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Linwood Butterfly vs Scrivano for Handwritten Notes: catalog facts
Linwood Butterfly	Scrivano for Handwritten Notes
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free to download; distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
Linux, Android, Web	Windows, Linux
Infinite canvas instead of fixed pages Strokes and elements stay editable after placing them	Plain, lined, grid and dotted page backgrounds with custom spacing Annotates imported PDF files with ink tools
Freeform canvas suits handwriting more than structured text notes Infinite canvas documents can be harder to navigate than linear notes	CC BY-NC-ND licence is not an open-source licence No macOS or mobile version mentioned
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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