Comparison

Shooglebox vs Note

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

Head to head
About

Shooglebox

Capture and organize content from various sources into shareable cards. Ideal for teams and individuals to gather research, spot trends, and gain insights from social media and other platforms.

Highlights
  • Gather content from multiple apps
  • Organize content into shareable cards
  • Spot social media trends
  • Explore research material
  • Collaborate with teams
  • Create at-a-glance outputs
Features
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Shooglebox helps teams gather and explore content and insights from multiple sources – and create inspiring at-a-glance outputs to share with others. Marketing and PR teams use Shooglebox service to spot, understand and act on fast-moving TikTok trends – and tap into what their customers are seeing, saying and doing across social media. Researchers, writers and creators use the Shooglebox iPhone and iPad app to save content directly from other apps – Safari, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, Instagram, X, YouTube, Photos, Maps and more – and build on the things they gather. Shooglebox turns everything you gather into cards with an at-a-glance front and full material, embeds and notes on the back. You can use the iOS app to review and edit your cards – or switch to a web browser on a larger-screen device to explore them and see the bigger picture. Shooglebox is an indispensable tool for: • Gathering and building on research material fast • Exploring different types of content in one place • Collaborating across marketing, PR and other teams • Spotting emerging TikTok and social trends • Discovering insights from social conversations • Getting your heads round hot topics and opportunities • Reviewing live social feeds to track hot topics • Creating inspiring outputs to share with others

About

Note

Features
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Everyone reading this uses the internet to gather information, but more than 90% of us will struggle with how to manage and store it once we have found it. This is where Note-it comes in. A space for your web searches, temporary jottings and images. When searching or researching, you first need to see what is available before deciding what is suitable. Keeping track of what you have found can quickly become overwhelming. We all work visually and lists can quickly become unmanageable. Having a tool that allows you to choose your own visual reference to a webpage, as well as add comments if necessary, will make referring back to what you've discovered much easier. The ability to create a complete note with comments from anywhere, including your browser, and have it automatically organised for you makes Note-it an indispensable tool for collecting snippets of information as you explore various tasks. Key features Organise your notes by tags. Navigate using the tags. Add or remove tags to multiple notes. See tags organised by date. Create a note from the text in an image. Having the option of moving the notes to the trash after a predetermined period of time. Create sets for different projects. Text search in notes Search for notes sharing the same multiple tags Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shooglebox4 screens
Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shooglebox at none against Note's 1. Note's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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. Note sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Shooglebox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shooglebox ships an update every 4 weeks, Note daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shooglebox versus Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoogleboxNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIMP Media LtdOpen Screen Limited

In-app purchases

None

Shooglebox

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Note

Subscriptions1
  • Note-it Annual subscription1 Year trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Shooglebox free?
Shooglebox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note free?
Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shooglebox or Note have ads?
Neither Shooglebox nor Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shooglebox or Note?
Shooglebox ships an update every 4 weeks, and Note daily. Most recently, Shooglebox was updated on November 6, 2026 and Note on November 7, 2026.

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