Notesnook vs Scantivia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notesnook
This open-source app offers secure, encrypted note-taking and organization across all your devices. It features a robust editor, to-do lists, and a private journal with advanced security to protect your personal information.
- Military-grade encryption
- Cross-platform synchronization
- To-do lists and task management
- Private journal with media support
- Rich text and Markdown editor
- Notebook organization
- App lock with fingerprint support
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Your notes are yours. Notesnook encrypts every one of them on your device before it ever reaches the cloud — so no one can read them. Not advertisers, not us. UNLIMITED NOTES. EVERY DEVICE. FREE. Most note apps cap the free plan until it hurts. Others stop after a few dozen notes. Notesnook never limits how much you write or how many devices you sync. A REAL EDITOR Headings, tables, code blocks, maths, outlines, Markdown and full-quality images. Notes that hold up whether you are writing a shopping list or a thesis chapter. ORGANISED AT ANY SIZE Nested notebooks, tags, colours, pinned and favourite notes, and search that stays instant at 10,000 notes. Link notes to each other and build your own private wiki. PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK YOURSELF • End-to-end encryption is always on — you cannot switch it off, so you cannot forget • Encrypted on your device, in transit and at rest, using XChaCha20-Poly1305 and Argon2 • Even your notebook and tag names are encrypted • 100% open source under AGPLv3 — read every line, or run your own sync server • Recommended by Privacy Guides IMPORT YOUR OLD NOTES Bring your notes, notebooks and tags with you. Import from your previous notes app, plus plain Markdown and HTML files. EVERYWHERE YOU WRITE iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web. Sync is instant, and encrypted the whole way. ALSO INSIDE • Web clipper — save any article, ad-free and offline • Reminders across all your devices • Note version history, so nothing is ever really lost • Publish a note to a shareable link • Dark mode and custom themes FREE FOREVER Unlimited notes, unlimited devices, 50 notebooks, 50 tags and full end-to-end encryption. No ads. No trial countdown. PAID PLANS Add task lists, callouts, recurring reminders, more storage, and — on Pro — app lock, an encrypted vault and full-quality images. From $19.99 a year. Questions or feedback: support@streetwriters.co Privacy policy: https://notesnook.com/privacy Terms: https://notesnook.com/terms
Scantivia
Organize and search your important documents with this app. Scan paper, import digital files, and use powerful OCR to find information within your documents. Includes PDF tools like merging, compressing, and password protection.
- Scan paper documents
- Import PDFs and photos
- Full-text search with OCR
- Merge and compress PDFs
- Password protect PDFs
- Export and share documents
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A DRAWER FULL OF IMPORTANT PAPERS? Receipts, warranties, inspection reports, repair records, invoices, insurance papers—important documents have a way of ending up in drawers, folders, Photos, email, and downloads. Bring them into Scantivia and turn years of paperwork into an organized, searchable document library—ready whenever you need it. BRING EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS TOGETHER Scan paper documents with your iPhone camera. Import PDFs and photos already on your device, or bring in supported content from other apps with Scantivia’s Share Extension. Paper and digital documents come together in one organized place. FIND MORE THAN A FILENAME With Scantivia Pro, Fast Full-Text Search with OCR helps you find documents not only by filename, but by words inside supported document content. Remember a person’s name, an address, a company, a renewal date, or even one word from a page? Search what you remember and quickly find the document you need—even when you no longer remember its filename or when you saved it. Scantivia’s proprietary search technology is designed to keep document retrieval fast and responsive as your library grows. PDF TOOLS, RIGHT WHERE YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE Scantivia Pro unlocks an integrated PDF workflow: • MERGE — Combine related PDFs into one organized document. • COMPRESS — Reduce PDF file size while preserving readability for easier storage, email, and uploading. • PROTECT — Add password protection before sharing sensitive PDFs. • ZIP — Package related PDFs together in one convenient archive. • SHARE — Export and share documents through compatible iOS apps and services you choose. READY WHEN LIFE ASKS Your CPA asks for tax records. An insurance company needs supporting paperwork. A healthcare provider asks for a medical document. A warranty claim comes up years later. A renewal requires an old record. Scantivia helps you move from request to ready: Find what you need. Merge related files. Compress when size matters. Protect sensitive information. ZIP documents that belong together. Share when you’re ready. ORGANIZED FOR LIFE AND WORK Keep receipts, invoices, contracts, warranties, insurance records, medical documents, tax files, travel records, household paperwork, and small-business documents organized and easier to find later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account required. Your documents are stored locally in Scantivia on your device. No Scantivia cloud upload is required. You decide when to export or share them. ONE-TIME PRO. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Unlock Scantivia Pro with a one-time purchase. Pro unlocks Full-Text Search with OCR, Merge, Compress, Protect, ZIP, Export & Share, and removes the Scantivia watermark. No monthly or yearly subscription is required. Scantivia is more than a PDF scanner. It’s a searchable document library and PDF toolkit built to help you bring important documents together, find them quickly, prepare them, protect them, and share them when needed. Your important documents. Organized. Protected. Ready when you need them—even years from now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notesnook at 672 against Scantivia's 2. Notesnook also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Scantivia's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. Notesnook sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Scantivia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scantivia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notesnook has 672 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Notesnook ships an update every 8 days, Scantivia every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notesnook | Scantivia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (672 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 672 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Streetwriters LLC | Vitivra LLC |
Customer experience
Notesnook
Scantivia
Bugs and requests
Notesnook
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch on older iOS devices
- Sync issues leading to data loss
- Unreliable login and verification process
Requested features
5 requests- Improved search functionality
- Reminders and calendar integration
- Handwriting and drawing support
- Multilingual support
- Improved table and spreadsheet features
Scantivia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notesnook
- Notesnook Pro$0.991 Month
- Notesnook Essential Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Notesnook Pro$2.491 Month
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- Notesnook Pro Plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Notesnook Pro3 variants$4.491 Month
- Notesnook Pro1 Month trial$4.491 Month
- Notesnook Pro Plan7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Notesnook Believer Plan7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Notesnook Pro$9.991 Year
- Notesnook Essential Plan14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Notesnook Pro$24.991 Year
- Notesnook Pro Plan14 Days trial$29.901 Year
- Notesnook Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- Notesnook Pro2 variants$49.991 Year
- Notesnook Pro1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Notesnook Pro Plan14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Notesnook Believer Plan14 Days trial$89.991 Year
Scantivia
- Scantivia Pro$8.99









