Comparison

Reflect Notes vs Noodle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Noodle

Features
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Less scrolling. More living. A healthier little brain. Meet Noodle, your screen time companion, app blocker and focus timer. Noodle gets healthier when you put your phone down, making every focused minute feel like progress. Answer a few honest questions to see what your phone habits cost you. Then start taking that time back. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Create block lists with Apple’s Screen Time picker. Turn a list on to put distracting apps behind a gentle Noodle screen. Give yourself space to study, work or enjoy time away from your phone. BUILD FOCUS. HEAL NOODLE. Choose a 15, 25 or 45 minute focus session. Every focused minute heals Noodle. With Noodle Pro, your block lists stay locked while you focus. UNDERSTAND YOUR SCREEN TIME See today’s screen time, phone pickups and top apps right on the home screen. Make your habits visible so you can decide what to change. YOUR HABITS STAY PRIVATE No accounts. No servers. No tracking. Apple keeps your Screen Time data on your iPhone. Noodle never sees which apps you use. GO FURTHER WITH NOODLE PRO Get unlimited block lists and focus sessions that block your apps. Spend less time on your phone. Give Noodle, and yourself, a little room to grow. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms: https://noodle-screentime.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy: https://noodle-screentime.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Reflect Notes4 screens
Noodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Reflect Notes versus Noodle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReflect NotesNoodle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (88 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReflect App, LLCStock Alarm, LLC

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

Noodle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Reflect Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Noodle

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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