Notes for Apple Watch vs NoteWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes for Apple Watch
Effortlessly create, view, and manage all your notes directly on your Apple Watch. Syncs seamlessly with your iPhone and iPad, offering intuitive organization with color themes and efficient input methods.
- Compose notes on Apple Watch
- Browse, view, and edit notes
- Automatic syncing across devices
- Color themes for organization
- FlickType Keyboard support
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Compose and manage all your notes directly on Apple Watch. • Browse, view, edit, and compose notes with a highly intuitive interface optimized for your wrist. • Automatically sync all your notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. • Organize your notes with a variety of color themes for easy categorization. • Supports FlickType Keyboard for even more efficient note-taking on the go. Take your notes, anywhere! --------------------- Terms of Service: https://bit.ly/NotesTerms
NoteWatch
Add notes directly to your watch face or within the companion iPhone app. Customize note icons and colors to match your style. Enjoy photo and weather backgrounds when your note list is empty.
- Add notes to watch face
- Input notes via iPhone app or watch
- Voice and text input
- Customizable note icons and colors
- Photo and weather backgrounds
- Modular watch face support (Series 4+)
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NoteWatch lets you save a list of notes on your watch and also see them on your watch face. You can enter notes from the iPhone app or directly in the watch app using voice or text input. You can change the note icons and colours to match your watch face. There are also photo and weather backgrounds for the watch face when your note list is empty. Download now for free and get notes on your watch! =-=-=-=-=-= Note - You can only see notes on modular watch face on watches above series 4. To unlock premium features you must purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase: Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. The terms of service and privacy policy for this app can be found here: Terms of Service - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy - https://megaface.azurewebsites.net/Privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NoteWatch at 5.0 against Notes for Apple Watch's 4.3. Notes for Apple Watch's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Notes for Apple Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NoteWatch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NoteWatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes for Apple Watch has 2.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Notes for Apple Watch ships an update weekly, NoteWatch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes for Apple Watch | NoteWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.7K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kpaw, LLC | Yingchi Wang |
Customer experience
Notes for Apple Watch
NoteWatch
Bugs and requests
Notes for Apple Watch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes not syncing properly between devices
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive on Apple Watch
- Keyboard issues causing typing difficulties
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit notes from Apple Watch
- Implement a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Improve syncing reliability and speed
- Add more keyboard features (delete word, number pad, etc.)
NoteWatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notes for Apple Watch
- Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
NoteWatch
- Premium pack7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- NoteWatch Photo Pack$1.99
- Notewatch unlimited$1.99
Questions
Is Notes for Apple Watch free?
Is NoteWatch free?
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