MarkNote Lite vs Collected Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MarkNote Lite
Create and organize notes using markdown formatting. Embed images, create tables, and even include code snippets and mathematical formulas. Sync your notes across all your Apple devices and share them easily.
- Markdown note creation
- Embed photos and images
- Live preview
- iCloud sync
- Share notes
- Publish as blog posts
- Web page import
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Take notes with markdown. Sync notes into iCloud. Access your documents with any of your mac or iOS devices. Share your notes with your friend. You can easily embed photos, format text, create tables, send rich formatted mail message, and share and edit notes from any devices. FEATURES - Embed photos and images into note - Live preview while writing - Auto save - Send mail with rich format - Swipe to delete a note - Syntax highlighting - Embed code snippets and mathematics formulas - Click to update the task status in todo list - Review and edit your notes from any web browsers or smart devices - Sync your notes into iCloud drive, and share with all your devices. You can read and edit your notes with marknote app on iPhone/iPad or marknotes on mac - Publish your note as blog posts - Import web page shared from apps like mobile safari, save in markdown format, so that you can read it later or edit it later - graph view, visualize notes relations You have complete control to your data. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, reach us by mail at marknote@aliyun.com
Collected Notes
A note-taking platform that allows users to create private notes, share them publicly, and build a blog with a custom domain. It focuses on a simple, native experience with live Markdown previews and no ads or tracking.
- Markdown with live preview
- Create private notes
- Share notes publicly
- Build a blog with custom domain
- Native iPhone experience
- No ads or tracking
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Upload your thoughts. The simplest, and most powerful note-taking blogging platform ever made. Create private notes, share them publicly and create your blog with a custom domain. ■ Markdown with live preview Live Markdown previews allow you to see the final result in real-time as you type. ■ Simplicity Every app out there eventually tries to do more than they should. We believe in doing less, but better. ■ Native experience The iPhone app allows for a fast native-first experience. Just open the app and go right into writing mode. ■ No nonsense No ads. No feature creep. No tracking. No annoying emails. No data sold. No comments. No vanity metrics. No proprietary formats. You'll never see popups, clutter, subscription up-sells, or anything that interferes with the reading experience. Collected Notes is a reading-first experience. Your attention matters. Terms of use: https://collectednotes.com/blog/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Collected Notes at 87% against MarkNote Lite's 0%. Collected Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (43 vs 1). MarkNote Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. MarkNote Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Collected Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Collected Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collected Notes has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MarkNote Lite's written reviews are positive against 87% of Collected Notes's.
MarkNote Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Collected Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MarkNote Lite | Collected Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 淑敏 孙 | Alfajor Co. |
Customer experience
MarkNote Lite
Collected Notes
In-app purchases
MarkNote Lite
- Upgrade to Premium Version$1.99
Collected Notes
- Collected Notes Basic7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Collected Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month









