StarNote: Handwriting & PDF

StarNote

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About this app

StarNote is a handwriting first note taking app for Android tablets. Enjoy smooth low latency writing with stylus and S Pen. Annotate PDFs and organize study notes with ease.

• Smooth handwriting with low latency and one stroke rendering for clean lines and shapes
• PDF tools for highlight, comment, draw, and extract text. Adjust margins to add writing space
• Split view to read a PDF and take notes side by side for a faster workflow
• Infinite note for brainstorming, mind maps, and whiteboard style thinking
• Templates for Cornell, grid, dotted, planners, and journals
• Stickers for labels, arrows, icons, and shapes to call out key points
• Folders and tags to keep notebooks organized and easy to find
• Google Drive sync for backup and access across devices
• Encryption lock to protect private notebooks
• Free core features. Upgrade to Pro with a one time purchase. No subscription

Optimized for Galaxy Tab and other popular Android tablets. Many users choose StarNote as a GoodNotes alternative on Android.

GoodNotes and Notability are trademarks of their respective owners. StarNote is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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Ratings and reviews

Don't want a note app that can't hold a note. Purchased Starnote app on August 31, 2025. POOF! Starnote made me sign in again on September 3 with the SAME email address. My account and all of my work of the previous 2 days was gone. It was supposed to be saved on my phone's memory. Then, they wanted me to pay again. If it worked, it was a good app. But, if you're going to wipe out my account, particularly after I paid, then I need to go elsewhere for my notetaking.

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.

the $20 app I bought is ok but not as good at this one. 1. limited sticker options and covers in app 2. no option to import more than one file at a time. I thought about this app before but was unsure. now I wish I hadn't spent the $20 for the other guy lol a few things I wish this app could do is have the option to enlarge the button sizes bc my eyesight isn't great and also had more brush options. other than that it's a great app

What’s new

1. Added new interface languages: German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese, and Korean.
2. StarNote Pro introduces the new “Colorful Cheers” theme, bringing vibrant colors to brighten your creative moments.
3. Performance improvements and bug fixes for a smoother experience.
Special thanks to Serdar Çoban from the Engineering Department of Dokuz Eylul University for contributing the Turkish translation.