Comparison

BriskNote vs Page by a

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Notes on new browser tabs
  • Cross-platform synchronization
  • Quick idea capture
  • List making
  • Draft storage
Features
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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!

About

Page by a

Features
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Stop fighting with copy and paste. Page is one inbox every machine you own can write to. Clip a note, a link, an error, a command, a number you will need in an hour — from a terminal, a script, or an AI coding assistant. It is on your phone before you have switched windows. FOUR KINDS OF PAGE NOTES — save this for me. REMINDERS — bring this back at nine. UPDATES — tell me when the build finishes. QUESTIONS — I need you to decide. Questions are the part nothing else does. When an agent asks "the migration is ready, deploy?", it stops and waits. You tap Deploy or Review first on your phone, and the answer goes back to the terminal that asked. READ IT THE WAY YOU THINK Timeline puts the day in order. Tree groups by the machine that paged you, which is what you want when a dozen hosts are talking. Project groups by the code you were working in. Markdown renders properly and long logs stay collapsed until you open them. BUILT FOR THE PLACE IT LIVES Swipe to pin or delete. Search across everything loaded. Copy a page, or send it to Reminders, Calendar, or anywhere else. On iPad it reads like Mail, list beside page. Answer from the notification without unlocking into the app. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY RUN A one-line install adds the page command to your shell, and an MCP server so agents can both reach you and read the inbox back. "Page me when the build finishes" and "ask me before deploying" become things you can just say. FREE AND PRO Free includes the full inbox, email delivery, and a rolling 30-day history — pin anything you want to keep past that. Pro is $7.99/month, adds push notifications and SMS, and keeps every page for good. SECURITY Page content is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, and every connection is HTTPS. API tokens are stored as hashes, never in the clear, and the token on your device lives in the Keychain. PAGE PRO Page Pro is $7.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://a-gnt.com/page/privacy

Screenshots

BriskNote4 screens
Page by a4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BriskNote at none against Page by a's 1. BriskNote also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Page by a's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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. Page by a sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. BriskNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BriskNote ships an update weekly, Page by a every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BriskNote versus Page by a: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriskNotePage by a
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSysRestartJoseph Smith

In-app purchases

None

BriskNote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Page by a

Subscriptions1
  • Page Pro$7.991 Month

Questions

Is BriskNote free?
BriskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Page by a free?
Page by a is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BriskNote or Page by a have ads?
Neither BriskNote nor Page by a shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BriskNote or Page by a?
BriskNote ships an update weekly, and Page by a every 3 days. Most recently, BriskNote was updated on November 3, 2026 and Page by a on November 10, 2026.

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