Comparison

ar.live vs Notes Libres

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

Head to head
About

ar.live

Features
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The application designed for tradespeople and contractors:

 Stop wasting your time reading reports! Find all the comments from your contractors in a single app, rather than scattered around your inbox.
Tradespeople and construction companies will be glad to be able to group and manage their tasks in a single mobile application.
Contractors will feel reassured because they can follow the progress of the construction site straight from their phone.

 Contractors using Archireport can now post comments directly to your Archireport Live app. You’ll be able to list, view, and confirm any comments that affect you, straight from the site.
You can even send a photo and a description to your contractor when you finish a task. 
And you can easily check all the documents you need to complete your tasks. 
 NB: 
If they wish to use Archireport Live, a user of Archireport (the site management app) must have shared their comments with you.

About

Notes Libres

Capture site visit notes with photos, organize them by project, and easily import them into BatiScript modules. Efficiently manage your site documentation with tags, folders, and subfolders for quick retrieval.

Highlights
  • Create notes with photos
  • Organize notes by site
  • Link notes to BatiScript
  • Tagging for easy search
  • Folder and subfolder organization
  • Import notes to BatiScript modules
Features
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Notes Libres offers you a solution to create your notes with photos during your site visits, organize them in your concerned sites, linked to BatiScript. Thanks to tags, find them more easily. Place them in folders and subfolders. Finally, import quickly your notes into the BatiScript defect modules and the site report module.

Screenshots

ar.live4 screens
Notes Libres4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ar.live at every 4 months against Notes Libres's every 10 months. Notes Libres's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ar.live ships an update every 4 months, Notes Libres every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ar.live versus Notes Libres: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterar.liveNotes Libres
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArchiReport SASScript&Go

In-app purchases

None

ar.live

No in-app purchases

None

Notes Libres

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ar.live free?
ar.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes Libres free?
Notes Libres is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ar.live or Notes Libres have ads?
Neither ar.live nor Notes Libres shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ar.live or Notes Libres?
ar.live ships an update every 4 months, and Notes Libres every 10 months. Most recently, ar.live was updated on September 9, 2026 and Notes Libres on September 15, 2026.

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