seeking note app using finger-drawn "ink"

saintdanbert · Oct 9, 2011

Over the years I've gotten addicted to using my finger (or stylus) to scribble a hasty note -- no typing or "swype-ing" or such, just draw with my fingertip (or stylus). Is there some notepad or sticky-note app for droid v2.3.3 that delivers that feature?

Thanks,
~~~ 0;-Dan

tcat007 · Oct 9, 2011

Just search, there's lots of them. Here's a couple:
Handrite free-Handwriting Note for Android | AppBrain.com
apMemo Lite - Graphic Notepad for Android | AppBrain.com

edit: also noticed this one just got launched that looks interesting:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/go-note-widget/com.gau.go.launcherex.gowidget.notewidget

bgoody · Oct 9, 2011

I've tried a lot of them but finally settled on AppMemo. It gives you most of the screen for notetaking and you can easily delete or make a new note.

It only has two problems that I can see. One, if you make a note in portrait and turn the phone later to landscape, the note is not readible and two, if you export to Dropbox, you have no control over the naming of the file.

Nuknfutz · Oct 9, 2011

You could try "white board"if you haven't already. Whole screen to write and a few colors to write with.

saintdanbert · Oct 10, 2011

Nuknfutz said:
You could try "white board"if you haven't already. Whole screen to write and a few colors to write with.

I tried whiteboard and it worked well and as designed. However, there
was no way to have a collection of "boards" one could recall and search.

Cheers,
=$===~ 0;-Dan

saintdanbert · Oct 10, 2011

tcat007 said:
Just search, there's lots of them. Here's a couple:
Handrite free-Handwriting Note for Android | AppBrain.com
apMemo Lite - Graphic Notepad for Android | AppBrain.com

edit: also noticed this one just got launched that looks interesting:
GO Note Widget for Android | AppBrain.com

I have been using the "standard" Market and have not yet learned about places like AppBrain. Whee ... a new sandbox ...

Cheers,
=$===~~ 0;-Dan

Harry2 · Oct 11, 2011

Handrite is gooood

thanks, tcat

Harry

chanchan05 · Oct 11, 2011

I prefer classic notes lite over handrite but thats just me.

saintdanbert · Oct 11, 2011

chanchan05 said:
I prefer classic notes lite over handrite but thats just me.

Classic Notes looks like a good app, but is tap keyboard based rather than finger-ink based. Have I missed something?

~~~ 0;-Dan

saintdanbert · Oct 11, 2011

Harry2 said:
Handrite is gooood thanks, tcat

Harry

Handrite will take some getting used to because it captures each letter stroke separately. Although if you scribble a word fast enough, it will grab the entire scribble at once.

There is a wire notebook metaphor that is interesting and will be useful.
It will be fun to play.

More later,
~~~ 0;-Dan

saintdanbert · Oct 11, 2011

tcat007 said:
Just search, there's lots of them. Here's a couple:
Handrite free-Handwriting Note for Android | AppBrain.com
apMemo Lite - Graphic Notepad for Android | AppBrain.com

I tried both of these and like apMemo best so far. ApMemo is a home page shortcut which you launch, scribble, and close. When a note reminder fires, an icon appears on the notification line until you either 'clear' it or open it from the notification list.
Not bad...

Find my comments about Handrite below.

tcat007 said:
edit: also noticed this one just got launched that looks interesting:
GO Note Widget for Android | AppBrain.com

As a widget, Go Note Widget takes part of your home screen. Like most widgets, you pick a size when you install and changing that size is troublesome later on. I'll need to make time to play with this one because I need to make room on my home pages. Actually, I'd like a better smarter home page (launcher) app, but have not found one that begs the time to make that swap.

Cheers,
~~~ 0;-Dan

chanchan05 · Oct 11, 2011

saintdanbert said:
Classic Notes looks like a good app, but is tap keyboard based rather than finger-ink based. Have I missed something?

~~~ 0;-Dan

Just in case we were looking at different apps:
https://market.android.com/details?...s.app.enotesclassiclite&feature=search_result

Select New>NewSketch.

FreeNote is another Handrite alternative.

saintdanbert · Oct 11, 2011

Is there any app that is compatible with the linux desktop app, xournal?
http://xournal.sourceforge.net/

For those who don't know, xournal is an electronic "legal pad" -- my description -- and PDF markup utility.

Just asking,
~~~ 0;-Dan

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