Nextcloud vs Noty Take Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nextcloud
Access, manage, and share your files and photos from your private cloud storage. Upload media to free up phone space, work on documents offline, and protect your account with advanced security features. It's a comprehensive digital workplace solution.
- Connect multiple cloud accounts
- Access and share documents
- Upload photos and videos
- Offline file availability
- Account protection (password/FaceID)
- End-to-end encryption support
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Regain control over your data. The Nextcloud app for iOS brings your photos and files with you wherever you go! - Connect one or multiple accounts to your private or business cloud. - Access, work on and share documents wherever you are. - Upload your photos and videos to your Nextcloud to save space on your phone. - Browse photos and videos stored on your private cloud. - Choose files to keep available even when you're offline. - Additional features: - Nextcloud AI Assistant - Drag and drop between multiple Nextcloud Files windows on your iPad - Protect your account with a password or FaceID - Support for End to end encryption. New to Nextcloud? Nextcloud is a collaboration platform designed for private clouds. Host it yourself or with a company you trust and you gain a complete digital workplace with online office document collaboration, video calls and chat, email, calendar and project management, a local AI assistant and much more. See https://nextcloud.com/hub to find out what Nextcloud can do for you! For discussions and reporting issues please go to https://help.nextcloud.com/c/clients/ios
Noty Take Note
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Noty gives your Outline instance the interface it never had on a phone. The list and the notes stay documents of yours, on your own Outline. Noty is the way to work with them on the move: tap to tick, drag to reorder, write without thinking about markdown. TASKS • A real checkbox, with haptic feedback • Reordering by dragging the row • The document's headings become collapsible sections • A task moves from one section to another from the ⋯ menu • Automatic saving, with an indicator telling you when it reached Outline • Pull-to-refresh that saves before it reloads • The document stays a document: lines that aren't tasks are never reformatted NOTES • Recent documents, full-text search, filter by collection • Notes inside notes: Outline's own tree, sub-pages opening from the chevron • A block editor like Outline's on the web: always editable, markdown interpreted as you type • No markdown symbols on screen: bold is bold, a link is a link • Images from the library, shots from the camera, and attachments of any kind PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Every account gets its own private collection, holding its todo list and its notes. Nothing is visible to anyone else until you share it. YOUR OWN OUTLINE ACCOUNT OAuth 2.0 with PKCE: the app writes as you, tokens stay in the phone's keychain, and no secret ever ships inside the app bundle. Your notes don't pass through us: they travel between the phone and your Outline. SHARING Per-person invites, with an explicit choice between "can read" and "can edit"; a public link with a switch and a revoke button; whole collections shared in one go. You send the invite yourself — mail, WhatsApp, messages — and it carries a link that opens the app at the right place. Reading, writing, searching and creating notes is free, with no time limit. The subscription turns on sharing, and nothing else. SUBSCRIPTION • Noty Sharing — €4.99/month, auto-renewing • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage and cancel it in your account settings. • Terms: https://hartwellbridge.com/en/terms • Privacy: https://hartwellbridge.com/en/privacy ALSO • Italian or English, following the phone's language • Automatic light and dark themes • Runs on the web and on the Mac too, from the same code AN OUTLINE INSTANCE IS REQUIRED Noty is a client for Outline (getoutline.com), self-hosted or cloud. Without an account on an Outline instance there is nothing to open: the app hosts no documents of its own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nextcloud at none against Noty Take Note's 1. Nextcloud also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Noty Take Note sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Nextcloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nextcloud ships an update weekly, Noty Take Note every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nextcloud | Noty Take Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 343 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nextcloud GmbH | Francesco (Frankie) La Placa |
Bugs and requests
Nextcloud
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to open/edit text files
- Issues with password-protected folders
- Problems with HEIC file support
- Inconsistent video playback
- Crashes on launch after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Improved background photo/file sync
- Better integration with iOS Files app
- Support for more file types and document editing
- Customizable sorting and organization options
- Streamlined setup and configuration
Noty Take Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nextcloud
No in-app purchases
Noty Take Note
- Sharing$3.991 Month
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