Comparison

Milanote vs WhatLater

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

WhatLater

Features
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WhatLater — the AI-native, effortless save-anything library. Send WhatLater a link, a photo, a voice note, a document or just a thought — it's saved, automatically tagged, and waiting in a calm, organized library. It lives inside the messaging apps you already use every day, so there's no new habit to learn. • Save from anywhere — share to WhatLater from any app, or send it straight from your favorite chat apps. • Permanent copies — articles are captured as clean, readable copies that survive paywalls, edits and dead links. • Available offline — new saves download automatically, so your library opens on a plane. • Ask in plain words — "the receipt from last week", "that article about batteries" — and get the right item back. • Reminders that come find you — pick a card, pick a time; it arrives as a message and a notification. • Collect together — share a QR and friends add photos and notes into one collection. They add, they never delete. Free to use. Premium adds permanent article copies, media storage, natural-language search and reminders. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Milanote4 screens
WhatLater4 screens

Verdict

The call

Milanote and WhatLater are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and WhatLater sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Milanote ships an update every 5 days, WhatLater weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Milanote versus WhatLater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilanoteWhatLater
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilanoteDeal Technology O.U.

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

WhatLater

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
2 purchases

WhatLater

Subscriptions2
  • Premium — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium — Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Milanote free?
Milanote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhatLater free?
WhatLater is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Milanote or WhatLater have ads?
Neither Milanote nor WhatLater shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Milanote or WhatLater?
Milanote ships an update every 5 days, and WhatLater weekly. Most recently, Milanote was updated on October 27, 2026 and WhatLater on October 24, 2026.

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