Comparison

WeNote vs CalcNotes

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

Head to head
About

WeNote

This app allows you to create colorful notes, to-do lists, and shopping lists. Organize your thoughts with labels, attach media, and set reminders. It offers privacy features like PIN locking and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Create color notes and to-do lists
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Attach photos and voice recordings
  • Set customizable reminders
  • Secure notes with PIN/fingerprint lock
  • Offline functionality
  • Calendar with holiday display
Features
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# Simple notepad & memo. Take notes, shopping list, to-do list, calendar, reminder WeNote - Notes,To-do,Calendar is a simple and awesome note taking app. You can create color notes, to do lists, shopping lists, reminders, and calendars quickly. Users love WeNote® as their life organizer, work planner, or study note app. Note taking with WeNote® is easier than any other notepad, memo app. When you write down memos, emails, phone numbers, messages, cooking recipes, diary, journal, shopping lists, and to do list, you will realize this is a good notes taking app. WeNote® is a privacy-focused notepad. WeNote® can work offline perfectly, even without an Internet connection. No login is required. Lock notes and to do list via PIN, pattern, password, or fingerprint, to protect confidential information. # How to Take a Note? WeNote® can act as a simple word processing app. You can type unlimited characters. After saving the note, you can pin it to the top screen, check off, password lock, share or delete through the menu. # How to Make Todo List or Shopping List? In to-do list mode, you can add an unlimited checklist. Arrange their order with a simple tap and move. When finishing with an item, you can perform a simple tap to strikethrough it. # Features • Create color notes and todo list • Organize memo using label & color • Labels designed as tabs, to let you swipe between notes at blazing fast speed • Attach photos and images into notebook • Voice recording allows hands-free note taking. You can add unlimited voice recordings into notepad • Pin important notes to the top. You will not miss out on any important thing • Place a sticky note widget on your Home Screen. View and access your note directly from Home Screen • Secure lock notes and keep them private • The completed to-do list will move to the bottom of the checklist • Customize notes via various fonts, viewing modes, sorting modes • 13 different app color themes to make notebook looks great • Unlimited notes color choices • Reminders memo and calendar • Powerful notes reminder. Notepad able to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and highly customizable. Never miss anything from the notebook • Show holidays on the calendar notes, which supports up to 250 countries, 3,680 states & provinces • Secure sync to iCloud. Never lose any notes • Local backup and restore to keep notes safe • Share notes to email, SMS, social networking & messaging apps • Undo/ redo enables mistake correction during note typing • Convert URL and phone number to clickable links • Export notes to PDF • Search notes and todo list, instantly # Color Notes This notebook can categorize notes into different colors. Manage notes with 12 pre-defined beautiful colors. WeNote® also provides an unlimited favorite color. # Notes Category WeNote® allows you to categorize notes by creating labels. Labels can display as Tabs. # Calendar Memo This notepad has a calendar. You can write a memo and create a reminder in the calendar. Due to its remarkable easy-to-use built-in calendar, you can use WeNote® as agenda planner and family organizer. Either plan next trip itinerary or schedule business meetings. # Secure Lock to Keep Notebook Private This notepad can secure lock and keep notes private. Either lock a note or lock the entire app to keep the notebook safe. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CalcNotes

Features
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A powerful notepad that calculates each line and shows the results instantly. Quickly handle addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more in real time. Perfect for household budgets, balance tracking, revenue calculations, or splitting bills whenever you need to compute. ■ Calculation + Notepad Write an expression and it calculates automatically, displaying the result on the right. ■ No Equal Sign Needed You never need an '=' in your formulas. The app calculates automatically and shows the result in real time. ■ Tolerant of Extra Characters Expressions like "1,000 + 2,000" work perfectly even with commas or other characters. The app ignores what it doesn't need and still calculates correctly. ■ Copy Results Instantly Copy the calculation result with a single tap and paste it wherever you need it. ■ Unlimited Tab Management Create unlimited tabs for each category. ■ Flexible Tab Reordering Reorder tabs freely with intuitive drag-and-drop. ■ Notifications Schedule reminders with any message at the time you choose. ■ Automatic Backup & Restore Automatic backups keep your important data fully protected, even when switching devices. ■ Rich Theme Options Customize the app with a wide variety of color themes. ■ Biometric Authentication Boost app security with biometric authentication. ■ Full Offline Support Use the app anytime without an internet connection. ■ Full Dark Mode Support Switch freely between system-linked, light, and dark modes. ■ No Login Required Start using the app immediately without any login. ■ Robust Security We never send your data outside the device. All data stays securely stored on your device. No password input or storage is required. ■ Fast Support We respond quickly to your inquiries. Feel free to contact us at info@naokiotsu.com ■ Privacy Policy https://naokiotsu.com/privacy-policy ■ Terms of service https://naokiotsu.com/term-of-use

Screenshots

WeNote4 screens
CalcNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CalcNotes at none against WeNote's shown. CalcNotes also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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

Both are free to download. WeNote sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and CalcNotes 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

WeNote ships an update every 2 weeks, CalcNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WeNote versus CalcNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeNoteCalcNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYan Cheng Cheoknaoki otsu

Bugs and requests

WeNote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Repeated prompts for reviews
  • Checklist items not updating properly
  • Reminders not always triggering

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve calendar integration to show note details
  • Provide more font and formatting options
  • Allow sharing and collaboration on notes

CalcNotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

WeNote

Subscriptions6
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Ad-free$2.991 Month
  • Premium$2.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium$24.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time13
  • Color$7.99
  • Recording$7.99
  • Sticky note$7.99
Show 10 more
  • Undo redo$7.99
  • PDF$7.99
  • App icon$7.99
  • Select$7.99
  • Draw & write$7.99
  • Theme$7.99
  • Label$7.99
  • Font$7.99
  • iCloud sync$14.99
  • Combo$34.99
2 purchases

CalcNotes

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium (Pay Once)$4.99

Questions

Is WeNote free?
WeNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalcNotes free?
CalcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WeNote or CalcNotes have ads?
WeNote shows ads; CalcNotes does not.
Which is updated more often, WeNote or CalcNotes?
WeNote ships an update every 2 weeks, and CalcNotes weekly. Most recently, WeNote was updated on October 22, 2026 and CalcNotes on October 14, 2026.

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