Comparison

PPNote vs Stash

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

Head to head
About

PPNote

Organize your thoughts and web links efficiently. Collect information from other apps, create custom notes with categories and subcategories, and easily manage your content with favorite and hidden options. Streamline your workflow with quick actions for moving and tagging notes.

Highlights
  • Collect notes and links from other apps
  • Automatic categorization by URL
  • Manual note creation with categories/subcategories
  • Favorite and hide notes
  • Quick actions for moving and tagging
  • Organize with categories, subcategories, and tags
Features
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PPNote helps you better manage your notes. 1. Collect from other apps. - You can collect information from other apps(like Safari, Chrome, etc) to PPNote through Share button. - When it's a web page, the note will be automatically categorized by URL. 2. Create note in PPNote. - You can manually create note either in category or in sub category. If there is no category yet. Please create one. 3. Favorite a Note. - You can favorite a note from context menu. - Favorite notes always show on the top. Easier for you to View. - You can view all the favorite notes in [Notes] tab. 4. Hide a Note. - You can hide a note from context menu. - Hidden notes are not shown by default. You can view them by tapping the [Show hidden notes] button. - You can view all the hidden notes in [More] tab. 5. Quick Action in Context Menu. - Quickly move note to other category/sub category. - Quickly add or remove tag for a note. - More actions. 6. Organize Notes. - Use category, sub category and tag to organize notes better.

About

Stash

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That post you saved on social media? You'll never find it again in the built-in bookmarks. Stash gives every post and link you collect one home — organized, tagged, and searchable. SAVE IN ONE TAP - Share from any app and it's in Stash, with the thumbnail, title, and source automatically fetched. EFFORTLESS ORGANIZING - Custom collections and tags, so saves never pile up as a mess of links - Inbox for unsorted saves: save now, organize whenever - Full-text search across titles, notes, and tags A BETTER WAY TO READ - Built-in reader opens the original post - List and grid layouts - Filter by platform, collection, or tag YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS - Everything lives on your device — no account, no ads, no tracking - Free export so you can take your data anywhere, anytime STASH PRO Unlock unlimited saves, batch select & move, duplicate detection, statistics, full backup with thumbnails, biometric app lock, and pinning. Monthly and yearly plans, each with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://ican-stash.web.app/legal.html#privacy Terms of Use: https://ican-stash.web.app/legal.html#terms

Screenshots

PPNote4 screens
Stash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stash at every 5 days against PPNote's every 7 months. PPNote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stash sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPNote ships an update every 7 months, Stash every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PPNote versus Stash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPNoteStash
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer金鹏 王艾肯娛樂股份有限公司

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PPNote

One-time1
  • [More Features]$1.99
5 purchases

Stash

Subscriptions2
  • Stash Pro7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Stash Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time3
  • Buy the devs some bread$0.99
  • Buy the devs a coffee$1.99
  • Buy the devs a bento$2.99

Questions

Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stash free?
Stash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PPNote or Stash have ads?
Neither PPNote nor Stash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPNote or Stash?
PPNote ships an update every 7 months, and Stash every 5 days. Most recently, PPNote was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stash on October 11, 2026.

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