Comparison

Split Notes vs RecallNest

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

Head to head
About

Split Notes

A versatile text editor that allows for split-screen viewing in both vertical and horizontal orientations, along with tabbed interfaces. It offers automatic saving, folder management, and advanced search capabilities. Users can also synchronize scrolling between panes and export notes to CSV.

Highlights
  • Split-screen editing (vertical/horizontal)
  • Tabbed interface
  • Synchronized scrolling
  • Automatic saving
  • Folder management
  • Character and regex search
  • Export to CSV
Features
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This is a simple notepad which can switch between vertical and horizontal screen division, tab use screen. You can synchronize the scrolling of each text view by enabling the magnet button. Notes is saved automatically. Others - Folder management. - Character search, regular expression search. - Undo/Redo - Character count display. - Change font size. - Export to CSV file. - Backup/Restore with iCloud.

About

RecallNest

Features
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RecallNest helps you preserve the details that are easy to forget—and find them again when you need them. Capture memories in your own words or add photos, PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, audio, and video. RecallNest organizes each entry with AI-generated summaries, people, topics, dates, locations, and mood so your memory library stays useful without manual filing. Ask natural questions such as: • What did the doctor tell me last month? • Who did I meet at the coffee shop? • Show me photos of a person or place. • What did we decide in the last meeting? Key features: • Natural-language memory capture and recall • Semantic search powered by on-device embeddings • OCR and document content recognition • Photo, face, audio, and video analysis • Daily summaries and recalled-memory collections • Face grouping with names you control • Local biometric protection • Support for Apple Intelligence and optional external AI providers AI can make mistakes. RecallNest presents related source records so you can verify important details. Availability of AI features depends on your device, system language, region, and selected provider.

Screenshots

Split Notes4 screens
RecallNest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RecallNest at none against Split Notes's 1. RecallNest also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Split Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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. Split Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RecallNest asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, RecallNest weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Split Notes versus RecallNest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit NotesRecallNest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAZUTERU YOKOISHENG GAO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Notes

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

RecallNest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Split Notes free?
Split Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RecallNest free?
RecallNest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Split Notes or RecallNest have ads?
Both Split Notes and RecallNest show ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Notes or RecallNest?
Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, and RecallNest weekly. Most recently, Split Notes was updated on September 15, 2026 and RecallNest on September 11, 2026.

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