videos are free for everyone. Pro (weekly, monthly, yearly or lifetime) unlocks unlimited notebooks, longer recordings, transcription of audio and video files, and unlimited live transcription on supported iPads. Transcription and handwriting recognition depend on device and language support. Privacy Policy: https://velnotes.com/privacy/en Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 2.1.0 · Updated October 18, 2026
Math mode is here! We now solve the math you write with your pen. • Math mode: Write a calculation with your pen or finger, add =, and we'll handle the rest. Write your own answer and we'll check it too. (We don't read equations with unknowns, exponents or stacked fractions yet; we're still improving it.) • Beautify while writing (experimental): Lines you rush through tidy up as you write. • Narrow PDF? No problem: Expand the page or add space on the right, so your work fits next to the question. • Notebook tabs: Open several notebooks in tabs and switch between them with one tap. • Pages, now on the left: See every page at a glance, jump with one tap, and watch new pages slide in. • Spanish: VelNotes now speaks Spanish too. Also new: 300+ GIFs, GIF Studio and iCloud sync across your iPads. Time Travel videos are now free for everyone. Improvements: Paper size is now adjustable: A4, A5, Letter or your own size. Study tape opens with a Pencil tap without marking your answer. The Timer keeps exact time while your iPad is locked. Locked notebooks ask for Face ID before export too. A correction panel for convert to text, and cleaner PDF exports. A refreshed Math bar and notices, and fix suggestions now appear right next to your writing. Enjoying VelNotes? A quick review helps us a lot. Happy studying!
App privacy
The developer, YUNUS ISLEGEL, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
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: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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