ChalkTalk Messenger vs Collected Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChalkTalk Messenger
This app brings back the personal touch of leaving messages, like on a chalkboard, but with voice. It allows you to send and receive voice messages easily and funnily from any voice device, making communication hands-free and accessible.
- Send and receive voice messages
- Hands-free communication
- Device agnostic (phone, voice recognition devices)
- Simple and personal messaging
- Create, send, and manage voice messages
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Who remembers the days of where you could leave messages on a chalkboard with your friends and family? You used it for simple conversation or just to let people know how you are doing and vice versa. Super simple and very personal. We're adding that essence with ChalkTalk! Your voice is powerful – make it fun! We imagine a world where sending and receiving a voice message is as fun, easy and addictive as using your favorite photo or selfie sharing or texting app…and is something that fits your life and is wherever you are. That’s right. ChalkTalk allows you to send and receive voice messages from your friends, family and network using any voice device, from and to anywhere – your phone, or any far field voice recognition device. Designed for simplicity, control and fun, with the convenience of being hands free and device agnostic. Now you can create, send and manage voice messages like never before. Communicate with your family or friends via phone or at home via voice recognition devices (“Tell Mom, I am running 10 mins late for dinner because of traffic” or “Tell Grandma, I’m busy cooking and I will call her back in 30 mins”).
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 rating: Collected Notes at 4.7 against ChalkTalk Messenger's 2.3. Collected Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 6). ChalkTalk Messenger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Collected Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ChalkTalk Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Collected Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collected Notes has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ChalkTalk Messenger ships an update every 2 months, Collected Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChalkTalk Messenger | Collected Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lazily Inspired | Alfajor Co. |
Customer experience
ChalkTalk Messenger
Collected Notes
In-app purchases
ChalkTalk Messenger
No in-app purchases
Collected Notes
- Collected Notes Basic7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Collected Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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