Comparison

Lockbook vs NoteHaus

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

Head to head
About

Lockbook

A secure, open-source note-taking app prioritizing user privacy. It encrypts all your data locally, ensuring only you and authorized users can access your notes. Offers seamless syncing and sharing across devices, with a developer-friendly command-line interface.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Open-source code
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Note sharing
  • Developer CLI
  • No personal data collection
Features
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Lockbook is an end-to-end encrypted notes app for writing, sketching, storing files, syncing across devices, and collaborating in real time. Your notes are encrypted before they leave your device, so even we can't read them. Lockbook is 100% open source: https://github.com/lockbook/lockbook Fast & Native: We built Lockbook for everyday use because we use Lockbook every day. Our native apps feel at home on every platform, with fast sync, offline support, and a polished Markdown editor for serious notes. Secure: Keep your thoughts to yourself. Lockbook encrypts your notes with keys generated on your devices. Only you and the people you share with can access your notes, folders, sketches, and files. Private: Know your customer? We sure don't. We don't collect your email, phone number, or name. We don't need a password. Lockbook is for people with better things to worry about than privacy. Collaborative: Share folders, edit notes together, and see live updates from collaborators without giving up end-to-end encryption. Open: Write in Markdown, sketch in SVG, and keep your work in formats you can actually use. Honest: Be the customer, not the product. We sell a note-taking app, not your data. Developer Friendly: The Lockbook CLI fits right into your favorite chain of piped-together Unix commands. Search your notes with fzf, edit them with vim, and schedule backups with cron. When scripting doesn't cut it, use our Rust library for a robust programmatic interface. Website: https://lockbook.net Terms of Service: https://lockbook.net/tos License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lockbook.net/privacy-policy

About

NoteHaus

Features
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NoteHaus is your personal AI conversation archive. Save, organize, and search all your chats from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI assistants in one beautiful app. KEY FEATURES • Save AI Conversations — Import or paste chats from any AI assistant. • Trust Hub — Share your chats with trusted connections—experts, colleagues, or friends. Get feedback, collaborate on ideas, and add annotations together. Perfect for getting a second opinion or working together on important conversations. • Smart Organization — Use folders and tags for fast filtering. • Powerful Search — Find answers and ideas in seconds. • iCloud Sync (optional) — Access your archive across your Apple devices. • Privacy First — Your conversations stay private. Core features work entirely on your device or in your personal iCloud. Trust Hub uses secure, encrypted servers only for sharing features you choose to use. NoteHaus is free to download and try. To unlock unlimited archiving, Trust Hub sharing, and continue saving conversations after the initial trial limit, a NoteHaus Pro subscription is required. A subscription starts after a 3-day free trial and auto-renews unless canceled. Download NoteHaus today and never lose a valuable AI conversation again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lockbook4 screens
NoteHaus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NoteHaus at 17.0 against Lockbook's 26.0. 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. Lockbook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and NoteHaus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockbook ships an update weekly, NoteHaus every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lockbook versus NoteHaus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockbookNoteHaus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB556 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLockbook LLCRIDVANULLAH Arslan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lockbook

Subscriptions1
  • 30GB$2.991 Month
2 purchases

NoteHaus

Subscriptions2
  • NoteHaus Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • NoteHaus Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Lockbook free?
Lockbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteHaus free?
NoteHaus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lockbook or NoteHaus have ads?
Neither Lockbook nor NoteHaus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockbook or NoteHaus?
Lockbook ships an update weekly, and NoteHaus every 10 days. Most recently, Lockbook was updated on October 2, 2026 and NoteHaus on October 12, 2026.

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