DrawAnywhere vs Open Note Scanner
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
DrawAnywhere
DrawAnywhere lets you sketch, annotate, and highlight directly on top of any screen. Great for following along video courses, recording tutorials or hosting presentations. Highlights: Stroke eraser toggleable via stylus buttons Touch passthrough to the app below 50-step undo/redo operations Minimal storage usage Tips: Long press and drag to move the toolbar around. After 3 seconds of inactivity, the toolbar becomes more transparent. Turn on Clear on hiding canvas to let the app clear the canvas when you hide it. Note: Touch passthrough will be turned off automatically as well. Turn off Canvas visible on start to hide the canvas on startup by default. Source is available on GitHub: https://github.com/shezik/DrawAnywhere
Open Note Scanner
With Open Note Scanner you can capture documents, handwritten notes, arts, shopping receipts, etcetera. It will automatically adjust the image aspect, contrast and save it. It will allow browsing, view and share the scanned documents. It also supports the automatic scan of preformatted pages with QR Code and action indicators. PDF file with the pages are available on the application website, in the releases section. In order to work, Open Note Scanner needs to have access to the OpenCV Manager application installed. If it could not find it, it will offer to download it from GitHub or Play Store. It is also possible to manually install it from the OpenCV SDK for Android, available on https://opencv.org/
| Feature | DrawAnywhere | Open Note Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityPhoto EditingGallery | ProductivityGallery |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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