cova vs Dimmed Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cova
Create visually appealing notes by combining text and photos into a single, shareable image. Customize your notes with various formatting options, paper styles, and dark mode support. Your data remains private on your device.
- Combine text and photos
- Customizable text formatting
- Multiple paper styles
- Dark mode support
- Data export and import
- Undo delete functionality
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cova is a simple notes app: write, add photos, and turn the note into one clean, good-looking long image to save or share. · Write: text size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, 8 colors and 5 Chinese typefaces · Photos: add several at once, in the order you pick them · Export: 4 margins and 6 papers (White, Cream, Sage, Mist, Blush, Night) with a live preview; very long notes are split into parts automatically · Dark mode throughout, with colored text that stays readable on every background · Your notes stay on your phone; export and import all your data any time; undo a delete No account, no ads, no data collected.
Dimmed Note
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Hide and block the screen area where you enter text from above and below at any size. By displaying only the area of interest, glare is reduced.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: cova at none against Dimmed Note's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cova | Dimmed Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.8.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bin Hua | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
In-app purchases
cova
No in-app purchases
Dimmed Note
No in-app purchases
