Comparison

FSNotes vs Note

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

Head to head
About

FSNotes

A fast, modern notes manager for macOS and iOS that uses plain text Markdown files. It's designed for speed and keyboard shortcuts, allowing for seamless iCloud syncing and support for images, code blocks, and math.

Highlights
  • Plain text Markdown notes
  • Fast launch and operation
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • iCloud syncing
  • Markdown preview
  • Image and code block support
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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.

About

Note

Capture and organize your thoughts with a powerful note-taking app. It offers advanced AI-powered search, offline access, and flexible formatting options. Your data is stored locally and synced via iCloud, ensuring privacy and easy management.

Highlights
  • AI semantic search
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Local file storage and iCloud sync
  • Comprehensive formatting options
  • Flexible image attachments
  • Customizable tables
  • Recoverable deleted files
Features
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ConniePad is a native macOS, iOS app to help user take & store note, journal, paper, or story. The main pros is it’s powerful searching, privacy, offline & native. Using AI semantic search, it help user search note not only by keywords (which user likely forget) but also by describing the context of the note. Your files & folders is stored on your machine only and will be sync by your iCloud. It stored just as files & folders so it is easier for user to handle, backup and share them without lock-in to the app. The app is designed to be offline-first, on both MacOS, iOS & iPadOS, which allow user use it anywhere, anytime and the responsive is instantly. The editor and tools is much easier to use and support more formatting, comprehensive editing that not only help user feel comfortable to write but able to express the idea. Moreover, it is highly compatible with content on the web so help user easier to copy paste from web to note than Apple Note. There are many features that we would like to highlight below: - Comprehensive formatting including highlight text - Flexible image attachments - Highly customisable table - Keyboard shortcuts for every command and action - Organize folders and subfolders - Sorted files - Recoverable deleted files - Quick search and creation - Handoff And more… Term & Condition: https://conniepad.com/term

Screenshots

FSNotes4 screens
Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Note at Free against FSNotes's $4.99. Note also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). FSNotes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, 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

Note is free to download; FSNotes costs $4.99 up front. Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FSNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FSNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FSNotes has 86 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of FSNotes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FSNotes ships an update fortnightly, Note every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
FSNotes versus Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFSNotesNote
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (86 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#147 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr HlushchenkoHuy Le

Customer experience

FSNotes

All ratings86 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative25.9%

Note

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FSNotes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Note

Subscriptions3
  • AI - Weekly plan3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • AI - Monthly plan3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • AI - Yearly plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is FSNotes free?
FSNotes costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note free?
Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FSNotes or Note?
FSNotes is rated higher. FSNotes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Note averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FSNotes or Note have ads?
Neither FSNotes nor Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FSNotes or Note?
FSNotes ships an update fortnightly, and Note every 9 days. Most recently, FSNotes was updated on September 22, 2026 and Note on August 20, 2026.

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