InNote vs Chat Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InNote
Capture inspiration, manage knowledge, and document your life with a minimalist note-taking tool. Effortlessly preserve important moments using text, voice, video, or map locations.
- Text notes
- Voice recording
- Video capture
- Map location saving
- Minimalist design
- Knowledge management
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A minimalist yet powerful multi-functional note-taking tool designed for capturing inspiration, managing knowledge, and documenting life. Whether it's text, voice, video, or map locations, InNote helps you effortlessly preserve every important moment.
Chat Note
This app offers a unique way to take notes by mimicking a chat interface. Save messages and images, organize them by 'people' or task names, and easily review or export your notes. It's a flexible tool for various note-taking needs.
- Note-taking in a chat format
- Save messages and images
- Organize notes by 'people' or task names
- Review past notes as chats
- Export notes to CSV
- Add images and links to chats
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Do you always send messages/images to yourself on WhatsApp or Telegram? Now you can have a dedicated app to do the same thing with an expanded function. Chat Note is a dedicated note-taking app to save messages/images in the form of a chat This app allows you to take notes in the form of a messenger app. "People" can be set to: 1) Real-life people to facilitate note-taking 2) Task name for your notes. Eg, To-do, to-note, impt 3) Or any other things that you can think of You can review all past notes in the form of chat easily and even export them to csv for backups. The app is flexible enough for you to decide on what types of "chat" you want to create. It is all up to your imagination. You can use this app to take notes, minutes, diary, to-do, random sightings etc. It is all up to you. You can even add new images and links to the chat! This is the first release and more features will be added in future. I do not process any data or capture any information. The only data used are for advertisement by Google Admob for me to earn a bit of money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: InNote at none against Chat Note's 1. InNote also leads on ads (none vs shown). Chat Note's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Chat Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. InNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InNote | Chat Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 红喜 燕 | kelvin ho |
Customer experience
InNote
Chat Note
In-app purchases
InNote
No in-app purchases
Chat Note
- Pro-version$1.99
