FSNotes vs Micro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FSNotes
A fast, modern notes manager for macOS and iOS that uses plain text Markdown files. Organize your notes with powerful keyboard shortcuts and sync them seamlessly via iCloud Drive. Supports images, code blocks, diagrams, and math.
- Plain text Markdown notes
- Fast and lightweight performance
- Keyboard-driven shortcuts
- iCloud Drive sync
- Markdown preview
- Support for images, code, diagrams, and math
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FSNotes is a fast, modern notes manager for macOS and iOS. Write and organize your notes in pure Markdown with full control over your files. All notes are stored as plain text on disk, so your data stays open, portable, and future-proof. FSNotes is built for speed. It launches instantly, stays lightweight, and works smoothly even with tens of thousands of notes. Designed for keyboard lovers, it lets you capture ideas and find information in seconds using powerful shortcuts. Sync seamlessly via iCloud Drive, preview Markdown, work with images, code blocks, diagrams, and math — all in a clean, distraction-free interface. Fast. Open. Keyboard-driven.
Micro
Develop practical skills to enhance workplace effectiveness and collaboration. This app offers unique techniques for maximizing impact, improving team interactions, and fostering innovation. Large organizations leverage these skills to drive frequent insights and breakthroughs.
- Enhance workplace effectiveness
- Improve team collaboration
- Foster innovation and new ideas
- Maximize impact in key moments
- Increase frequency of insights
- Develop practical, unique skills
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A set of practical and unique skills that help you to intervene in key moments at work - maximising your effectiveness, your quality of contact, and your ability to think and do new things together with your team. Large organisations use these Micro-Skills at scale in order to increase the frequency of insight and breakthrough throughout their business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Micro at Free against FSNotes's $4.99. Micro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). FSNotes's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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
Micro is free to download; FSNotes costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Micro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FSNotes has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FSNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, Micro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FSNotes | Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #73 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Hlushchenko | Nowhere Group Limited |
Customer experience
FSNotes
Micro
In-app purchases
FSNotes
No in-app purchases
Micro
No in-app purchases
