Tree Notebook vs Wrist Recorder Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tree Notebook
Organize personal information with a hierarchical notes manager. Structure data into a tree-like hierarchy of folders and notes, with options for public and encrypted private sections. Features include powerful search, customizable item appearance, and event reminders.
- Tree-like hierarchical organization
- Public and encrypted private data sections
- Attachments (images, files)
- Multiple data views (tree, list, favorites, history)
- Powerful search capabilities
- Customizable item appearance
- Event reminders and calendar
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Tree Notebook is a hierarchical notes manager designed for keeping personal information. Tree Notebook runs on an iOS device (iPhone or iPad). Besides, there is a counterpart for OS Windows which can be synchronized with up to three iOS devices via a local Wi-Fi network. No access to Internet is needed for synchronizing. The data in Tree Notebook is divided in two parts: the public part accessible without password and the encrypted private part which requires password for opening. The data in every part is arranged as a tree-like multilevel hierarchy of folders and notes. Any folder can include notes and other folders, and so fourth. Any item (a note or a folder) can include text of any size. The items can keep attachments like images or other files. The app can represent data in several ways: as a tree, as a list of items (folders and notes) on the current level, as a list of manually selected items ("Favorites"), or the items visited recently ("History"). The contents of an individual item can be viewed or edited. Tree Notebook includes powerful search facilities: simplified or conditional global search, local search inside an item text. The items can be sorted by several criteria: alphabetically, by creation or modification time, and in manually defined order. The item titles can be attributed using a variety of font types, colored flags, graphic icons. Any item can have an Event attribute and serve as an alarm clock or reminder. A calendar feature is available to help managing events. The app is free to use both on iOS devices and desktop PC.
Wrist Recorder Notes
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Wrist Recorder puts a voice recorder on your wrist. Tap a complication on your watch face and start talking. Your note is saved on Apple Watch, sent to your iPhone, and transcribed automatically. RECORD FROM YOUR WATCH FACE • New Recording complication: one tap opens the recorder and starts recording. • Add to Latest complication: keep talking into your most recent note. • Record on Apple Watch even when your iPhone isn't nearby. Notes are sent over when it's back in range. • Play a note back, add to it, or delete it right on your watch. TRANSCRIBED ON YOUR IPHONE • Every note is transcribed as soon as it reaches your iPhone, with no need to open it first. • Add more to a note later and the whole note is transcribed again. • Scrub to any moment in a note, or skip back and forward 15 seconds. • Select and copy any part of a transcript, or share it. • Share a note's audio as a single sound file, even if you added to it later. ORGANIZED WITH CATEGORIES • Sixteen color-coded categories to start, from Work and Personal to Lists, Reminders, Ideas, and Meetings. • Pick a category while you record, on iPhone or Apple Watch, or change it later. • Hide the categories you don't want to see, like Work on the weekend. • Add, rename, recolor, and reorder categories in Settings. EASY TO FIND • Newest notes at the top, each with its category, length, and a one-line preview of what you said. • Search names and transcripts, with every match highlighted when you open the note. • Rename a note with a swipe, or by pressing and holding its title. The new name shows on your watch too. • An icon shows whether each note was recorded on iPhone or Apple Watch. • Select several notes to share their transcripts or audio, or delete them together. SYNC YOUR WAY • Sync deletions between iPhone and Apple Watch, or keep each device's notes separate. • Copy notes recorded on iPhone to your watch to play them on the go. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Recordings and transcripts stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch. • Transcription uses Apple's speech recognition, on your iPhone when it's supported. Requires iOS 17 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wrist Recorder Notes at daily against Tree Notebook's every 25 months. Tree Notebook's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tree Notebook ships an update every 25 months, Wrist Recorder Notes daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tree Notebook | Wrist Recorder Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lena Pankratova | Savi Solutions |
In-app purchases
Tree Notebook
No in-app purchases
Wrist Recorder Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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