Comparison

Notes Card vs Elm

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

Head to head
About

Notes Card

Organize your tasks with a clean and simple note-taking interface. Manage your to-do list using easy-to-navigate card views. Add, edit, or delete notes with intuitive long-press actions.

Highlights
  • Simple and clean interface
  • Card views for easy management
  • Add new notes
  • Edit existing notes
  • Delete notes
  • Intuitive long-press actions
Features
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A simple clean notes card for memorizing your todo list Feature: Simple, Clean Card views easy to manage How to use: Press "Add Note" to add new note Long press Card can Delete or Edit

About

Elm

Features
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Elm is a fast, distraction-free workspace for your notes, docs, and ideas. Write and organize everything in one place โ€” nested pages, a real block editor, and search that actually finds what you're looking for. No bloat, no fifty menus, no forced AI. NOTES & DOCS Write with a clean block editor built for speed. โ€ข Headings, checklists, code blocks, images, and multi-column layouts โ€ข Slash commands to add anything without touching a mouse โ€ข Nest pages as deep as you need โ€” build your own personal wiki STAY ORGANIZED โ€ข Star and pin your most-used pages โ€ข Recent pages, always one tap away โ€ข Fast, full-text search across your entire workspace SHARE WHEN YOU WANT TO โ€ข Share any page with a link โ€” view or edit access โ€ข Collaborate without giving up your whole workspace YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL โ€ข Export everything, any time โ€” Markdown or HTML โ€ข Delete your account and all your data whenever you want FREE TO START Unlimited pages and blocks on the free plan โ€” no credit card required. An optional paid plan with more storage is available on our website. LIGHT OR DARK Looks right at home either way. Simple, fast, and yours.

Screenshots

Notes Card4 screens
Elm4 screens

Verdict

The call

Notes Card and Elm are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Notes Card versus Elm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes CardElm
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size0 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFei YunJoshua Arnold

In-app purchases

None

Notes Card

No in-app purchases

None

Elm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notes Card free?
Notes Card is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elm free?
Elm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notes Card or Elm have ads?
Neither Notes Card nor Elm shows ads.

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