Pocket Field Notes vs Bento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Field Notes
Capture and organize field notes with automatic geo-tagging and time stamps. Add photos to your notes and easily share them via email or by viewing their location on a map. Create project folders for efficient management of your field data.
- Automatic geo-tagging
- Time and date stamping
- Add photos to notes
- Create project folders
- Email notes with attachments
- View location on map
- Includes compass
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Pocket Field Notes allows you to quickly take notes while in the field. Notes are automatically geo-tagged (location services required) and stamped with time and date. You can add pictures to notes with your device's camera (device camera required). Notes can be emailed (email client on device required) with the pictures as attachments. You can easily share with others or send to yourself, so you can cut-and-paste info into another application. You can create project folders and then add notes to it for easy management. View the geo-tagged location on a map, in a web browser (device web browser required). This app is ideal for geologists, wildlife biologists, surveyors, rangers, architects, agriculturalists, engineers, hunters, contractors, maintenance personnel, real estate agents, urban planners, landscapers, naturalists and many others out in the field. + Quick And Easy To Use + Create Project Folders + Add Notes To Project Folders + GEO-Tags Each Note (location services required) + Take Pictures And Add To Notes (device camera required) + Notes Are Time And Date Stamped + Email A Note (email client on device required) + View Location On Map In A Browser (device web browser required) + Great For Anyone Needing To Take Notes In The Field + Compass (heading services required)
Bento
Organize and store your digital life locally on your device. Save recipes, links, notes, PDFs, and more in customizable boxes. Search everything, even text within images, and keep private items secure.
- Capture recipes, documents, voice memos, photos, and places
- Save links, URLs, and copied text
- Organize content into customizable boxes
- Search across all saved items, including text in screenshots
- Secure private items with Face ID
- Add personal notes to saved content
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Bento is a local-first box for the things worth keeping: recipes, links, screenshots, voice notes, PDFs, and places. Stored on your device, fully searchable, no account required. Capture from one simple app. Bento automatically types each save and organizes your library around boxes and the context that matters to you. Use Bento to: • Capture recipes, documents, voice memos, photos, and places • Drop in links, URLs, and copied text quickly • Organize into boxes, then sort and filter by type • Search across everything, including text inside screenshots • Keep private items locked behind Face ID or hidden entirely • Add your own notes without losing the original source Bento is built for personal knowledge, not feeds, followers, or noise. Keep what matters without turning your saved content into another inbox. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Bento Terms: https://usebento.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://usebento.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bento at Free against Pocket Field Notes's $1.99. Bento also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Pocket Field Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On 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
Bento is free to download; Pocket Field Notes costs $1.99 up front. Bento sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Pocket Field Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bento holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Pocket Field Notes ships an update every 3 months, Bento every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Field Notes | Bento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Hempfling | Don Kallail |
In-app purchases
Pocket Field Notes
No in-app purchases
Bento
- Bento Pro$4.991 Year
- Bento Pro Lifetime$19.99
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