Comparison

UpNote vs D.off

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

D.off

Features
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Spending more time on your phone than you'd like? D.off is a digital detox app built around self-control. It's more than a simple blocker — when you go past the limits you set for yourself, D.off locks the apps, and to unlock you type out meaningful quotes, letter by letter. Friction by design. Built with intent — designed to actually work. Self-imposed limits, enforced automatically - You set the limits, D.off keeps them - Daily limits, by category or per app - 24-hour asymmetric cooldown to soften impulsive changes Unlock by transcribing - On the shield screen, transcribe quotes to unlock - Not instant. Brief, deliberate typing, letter by letter - The feeling shifts from helplessness to ownership Masterpieces on the shield screen - The shield screen shows a framed public-domain masterpiece - Each time, a work is picked at random, skipping ones you've seen in the last 24 hours where possible Sleep protection (Premium) - Auto-lock during the sleep hours you set - Set a start and end time, then pick the days it applies to - A gentle digital break Emergency 30 minutes (included with Free) - For genuine urgency: one release per calendar week, 30 minutes - Once used, it's available again from next Monday Why D.off? - Transcription friction is something a simple timer can't offer Premium subscription (optional, auto-renewable) - For the first 7 days after you create your account, Premium features are available without a subscription; after that the app switches to Free with no automatic charge - First-time subscribers get a 7-day free trial, then $3.99/month or $29.99/year (about 37% less than monthly) - The paid subscription starts automatically when the subscription's free trial ends - It renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription - One account per device is recommended Privacy - Raw screen time data never leaves your device - Family Controls applies only to the apps you select - No advertising identifiers, no location tracking Languages 한국어, English, 日本語, 简体中文, Español, Français, ภาษาไทย This is a self-control wellness app. It is not a parental control app for monitoring others. ---- Support: chrislee.krh@gmail.com Terms: https://doff-elpis.web.app/terms.html Privacy: https://doff-elpis.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

UpNote4 screens
D.off4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: UpNote at 1.1K against D.off's 1. D.off's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and D.off sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

D.off 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpNote ships an update weekly, D.off every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
UpNote versus D.off: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpNoteD.off
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpNote Company LimitedJangchun Lee

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

D.off

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

UpNote

Subscriptions1
  • Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$24.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$29.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$34.99
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  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$39.99
3 purchases

D.off

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$79.99

Questions

Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is D.off free?
D.off is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UpNote or D.off?
D.off is rated higher. UpNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while D.off averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UpNote or D.off have ads?
Neither UpNote nor D.off shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UpNote or D.off?
UpNote ships an update weekly, and D.off every 8 days. Most recently, UpNote was updated on November 11, 2026 and D.off on November 10, 2026.

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