Pencora vs OneNote on iPad — a OneNote alternative for handwriting

Where Pencora is ahead of OneNote

Pencora compared with OneNote
Feature	Pencora	OneNote
Account	YesNot needed — open the app and write	NoA Microsoft account is required; notebooks live in OneDrive
Typed text in your handwriting	YesTeach it your letters once, then type or paste a whole Markdown document — lists, formulas — and it’s written in your own hand. Russian and English, on the iPad	NoNot available
Graphs on the page	YesFunctions, implicit curves, points and tables — typed, imported from CSV or read from a hand-drawn table; ink on the plane sticks to its coordinates	NoNot on iPad — graphing is only in OneNote for the web and Windows
Geometry constructions	YesBisectors, perpendiculars, tangents, reflections, triangle centres — drag a point and everything built on it follows, in real millimetres	NoShape recognition only — no constructions
PDFs from other apps	YesHandwriting comes in as real, editable strokes on the right paper — lasso, recolour or erase any of it	NoPDF pages are inserted as images you ink over
Paper	YesLined, grid, dotted and more — or any PDF page as your paper	PartlyRuled or grid lines per page; no page templates on iPad

Moving over from OneNote

In OneNote, send your pages to PDF (Share → Create PDF).
Open the PDF with Pencora — from the Share sheet, or with Import inside a notebook — and choose to bring it in as editable ink.
Pencora detects the paper ruling and turns the handwriting into real strokes, page by page. Long notebooks open at once and finish converting as you go.

Other comparisons

Compared with what OneNote says about itself on its own website and App Store page, checked September 2026. Apps change — if something here is out of date, tell me and I’ll fix it. OneNote is a trademark of its owner; Pencora is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.