Notes and Folders vs SiteNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes and Folders
Organize your thoughts and memories with this app. Create folders for notes, attach photos, and even keep a dated diary. Secure your entries with password protection and access them easily with widgets and search functionality.
- Organize notes with folders and subfolders
- Attach photos to notes
- Dated diary entries
- Password lock (Passcode, Touch ID, Face ID)
- Widgets for quick access
- Search notes
- Backup to Dropbox, PC, or Mac
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Over 240,000 downloads worldwide! Notes and Folders is a simple notepad that lets you organize notes and photos with folders. You can also lock your notes with a passcode. FOLDERS - Organize your notes with folders - Create folders inside folders NOTES - Attach multiple photos to a note - Character count - Auto-save while editing - Editing buttons: copy & paste, undo, select, and arrow keys - Built-in web browser to add text and screenshots of web pages to your notes DIARY - Write a diary entry for any date - Read a whole month of entries at once OTHERS - Widget - Passcode lock (Face ID and Touch ID supported) - Search notes - Share notes to other apps - Save text and images from other apps (Share Extension) - Theme colors - Adjustable text size - iPad support - Backup with Dropbox - Backup with a computer URL SCHEME notesandfolders:// BACKUP You can back up your notes with Dropbox, or with a computer (Finder on Mac, or the Apple Devices app or iTunes on Windows). For details, see FAQ > "About Backup" in the app's settings. ADS This app shows banner ads, and a full-screen ad only once a day (every 24 hours). Ads are not shown after purchasing ad removal.
SiteNote
This app helps you document and track small projects by combining notes, photos, contacts, reminders, and tasks into a single, organized platform. It's designed for fast, simple use, keeping all your project materials in one place, accessible even without an internet connection.
- Project documentation
- Photo and note integration
- Task and reminder management
- Local data storage
- Offline functionality
- Client tracking
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SiteNote is a lightweight Project Documentation and Tracking app. It combines a number of apps into one (Photos, Notes, Contacts, Reminders, Tasks) allowing users to keep all their project related materials in one place and organized by projects. The App aims to provide a fast, simple and easy to use solution for people to keep track of their small projects and to document site conditions using images and notes. All data is stored locally on your phone, so it is lightning fast and does not require cellphone reception to work. - Use SiteNote to keep track of your small projects, jobs and clients. - Document your work with Notes and Photos. - Stay organized with Tasks and Appointments. Try SiteNote today and stay Organized! Privacy Policy: http://www.sitenote.ca/privacypolicy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: http://www.sitenote.ca/tutorial.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SiteNote at 5.0 against Notes and Folders's 4.5. SiteNote also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Notes and Folders's advantage is ratings volume (303 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Notes and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SiteNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SiteNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes and Folders has 303 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Notes and Folders's written reviews are positive against 100% of SiteNote's.
Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, SiteNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes and Folders | SiteNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (303 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KinkumaDesign | ALEXANDER SOLOVYEV |
Customer experience
Notes and Folders
SiteNote
In-app purchases
Notes and Folders
- Remove Ads$3.99
SiteNote
- Ad free$2.991 Month
