Comparison

SelfTalking vs SNS Style Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SelfTalking

Organize your thoughts and scripts in a chat-like interface. This app helps you sort ideas, plan scenarios with distinct character dialogues using emojis and colors, and even rehearse conversations. Customize your experience with themes, custom icons, and wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Chat-style note-taking
  • Scenario and dialogue organization
  • Customizable character dialogues
  • Conversation rehearsal
  • Passcode lock
  • Custom icons and wallpapers
  • Export as text
Features
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This is a Memo App that lets you enjoy Self-Talking in chat style. You can use it to organize ideas, scenario/dialog notes and chat rehearsal. Self-Talking in a fun and visual way When your head is full of worries or ideas, you can sort them all nicely by doing a Self-Talking. For scenario/dialog notes Each character's dialogs become obvious thanks to emoji and balloon colors. In addition, you can create 'Custom Icons' from your pictures! For chatting with someone special Rehearse how the conversation develops before chatting with someone special. Other Features - Passcode Lock - Custom wallpaper - Custom Icons - Themes - Export as Text

About

SNS Style Notes

This note-taking app mimics a social network interface, allowing users to create posts with text, photos, videos, and audio. It offers advanced features like hashtags, replies, push notifications, and robust search, with security options and cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Social network-style interface
  • Multimedia notes (photos, videos, audio)
  • Advanced hashtags and replies
  • Push notifications
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Advanced search (AND/OR/NOT)
  • iCloud Drive backup
Features
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The note app like social network! You can use it like a familiar social network and leave notes as if you were tweeting. Of course you can use advanced hashtags and pin! You can even use Reply associated with your notes! Push notifications that can be set with two taps from the notes! Passcode lock that can also be used with FaceID and TouchID! (supported models only) Character counter that shows the number of characters while you are writing a note! Search feature that allows you to easily use AND/OR/NOT! iCloudDrive back-up to prevent lost notes! we're not just with the main feature. If you don't want to show icons or headers, you can hide them. The edit date and time is automatically updated like a normal note app, but you can also turn it off. The memo is displayed in the latest order, so you can fixed its position in the timeline by turning it off. The date and time format is displayed as "1s" like Twitter, but it can also be displayed as "1976/4/1 9:41". In addition to the features introduced above, we have received highly rated for our user-friendly features and UI/UX, so please install it!

Screenshots

SelfTalking1 screens
SNS Style Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SNS Style Notes at 4.2 against SelfTalking's 4.0. SNS Style Notes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). SelfTalking's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SelfTalking sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SNS Style Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SNS Style Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of SelfTalking's written reviews are positive against 67% of SNS Style Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SelfTalking ships an update every 5 weeks, SNS Style Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SelfTalking versus SNS Style Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelfTalkingSNS Style Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (20 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB61 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShigenori KumagaiTadasuke Uema

Customer experience

SelfTalking

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral24.2%
Negative15.2%

SNS Style Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SelfTalking

One-time1
  • Upgrade$3.99
3 purchases

SNS Style Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Plan (One Month)3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Premium Plan (One Year)3 Days trial$14.901 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is SelfTalking free?
SelfTalking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SNS Style Notes free?
SNS Style Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SelfTalking or SNS Style Notes?
SNS Style Notes is rated higher. SelfTalking averages 4.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while SNS Style Notes averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do SelfTalking or SNS Style Notes have ads?
Both SelfTalking and SNS Style Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, SelfTalking or SNS Style Notes?
SelfTalking ships an update every 5 weeks, and SNS Style Notes fortnightly. Most recently, SelfTalking was updated on November 1, 2026 and SNS Style Notes on November 3, 2026.

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