Comparison

flomo浮墨 vs Note2Data

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

Head to head
About

flomo浮墨

Capture fleeting thoughts and ideas with a minimalist note-taking tool designed for quick entry and organization. Review past entries, discover related notes, and quantify your daily records without intrusive ads or privacy concerns.

Highlights
  • Easy typing
  • Full platform sync
  • Organize with #tags
  • Daily review of past notes
  • Relevant note suggestions
  • Quantify daily records
  • Quick entry via API
Features
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flomo is the Next Generation note-taking tool, focusing on helping your record more ideas rather than complex articles. We are overjoyed to announce that we ranked in the No.4 of the Golden Kitty Awards 2021 on Product Hunt in the Mobile Apps category. Thank you for your support and suggestions. We can’t keep making progress without your voice. Key features - Easy typing like Twitter - Full platform sync - Manage MEMOs by #tags/sub-tags - Daily review of past MEMOs - Relevant MEMOs - Quantify daily records - Quick entry with API - No ads or privacy sharing What flomo doesn't do well We know it's hard enough to be good at one small thing, so we won't try to be ALL-IN-ONE in features. Here's what we're NOT good at, and we recommend you to choose a better product. - Not good at Document writing or markdown - Not good at Web Clipper - Not good at TODO - Not good at Mind mapping flomo CARES about privacy and security - All content is only visible to you - All data transfers are encrypted - No commercial advertising - No sharing or selling of personal data - Real-time database backup —————————— Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. —————————— 2024@flomoapp.com Privacy Policy: https://help.flomo.app/terms-and-privacy/privacy Terms of Service: https://help.flomo.app/terms-and-privacy/terms

About

Note2Data

Features
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Note2Data turns a photo of text into clean, editable text, right on your phone. Snap a handwritten note, a page from a book, a label, a sign, or a receipt, and get back text you can copy, edit, hear read aloud, organize, and export. Everything runs on-device, with no account, no cloud, and no subscription. HOW IT WORKS • Capture anything with text, using the camera or a photo from your gallery. • Crop and rotate to frame the words. • Tap Transcribe. On-device AI reads the text, handwritten or printed, and returns it as formatted text. • Edit it in place, save it to your library, group related notes, and export. READS HANDWRITING AND PRINT Most scanners only manage neat printed pages. Note2Data also reads handwriting, like notes, journals, and letters, alongside printed text from books, labels, signs, and receipts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN What you capture is personal, so Note2Data keeps it on your device. Recognition runs locally. Your images and text are never uploaded, there is no account, and nothing is shared or sold. Optional, anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs, and they never include your images or text. ONE-TIME SETUP Each language downloads once on first run (around 750 MB for English, Wi-Fi recommended; around 21 MB for Japanese). After that, transcription works fully offline, with no connection needed. FEATURES • Reads handwriting and print: photograph a page, get editable text. • Japanese support: printed Japanese pages, vertical or horizontal, as a small add-on download - handy for book pages and language study. • Read aloud: have any transcription spoken back to you. • Library: save notes, drag to group them, rename, and edit in place. • Export: share your text or save it as a PDF. • Crop and rotate before transcribing for the cleanest read. FREE AND PRO • Free forever: transcribe pages and listen to them read aloud, with a few free imports to try copy and edit. • Pro: a single one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks unlimited copy and edit, saving to your library, grouping, and export. WHAT IT HANDLES Note2Data reads English text, handwritten or printed, and printed Japanese (vertical or horizontal; furigana is skipped, and handwritten Japanese and decorative lettering are not supported). It is tuned for running prose, such as notes, journals, letters, and book pages, rather than complex layouts, so it does not yet handle math, tables, multi-column pages, or comic and manga panels with sound effects. Clear, well-lit pages read best. English takes a few seconds per page on a modern phone; Japanese is usually done in about a second. For anyone who wants their words back as text, without handing their pages to the cloud.

Screenshots

flomo浮墨4 screens
Note2Data4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: flomo浮墨 at weekly against Note2Data's every 3 weeks. Note2Data's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. flomo浮墨 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Note2Data sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

flomo浮墨 ships an update weekly, Note2Data every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
flomo浮墨 versus Note2Data: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterflomo浮墨Note2Data
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Xiandi Network Technology Co., LtdJoseph Griffin

Bugs and requests

flomo浮墨

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with list indentation
  • Issues with text scanning functionality
  • Problems with time stamp recognition

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand note-taking window size
  • Add support for Markdown syntax
  • Integrate with more apps and services
  • Implement dark mode option
  • Add sorting by time/date

Note2Data

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

flomo浮墨

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Pro subscription$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Max subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Max subscription$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Max subscription1 Year trial$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 3,000 Agent Points$0.99
  • 10,000 Agent Points$3.99
  • 30,000 Agent Points$9.99
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  • flomo Pro 年度会员-教育优惠$14.99
  • flomo Max 年度会员-教育优惠$34.99
1 purchases

Note2Data

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$6.99

Questions

Is flomo浮墨 free?
flomo浮墨 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note2Data free?
Note2Data is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do flomo浮墨 or Note2Data have ads?
Neither flomo浮墨 nor Note2Data shows ads.
Which is updated more often, flomo浮墨 or Note2Data?
flomo浮墨 ships an update weekly, and Note2Data every 3 weeks. Most recently, flomo浮墨 was updated on October 8, 2026 and Note2Data on September 29, 2026.

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