Comparison

UpNote vs Book Note

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

Head to head
About

UpNote

This app provides a clean and beautiful interface for writing and organizing notes, journals, and to-do lists. It offers rich formatting options, an intuitive organization system, and instant syncing across devices, with offline capabilities. Premium features include enhanced security and export options.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with formatting tools
  • Intuitive organizing system (notebooks, pins, links)
  • Secure note locking with Touch/Face ID
  • Instant cross-device syncing and offline access
  • Markdown support and export
  • Task management and to-do lists
Features
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UpNote is a clean and beautiful app for writing and organizing. It's easy to use with rich features and delightful experience. UpNote is designed to help you take notes easily and stay focused on what matters most. UpNote has beautiful fonts and elegant themes that you can adjust to make your writing experience most comfortable and pleasant. UpNote is an ideal place to keep your diary and journal. It has a powerful lock feature so that you can rest assured that your notes stay private and secure. You can also use Touch ID or Face ID to securely unlock your notes. UpNote’s intuitive organizing system will keep your note space neat and light. There are many ways to organize your notes: putting them into notebooks, pinning your notes to the top of the note list, bookmarking them for quick reference or linking to other notes. You can also close any notebooks to focus on only most important one. UpNote’s rich editor makes it perfect for planning and managing your tasks. Simply write down your to-do list and have them synced to all your devices. UpNote offers highlight, text colors, table, nested list, code and many other important formatting tools so that you could easily format your notes. UpNote syncs notes instantly on all devices. It also works reliably offline, so you could take note anytime, anywhere. If you are a markdown user, UpNote is great for you too. It has intuitive shortcuts based on markdown, which makes it more fun to write notes. You can also export your notes to Markdown or PDF. Try UpNote now and you will fall in love with it! ---- Upgrade to Premium to get full power of UpNote: - Lock your notes and notebooks - Insert table and attachments - Write unlimited number of notes - Elegant themes and notebook covers - Export to text PDF, HTML and Markdown ---- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial peri​od will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ---- If you have any question or feedback, we would love to hear it. Send an email to support@getupnote.com, and we would love to get in touch with you! ---- Privacy policy: https://getupnote.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://getupnote.com/terms.html

About

Book Note

Easily track your reading progress and thoughts. Add books by searching or taking photos, and create detailed notes with bookmarks. Keep a digital journal of your literary journey.

Highlights
  • Add books via search
  • Add books with photos
  • Create reading notes
  • Add bookmarks to notes
Features
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Join the simple reading notes app ‘Reading Note’. - Add books by searching for them. - You can also add books with photos. - Add bookmarks to your reading notes.

Screenshots

UpNote4 screens
Book Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Note at none against UpNote's 8. Book Note also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). UpNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Book Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UpNote holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpNote has 1.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of UpNote's written reviews are positive against 100% of Book Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpNote ships an update weekly, Book Note every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
UpNote versus Book Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpNoteBook Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpNote Company Limited2026 Gnosis

Customer experience

UpNote

All ratings1,059 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews752 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative8.0%

Book Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

UpNote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Lost notes and data
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Google sign-in not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
  • Improved drawing/handwriting support
  • PDF annotation and embedding
  • Optical character recognition (OCR)
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  • Ability to reorder bullets and lists
  • Improved table editing and formatting
  • Apple Watch app

Book Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

UpNote

Subscriptions1
  • Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
One-time7
  • Life-time Upgrade$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$24.99
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  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$24.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$29.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$34.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$39.99
None

Book Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Book Note free?
Book Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UpNote or Book Note?
UpNote is rated higher. UpNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Book Note averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do UpNote or Book Note have ads?
Book Note shows ads; UpNote does not.
Which is updated more often, UpNote or Book Note?
UpNote ships an update weekly, and Book Note every 2 weeks. Most recently, UpNote was updated on September 22, 2026 and Book Note on September 18, 2026.

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