VelNotes turns your tablet into a focused productivity canvas. Write with Apple Pencil or Finger Mode, type directly with Quick Text, save it as a shareable text notebook, capture voice, turn local video into text, and use backup/sync flows based on your plan.
VelNotes Features
Discover the real tools and plan differences that make VelNotes more than a note app.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Start free, move to Pro when you need more.
Free
$0
Forever
Up to 3 active personal notebooks
Up to 3 incoming shared notebooks
On-device voice notes with a 15 min voice recording limit per session
Time Travel and core canvas tools
Manual iCloud backup, restore checks, and manual Google Drive backup
The real questions users ask about VelNotes tools and workflows
Page deletion does not immediately destroy content. The page moves into the trash flow first, so you can restore it or remove it permanently.
No. The fire trash visual belongs to the delete action only. Your content remains in Trash, but the stove screen is not a permanent panel.
No. Shapes are inserted as ready-made elements from the tool. Selection is done with finger input, tapping blank space clears selection, and Apple Pencil keeps writing.
Select Text is used for handwriting-to-text. Select Items is used to collect stickers, shapes, sticky notes, text boxes, and similar page objects.
Yes. Notebook covers, paper types, and supported page surfaces can be changed to match the way you work, including lined, grid, plain, or PDF-based flows.
Object selection is finger-first. In Finger Writing Mode, double tap selects items, tapping blank space clears selection, and Apple Pencil stays focused on writing. After an item is selected, Apple Pencil can still move and transform it.
A Pro user sends the notebook invitation by email and chooses Viewer or Editor. The recipient accepts from the in-app inbox, then the notebook appears in Shared. Saved Quick Text notebooks can be shared through the same flow. Free recipients can keep up to 3 incoming shared notebooks there. People with access may see each other's display name, username, and email address where available. Most updates show up quickly, but sync can take about 30 seconds in some cases.
Ruler is for alignment and straight lines, Timer is for focus blocks, and Laser is for short presentation or explanation moments.
Time Travel replays how a page was created. You can follow the writing order, control speed, and replay the process whenever needed.
Yes. You can import PDFs, export notebook pages as PDF or images, and bring scanned document or visual content into the notebook.
Yes. Pick an mp4, mov, or m4v video from your device; it must be 20 minutes or shorter. VelNotes extracts the audio on the device and creates a transcript when on-device speech recognition is available. It does not download videos from YouTube or third-party links.
Quick Text starts as a full-screen draft. When you tap Save, it becomes a text notebook and uses the same share/export flow as notebooks instead of staying only as a local draft.
Each pen shows only the controls that match its behavior. Stabilization works on Fountain Pen and Ballpoint; Reduce Latency on Ballpoint, Pencil, and Highlighter; Tip Sharpness on Fountain Pen; Pressure Sensitivity on Fountain Pen, Ballpoint, and Pencil. Unsupported settings stay hidden, and disabled settings do not alter strokes. Scribble to Erase starts off on first install; if the user enables it, the choice stays on for the selected pen.
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