StarNote: Handwriting & PDF

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4.5
1.48K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

StarNote: Your Next-Gen Digital Note-Taking App
Tired of slow, limited note-taking apps that demand expensive monthly fees? StarNote Notebook is engineered for students and professionals. We deliver unparalleled, low-latency handwriting that truly mimics paper on Android tablets. The best part? StarNote offers a simple one-time purchase for lifetime access—NO expensive subscriptions ever!
⭐ Stop searching for a Goodnotes alternative, Notability alternative, or Notewise alternative. StarNote is the feature-rich digital notebook built to be the industry leader on Google Play!
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We prioritize efficiency and powerful tools for serious note takers. StarNote’s features are designed to significantly boost your productivity:

🚀 Ultimate Handwriting & Infinite Canvas
- True Pen Feel: Proprietary Ink Engine delivers highly responsive, low-lag handwriting for your stylus pen. Experience the best digital writing on your tablet.
- Infinite Scroll: Say goodbye to page boundaries! Our infinite canvas provides limitless space for mind maps, detailed sketches, and extensive project notes.
- Versatile Toolkit: Multiple pen types (fountain, ballpoint, highlighter) with customizable colors and thickness to perfect your digital journaling.

✨ Pro-Level Creation & Page Management (Unmatched Features)
- Layered Design: Advanced note layers let you separate annotations, images, and text onto distinct layers, simplifying complex digital planning and design projects.
- Seamless Expansion: Revolutionary page extension lets you instantly expand your handwritten notes in any direction—ideal for long meeting notes or spontaneous ideas.
- Pro Layout: Use layers and infinite page space to easily create sophisticated electronic planners or complex academic papers.

📘 PDF Annotation & Study Toolkit
- Deep PDF Annotation: Import PDF documents, textbooks, or work reports. Easily highlight, markup, and add your handwritten notes and text boxes directly onto the file.
- Smart Organizer: Robust file management system: folders, tags, and powerful search to keep study notes and work documents perfectly sorted.
- Quick Capture: Instantly import content (web pages, images) for immediate annotation on your digital notepad.

💡 Smart Backup & Data Security
- Intelligent Layout: Automatic beautification of handwriting and correction of shapes makes your final notebook look polished and professional.
- Cloud Sync & Backup: Seamlessly sync all your handwritten notes across multiple devices with cloud backup (Google Drive integration). Your data is always safe.
- Export Ready: Export your digital notes in various formats like PDF, PNG, and JPEGs for easy sharing and printing.

💎 Value & Creativity Hub (Unbeatable Price & Assets)
- Lifetime Access: No Subscription Fees! Get lifetime access to all Pro features with a single, affordable payment, unlike expensive subscription apps.
- Rich Asset Center: Access a massive, ever-growing library of FREE templates, professional stickers, and digital paper to customize your electronic planners without limits.
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StarNote is the digital organizer for every user:
- Students: Ideal for lecture notes, creating flashcards, and comprehensive PDF study annotations.
- Professionals: Essential for swift meeting minutes, project management, and rapid handwriting ideation.
- Creators: The perfect digital journal, sketchbook, and planner tool.

【Important Feedback Channel】
We value every user's suggestion. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for StarNote, please contact our dedicated team directly via the App: Settings ➡️ Help & Feedback. Your input drives us to be the best note-taking app on Android!
StarNote is the premier Goodnotes alternative, Notability alternative, and Notewise alternative on Google Play. It provides the professional features you need, without the expensive subscription model. Download now to experience the ultimate handwriting app designed for your success.
Updated on
22 Oct 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
462 reviews
JESUS is The Truth
14 October 2025
Love! Love! Love StarNote! Thanks, dev! Well, thought out platform easy to navigate.However, it's 4 stars for me for a few reasons. One of which is the hyperlinking feature it needs adjusting. When adding links to images or text, there needs to be an option to choose to either create internal or external links and when in reader mode, you are not able to just tap internal links and jump to linked page. Secondly, In app web search is a must. picture in picture mode for web videos.
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StarNote
15 October 2025
Your triple "Love" made our whole team smile! 🌟 We've carefully noted your expert suggestions: internal/external link options, reader mode link interaction, in-app web search, and picture-in-picture video. These are exactly the kind of thoughtful improvements we value - thank you for the detailed roadmap!
Celine
2 September 2025
Wow, its fast and I love that the UI is nice and small on mobile, so it doesn't take away from the canvas. It looks like basically everything is free altho does have notebook limit tho. Thank u so much for this tool, absolutely amazing. 🥹❤️ Feature request that would make it even better: backlinking between notes even on the infinite canvas, would be very nice. An SVG export for the canvas. Low add-on purchases like adding a couple notebooks to limit, at a lower price for who cant afford full.
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Wiktoria Biega
12 October 2025
After two years of trying to find a good notes taking app for Android I'm so happy I finally found one, especially for such a low price. But I think that syncing the notes between your devices in the app itself, not in external cloud, would be very useful. At least for me 😅 Waiting for writing to text recognition in Polish too! But it's a great app nonetheless, literally the best I've ever used. Got me motivated to take notes on my tablet again 😁
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StarNote
13 October 2025
Your journey to finding the perfect note-taking app makes this feedback special! 🚀 We're thrilled to be your final choice and that we've reignited your passion for note-taking. Built-in sync is already on our roadmap, and we've added Polish handwriting recognition to our feature pool for evaluation. Keep an eye on updates - the best is yet to come

What's new

Added support for custom colors for paper/cover templates.
Optimized Korean and Japanese translations.
Fixed a Hindi display error in PDF exports.
Thanks to dotgae4 and Fujii Takeru for their help with translation optimization.