Comparison

AxNote vs Your Day before you Play

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

Head to head
About

AxNote

This app offers an intelligent canvas for note-taking, allowing users to generate summaries from text, handwriting, and audio recordings. It supports image annotation, data visualization with tables and charts, and handwriting conversion to typed text. Designed for Apple Pencil, it provides flexible layouts and on-device AI features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries from text, handwriting, and audio
  • Audio transcription and topic exploration
  • Image and PDF annotation
  • Data visualization with tables and charts
  • Handwriting to typed text conversion
  • Apple Pencil integration
  • Customizable layouts
Features
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AxNote is an intelligent canvas that thinks with you. Generate summaries from your notes and audio recordings with Apple Intelligence. Explore topics in recordings and jump to where they're discussed. Create flashcards from your notes with a single tap. Handwrite your notes and convert it to typed text. Drag and drop images, and instantly annotate on a blank canvas, lined, or grid paper. Snap perfect shapes. Create beautiful tables and charts to visualize your data. AxNote is a next-level digital note-taking experience. FEATURES Magic Summary: Generate summaries of your text, handwriting, or audio recordings using a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Summaries are perfect for catching up with meetings, revision, and for creating flashcards. Magic Summary cards can also be converted to a PDF or plain text for use in your favorite flashcard platform. Ask About Topics: Magic Summary automatically finds key topics discussed in your audio recordings and gives you summaries of those topics. You can also ask specific questions about the contents of your recording and Magic Summary will give you an answer using your recording as the source of truth. Jump To Topic: Instantly skip to the part of a recording where a specific topic is discussed with Magic Summary. No more manually scrubbing through hours of lectures or meetings. Audio Transcription: AxNote features fast, accurate audio transcription that runs directly on your device and supports languages other than English. Audio transcriptions can be added to your note or shared with others. Images, PDFs, Tables, and Charts: Drag and drop images and PDFs anywhere in a note. Images can be annotated directly over using a markup tool. Create simple tables with CSV support and link them with charts to create beautiful data visualizations. Images, tables, and charts live right alongside your handwriting and typed text. AxNote also supports Image Playground, so you can turn a prompt into an image and add it to your note (requires a device with Apple Intelligence enabled). Made for Pencil: AxNote is the perfect companion for Apple Pencil. With support for tilt and pressure sensitivity, shape snapping, Apple Pencil Hover, and handwriting-to-text, it's the only app you need to turn your ideas into beautiful ink. Layouts: Transform your iPad or iPhone into a real notebook with a selection of preset Layouts, including lined, grid, dot grid paper, and a freeform canvas. Customize your layouts with specific measurements for line and grid spacing and colors. Bookmarks: Pin what matters most in your notes. You can access your bookmarks from anywhere in a note, allowing you to jump within (and between) pages for quick access to important content. Privacy and Flexibility: With AxNote, you're in control of your data and where it's stored. Save your documents in your preferred cloud storage provider with the Files app or keep them on your device. AxNote's AI features also run directly on your Apple Intelligence-supported device, so your notes are never sent to an online service for processing or AI model training. Offline Support: AxNote's AI features (including Magic Summary and Audio Transcription) don't need an internet connection after initial setup, so you can work even when you're off the grid. --- AxNote+ - Unlimited pages - Unlimited Magic Summary usage - Customize Layouts These features are available with a one-time in-app purchase to AxNote+. Please read the Terms of Service at animantlabs.com/axnote/terms --- Need help? Please visit support.animantlabs.com/axnote Terms of Service: animantlabs.com/axnote/terms

About

Your Day before you Play

Features
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Your phone is the biggest obstacle between you and a productive day. This app turns that around. The deal is simple: you set the tasks you need to complete today, you pick the apps that distract you most — and those apps stay locked until your list is done. No tricks, no loopholes, no "just five more minutes" on Instagram before you've started. --- BUILT ON APPLE REMINDERS Tasks live in Apple Reminders, so they sync with iCloud and work alongside your existing lists. Add them in this app, in Siri, or in the Reminders app itself — everything stays in sync. REAL APP BLOCKING Uses Apple's Screen Time framework — the same one Apple uses to enforce Focus modes. This isn't a trick that stops working after a day. Picked apps stay shielded until you've checked off your list. DAILY ROUTINES Recurring tasks reset automatically. Workout every weekday? Vitamins every morning? Set it once and it shows up every day it should. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Check tasks off directly from the widget — no need to open the app. Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island support, and Live Activities keep your progress visible wherever you look. STRICT MODE For the serious days: lock down the settings too, so you can't unblock your apps by just deselecting them. Commit to the day. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No sign-ups. No servers. Everything happens on your iPhone. We literally can't see your tasks or which apps you block — that data never leaves your device. --- WHO IT'S FOR - The "I'll just quickly check…" type who ends up scrolling for 30 minutes - Students trying to actually study instead of watching Reels - Remote workers fighting notification overload - Anyone building new morning or evening routines - People who've tried every focus app and still can't stop picking up their phone --- ONE TIME. FOREVER. One purchase. Everything included. No ads, no subscriptions, no "Pro version" gatekeeping behind a paywall. I don't believe focus tools should cost five euros a month forever. --- MADE BY AN INDIE I'm Flo — a solo developer building small, focused iOS apps I'd want to use myself. If something breaks or you have an idea, write me: schimanke@flappdev.com I read every email.

Screenshots

AxNote4 screens
Your Day before you Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AxNote at Free against Your Day before you Play's $2.99. AxNote also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Your Day before you Play's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On update cadence 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

AxNote is free to download; Your Day before you Play costs $2.99 up front. AxNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Your Day before you Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AxNote ships an update every 6 weeks, Your Day before you Play every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AxNote versus Your Day before you Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAxNoteYour Day before you Play
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan BenjaminFlorian Schimanke

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AxNote

One-time1
  • AxNote+$24.99
None

Your Day before you Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AxNote free?
AxNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Day before you Play free?
Your Day before you Play costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AxNote or Your Day before you Play have ads?
Neither AxNote nor Your Day before you Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AxNote or Your Day before you Play?
AxNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and Your Day before you Play every 4 weeks. Most recently, AxNote was updated on November 3, 2026 and Your Day before you Play on October 31, 2026.

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