UpNote vs Syncly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 period 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
Syncly
Easily share notes, photos, and calendars with groups of any size. Organize information with custom folders and ensure data safety with a backup function. Ideal for families, couples, or professional teams needing synchronized information.
- Share notes and memos
- Synchronized calendar sharing
- Paste photos and images
- Customizable folders
- Backup function
- Unlimited group members
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Syncly is a shared notes app and shared calendar for families, couples, roommates and friends. Keep one shopping list, one to-do list and one set of plans in a group, and everyone sees every change right away. SIRI: ADD TO THE SHOPPING LIST BY VOICE Say "Hey Siri, add with Syncly", then say "onions and carrots". Both items are added to your shared shopping list. Your hands stay free while you cook or drive home. - Items are split at the word "and", so one sentence can add several things - Choose which note receives the items with a group and a keyword in the note's first line, for example "shopping list" - Works on iOS 16 or later SHARED NOTES, EDITED TOGETHER - Everyone in the group sees the same note and can write in it at the same time - See who has the note open right now - If two people edit at once, the changes are merged line by line, so what you wrote is not lost - Attach photos and images to a note - Organize notes in folders, change their order, and find them with search - Deleted notes can be restored for 30 days SHARED GROUP CALENDAR - One calendar for the whole group - Repeating events: weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly or yearly - Categories with their own color and icon - Holidays for Japan and the US are built in, and you can add your own - Import events from your iPhone calendar - The Home Screen widget shows today's and tomorrow's events (Premium) - Time zone support, so you can plan with family or friends abroad - Start the week on Monday, and adjust text size and cell height UNLIMITED GROUPS, UNLIMITED MEMBERS - Make separate groups for family, partner, friends, roommates and work - There is no limit on the number of members - Invite people by sending an invite link: just tap it to join (the invitation code still works too) - Works between iPhone and Android - You can also use Syncly alone, as a personal notepad and planner IDEAS FOR USE - Share a shopping list with your partner and avoid forgotten or double purchases - Share children's activities and school events with the family - Plan dates and keep a list of places you want to visit as a couple - Split chores with roommates using a shared to-do list - Share schedules and notes with a team, club or group of friends YOUR DATA IS SAFE WHEN YOU CHANGE PHONES Notes and calendars are stored in the cloud. Log in on a new phone and everything is there. A web version is also available in your browser. MAKE IT YOURS Dark mode, title bar colors, fonts, font size and line height can all be changed. PREMIUM (IN-APP PURCHASE) - Removes all ads, including on the calendar screen - Unlocks more than 25 color designs - Home Screen widget showing today's and tomorrow's events - Insert photos anywhere in a note
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UpNote at 4.7 against Syncly's 4.0. UpNote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 53%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Syncly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
UpNote holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpNote has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of UpNote's written reviews are positive against 53% of Syncly's.
UpNote ships an update weekly, Syncly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UpNote | Syncly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.9% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | UpNote Company Limited | Syncly Applications |
Customer experience
UpNote
Syncly
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
Syncly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UpNote
- Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
- 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
Syncly
- Paid Service(Outright)$0.99









