Comparison

eScribo vs My Notes & Cards

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

Head to head
About

eScribo

A clean and powerful writing tool designed for aspiring authors. It offers a distraction-free environment with features like focus mode and typewriting mode, allowing you to concentrate on your story. Export your work in PDF or ePub formats.

Highlights
  • iCloud Sync
  • Unlimited books and chapters
  • Focus Mode
  • Typewriting Mode
  • PDF export
  • ePub export
Features
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Let the writer inside you out with this simple and powerful writing tool. eScribo is a powerful tool for all those people who love to write. With a clean, beautiful and simple design you will have a real portable writing studio at your fingertips. Everything you need to focus on what matters, your story. IMPORTANT: an iCloud account is required. eScribo bets on a future in the cloud. That is why eScribo require iCloud enabled and storage available. Main Features • iCloud Sync. • Create unlimited books, with the option to add Introduction and/or prologue independently. • Complete range of colors for your books. • Focus Mode. • Typewriting Mode. • Unlimited chapters, with character count, paragraphs, lines, words, writing time and reading time. • Preview of the book with all its chapters. • PDF export. • ePub export. • And much more to come. Thanks you for use eScribo and stay tuned for new updates! **Public Books is on the way — a new way to share your writing and get feedback from others.**

About

My Notes & Cards

Organize your thoughts into structured sections with self-contained cards. Add photos, sketches, and locations to your notes. Enjoy a private, local experience without AI or cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize thoughts into sections and cards
  • Add photos and sketches to cards
  • Attach locations to cards
  • Universal keyword search
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Local privacy, no cloud sync
  • Native iOS experience
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My Notes & Cards is a notes app for people overwhelmed by other notes apps. The values behind the app is simplicity and structure. The user organizes thoughts into sections, each containing bounded "cards" — discrete, self-contained notes. Section tabs at the top, swipeable cards inside. Intended audience: anyone who has tried other app notes and found the lack of structure overwhelming. The app is intentionally not AI-powered, not cloud-synced, and locally private. Features: 1. Photo on a card (resizable, tap to fullscreen). 2. Doodle on a card (finger or Apple Pencil). 3. Attach a location to a card. 4. Universal keyword search across all sections. 6. Drag to reorder for sections and cards. 7. Native iOS, no web wrapper. 8. Sections you create yourself. 9. Cards inside each section, swipe-able. https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/notecards-terms.html https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/notecards-privacy.html

Screenshots

eScribo4 screens
My Notes & Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Notes & Cards at 50% against eScribo's 0%. My Notes & Cards also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.7). eScribo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads and iOS requirement 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

My Notes & Cards is free to download; eScribo costs $3.99 up front. My Notes & Cards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. eScribo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Notes & Cards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of eScribo's written reviews are positive against 50% of My Notes & Cards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eScribo ships an update every 5 days, My Notes & Cards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
eScribo versus My Notes & Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereScriboMy Notes & Cards
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOskar PachecoMyworkingmemory LLC

Customer experience

eScribo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

My Notes & Cards

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

eScribo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

My Notes & Cards

Subscriptions2
  • My Notes & Cards Monthly$1.291 Month
  • Pricing$6.001 Year

Questions

Is eScribo free?
eScribo costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Notes & Cards free?
My Notes & Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eScribo or My Notes & Cards?
My Notes & Cards is rated higher. eScribo averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while My Notes & Cards averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do eScribo or My Notes & Cards have ads?
Neither eScribo nor My Notes & Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eScribo or My Notes & Cards?
eScribo ships an update every 5 days, and My Notes & Cards every 3 weeks. Most recently, eScribo was updated on November 3, 2026 and My Notes & Cards on October 31, 2026.

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