Comparison

Milanote vs Dion's Manager

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

Head to head
About

Milanote

Organize your creative projects with this visual workspace. Combine notes, images, videos, and sketches to capture inspiration and see the big picture. Collaborate with your team or keep ideas private, with content synced instantly across all devices.

Highlights
  • Combine notes, images, videos, and sketches
  • Organize projects visually
  • Collaborate with teams
  • Save content from any app
  • Instant syncing across devices
  • Sketching with Apple Pencil
Features
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Milanote is the tool for organizing your creative projects. Capture ideas & notes on mobile, then organize them visually on Milanote for desktop. SAVE INSPIRATION & IDEAS Easily combine notes, images, videos, sketches, and more. Capture anything that fuels your creativity. ORGANIZE PROJECTS VISUALLY Bring your ideas, tasks, and references together in one place—so you can see the big picture and the details. COLLABORATE WITH YOUR TEAM Milanote boards can be a private place to think, or a shared workspace for collaboration—you control who sees what. SAVE CONTENT FROM ANY APP Clip websites, images, and videos from your browser, photos app, or anywhere else—right into Milanote with a tap. INSTANT SYNCING ACROSS ALL DEVICES Anything you save to Milanote is instantly synced to all your devices. The Milanote iPhone & iPad apps also let you… - Create, view and edit all of your boards - Upload photos, video & files - Sketch with Apple pencil - Get notifications for comments and content updates Privacy policy: https://milanote.com/legal/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://milanote.com/legal/terms-of-service

About

Dion's Manager

This app helps manage store products, track inventory levels, and facilitate store transfers. It also includes a barcode search function for quick product identification.

Highlights
  • Product management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Store transfers
  • Barcode search
Features
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Manage store products, inventory, store transfers and search by barcodes

Screenshots

Milanote4 screens
Dion's Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dion's Manager at none against Milanote's 2. Dion's Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Milanote's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Milanote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. Dion's Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dion's Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Milanote has 4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Milanote ships an update every 5 days, Dion's Manager every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Milanote versus Dion's Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilanoteDion's Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB65 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMilanoteBoris Gastelu

Customer experience

Milanote

All ratings4,013 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews756 reviews
Positive59.7%
Neutral17.9%
Negative22.5%

Dion's Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Milanote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to open certain boards
  • Issues with deleting or rearranging notes
  • Image uploads not working consistently

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add iPad app with full desktop functionality
  • Improve mobile app experience and parity with desktop
  • Increase free version storage limit
  • Implement offline mode and better file management
  • Add more customization options for boards and notes

Dion's Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Milanote

Subscriptions2
  • Professional Monthly$12.491 Month
  • Professional Annual$119.991 Year
None

Dion's Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Milanote free?
Milanote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dion's Manager free?
Dion's Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Milanote or Dion's Manager?
Dion's Manager is rated higher. Milanote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Dion's Manager averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Milanote or Dion's Manager have ads?
Neither Milanote nor Dion's Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Milanote or Dion's Manager?
Milanote ships an update every 5 days, and Dion's Manager every 2 months. Most recently, Milanote was updated on October 26, 2026 and Dion's Manager on October 24, 2026.

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