Comparison

PRONOTE vs Oria Notes

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

Head to head
About

PRONOTE

This app provides a comprehensive platform for academic administration, covering grades, schedules, attendance, and student progress. It facilitates real-time data access for students, parents, and teachers, enhancing communication and oversight within educational institutions.

Highlights
  • Grades and competences tracking
  • Scheduling and attendance management
  • Homework and exercise submission
  • Real-time data access
  • Contextual messaging and notifications
  • Student file management
Features
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PRONOTE incorporates all domains of academia: grades, competences, report cards, scheduling, attendance, tardiness, sanctions, orientation, homework notebooks, exercises, multiple choice questions, school agenda, infirmary, learning outcomes, multi-annual monitoring, student files, grade school certificate, internships, school road safety certificate… From their smartphones, Students, Parents and Teachers access their data in real time, in a secure environment, wherever they are. The students always know where they stand, the parents are reassured, the teachers have a broader prospective of their students. PRONOTE mobile is also contextual messaging that links all the actors of the institution: every event is announced by a notification (message, information and surveys, digital locker, etc.) for everyone’s benefit. Today, PRONOTE has become the reference in student administration: thousands of institutions use this platform to communicate and millions of users consult their Web Space every day.

About

Oria Notes

This app transforms your study notes into interactive learning tools. It uses AI to generate flashcards, quizzes, and podcasts from your imported documents, helping you master course material through personalized revision plans and practice exercises.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note-taking on PDFs
  • Import various document types
  • AI-generated flashcards and quizzes
  • Personalized daily revision plans
  • Course material converted to podcasts
  • AI chat companion for course questions
Features
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Take notes. Understand. Remember. Master. The study app where your notes, your reviews and your AI study companion finally live together. Write on your course PDFs with Apple Pencil, talk to Oria, and let AI turn everything you study into lessons, flashcards, quizzes, podcasts and a review plan. ORIA, YOUR STUDY COMPANION — NEW Talk to it like a classmate. Oria knows your courses, answers your questions, quizzes you, starts a lesson or a quiz for you and helps you plan your reviews before a test. EXPLORER — NEW Over 350 chapters written by Oria, designed to read like a magazine: great books (Atomic Habits, 1984, Don Quixote…), great figures, history, science, countries around the world, mental health, great mysteries. Found a topic you love? Turn it into a lesson, quiz, flashcards or a podcast in one tap. ATLAS 3D Visual, interactive encyclopedias: math, physics, chemistry, history, medicine, economics. Spin a molecule, explore the human body, watch a concept come to life. PREDICT YOUR EXAM Import past papers: Oria spots what comes up most, builds corrected practice exams and targets your weak spots until exam day. HANDWRITTEN NOTES • Write and highlight directly on your course PDFs • Notebooks with page templates (Cornell, dotted, checklist…) • Pens, highlighters, eraser and lasso • Check your math: circle your working and Oria corrects it IMPORT ANYTHING PDF, DOCX, PPTX, photos of a textbook or whiteboard, audio recordings, YouTube videos: Oria organizes your material into clear chapters in under a minute. INTERACTIVE LESSONS Every chapter becomes a short, lively lesson, step by step, with questions to check you've understood. EXPLAIN IT TO LEO (FEYNMAN METHOD) Explain a concept out loud to Leo, a curious student: he keeps asking questions until you truly master it. AI-GENERATED REVIEWS • Spaced-repetition flashcards (FSRS) for long-term memory • Personalized quizzes and mock exams • Exercises generated from your PDF, to solve with Apple Pencil • Interactive mind maps YOUR DAILY REVIEW One session a day, planned for you: the cards and questions you need to see right when you were about to forget them. Planner, streaks and progress tracking to keep going until exam day. YOUR COURSES AS PODCASTS Turn any chapter into an audio podcast. Review while walking, commuting or cooking. FOR EVERY STUDENT App in English and French, light or dark mode. Reviews follow the language of your course. From middle school to grad school and beyond. — 3-DAY FREE TRIAL — Try all of Oria+ free for 3 days with the annual plan. ORIA+ SUBSCRIPTION Oria+ is available as a monthly or annual subscription (save up to 51% with the annual plan). Prices are shown in your local currency at checkout. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://oria-server.onrender.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://oria-server.onrender.com/privacy Support: support@useoria.com

Screenshots

PRONOTE4 screens
Oria Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oria Notes at 63% against PRONOTE's 19%. Oria Notes also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). PRONOTE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (261 vs 6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Oria Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. PRONOTE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oria Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PRONOTE has 261 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of PRONOTE's written reviews are positive against 63% of Oria Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PRONOTE ships an update every 4 months, Oria Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PRONOTE versus Oria Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRONOTEOria Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (261 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.9% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings261 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndex EducationDragos Vatamanu

Customer experience

PRONOTE

All ratings210 ratings
Positive15.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews540 reviews
Positive18.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative77.4%

Oria Notes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative31.3%

Bugs and requests

PRONOTE

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues and lost user profiles
  • Incorrect grade/homework display
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved notification system
  • Better integration with school systems
  • More customization options

Oria Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PRONOTE

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Oria Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Oria Monthly - Study with AI$11.991 Month
  • Oria Annual - Study with AI3 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is PRONOTE free?
PRONOTE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oria Notes free?
Oria Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PRONOTE or Oria Notes?
Oria Notes is rated higher. PRONOTE averages 1.7 out of 5 from 261 ratings, while Oria Notes averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do PRONOTE or Oria Notes have ads?
Neither PRONOTE nor Oria Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PRONOTE or Oria Notes?
PRONOTE ships an update every 4 months, and Oria Notes every 3 days. Most recently, PRONOTE was updated on October 29, 2026 and Oria Notes on October 31, 2026.

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