Comparison

VisitedPlaces vs Notake

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

Head to head
About

VisitedPlaces

Features
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Measure Your Working Hours with Ease Effortlessly track your working hours or time spent at specific locations—without needing to keep the app open. It runs quietly in the background, monitoring your arrival and departure even when the app is closed. The app uses your iPhone’s built-in location services to detect when you enter or leave a defined area. For best accuracy, please ensure the following settings are enabled: • Location Services • Background App Refresh • Wi-Fi It relies on Apple’s Significant Location Change and Visiting location technologies which are battery-efficient way to monitor location. You may notice the location arrow in your status bar, but unlike GPS-based tracking, this method won’t significantly affect battery life. Keeping Wi-Fi on improves accuracy. It is also the fact that in the urban areas app works better because of many cell towers and WiFi networks while in the rural areas with limited cell towers and WiFi networks it can work less accurate Getting Started is Simple: 1. Create a new place 2. Find the location on the map 3. Adjust the radius (default is 150m) using the slider

About

Notake

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Notake: Your unlimited digital notepad. Transform your iPad and iPhone into the ultimate digital notebook. Notake is the essential app for students, professionals, and creatives who want to take notes, sketch, organize ideas, and keep track of everything in one beautiful place. Whether you’re in a lecture, planning a project, or just journaling, Notake provides a smooth, natural, and distraction-free writing experience. Ditch the paper and take your notes to the next level. A NATURAL WRITING EXPERIENCE • Notake’s digital ink is engineered to be highly responsive, precise, and visually stunning. • Full Apple Pencil support: enjoy perfectly smooth drawing and utilize native Double-Tap support to seamlessly switch to your eraser or previous tool. • Customize your toolset: choose between pens and highlighters. Change colors and stroke thickness instantly using our unique, interactive floating toolbar. • Advanced toolbar gestures: swipe horizontally across the toolbar to switch tools, or swipe vertically to adjust your pen's thickness in a flash. CREATE RICH, VISUAL NOTES • Go beyond handwriting: enrich your pages by importing images and photos directly into your notes. Perfect for mood boards, visual note-taking, and diagrams. • Choose the perfect paper: select from blank, lined, or dotted/grid paper templates that stay perfectly crisp at any zoom level. SIMPLE & POWERFUL ORGANIZATION • Create unlimited notebooks and keep them organized your way. • Never lose a thought: our state-of-the-art saving engine captures every stroke in real-time, ensuring maximum data safety and reliability. • Safely manage deleted items with a built-in trash feature to easily recover anything you've accidentally removed. Designed with love for creativity and productivity. Download Notake today and start capturing your next big idea! --- Subscription Information (Notake Pro): Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicoloclemente.com/privacy

Screenshots

VisitedPlaces4 screens
Notake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notake at Free against VisitedPlaces's $0.99. Notake also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). VisitedPlaces's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On 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

Notake is free to download; VisitedPlaces costs $0.99 up front. Notake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. VisitedPlaces asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisitedPlaces ships an update every 2 months, Notake every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
VisitedPlaces versus Notake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisitedPlacesNotake
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDCNicolo Clemente

In-app purchases

None

VisitedPlaces

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Notake

Subscriptions3
  • Notake Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notake Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Notake Premium Yearly Downsell3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is VisitedPlaces free?
VisitedPlaces costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notake free?
Notake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VisitedPlaces or Notake have ads?
Neither VisitedPlaces nor Notake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisitedPlaces or Notake?
VisitedPlaces ships an update every 2 months, and Notake every 6 days. Most recently, VisitedPlaces was updated on October 19, 2026 and Notake on October 24, 2026.

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