Collected Notes vs Notebox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collected Notes
A note-taking platform that allows users to create private notes, share them publicly, and build a blog with a custom domain. It focuses on a simple, native experience with live Markdown previews and no ads or tracking.
- Markdown with live preview
- Create private notes
- Share notes publicly
- Build a blog with custom domain
- Native iPhone experience
- No ads or tracking
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Upload your thoughts. The simplest, and most powerful note-taking blogging platform ever made. Create private notes, share them publicly and create your blog with a custom domain. ■ Markdown with live preview Live Markdown previews allow you to see the final result in real-time as you type. ■ Simplicity Every app out there eventually tries to do more than they should. We believe in doing less, but better. ■ Native experience The iPhone app allows for a fast native-first experience. Just open the app and go right into writing mode. ■ No nonsense No ads. No feature creep. No tracking. No annoying emails. No data sold. No comments. No vanity metrics. No proprietary formats. You'll never see popups, clutter, subscription up-sells, or anything that interferes with the reading experience. Collected Notes is a reading-first experience. Your attention matters. Terms of use: https://collectednotes.com/blog/terms
Notebox
This app offers a secure, block-based editor with Markdown support for local note-taking. For cross-device synchronization and real-time updates, a subscription unlocks cloud features with zero-knowledge encryption.
- Zero-knowledge encryption
- Block-based editor
- Markdown support
- Local-only mode
- Cross-device sync
- Real-time updates
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# V2 Ultimate Privacy - All user data is stored with D2D zero-knowledge encryption - Block based flexible editor - Supports Markdown - Local-only use on iPhone, iPad and Mac is FREE. # Subscribe to Sync - Across all devices - Real time - Conflict-Free - Complete Security All personal data is stored in personal iCloud. All synchronization is processed on user device locally. --- privacy policy: https://notebox.cloud/privacy-policy terms of use: https://notebox.cloud/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notebox at every 2 days against Collected Notes's every 2 weeks. Collected Notes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (43 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Collected Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Notebox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Collected Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collected Notes has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 87% and 86% positive.
Collected Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, Notebox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Collected Notes | Notebox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alfajor Co. | Guap Inc. |
Customer experience
Collected Notes
Notebox
In-app purchases
Collected Notes
- Collected Notes Basic7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Collected Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
Notebox
- Monthly Cloud Subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Yearly Cloud Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Year
