Wavelets vs HashTagNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wavelets
Capture fleeting thoughts, ideas, and reminders with a beautifully designed note-taking application. Seamlessly sync your notes across devices and access them quickly through integrated search and widgets.
- Spontaneous idea capture
- Short note storage
- Small reminder management
- Spotlight Search integration
- Today Widget support
- Apple Watch compatibility
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Wavelets stores your spontaneous ideas, short notes, small reminders or thoughts in a simple and very beautiful way! Of course with support for - the Spotlight Search - the Today Widget - AND (not quite so obvious) the Apple Watch
HashTagNotes
Organize quick notes, links, and files with tags for easy retrieval. This note-taking app syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices.
- Message yourself notes, links, and files
- Organize with tags
- Easy retrieval of notes
- Syncs across Apple devices
- Proper note-taking interface
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Message yourself notes, links and files but in a proper note-taking app! Better organize quick snippets of notes with tags to find relevant ones easily. Best of all, it works and syncs across all of your Apple devices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HashTagNotes at 100% against Wavelets's 0%. HashTagNotes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Wavelets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. HashTagNotes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Wavelets asks for nothing beyond the download.
HashTagNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Wavelets's written reviews are positive against 100% of HashTagNotes's.
Wavelets ships an update weekly, HashTagNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wavelets | HashTagNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hartmut Albers | Yujian Yao |
Customer experience
Wavelets
HashTagNotes
In-app purchases
Wavelets
No in-app purchases
HashTagNotes
- Support editing tag color$2.99
- Unlimited attachments$3.99
- Support iCloud Sync$7.99
