Verio vs NoteFormat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Verio
Manage your future cash flow with a detailed budget. Track financial transactions, create budgets with custom accounts, and visualize your finances with charts and detailed views. Plan ahead for greater peace of mind.
- Create and edit sources-costs budgets
- Detailed transaction views and charts
- Manage future cash flow
- Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Customizable account setup
- Year and month views
- Mark transactions as 'Done' or foreseen
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Verio answers one question: how much money will you have on any given day – next month, in three months, or by the end of the year? New to Verio? Tap the '?' button for a hands-on guided tour of the app – built on sample data, so you can see exactly what it does and how, before entering a single transaction of your own. Prefer a quick start? Open Quick Start from the three rows menu to set your opening balances and name your accounts. Look ahead, not just back. Most finance apps show you what you already spent. Verio shows you what's coming: a rolling, forward-looking budget built from the transactions you already know about – salary, rent, bills, subscriptions, planned expenses. Jump to any month or the whole year and see your projected balance, instantly. Start with your accounts Name the accounts you actually use – checking account, cash, credit card, savings – up to 20 of them, with your favorites pinned for quick access. Every transaction can move any account you track. Add what you already know Give each transaction a date, a description, a category and an amount – income or expense. Mark it 'Done' once it happens, or leave it planned so you always see, at a glance, what's already settled and what's still ahead. See where your money goes Give any transaction a category – each with its own icon shape – and Verio turns them into a pie chart: see at a glance, for any month or the whole year, where your money is coming from and where it's going, for one account or all of them combined. Tap a slice to see exactly which transactions make it up, or jump straight into a category-filtered search from there. Share any chart as an image – pie charts can also be exported as a PDF, one page per account, handy for printing or an offline record. Try a scenario Wondering what happens if you skip a purchase, or an expense gets postponed? Toggle any transaction on or off and watch your future balance update – without losing your plan. Recurring costs and income can repeat weekly or monthly automatically. See the trend Line and bar charts track every account's balance over the year or any single month, each in its own color. Tap a point on the chart to see exactly which transactions make up that day. Find anything, fast Search across all your transactions – by text or by category – and jump straight to the one you need. Your plan, everywhere Verio is a universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. With your Apple ID, everything syncs automatically via iCloud – pause it anytime from Sharing settings. Protect access with Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode. Save and reload entire years to keep a permanent archive of your finances. Export & import your data Back up or edit an entire year outside iCloud: export it as a set of editable spreadsheet files (Transactions, Accounts, Categories), tweak it in Excel or Numbers, and import it back whenever you like. Every detail, under control Choose how amounts are displayed – 0, 1 or 2 decimals – and how negative numbers look, with a sign or in parentheses; your data is always stored to the cent, however you choose to view it. Edit, copy, cut, paste or delete any transaction, or even an entire month, from its context menu (long-press on iPhone/iPad, right-click or Control-click on Mac). Free to start Use Verio for free, with a limit on how many transactions you can add per year. Remove the limit anytime – with a one-time purchase or a subscription, whichever suits you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NoteFormat
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NoteFormat – Your Smart Note & Expense Companion Capture expenses, format them with templates, and import/export easily. Track spending, budgets and reports—simple, private, and beautiful. Whether you're logging daily thoughts, tracking spending, or generating reports, NoteFormat makes it easy. NOTES & EXPENSE TRACKING • Add notes with optional amounts (expense or income) • Organize entries with customizable categories and tags • Quick add mode for rapid data entry • View and filter your notes by category or date • Import notes from text using template matching BUDGET MANAGEMENT • Create daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly budgets • Set spending alerts at custom thresholds • Track budget progress with visual indicators • Budget by category or across all spending FLEXIBLE IMPORT & EXPORT • Import formatted notes from clipboard or files • Save directly to Apple Notes • Share via system share sheet • Copy formatted text to clipboard • Export CSV reports (Free: 1/day with ad, Pro: unlimited) POWERFUL REPORTS • Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly summaries • Visual charts and spending analytics • Total entry counts and amounts • Category breakdown with percentages (Pro) • Export and share your reports CUSTOMIZABLE FORMATTING • Built-in templates: Simple, Full Notes, Detailed, CSV, Markdown • Create your own templates with placeholders: {date}, {category}, {content}, {amount}, {tags} • Customize date formats per template SIRI SHORTCUTS • "Add a note" – Quick entry via Siri • "Get my report" – Instant spending summaries • Works with Shortcuts app automations SYNC & SECURITY • iCloud sync across all your devices • Face ID / Touch ID app lock (Pro) • Data stays on your device (optional iCloud sync) ACHIEVEMENTS & GAME CENTER • Unlock achievements as you use the app • Track your logging streak • Compete on leaderboards PRO FEATURES • Ad-free experience • Unlimited exports and CSV reports • Custom themes with your own images • Biometric app lock • Detailed category breakdowns in reports FREE WITH ADS • Core features available free • Watch rewarded ads to export entries • 1 rewarded export/day for CSV reports & category breakdown (Pro: unlimited) • Upgrade to Pro anytime to remove ads LOCALIZATION • English and Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) Download NoteFormat today and take control of your notes, expenses, and budgets! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Verio at none against NoteFormat's shown. Verio also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). NoteFormat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price 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. Verio sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and NoteFormat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Verio ships an update every 5 weeks, NoteFormat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verio | NoteFormat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iStArtApp | Yat Wing WU |
In-app purchases
Verio
- 1 Month$0.991 Month
- 3 Months$2.993 Months
- 6 Months$3.996 Months
- One month subscription$1.99
- Three months subscription$3.99
- Six months subscription$5.99
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- Verio Premium$12.99
NoteFormat
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Annual Plan$49.991 Year









