Comparison

Textile vs Nano Notes

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

Head to head
About

Textile

A minimalist notes app designed for simplicity and speed on iPhone. It focuses on providing a clean interface for typing and saving notes with elegant typography, free from distractions like ads or complex features.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Elegant typography with curated fonts
  • No user login or cloud storage
  • Focus on core note-taking functionality
  • Bug-free at launch
  • Simple and fast interface
Features
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Textile is the iPhone notes app for people who just want an iPhone notes app. No login, no cloud accounts to manage, no half-built checklists. Just elegant typography and simple, rock-solid functionality. Here’s what it has that other apps don’t: Simplicity. If you want an app that does everything, look elsewhere. Seriously. Textile is built on the belief that a tool should do one thing perfectly, not ten things decently or a hundred things terribly. Typing a note to save for later is something your phone should be able to do instantly, easily, without drowning you in ads, cryptic screens, or unnecessary features. Textile has no user login, no cloud configuration, no complicated formatting, no drawing, no half-baked checklists — the list goes on. It’s made for people who want to use their phone as a tool, not a distraction. Typography. Typefaces have a huge effect on how we think and feel about the written word, so Textile comes loaded with a carefully curated selection of elegant fonts to make your notes look the way they were meant to look, including sans-serif, serif (both roman and italic), and monospaced fonts. Quality. Textile is a tool you can rely on. Its quality and its simplicity go hand in hand: a smaller feature set means every feature is bulletproof and never broken. Let your phone get out of your way. Use the feedback form in Textile’s settings menu or email lukebradfordapps@gmail.com to send questions, comments, requests, and any issues you find.

About

Nano Notes

Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple note-taking tool. Access and review your notes conveniently on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Quick note creation
  • Apple Watch access
  • Simple interface
  • Instant synchronization
Features
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Take quick notes, and read them on your Apple Watch!

Screenshots

Textile4 screens
Nano Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nano Notes at Free against Textile's $1.99. Nano Notes also leads on ratings volume (150 vs 9) and device support (4 vs 1). Textile's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Nano Notes is free to download; Textile costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Textile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nano Notes has 150 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Textile's written reviews are positive against 83% of Nano Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Textile versus Nano Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextileNano Notes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.8 (150 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings9150 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke BradfordVincent Tourraine

Customer experience

Textile

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nano Notes

All ratings150 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Textile

No in-app purchases

None

Nano Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textile free?
Textile costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nano Notes free?
Nano Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Textile or Nano Notes?
Textile is rated higher. Textile averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Nano Notes averages 4.8 from 150 ratings.
Do Textile or Nano Notes have ads?
Neither Textile nor Nano Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textile or Nano Notes?
Textile ships an update every 3 months, and Nano Notes every 3 months. Most recently, Textile was updated on September 12, 2026 and Nano Notes on September 13, 2026.

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