Comparison

UpNote vs Thoughtmarks

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

Thoughtmarks

Capture ideas instantly with voice notes and AI-powered organization. This app helps you find forgotten thoughts through semantic search and smart filing. It's designed for busy minds to think better by organizing and rediscovering inspiration.

Highlights
  • Voice notes with automatic transcription
  • AI-powered titles, tags, and filing
  • Semantic search for easy recall
  • Smart bins for projects and topics
  • Offline-first architecture
  • Siri capture and Apple Watch integration
Features
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Bookmarks for your brain! Don’t let your best ideas, greatest inspiration, and most interesting thoughts die in your notes app. Use Thoughtmarks instead. With voice-first notes, AI-powered suggestions, & seamless organization, your thoughts have never been more accessible. Thoughtmarks is the fastest way to capture, organize, and rediscover your thinking. Voice-first, AI-powered, and built for busy minds. Designed as a frictionless tool to capture notes instantly, organize them, and easily recall and rediscover your best ideas when you need them most. Because your best ideas don't always happen at your desk. And if you don't capture them in the moment, they're gone. Whether you're a creative thinker, entrepreneur, student, or someone with short attention in a busy world, Thoughtmarks helps you think better. High Signal. Less Noise. CAPTURE AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT Voice notes with automatic transcription. Siri capture ("Thoughtmark this"). Apple Watch, widgets, Control Center. Text capture with zero friction. Whatever's fastest, use that. AI THAT DOES THE ORGANIZING FOR YOU Auto-generated titles, tags, and smart filing. Just capture. Let AI handle the rest. Then go deeper with personalized recommendations: books, podcasts, videos, and patterns across your own thinking you didn't even notice. FIND IDEAS YOU HALF-REMEMBER Semantic search that understands what you meant, not just what you typed. Forgot the exact words? Doesn't matter. Thoughtmarks finds it anyway. YOUR THINKING, ORGANIZED Smart bins for projects and topics. Visual connections between related ideas. Turn thoughts into tasks with priorities and due dates. Capture now, organize later. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Sign in with Apple. AES-256 encryption. Offline-first architecture. No ads. No data selling. Ever. AI features process data through our secure backend — your data is never used for AI training. Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. If your brain moves faster than your fingers, Thoughtmarks was built for you. Terms of Use: https://thoughtmarksapp.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://thoughtmarksapp.com/legal/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

UpNote4 screens
Thoughtmarks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: UpNote at 1.1K against Thoughtmarks's 9. UpNote also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Thoughtmarks's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Thoughtmarks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thoughtmarks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpNote has 1.1K ratings behind it against 9, 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 100% of Thoughtmarks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpNote ships an update weekly, Thoughtmarks daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UpNote versus Thoughtmarks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpNoteThoughtmarks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better9
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpNote Company LimitedNickolas Sawyer

Customer experience

UpNote

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

Thoughtmarks

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 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

Thoughtmarks

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
5 purchases

Thoughtmarks

Subscriptions3
  • All Access Weekly Subscription14 Days trial$5.007 Days
  • All Access Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$15.001 Month
  • All Acccess Annual Subscription14 Days trial$90.001 Year
One-time2
  • Thoughtmarks+ Pro AI Credit Pack$10.00
  • Thoughtmarks+ Power AI Credit Pack$50.00

Questions

Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thoughtmarks free?
Thoughtmarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UpNote or Thoughtmarks?
Thoughtmarks is rated higher. UpNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Thoughtmarks averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do UpNote or Thoughtmarks have ads?
Neither UpNote nor Thoughtmarks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UpNote or Thoughtmarks?
UpNote ships an update weekly, and Thoughtmarks daily. Most recently, UpNote was updated on September 22, 2026 and Thoughtmarks on September 11, 2026.

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