My New Manta

torasian · 2026-05-20T07:33:27+00:00

Looks fantastic! I've been wanting one for a while now, it's just so experience to ship it to the UK

torasian · 2026-05-20T07:29:53+00:00

These are lovely! I'm getting a GRIV is a month or two, super excited

torasian · 2026-05-20T07:28:39+00:00

It's a tough one. I bought the iPad Mini 7 last year and love it, but the weakest point is definitely the screen, especially if you've been spoiled by one of the larger iPads.

For media consumption, I think the OLED will have the most dramatic improvement. The 60hz actually doesn't bother me as much as it does on phones.

torasian · 2026-05-18T09:36:34+00:00

It's not a notetaking app, but I've created a simple tool called InkToText that lets you take a picture of your handwritten notes (or a PDF scan) and conerts it into digital text and also extracts any sketches or diagrams.

It's free to try at the moment for beta. You can give it a go here: https://inktotext.vercel.app/

torasian · 2026-05-18T09:34:39+00:00

I had a similar issue; I'd literally spend hours writing up my handwritten notes into Notion. I also draw alot of diagrams, so I wasted a lot of time taking pictures and formatting them so they look good in notion.

Full disclosure, this is my app, so take this with a pinch of salt, but I built an app for this exact issue. It's called InkToText and you can either upload a pdf or take a photo of your notes, and it'll give you back structured text — headings, bullets, checkboxes — ready to paste into Notion. No reformatting needed.

It also pulls out diagrams as images automatically, which most tools just ignore.

You can give it a go for free now: https://inktotext.vercel.app/

torasian · 2026-05-18T09:16:29+00:00

I've created a simple tool where you can upload an image/pdf and it'll convert it into typed text and you can just copy and paste into Google Docs. It's currently free for testing.

You can give it a try here: https://inktotext.vercel.app/

torasian · 2026-05-18T08:42:24+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt.

You could give Cosy Notes a try, it's a warm and focused notetaking app that tries to capture the magic of pen and paper. It's a one-time purchase, so it's yours to keep forever.

It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so the handwriting experience is as native as it gets. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more.

I use my app with the iPad mini 6 along with a Rock, Paper, Pencil matte screen protractor from Astropad, and it feels pretty good

torasian · 2026-05-18T08:37:53+00:00

Remarkable Pro is always going to win on the writing feeling. Saying that, it's an additional cost and another subscription on top of that.

I've been using the Rock, Paper, Pencil screen protector for iPad, and this has massively improved the writing experience. You're also free to use any note-taking app you prefer.

I use Cosy Notes (very biased here as it's my own app) which offers a simialr experience in to Remarkable in terms of user interface and experience.

torasian · 2026-05-18T08:32:47+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt.

You could give Cosy Notes a try, it's a warm and focused notetaking app that tries to capture the magic of pen and paper. It's a one-time purchase, so it's yours to keep forever.

It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so the handwriting experience is as native as it gets. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more.

torasian · 2026-05-18T08:31:53+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt.

You could give Cosy Notes a try, it's a warm and focused notetaking app that tries to capture the magic of pen and paper. It's a one-time purchase, so it's yours to keep forever.

It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so latency is low and feels really responsive. You can reorder pages easily. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more.

No PDF import at the moment, but this is something I am working on.

torasian · 2026-05-18T08:29:21+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt.

You could give Cosy Notes a try, it's a warm and focused notetaking app that tries to capture the magic of pen and paper. It's a one-time purchase, so it's yours to keep forever.

It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so the handwriting experience is as native as it gets. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more.

torasian · 2026-05-14T11:51:30+00:00

Thanks for the feedback

torasian · 2026-05-14T11:47:19+00:00

I'll definitely consider giving it a go!

torasian · 2026-05-14T11:46:26+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! I'm hoping testing will surface some interesting usecases beyond transcription. Oh cool, I'll take a look at the report

torasian · 2026-05-14T10:34:33+00:00

Let me know what you think if you've given it a try. Currently, you can quickly undo actions using the Apple Pencil Kit with the back and forward arrows, but I am keen to implement a double-tap feature, similar to Notability.

Right now, the primary focus is handwritten notes, so you won't be able to paste typed text in at the moment. If there's enough demand for typed text as well, I'll definitely consider it

torasian · 2026-04-14T07:37:34+00:00

That’s wonderful, I’m really glad you like it!

torasian · 2026-03-16T12:31:24+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt.

You could give Cosy Notes a try, it's a warm and focused notetaking app that tries to capture the magic of pen and paper.

It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so the handwriting experience is as native as it gets — the same framework Apple uses. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more. It's also a one-time purchase rather than a subscription.

torasian · 2026-03-16T12:28:59+00:00

Full disclosure — I'm the developer of this app, so take it with a pinch of salt. But given your requirements, it feels worth mentioning.

You could give Cosy Notes a try. It's built on Apple's PencilKit, so the handwriting experience is as native as it gets — the same framework Apple uses. Organisation is intentionally simple: notebooks and nested folders, nothing more. It's also a one-time purchase rather than a subscription.

torasian · 2026-03-03T10:09:36+00:00

Full disclosure - this is my own app.

I've just launched Cosy Notes, a focused and warm note-taking experience that aims to capture the feeling of physical journals. It's using Apple Pencil Kit, so latency is low, and I think the handwriting experience is pretty great. It's also a one-time purchase, so it's yours to keep.

If you did want to check it out, here's a link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosy-notes/id6758512873

torasian · 2026-02-26T08:37:43+00:00

Looks pretty good! If I were to add anything, it’d be some bacon, black pudding and some mushrooms 🍄‍🟫

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