Thinkblot vs Samsung Notes
Pick Samsung Notes if you use a Galaxy phone or tablet. It's free and built in, converts handwriting to text, solves equations that end with an equals sign, and transcribes recordings into notes. Note Assist summarises, formats and translates, with a Samsung account and an internet connection.
Pick Thinkblot if you use an iPhone or iPad and want a tapped line to become a reminder, a message or time on your calendar. Thinkblot reads your handwriting on your device, with no account.
Last checked: 27 October 2026
Thinkblot and Samsung Notes, row by row.
| Thinkblot | Samsung Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone (including iPhone Duo), iPad with Apple Pencil, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro (the iPad app). iOS and iPadOS 27.1 or later. | Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets (Android, One UI). |
| Handwriting recognition | Read on your device. Fixing a misread word changes the text, never your ink. | Clean up handwriting, then convert it to text. Handwriting search isn't confirmed on Samsung's support page. |
| What happens to a line you write | It stays ink. When Thinkblot can help, a small blot appears at the end of the line. Tap it, and the line becomes a reminder, a drafted message, a payment or time on your calendar. | It stays handwriting. You can clean it up or convert it to text. |
| Tasks and reminders | A box in front of a line makes it a task. Tick the box on paper and it's done in Reminders too. Unticked tasks carry forward. | — |
| Maths | Write a sum and an equals sign, and the answer is written for you. Write “total” under a column and it adds itself. | A math solver solves equations that end with “=”. |
| Privacy, account and where data lives | No account and no Thinkblot server. Notebooks live on your devices and in your own iCloud. Private Cloud Compute is optional and asks first. | Note Assist needs a Samsung account and an internet connection. No on-device option is documented. |
| Sync | Your own iCloud, through Apple's private CloudKit database, on the same Apple Account. | Samsung Cloud, across Galaxy devices with your Samsung account. |
| Export | PDF or Markdown. | — |
| Pricing model | Not out yet. Join the waitlist. | Free and preinstalled. Basic Galaxy AI is free; enhanced or third-party AI may carry fees. |
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Where each one is better.
- Free and built into Galaxy phones and tablets.
- Recording with transcripts into notes.
- Importing, marking up and translating whole PDFs.
- Summaries, formatting and translation with Note Assist.
- A tapped line becomes a reminder, a drafted message, a payment or calendar time.
- Ticking a box on the page ticks it in Reminders.
- Unticked tasks carry forward to the next page.
- Handwriting is read on your device, with no account.
Thinkblot vs Samsung Notes, asked.
- Is Samsung Notes on iPhone?
- Samsung's support page lists Samsung Notes for Galaxy phones and tablets. On iPhone and iPad, Thinkblot is a handwritten notebook that reads your writing on the device.
- Do both solve handwritten maths?
- Yes. Samsung Notes solves equations that end with an equals sign. Thinkblot writes the answer after an equals sign too, and adds a column when you write “total” under it.
- Is Thinkblot on Android?
- No. Thinkblot is for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro.
- Does Thinkblot work offline?
- Yes. Writing, reading your handwriting, voice-note transcription, maths and the blots all work on the device with no connection. Sync catches up when you're back online.
How do
you think?
Thinkblot is coming soon to iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. One email the day it's out. That's all.
Join the waitlistClaims about Samsung Notes come only from its own pages, as they read on 27 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars and may change.
Thinkblot facts come from the Thinkblot support page. Last checked: 27 October 2026.