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StarNote: Handwriting & PDF

September 18, 2025

More About StarNote: Handwriting & PDF

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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Latest Version

Version
1.1.8
Update
September 18, 2025
Developer
StarNote
Apps
IT Tools
Platforms
Android
Downloads
166,751
License
Free
Package Name
com.onyx.galaxy.global.note
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User Reviews

Rainfallisaesthetic

1 week ago

Very wonderful experience with StarNote. It made me study for long hours. Really appreciate the developers for making such a good, convenient and easy to use app. No bug issue and always working good.

Abhay Raj

1 month ago

StarNote offers the best balance I've found—smooth handwriting, PDF annotation, Google Drive sync, and templates for free, with a ₹620 lifetime unlock for all features. Unlike Notewise, OneNote, or Concepts, it’s Android-friendly, ad-free, and made for structured note-taking, with folders and tags. Perfect for students and professionals looking for value without subscriptions or Apple exclusivity.

Niraj kumar

2 months ago

One of the best apps for handwritten notes, but it lacks sync across devices, limiting its usefulness. Please consider adding sync across devices in real time. The day you add sync I buy pro and give you 5*.

Vince Justine

1 month ago

Good app but I have suggestions: after lasso select, the selection disappears when I swipe—I hope it stays selected. Also, I can’t figure out how to paste copied elements; long press shows no paste option(need assistance for this). Adding a '+' button for new pages would help, since swipe-to-add sometimes triggers by accident (I use continuous horizontal). Please improve these for smoother use.

Kumar Mandal

2 months ago

text input feature can learn a lot from samsung notes, apart from that everything seems cool, if text based inputs r made simple & easy like samsung notes or Google docs then I'll probably shift to this app entirely. And Notein is a serious competition too for this app. I use all 3 of these. but this app might just be able to replace all of them with just better text inputs

Muntasir Chowdhury

2 months ago

Fantastic note-taking app, possibly the best I've used. I highly recommend people give it a try, the layout is clean, writing feels incredibly smooth, and the infinite canvas is what I was looking for. Being able to adjust page margins is also great for annotations.

Navjot Singh

1 month ago

Please add the feature of floating notes. where one note can be opened either in the side or on the top of another note. However, while presenting the pdf or note on screen while teaching, it doesn't show up beyond tablet. This one feature is keeping me from shifting from Flexcil. I will give it 5 stars as soon as you provide it and will buy your premium.

Philip

1 month ago

absolutely the best notetaking app for android i have used. extremely rich feature set, so far no bugs. seems a little clunky at the start but I got in to it after a couple of days of usage. very robust backup options as well as all the editing features I use. and a very fair price for the pro version. highly recommended! only thing I missed is support to import notes from noteshelf to make transition easier (had to export everything as PDF and lost editing)

Shebbey B. Carreon

1 month ago

I love this app, though I do have some minor issues. They’re not a big deal, but I hope you’ll consider addressing them: • Allow more letters for the Outline • Improve folder designs • Add a dark mode (e.g., converting the file into dark mode for more comfortable viewing at night) • Improve mouse scrolling when accessing documents (Currently, I cannot scroll with the mouse while a file is open, but I can scroll when I am not accessing the file) PS: I am using Xiaomi pad 6

Zaroon Gujjar

1 week ago

Very good experience. Have been using it for over an year.Supercomfortable to use. Can study even when I don't feel like to study. Better than all apps I have come across. Glad that I found it. Hats off to the developers for making such a convenient app.

Yas

1 month ago

I just found this amazing app today and I really loved the features and also because the free part is totally good and usable, I just want to PLEASE ask for the developer to make a windows version for computers and laptops 🥹🥹 This app is all I wanted but I can't really use it on my phone for notes because it's uncomfortable and small, so please consider my request, I would give all the 5 stars and more😭❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Shahjad Husain

1 month ago

I would say that this app includes various features of different apps in one, I love it and thinking to buy its premium to enjoy it fully. I want to recommend some twick here and there . 1. include blue colour in the app icon it will resemble with the study and note taking. 2. Should have the option to change the background (pdf page colour) to custom theme like in the Moon+ reader. 3. Also include scrabble to erase. 4. include written or writting to text in real-time and/or After .

Vishesh Padihar

1 month ago

it's pretty good app there are some places you can improve in future but also some which should be taken care as soon as you can, firstly in text, you can move that font size, color and style etc bar to top as it's quite faster and easier there and you can improve handwriting to text, you can add some brushes or maybe custom brush option. even though this is a 5/5 app, am giving 4 because there is room for improvement. thank you for providing this great app :)

Cristina Longo

2 months ago

All in all it is a good app, it works fine and the layout is quite intuitive. Not 5 stars yet because it would be really helpful if some functions were amplified, namely, having the possibility to insert external links and adding a tool allowing to make research on the internet from the app directly. A wider range of pens and brushes would be much appreciated as well. Apart from this, really nice app.

Alessandra Louise Pondevida Murillo

1 month ago

I certainly love the app for my school, that I even purchased the pro version. However, I think it can be improved more — My stylus would stop working sometime because I think the app is lagging. I had to exit the app and reopen it to restart the pen process. As a result, my record would stop too. Will edit if I remember something again. It's unfortunate, but I really like the app so I'd love to hve an improved version!

Hewwo

3 weeks ago

Bought the full version for my tab because its features are quite handy. I like how you can alter the pen sensitivity to make the things I write less wobbly. Thank the universe that this has an affordable 1 time payment and it's not a subscription service. I'm wondering if is there a way to add like checklists on the notes? also, is there a scrolling option bec. I'm having a hard time scrolling without accidentally drawing shapes or writing on the paper.

Maulida Juwita Iskarina

3 weeks ago

It's a really great note taking app! I've been using it for 2 months. This app has a lot of good features, I love the stroke stabilization, it's really smooth. But I have one thing that bother me. When I use a base template and try to zoom it out, the template's look is kinda bothering me (it's like the lines disappeared when I zoom out) and my note become so messy.... But overall it's really good!!

Rachel

2 months ago

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

Celine

3 weeks ago

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.

Frank Sturgell (CO Corruption Control)

3 weeks ago

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.

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