Qisa vs SideNotes Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qisa
This app serves as a text editor for Evernote, allowing users to create and edit notes with rich text formatting, file attachments, and synchronization capabilities. It offers a simple, intuitive interface with an accessible toolbar for quick note-taking and editing.
- Create new notes
- Edit existing notes
- Rich text formatting
- File attachments
- Lightweight synchronization
- Search notes
- Customizable toolbar
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This app is a text editor for Evernote. With the ability to sync, you can't only create new notes, but also edit them again! Let's download it! Qisa is a client app that can sync Evernote without the two devices limits. It was developed with the greatest care to allow you to quickly and easily take notes. It is a text editor that allows you to do things like change the appearance of notes font, create lists and attach images and other files. Going into detail on all of its many features would make it sound complicated, but it is truly designed in such a way as to make the use of these features simple and intuitive. This is because the main functions for editing rich text are available from a toolbar which is easily accessible with a single touch. Although the main functionality of Qisa is designed for creating new notes, it is also very good for editing notes. It supports synchronization with Evernote and easily handles tasks like editing and even searching. And there is absolutely no need to worry about small core usage. Qisa also has support for business accounts and shared notebooks. Features - Creates notes with the minimum number of steps - Supports for rich text - Customizable toolbar - Searches notes - Lightweight synchronization - Automatic title creation - Supports for variety of file attachments - Import files from Dropbox - Support offline - Support Business - Supports search and replace for text in notes Note: - Not support writing table element of HTML, but support reading table element. Privacy Policy and Term of Use http://www.jagaimopotato.com/apps/privacypolicy/qisa-privacy-policy-en.html The app creates, views, and edits Evernote notes, tags, notebooks. These permissions are provided from Evernote to third party developers. This is the official permission that Evernote users approved to Evernote and provides to Evernote's third-party developers. This is based on a license agreed to use the API of Evernote. Please check Evernote's API-License, privacy policy and terms of use. API License: http://dev.evernote.com/doc/reference/api_license.php Evernote's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://evernote.com/intl/us/privacy/policy We do not provide all of Evernote notes contents to third parties except Evernote. This app dose not include Siri shortcut features, but only provides the features for the shortcut.app of iOS 13. If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you. You can take a e-mail ryu.contact.jp+qisa@gmail.com or tweet @ja_gaimopotato.
SideNotes Mobile
Capture thoughts and to-dos on the go with this mobile note-taking app. It offers iCloud sync, Markdown formatting, and customizable themes for a personalized experience. Easily access notes from other applications.
- iCloud Synchronization
- Markdown Formatting
- Task Management
- Customizable Themes
- Note and Folder URLs
- Note Colors
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SideNotes Mobile is a fast notes app for iPhone and iPad. Capture notes, tasks, links, and snippets in seconds, then access them across devices with iCloud sync. Version 1.2 brings a major upgrade: - A new editor with hidden Markdown markup - the same as in SideNotes for macOS - Refreshed iOS 26-style interface (Liquid Glass look) - Note folding - Note & Folder pinning - Simple drag-and-drop reordering - New contextual menu - New formatting options - Add Note action for the iPhone Action Button - New translations: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, and Spanish - UI polish, bug fixes, and quality improvements Core features: - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Themes and note colors for personalization - Tasks and checklists for daily work - Folder organization and quick search - Note and folder URLs for fast access from other apps - Text settings for comfortable writing and reading - One-time purchase (paid per major version). No subscription. Note: SideNotes Mobile is a companion app to SideNotes for macOS. SideNotes for macOS is sold separately.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SideNotes Mobile at 88% against Qisa's 47%. SideNotes Mobile also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 2). Qisa's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and price ($7.99 vs $9.99). On update cadence, ads, 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
Qisa costs $7.99 and SideNotes Mobile $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Qisa holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SideNotes Mobile has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Qisa's written reviews are positive against 88% of SideNotes Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Qisa ships an update every 2 weeks, SideNotes Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qisa | SideNotes Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 88.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryu Iwasaki | Apptorium |
Customer experience
Qisa
SideNotes Mobile
In-app purchases
Qisa
No in-app purchases
SideNotes Mobile
No in-app purchases









