Comparison

Collected Notes vs Forget

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Forget

This app helps individuals with ADHD manage their tasks by estimating durations and focusing on one item at a time. It provides daily recaps and gentle nudges, with optional Pro features for enhanced planning and widgets.

Highlights
  • Task duration estimation
  • One-task focus sessions
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities for timers
  • Daily recap and summary
  • Gentle reminders
  • Cloud sync
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Your brain isn't broken. Your to-do list is. Trusted by 20,000+ professionals — including people on teams at leading companies — to get more done by focusing on one task at a time. Most task apps hand you an endless list and expect you to guess how long any of it takes. If you have ADHD, that guess is the whole problem. Forget works differently. Every task gets a duration. As you add them, Forget adds them up and shows you the one number that actually matters: the time you'll actually finish. PLAN A DAY THAT FITS Give each task a time estimate and watch your finish time move. When the day stops fitting, you find out in the morning instead of at midnight. ONE TASK AT A TIME Start a focus session and everything else gets out of the way. Just the task, a timer, and controls to pause, skip or complete. IT FOLLOWS YOU OUT OF THE APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show today's list and your running timer, so you can tick things off without opening the app. Live Activities keep the session in your Dynamic Island, so you can pause or finish from anywhere in iOS. CLOSE THE DAY PROPERLY See what actually happened instead of guessing, with a daily recap and an end-of-day summary that closes the loop. GENTLE NUDGES, NOT NAGGING Optional reminders in the morning, evening and at night. No streaks to break and nothing to feel guilty about. FREE, AND FORGET PRO Free forever: today's task list with create, complete, edit and reorder, plus breaks, repeats, Later, filters and sort, and cloud sync with forget.work. Forget Pro unlocks subtasks, focus mode and timers, plan mode and daily recap, the wrap-day summary, and Home and Lock Screen widgets. Available monthly or yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that covers iOS and the web. Your brain works fine. Give it a to-do list that finally does too. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.forget.work/privacy

Screenshots

Collected Notes4 screens
Forget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Forget at 5.0 against Collected Notes's 4.7. Collected Notes's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Collected Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Forget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $16.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collected Notes has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Collected Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, Forget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Collected Notes versus Forget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollected NotesForget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlfajor Co.Capable Koala

Customer experience

Collected Notes

All ratings43 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%

Forget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Collected Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Collected Notes Basic7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Collected Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
3 purchases

Forget

Subscriptions2
  • Billed Monthly$16.001 Month
  • Billed Yearly$78.001 Year
One-time1
  • Forget. For Life.$99.99

Questions

Is Collected Notes free?
Collected Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forget free?
Forget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Collected Notes or Forget?
Forget is rated higher. Collected Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Forget averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Collected Notes or Forget have ads?
Neither Collected Notes nor Forget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Collected Notes or Forget?
Collected Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Forget weekly. Most recently, Collected Notes was updated on October 2, 2026 and Forget on October 6, 2026.

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