BriskNote vs Heptabase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BriskNote
Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with every new browser tab. This tool offers a seamless way to access your notes across web browsers, mobile apps, and the internet. It's designed for quick note-taking, bridging the gap between simple sticky notes and complex software.
- Notes on new browser tabs
- Cross-platform synchronization
- Quick idea capture
- List making
- Draft storage
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Make your life more productive with every new browser tab you open. Taking a note is as simple as opening a new tab. Access your notes across platforms - browsers, mobile apps, and the web. If you spend a good amount of time on your web browser, and you like to take quick notes, then BriskNote is for you. BriskNote is the perfect middle ground between oversimplified sticky notes and complex desktop note-taking software. BriskNote is perfect for taking notes while having conversations, jotting down spontaneous ideas, making lists, storing drafts or pieces of code, and so on. And of course, it's absolutely free!
Heptabase
This visual note-taking application helps users learn complex subjects. The mobile version offers complete access to all your notes, journals, and whiteboards, allowing you to review your work on the go.
- Visual note-taking
- Learn complex topics
- Access cards and journals
- Read whiteboards
- Mobile access
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Heptabase is a visual note-taking app that helps you learn complex topics. The mobile app provides full access to all your cards and journals, and allows you to read all your whiteboards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Heptabase at 4.3 against BriskNote's 3.0. Heptabase also leads on ratings volume (71 vs 1). BriskNote's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Heptabase holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heptabase has 71 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BriskNote | Heptabase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SysRestart | Hepta Platforms, Inc |
Customer experience
BriskNote
Heptabase
In-app purchases
BriskNote
No in-app purchases
Heptabase
No in-app purchases
