Comparison

iNote vs WinkNotes

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

Head to head
About

iNote

Capture inspiration and organize your thoughts with a robust note-taking app. Features include cloud sync, a notebook system for organization, and rich text formatting. Protect your ideas with passcode and backup options.

Highlights
  • Cloud Sync
  • Notebook System
  • Rich Text Formatting
  • Checklists
  • Passcode Protection
  • Picture Export
Features
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"iNote · ideas Note" is a powerful note-taking application with excellent experience, allowing you to record inspiration ideas at any time. The "Cloud Sync" let you write notes across multiple devices. There are not only a "notebook system" specially designed for organizing and controlling, but also a "picture layout" full of details. “Passcode” and “backup” allow you to control all your important notes. =Powerful Features= 1. Infinite Expansion: Each note can be continuously expanded at any time 2. Powerful checklist: Easily create various to-do items and plans 3. Rich text: Highlight, bold, focus, notes are more organized 4. Notebook system: Arrange and manage all your notes 5. Cloud Sync: Sync your notes across multiple devices 6. Picture Export: Beautiful picture template, share to SNS and friends 7. Eye protection mode: make your eyes more comfortable! 8. Passcode + backup: Gesture password, iCloud backup 9. More: card color, home screen icon, waiting for you to discover~ ------------------------- = About the In-App Subscription = The app includes following subscriptions: - iNote Pro · Monthly Membership - iNote Cloud 10 GB Yearly - iNote Cloud 100 GB Yearly Your subscription will be billed through your Apple ID account after purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of your billing cycle. Renewal cannot be cancelled. Privacy Policy: https://clover.ly/privacy Terms: https://m.icity.ly/tos

About

WinkNotes

This app combines note-taking with spaced repetition for effective learning. Organize your thoughts, create flashcards, and review material efficiently using memory curves and customizable study plans. Supports rich text, drawing, and offline voice reading.

Highlights
  • Columnar note-taking with key points
  • Spaced repetition for memory learning
  • Rich text formatting and drawing
  • Ebbinghaus memory curve study plans
  • Marker memory for fill-in-the-blanks
  • Offline voice reading aloud
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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“WinkNotes” are an ideal combination of note taking, knowledge organization, and memory learning. Taking detailed notes, but can't always find the key points? You take serious notes, but your mind is empty when you recall them? The fragmented knowledge is getting more and more, and there is no way to organize and summarize it? Preparing for the exams, but do not know how to review? All kinds of troubles, "WinkNotes" help you solve. "WinkNotes" innovatively adopts the form of columnar notes, integrating the complete notes with key points, distilled thinking and other information, using the interval memory to help users review, thus improving the efficiency of memory learning. You can use WinkNotes on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and sync content in the cloud with your iCloud account. Powerful note taking features - Ideal mix of graphics and text. - Rich text formatting: title, bold, underline, strikethrough, super/subscript, list, indent, split line. - Colorful notes: add rich colors to the text and retain the original text color even when copied in. - Markdown compatible: Focus on taking quick notes of content, copied content automatically converts Markdown tags to rich text style. - Write and scribble: Draw with your finger or on a compatible iPad with the Apple Pencil. Flexible filtering, searching and organizing - Organize by memory status: new notes, in memory, and remembered content at a glance. - Filter by category: customize categories, set different colors and filter - Real-time search: Quickly search for keywords and display results in the current list. - Combined search: The above filtering and searching methods can be freely combined for fast, multi-latitude search. Efficient learning and review - Ebbinghaus Memory Curve: Automatically arrange study and review plan according to the memory law. - Customized next memory time: Flexible selection of memory stages and next memory time. - Detailed memory record: Each memory record of all devices will be combined and recorded. - Marker memory: Mark out key words with markers, which can be used for masking memory and fill-in-the-blank practice. - Offline voice reading aloud: support real-time offline reading aloud in 30+ languages with customizable reading language and speed. - Drafting paper : Using draft paper with Apple Pencil in iPad helps you quickly practice mimeographing or doing questions. Subscribe to WinkNotes PRO to unlock all features - iCloud sync: Sync all data on iPhone, iPad, Mac. - Advanced card packs: Unlock unlimited card decks, number of cards created, customize card deck cover art, use card pack grouping for organization. - Voice reading: Unlock unlimited number of pronunciation readings in 30+ languages. - Get regular updates. - Etc. 1 Service name: WinkNotes PRO membership continuous annual package 2 After you purchase an automatic subscription, your iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before the subscription period expires, and the subscription will be renewed for one more subscription period after a successful charge. 3 To cancel your subscription, please manually open "Settings" -> "iTunes Store and App Store" -> "Apple ID" on your Apple phone and select "View Apple ID". Select "View Apple ID", enter the "Account Settings" page, click "Subscriptions", and select WinkNotes PRO membership to cancel your subscription. If you do not close your subscription at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period, you will be deemed to have agreed to continue your license and the subscription will automatically renew. Privacy https://www.appnice.cn/privacy.htm Member Service Agreement (User Agreement) / terms of use https://www.appnice.cn/useragreement.html For assistance Please write to: winkcard@qq.com

Screenshots

iNote4 screens
WinkNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WinkNotes at weekly against iNote's every 5 weeks. iNote's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. iNote sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and WinkNotes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iNote against 4.8 for WinkNotes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 295 and 128 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of iNote's written reviews are positive against 78% of WinkNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iNote ships an update every 5 weeks, WinkNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iNote versus WinkNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriNoteWinkNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (295 ratings)4.8 (128 ratings)
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings295 — better128
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.Detailsoft Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

iNote

All ratings295 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.9%

WinkNotes

All ratings128 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral15.9%
Negative6.3%

Bugs and requests

iNote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Backup failures
  • Rotated photos after insertion
  • Lack of auto-capitalization

Requested features

7 requests
  • Markdown support
  • Ability to reorder notebooks
  • Improved photo/image handling
  • Sync across devices
  • Voice recording option
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  • Nested checklists
  • Mac app version

WinkNotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

iNote

Subscriptions7
  • iNote Pro · Monthly Membership7 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • iNote Cloud 10 GB Special7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • iNote Cloud 10 GB Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • iNote Cloud 10 GB Special7 Days trial$13.991 Year
  • iNote Cloud 10 GB Yearly Plan7 Days trial$18.491 Year
  • iNote Cloud 50 GB Special Plan$59.991 Year
  • iNote Cloud 50 GB Yearly Plan$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • iNote Reset Passcode$0.99
  • Coffee for Developer$2.99
  • iNote Pro$3.99
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  • Coffee for Designer$4.99
5 purchases

WinkNotes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription (Events)$1.991 Month
  • Annual Full Access(Events)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Annual Full Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Special edition$14.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$19.99

Questions

Is iNote free?
iNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WinkNotes free?
WinkNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iNote or WinkNotes?
iNote and WinkNotes are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 295 and 128 ratings respectively.
Do iNote or WinkNotes have ads?
Neither iNote nor WinkNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iNote or WinkNotes?
iNote ships an update every 5 weeks, and WinkNotes weekly. Most recently, iNote was updated on September 19, 2026 and WinkNotes on September 20, 2026.

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