Q Notes vs Auer Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q Notes
A lightweight note-taking application focused on core features for quick and simple note creation. Organize notes into groups and sync them seamlessly across devices using iCloud. Prioritizes user experience and data security.
- Quick note creation
- Note grouping
- iCloud data synchronization
- Secure offline functionality
- Optimized user interface
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This is a very light note-taking app that only retains the most core features and hopes to make it the best. You can add notes very quickly, and quickly mark your notes. You can easily add groups and choose the appropriate group for your notes. We repeatedly optimize user interaction and UI design, hoping to provide you with a pleasant user experience. Our app is also very SECURE. It does not use any network data except iCloud, and does not collect any user information, you can close the wireless data, and it works well. Support iCloud data synchronization, synchronize your data. I hope you can give us feedback in time to help us do better. I wish you a happy use.
Auer Notes
This is a straightforward note-taking application focused on speed, ease of use, and privacy. It prioritizes a minimalist interface and local data storage, ensuring offline access and preventing other apps from accessing your notes.
- Fast and easy to use
- Minimalist user interface
- Local data storage
- Offline access
- Plain text notes
- Private and secure
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Auer Notes is a note-taking application designed to be fast, easy to use, and stay out of the way until you need it. Simple and clear, Auer Notes is intentional, focusing on less, instead of more. It does one thing, the simplest possible way. Local Data: Your data is stored locally and it's always available, even when you are offline. The app doesn't use iCloud. There is no cloud or vendor preventing you from accessing your data. Also, no other apps have access to your notes. Minimal: Auer Notes has a modern and minimalist user interface designed to be simple. It is aggressively mute on purpose. The application was built to be lightweight, and to utilize less device resources. Auer Notes: A plain text and private notes app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Q Notes at 80% against Auer Notes's 0%. Q Notes also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (27 vs 8). Auer Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Q Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Q Notes's written reviews are positive against 0% of Auer Notes's.
Q Notes ships an update monthly, Auer Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q Notes | Auer Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 朝 朱 | Uri Fridman |
Customer experience
Q Notes
Auer Notes
In-app purchases
Q Notes
No in-app purchases
Auer Notes
No in-app purchases
