Comparison

Defter Notes vs RiseKit

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

Head to head
About

Defter Notes

This app provides an infinite canvas for spatial thinking, allowing users to capture, connect, and explore ideas through handwriting, drawing, and text. It adapts to various creative processes, offering fluid editing and intuitive navigation for deep work and complex projects.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for spatial thinking
  • Handwriting, drawing, and text input
  • Connect and link ideas
  • Stacks for deep work
  • Fluid editing with gestures
  • Supports PDFs, images, and links
Features
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Defter Notes is loved by academics, students, teachers, researchers, journal keepers, knowledge workers, designers, architects, engineers, writers, and anyone who thinks best with their hands and eyes.  It’s built for people who see ideas as living things: connected, evolving, and worth exploring. Think without boundaries Defter Notes gives you an infinite canvas for spatial thinking. Drop ideas anywhere. Draw connections. Expand as far as your thoughts take you. Enjoy pure creative flow. Capture ideas your way Whether it starts as a quick sketch, a handwritten note, or a PDF you’re diving into, Defter Notes adapts to your process. Write, draw, or type; then move, link, and layer it all together. Your ideas stay flexible and alive. Work the way your brain works Move items freely. Zoom in and out of context. Build hierarchies of Spaces that let you go deeper into your projects. Defter Notes stays out of the way so your focus stays on thinking. Top features * Stacks for deep work: Ideal for reading, studying, or comparing multiple resources. * Deft movement with gestures: Drag pages or extract text directly out of PDFs. * Cross-reference and multitask: View, resize, and reorder documents side by side. * Handwriting and text tools: Combine pen, pencil, marker, and text boxes using Apple Pencil or Scribble. * Fluid editing: Double-tap any item to edit or share. * Intuitive navigation: Use the mini-map, navigation bar, gestures, and select tool to move effortlessly through infinite spaces. * Supports links and files: Drop in PDFs, images, URLs, and attachments right onto your canvas. Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/GjS5tJSmBW Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.defternotes.com/touprivacypolicy https://defternotes.com

About

RiseKit

This app helps you wake up on time by requiring you to solve a puzzle across the room. It tracks your morning habits and provides a "Rise Score" based on your consistency and efficiency. Customize your morning routine with AI-powered briefs and detailed trend analysis.

Highlights
  • Puzzle-based wake-up alarm
  • Personalized Rise Score
  • AI-powered Morning Briefs
  • Routine customization
  • Wake time consistency tracking
  • Trend analysis
Features
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RiseKit is for people who set three alarms and still miss the morning that mattered. THE WAKE-UP CODE Write your code on a sticky note and put it across the room. At your wake time RiseKit rings with a notification, and your morning only counts once you have walked over and typed the code in. Your time to get up and your snoozes are recorded as you go. AN HONEST RISE SCORE Every logged morning becomes a 0 to 100 Rise Score built from five measured dimensions of your own data: how steady your wake time is, how fast you get out of bed, how much of your routine you finish, the run of on-time mornings behind you, and the sleep you gave yourself. It never flatters. Twelve alarms you slept through still score low. A ROUTINE THAT FITS YOUR MINUTES Say what you need to be up for and how long you have. RiseKit builds an ordered, timed morning around it and runs it step by step, with an artificial intelligence Morning Brief that reads your real numbers back to you. SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY MOVING Wake time consistency, snooze and time-to-rise trends, a fourteen day Rise Score trend, streaks and milestones. Each one waits for enough mornings before it says anything, so it never guesses. RISEKIT PRO (optional subscription) Waking up on time and your full Rise Score stay free, forever. Pro adds unlimited Morning Briefs and routine personalization, your weakest dimension focus plan, weekly on-time goals with a pace projection, the full trend and complete morning archive, and multiple saved routines for weekdays, weekends and travel. - Monthly 7.99 US dollars or Annual 49.99 US dollars, with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; the subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings RiseKit is a wake-up habit and accountability tool. It is not medical or sleep-disorder advice, and it cannot promise you will never oversleep again. Privacy Policy: https://a3yjsisfld.accountnotify.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://a3yjsisfld.accountnotify.app/terms

Screenshots

Defter Notes4 screens
RiseKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RiseKit at 5.0 against Defter Notes's 4.4. RiseKit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Defter Notes's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Defter Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and RiseKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RiseKit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Defter Notes has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Defter Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of RiseKit's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Defter Notes versus RiseKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefter NotesRiseKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (75 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeft Works ApSNorthgate Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Defter Notes

All ratings75 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral11.0%
Negative13.4%

RiseKit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Defter Notes

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • Mini Supporter$2.991 Month
  • Supporter$7.991 Month
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  • Yearly Plan$17.991 Year
  • Big Supporter$29.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access - Welcome Offer$29.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99
2 purchases

RiseKit

Subscriptions2
  • RiseKit Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • RiseKit Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Defter Notes free?
Defter Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RiseKit free?
RiseKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Defter Notes or RiseKit?
RiseKit is rated higher. Defter Notes averages 4.4 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while RiseKit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Defter Notes or RiseKit have ads?
Neither Defter Notes nor RiseKit shows ads.

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