Comparison

NotePlan vs Noteboo

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

Head to head
About

NotePlan

Organize your tasks, notes, and calendar in one unified app. Quickly plan your day with Markdown, link notes bi-directionally, and stay on top of your to-dos with powerful review and search features. Seamlessly integrates with your existing calendars and syncs across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Unified task, note, and calendar view
  • Markdown for quick task and note creation
  • Bi-directional note linking
  • Calendar integration (iCloud, Google, Exchange)
  • Flexible recurring tasks
  • Global Command Bar for fast navigation
  • Plaintext note storage
Features
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Having trouble planning your day, managing your to-do list, and organizing your notes? Always jumping between apps and losing track of what to do and where you put things? Say hello to NotePlan! NotePlan lets you manage everything in one place: your tasks, notes, and calendar. Perfect for project managers, designers, researchers, writers, students, or anyone who wants to be organized and efficient. QUICKLY PLAN YOUR DAY WITH MARKDOWN • Plan your day by seeing your calendar, notes, and tasks in a single view • Create tasks and notes quickly with Markdown • Add #tags to organize tasks and notes • Use @mentions to find people • Reschedule to-do items easily • Create flexible recurring tasks • Work faster with autocomplete BUILD YOUR NETWORK OF NOTES • Create your own network of notes • Organize any way you want to: from simple folders over P.A.R.A. to a Zettelkasten system • Bi-directional notes: link your calendar and your notes in any direction, automatically • Cross-reference and link notes easily STAY ON TOP OF THINGS WITH REVIEW • Search all tasks and notes, instantly • See all open tasks with the click of a button • Get a list of overdue to-do items • See upcoming tasks at a glance • Create custom filters with your own queries using status, #tags, @mentions, or even text SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH YOUR CALENDAR • Create events and reminders right in NotePlan • Support for iCloud, Google, and Exchange calendars • Time-block tasks on your calendar simply by typing AVAILABLE ON MAC, IPHONE & IPAD • Sync everything between your Apple devices • Use any sync method you like: CloudKit or iCloud Drive • A single subscription for all your devices OPEN, PRIVATE & FAST • All your notes are stored in plaintext so you're never locked in • Your information is private and cannot be accessed • Enjoy lightning speed thanks to local files and native apps ANY THEME YOU WANT • Choose from a variety of built-in themes • Work with light or dark versions • Create your own custom theme SHORTCUTS FOR MAXIMUM SPEED • Extended Markdown syntax support with customization options • Move around without ever leaving the keyboard • Find everything with the Global Command Bar NotePlan is developed independently and prioritizes user features and requests. We have long-term roadmaps and listen to customers to improve the apps. - - - - - Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. - - - - - Email: hello@noteplan.co Web: noteplan.co Discord: https://discord.gg/D4268MT Twitter: NotePlanApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/NotePlanApp Learn NotePlan course: https://noteplan.eo.page/newsletter Terms of use: http://noteplan.co/tos/ Privacy policy: https://noteplan.co/privacy/

About

Noteboo

Features
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Noteboo is a notes app you swipe through, not one you file things into. Pages sit side by side like your home screen. Swipe to move between them. Every note is a card — what you see is the whole note, so nothing is hidden behind a tap. WRITE FIRST, DECIDE LATER Open the app and the writing bar is already there. No folder to pick, no section to choose, no blank document to name. Type it, and it is kept. ADD ONLY WHAT THE NOTE NEEDS Any note can carry a little more, and nothing it does not: — A reminder that arrives at the right moment — A countdown that quietly says "in 12 days" — An amount, in the currency you use — A photo, from the camera or your library — A place, picked off the map — A link — An icon, so you can find it by its shape THREE KINDS OF NOTE — Notes, for the things you want to keep — Tasks, for the things you want to tick off — Logs, for the things that happen more than once — every time you add to one it keeps the date, so you can look back at the whole run A COLOUR PER PAGE Every page carries its own colour, and the whole screen takes it on as you swipe. You know where you are before you have read a word. WHAT IS COMING UP, ON ONE SCREEN Swipe left for the agenda: what is overdue, what is today, what is this week, what comes after — and the notes you wrote most recently. No charts, no totals, no dashboard. ALL YOUR PAGES AT A GLANCE Swipe right for the grid, where every page is a small tile in its own colour. Search across everything from there, reorder your pages, and archive the ones you are finished with instead of deleting them. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No cloud. Nothing you write leaves your phone — there is no server for it to go to. Lock the app behind Face ID if you want one more layer. MADE TO FEEL RIGHT Light and dark, in five languages. Every animation and every tap is tuned, and all of it respects Reduce Motion, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. Noteboo is for the thought you want out of your head in two seconds. If you are writing pages, use something else.

Screenshots

NotePlan4 screens
Noteboo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noteboo at none against NotePlan's 10. NotePlan's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price 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. NotePlan sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Noteboo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NotePlan versus Noteboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotePlanNoteboo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNotePlan LLCismail arslan

Bugs and requests

NotePlan

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent sync between devices
  • Crashes when opening certain files

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved iPad and mobile app experience
  • Better integration with other productivity apps
  • More automation and scripting capabilities
  • Weekly or monthly calendar view

Noteboo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

NotePlan

Subscriptions8
  • Personal Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Personal Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Personal Monthly1 Month trial$11.991 Month
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  • Personal Monthly2 variants$12.001 Month
  • Personal Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Personal Annual7 Days trial2 variants$99.991 Year
  • Personal Annual1 Month trial$119.991 Year
  • Business Class1 Month trial$199.991 Year
None

Noteboo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotePlan free?
NotePlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noteboo free?
Noteboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NotePlan or Noteboo have ads?
Neither NotePlan nor Noteboo shows ads.

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