Comparison

Notefuel vs Anki Note

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

Head to head
About

Notefuel

This app helps you learn more effectively by turning your notes into flashcards and using spaced repetition for optimal review. It supports various learning materials and offers features like OCR scanning and Kindle highlight import.

Highlights
  • Turn notes into flashcards
  • Spaced repetition review reminders
  • Text scanner with OCR
  • Import Kindle highlights
  • Offline note-taking
  • Cross-device sync
  • Share notes
Features
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Notefuel is a note-taking app specifically for learning. Powerful, yet easy-to-use, Notefuel helps you take notes you'll actually review & remember. Notefuel is perfect for taking notes on books, lectures, videos, and podcasts, and builds on research-backed learning techniques like spaced repetition and the Cornell note-taking method. Some notable features: • lets you turn your notes into flashcards by adding questions or having Notefuel’s artificial intelligence create flashcards for you • sends you reminders to review notes precisely when it’s optimal for efficient information retention, making it easy to benefit from “spaced repetition” • a built-in text scanner, which lets you use state-of-the-art, instant optical character recognition (OCR) to input highlights from physical books • easy import of Amazon Kindle highlights & notes, empowering you to actually re-engage with and learn from your Kindle data • works offline so you can take notes on an airplane, train, or any other place with limited connectivity • syncs across devices • share notes with classmates & colleagues simply by sending them a link • doesn’t require sign-in • freely export your notes so you’re never locked in --- Subscription info: Notefuel Regular is the default plan, and offers access to all of Notefuel’s core features. Notefuel Premium is the subscription service and costs $12.99 / month or $94.99 / year. Premium unlocks real-time, cross-device sync and unlimited text scans and notes. Subscription details: Payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours priorto the end of the current subscription period. Automatic renewals will cost the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. --- Privacy Policy: https://notefuel.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://notefuel.com/terms

About

Anki Note

This app helps organize scattered notes into a structured knowledge network. It automatically generates flashcards from marked content and uses the SM2 algorithm for spaced repetition reviews. Supports rich note-taking with attachments and bi-directional linking.

Highlights
  • Note-taking with Markdown
  • Automatic flashcard generation
  • SM2 spaced repetition algorithm
  • Bi-directional note linking
  • Attachments (images, docs)
  • Hierarchical note organization
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When users use flashcards to learn, they will encounter the problem that their knowledge points are scattered in every corner, and it is difficult for users to sort out a knowledge network from it. Anki Note is designed to solve the problem. In Anki Note, you will edit your notes and mark important content. Anki Note will generate flashcards based on your mark and remind you to review based on the SM2 algorithm. Features Notes - Take notes. - Markdown shortcuts. - Code Block (Anki Note Pro) - Attachments (pictures, photos, and docs). - All your attachments will be saved on your iCloud and local device, Anki Note will not get any of your private data. - Support linking to other notes via the syntax `[[notes`. Daily Notes - Daily Notes will create a new note that is automatically named with the current date. If it already exists, it will open that note. This is a valuable way to create a daily log, to-do list, or a list of links to notes that you have created on a specific day. Manage notes - All notes are organized into a tree, where child notes are attached to parent notes. - Support creating "sub-notes" for a single note, and support continuous creation of "sub-notes" in "sub-notes" with unlimited levels. - Support adjusting the position of notes by dragging and dropping. - Support staring notes. Build a Network of Notes - Bi-directional linking. - Link notes from notes and flashcards. - Support Backlinks: View the content link to the current note. - Graph - The relationship graph shows the notes related to the current note (parent note, child note, forward-linked note, back-linked note). - The relationship graph shows how all the notes are related to each other (parent-child, forward/backward links). Flashcards - Create flashcards. - Front and back flashcards. - Clozes. - Create flashcards from notes. - Select a piece of text in the note and click the "flashcard" icon to mark the currently selected content as a cloze. - For each note, click the "Mark the note as one card" button, Anki Note will automatically turn the note into a flashcard, make the note's title on the front of the card, and make the content of the note on the back of the card. View and manage flashcards - Anki Note provides multiple views for viewing all flashcards in multiple dimensions. - View flashcards related to "Today". - View flashcards in different statuses. - View flashcards by notes. - Archive flashcards. - Archived flashcards will no longer be reminded to review, but you can still view them at any time through the "Archived" list. - Reset flashcards. - The learning progress of the card will be cleaned and the card will be reset to a new card. Study - Anki Note uses the SM2 repeat algorithm to remind you to review flashcards. - You can arrange your way of reviewing. - Study all-new cards. - Review all the cards that need to be reviewed in the list. - Study all cards on the list. PDF - Import PDF in Anki Note and use this PDF file as a note. - Read PDF in Anki Note. - Add annotations: drawing, highlight, rectangle, and text. - Create flashcards with PDF highlighted text. - Create flashcards by PDF rectangle annotation. Tag - Add tags to your notes and cards for easy management and maintenance. - Hierarchical hashtag. - A hierarchical hashtag, like 'TechCompanies/Microsoft', will be displayed in a tree-like hierarchy. - Tags are displayed in alphabetical order by default Data - iCloud Sync, Keep your data in-sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac (Anki Note Pro). - All your data will be saved on your iCloud or local device, Anki Note will not get any of your private data. - Privacy Policy - https://tea-note.github.io/#/en/anki_note_privacy - Terms of Use - https://tea-note.github.io/#/en/anki_note_terms

Screenshots

Notefuel4 screens
Anki Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notefuel at 87% against Anki Note's 43%. Notefuel also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (311 vs 3). Anki Note's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notefuel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.95 per month and Anki Note sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notefuel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notefuel has 311 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Notefuel's written reviews are positive against 43% of Anki Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notefuel ships an update monthly, Anki Note every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notefuel versus Anki Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotefuelAnki Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (311 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings311 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoiled Ocean舜 吕

Customer experience

Notefuel

All ratings311 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.5%

Anki Note

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Notefuel

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Scan note feature not working
  • App freezes when going to settings
  • Notes lost after phone switch
  • Notes disappear mysteriously
  • Glitchy performance

Requested features

7 requests
  • Center align answers
  • Remove "question" from playback
  • Ability to underline multiple phrases
  • One-time fee option
  • Copy and paste images directly
Show 2 more
  • Support multimedia attachments
  • Ability to add multiple questions to notecards

Anki Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notefuel

Subscriptions2
  • Notefuel Premium7 Days trial$15.951 Month
  • Notefuel Premium7 Days trial$129.991 Year
4 purchases

Anki Note

Subscriptions2
  • Anki Note Pro ( 1 Month )$0.991 Month
  • Anki Note Pro ( 1 Year )$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • iOS + iPadOS$6.99
  • Anki Note Pro (Forever)$15.99

Questions

Is Notefuel free?
Notefuel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anki Note free?
Anki Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notefuel or Anki Note?
Notefuel is rated higher. Notefuel averages 4.7 out of 5 from 311 ratings, while Anki Note averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Notefuel or Anki Note have ads?
Neither Notefuel nor Anki Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notefuel or Anki Note?
Notefuel ships an update monthly, and Anki Note every 9 days. Most recently, Notefuel was updated on October 23, 2026 and Anki Note on October 20, 2026.

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