Comparison

Priorities vs Note

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

Head to head
About

Priorities

This app helps you focus on your most impactful tasks daily. By selecting 3-5 key items, you can execute them effectively to achieve your goals. It prioritizes action over over-organization to boost productivity.

Highlights
  • Daily task selection
  • Focus on 3-5 impactful tasks
  • Effective task execution
  • Minimalist interface
  • Goal-oriented productivity
Features
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Priorities is a calm, focused to-do list for people who want to do less - but the right things. Most task apps reward you for adding more. Priorities is built on a simpler idea: each day, choose the handful of tasks that truly matter, and finish them. WHY PRIORITIES • Pick your daily few - focus on the 3-5 tasks that move the needle, not an endless list. • Calm, distraction-free design - no clutter, no noise, no guilt. • Plan today, park the rest - keep a backlog without it weighing on you. • Build momentum - check things off and watch your progress add up. FEATURES • Daily planning that keeps you focused on what matters today • A backlog for everything else, ready when you are • Home screen widgets to see your day at a glance • Apple Watch companion to check off tasks on the go • Dark mode, clean typography, and a quiet interface • Syncs across all your devices Trade the anxiety of a long list for the satisfaction of real progress. Plan less. Finish more. PRIORITIES PRO (optional) • Add your day to Calendar — one free, non-blocking event with your checklist, updated as you go, in the calendar you choose • Scenic backgrounds — 130+ calm nature scenes with a depth parallax effect • Custom accent colors and alternate app icons • Flexible reminders — your own times, as many as you need • Yearly analytics of everything you finished Priorities Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription: US$5.99/year (or local equivalent) with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.mindfulsuite.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mindfulsuite.com/privacy

About

Note

This minimalist to-do list app helps declutter your life by focusing on essential tasks. Organize your day with priorities, areas, and estimates, and use a proven method to distinguish between must-do items and those that can wait. Achieve more by focusing on what truly matters.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Task prioritization
  • Assign areas and estimates
  • Must/wish/should/later method
  • Focus on important tasks
Features
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note is a clean, minimal and a powerful todo list, which will will help you to live a better life with less clutter and more fun. it's designed to make your life easier by only serving you what's needed. add your tasks smoothly and assign priorities, areas and estimates to your tasks effortlessly if you're willing to. finally organize life and finish your tasks with the proven must/wish/should/later method. after using the note app you'll realize that most of your tasks in your todo lists should have wish/later priority and have been blocking you to do the actual must/should tasks. note app will help you to focus on and done what's really important.

Screenshots

Priorities4 screens
Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note at none against Priorities's 1. Note also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Priorities's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (140 vs 4). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Priorities sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per year. Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Priorities against 4.8 for Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Priorities has 140 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Priorities's written reviews are positive against 100% of Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Priorities ships an update every 5 days, Note every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Priorities versus Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrioritiesNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (140 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings140 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakeOnePiece LLCEngcraft, LLC

Customer experience

Priorities

All ratings140 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%

Note

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Priorities

Subscriptions1
  • Priorities Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Year
None

Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Priorities free?
Priorities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note free?
Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Priorities or Note?
Note is rated higher. Priorities averages 4.7 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while Note averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Priorities or Note have ads?
Neither Priorities nor Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Priorities or Note?
Priorities ships an update every 5 days, and Note every 10 months. Most recently, Priorities was updated on October 23, 2026 and Note on October 24, 2026.

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