Comparison

Concept Mapping vs Noted Down

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

Head to head
About

Concept Mapping

Organize thoughts and plan projects with powerful concept maps. Visualize ideas, connect related concepts, and structure information more effectively than traditional notes. Share your creations and easily search your organized web of knowledge.

Highlights
  • Organize ideas with concept maps
  • Connect related concepts
  • Visualize ideas and information
  • Plan projects effectively
  • Brainstorming tool
  • Add resources (links, images, video)
  • Searchable knowledge graph
Features
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Think more clearly and structure your ideas with powerful concept maps in Gloow. Plan projects, prepare presentations, brainstorm ideas, build stories, or even learn languages. Connect the dots with Gloow. Gloow can help you: * Think more clearly * Organize ideas more easily than written notes * Connect related concepts * Craft stories * Visualize ideas * Plan your projects more effectively * Brainstorm * Create beautiful mind maps and concept maps In Gloow, your ideas, called “nodes”, link together. You can connect one node to any other. There is no limit on the number of connections each node can have. This creates an organized web of information that you visualize, browse, and search. This structure is also known as a knowledge graph. Whether it’s a simple plan or a complex project, Gloow connects the dots between your information, ideas, and thoughts. Features: * Share your ideas with friends and family * Easily search your ideas and notes * Colour-scheming * Add resources (links, images, video) to your thoughts * Search the web for resources * Share resources from browsers straight into the app * Switch between a mind map and list view * No ads All features in Gloow are free to use up to a certain data limit. There is the option to upgrade to a subscription in the app for unlimited data.

About

Noted Down

A Markdown editor and note keeper with live preview, note linking, and support for tables, code highlighting, and checklists. It allows offline work and can act as a web server for file access from your computer.

Highlights
  • Live Markdown preview
  • Note linking
  • Table of contents generation
  • Code highlighting
  • Checklists
  • Offline help files
  • Web server for file access
Features
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Noted Down is a Markdown editor and note keeper boasting live preview, searches, linking of notes, and multiple file support. It is designed to hold all the notes you need in your pocket and being markdown you can just type and not worry about the formatting. The extended version of markdown in Noted Down gives you all the normal markdown stuff as well as supports for tables, code highlighting, table of contents generation and checklists as well as functions to further automate your notes. It includes local help files so you can work while offline. Although input is via simple text, a context menu can help you to insert and update in markdown and a suggestions list is at hand to help with linking and using functions. Comprehensive search and replace (including regex) is also available for each note. Editing other text files is also supported and you can use Apple’s editing tools for PDF’s and Images while in the app. Notes and files can be organised and contents searched for within the app and even edited from your computer as Noted Down will act as a web server for all your files. This app is add supported, but designed so that ads will be of minimal impact to your work flow.

Screenshots

Concept Mapping4 screens
Noted Down4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Concept Mapping at 5.0 against Noted Down's 4.0. Concept Mapping also leads on ads (none vs shown). Noted Down's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Concept Mapping sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Noted Down asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Concept Mapping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Concept Mapping ships an update every 2 months, Noted Down weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Concept Mapping versus Noted Down: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConcept MappingNoted Down
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNebulae GCVChristopher Nike

Customer experience

Concept Mapping

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Noted Down

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Concept Mapping

Subscriptions3
  • Gloow Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Gloow Early Bird Subscriptions$5.993 Months
  • Gloow Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
None

Noted Down

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Concept Mapping free?
Concept Mapping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noted Down free?
Noted Down is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Concept Mapping or Noted Down?
Concept Mapping is rated higher. Concept Mapping averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Noted Down averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Concept Mapping or Noted Down have ads?
Noted Down shows ads; Concept Mapping does not.
Which is updated more often, Concept Mapping or Noted Down?
Concept Mapping ships an update every 2 months, and Noted Down weekly. Most recently, Concept Mapping was updated on October 15, 2026 and Noted Down on October 3, 2026.

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