Reflect Notes vs Note Taking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reflect Notes
A minimalist note-taking app that helps you organize thoughts and discover insights. It offers AI-powered chat with your notes, voice transcription, and seamless syncing. Enhance your thinking with intuitive linking and secure offline access.
- AI-powered note chat for insights
- Intuitive note linking system
- Voice transcription for hands-free notes
- Customizable AI prompts for editing
- Offline access and device syncing
- End-to-end data encryption
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Reflect is a beautifully designed, minimalist note-taking app designed to help you think. Quickly jot down your ideas, notes, meetings and voice memos in one place. Chat with your notes using AI to uncover new insights and ideas you might have otherwise overlooked. Key Features: - Intuitive linking system to create associations between notes - State of the art voice transcription for hands-free note-taking - Customizable AI prompts to quickly edit notes with GPT-4 - Chat with your notes using AI for a more interactive experience - Offline access for uninterrupted productivity - Seamless syncing across all your devices - End-to-end encryption ensuring your data is safe and secure - Advanced search functionality to find what you need quickly - Calendar integration to quickly take notes during meetings Try Reflect for free and see how note-taking can actually improve your thinking. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Note Taking
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Write it, Speak it, Snap it – Your Notes, Your Way. Quickly take notes using Voice, Camera, or Typing. Get ideas to text as fast as possible. Three input methods: 1. Keyboard 2. Voice 3. Camera Everything happens locally; nothing leaves your device. Privacy policy: https://sarunw.com/apps/note-taking/privacy/ Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reflect Notes at none against Note Taking's 3. Reflect Notes also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Note Taking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Reflect Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Reflect Notes ships an update monthly, Note Taking every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reflect Notes | Note Taking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (88 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reflect App, LLC | Sarun Wongpatcharapakorn |
Bugs and requests
Reflect Notes
Reported bugs
9 issues- Secure login link not received
- TestFlight privileges revoked unexpectedly
- Whole lines of text disappear on mobile
- Cannot easily cancel AI chat on iOS
- iPad version feels unfinished
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- Basic UI/UX issues persist on iOS apps
- Search acting as though #author tag doesn't exist
- App freezes too often, causing note loss
- Occasional bugs with Kindle sync and author tags
Requested features
18 requests- Simple table support
- More advanced text formatting support
- Improved search functionality (highlighting found text)
- Official iPad app
- Web app for Safari on Mac
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- Android app
- Full mobile web app with search and creation
- Expand task functionality (recurring tasks, notifications)
- Add color to notes
- Configurable top bar in 'All Notes' on desktop
- Persistent search results after backing out of a note
- Tasks widget for home screen
- Toolbar button for basic text formatting on mobile
- Easier way to cancel AI chat on iOS
- Differentiate books from comics in Kindle sync
- Clarify Kindle sync behavior upfront
- Adapt app to iPad screen ratio
- UI tweaking for tasks and better grouping of dated tasks
Note Taking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reflect Notes
No in-app purchases
Note Taking
- Pro: Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro: Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
