Comparison

Business Note Plus vs Orange Bear HR

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

Head to head
About

Business Note Plus

Organize your events, tasks, and memos with reminders and calendar syncing. Capture ideas, manage appointments, and track to-dos with easy note-taking and data export.

Highlights
  • Event, memo, and task management
  • Customizable reminders and repeat cycles
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Note organization with pictures and text
  • Task subtasks and project grouping
  • Data export and cloud backup
  • Passcode protection
Features
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Have a date, appointment, meeting, or training? Have a good idea and cannot remember it later? Need to do something but cannot recall? Need to pay a bill every month? …… You need Business Note to help you managing these staffs. Just list the things you need to do here, then you will get reminders and can check from time to time what’s the urgent thing and what’s the thing you need to prepare. Also you can write down your ideas, inspiration, note and message etc. You can check the notes by list or calendar, and sync the data with Calendars also. Main Features: ⁃ Add and manage event, memo and tasks. ⁃ Manage events with content, location, start and end time, repeat cycle and reminder time. ⁃ Manage tasks with time, location, reminder time, repeat cycle and note field. ⁃ Manage memos with picture and text. ⁃ Manage tasks with its project group and subtasks if needed. ⁃ Easy to add or delete. ⁃ Convenient to switch date. ⁃ Mark tasks and done or todo. ⁃ Set to show the brief content in Today Widget. ⁃ Export data by email. ⁃ Sync with Calendars. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question, please email to yqapps@tom.com.

About

Orange Bear HR

Features
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Orange Bear HR is the app based staff attendance system that brings "clocking in" right up to date. The system is simple and easy to use and will provide you with all the real time data you need to have a clear online insight into your workforce. Please note that this app requires an existing account. More details can be found at https://orangebearhr.com

Screenshots

Business Note Plus4 screens
Orange Bear HR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orange Bear HR at none against Business Note Plus's 8. Orange Bear HR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Business Note Plus sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Orange Bear HR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Business Note Plus ships an update every 12 months, Orange Bear HR every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Business Note Plus versus Orange Bear HR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusiness Note PlusOrange Bear HR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhengzhou Yeqiang Technology Co., LtdOrange Bear Software Ltd

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Business Note Plus

Subscriptions5
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$4.991 Year
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
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  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$6.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Unlimited Tasks$29.99
  • Unlimited Memos$29.99
  • Remove ads$149.99
None

Orange Bear HR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Business Note Plus free?
Business Note Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orange Bear HR free?
Orange Bear HR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Business Note Plus or Orange Bear HR have ads?
Business Note Plus shows ads; Orange Bear HR does not.
Which is updated more often, Business Note Plus or Orange Bear HR?
Business Note Plus ships an update every 12 months, and Orange Bear HR every 4 months. Most recently, Business Note Plus was updated on September 20, 2026 and Orange Bear HR on September 27, 2026.

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