Drawing / Handwriting for Android

137 votes

Ability to draw/hand write notes for Android tablets and devices. Not everyone is in the Apple ecosystem and has an iPad, so bringing this feature to Android I feel is an essential next step.

Under consideration effort-high mobile Suggested by: Mohib (30 Aug, '22) • Upvoted: 13 Jan • Comments: 6

Comments: 6

02 Nov, '22
Dan
Should figure out how Onenote does it so that drawing is truly cross platform. If that's a back breaker it would be great to be able to use it on galaxy notes / Galaxy Tabs. Thanks!
5
17 Jan, '23
Matthew Dixon
I use Galaxy Note devices and chromebook and I would love a drawing / handwriting option, also the calendar drag and drop feature, these are the two features that keep me using other apps.
4
01 Oct, '23
Chris
Handwriting is scientifically proven to be more beneficial for note-taking than typing, this feature would be a game changer for my personal use case and make me a paid user. In the U.S., Apple has 52% of the tablet market vs Android 48%. You're missing half of the market and likely a larger % of business productivity users by primarily focusing on iOS products. Apple has not made a meaningful advancement or improvement in their technology since the passing of Steve Jobs and have slowly been reeled in by their competitors. In a few years Android will be on par with Apple but at a generally lower price point and more open platform.
6
29 Dec, '23
Ryan Lin
Evernote has similar feature but is absolutely bugged, they fixed the issue with apple device but not with android
Not sure why but Microsoft's one note seems to be one of the only few note app that gets handwriting wright across multiple platforms
Currently have been drawing in other app then pasting here as picture, not ideal to say the least
1
30 Jan, '24
Rupen
Suggest these are merged as there are few similar requests
https://amplenote.featureupvote.com/suggestions/123198/drawing-handwriting
https://www.amplenote.com/suggested_features/16
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23 Feb, '24
Alexis Guethler
"I believe it is essential to provide consistent options across various platforms - android users pay the same fees as apple users do. Android tablets are becoming increasingly popular, especially with e-ink devices and electronic journals starting to be more mainstream. These devices require the ability to enter handwriting. Even if it's just a limited block - they are not optimized for typing. In general, I would like to be able to write in this app. I get that things like onenote may be out of the specs at this time, (including OCR etc) In terms of implementation - however maybe look at google Keep which sets a lower bar than one note - integrating and tagging drawings without making them searchable.