Take One vs Nautomate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Take One
Create and customize digital movie slates with a user-friendly interface. Easily type, draw, and add custom elements to your boards. Organize projects into collections and sync across devices.
- User-friendly interface
- Drawing and sketching capabilities
- Customizable layouts
- Logo and branding integration
- Library management with collections
- iCloud sync across devices
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Whether you're a student, an amateur enthusiast, or a budding filmmaker, Take One has got you covered. EASY TO USE Get ready to shoot with ease in a beautiful and user-friendly interface. Take One allows you to effortlessly create, type, draw, and clap your way into action. Simply double- or triple-tap number fields to quickly increment or decrement their values. Tap the clapper once to open, and a second time to 'clap' and begin the clock timer. DRAW & SKETCH Unleash your creativity by drawing or sketching in color with your finger or, on supported devices, Apple Pencil. Toggle any text field between 'text' and 'drawing', and personalize your boards with fun hand-drawn elements. Let your creativity run wild with Take One, where every field becomes a canvas for your imagination. CREATE CUSTOM LAYOUTS Tailor your board and create custom layouts to suit your unique style. Effortlessly rearrange the elements on the board using drag and drop, and easily add new modules from the library. Save your preferred layouts as templates to re-use. Built-in options for 'text', 'number', 'date', 'image' and 'clock'. YOUR LOGO HERE Showcase your own branding elements or logos on the board with the 'image' module, with full support for transparency. Theme your boards with various color options for the clapper. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Work on multiple projects at once? Organize related boards into collections. Sync your library between iPhone and iPad using iCloud. FREE TO TRY Experience the full range of features for free, with a limited board library size. With a simple in-app purchase, unlock the library limit and make as many boards as you wish. Whether capturing a viral social story, documenting an exciting road trip, or hoping to someday create the next blockbuster, Take One is the casual digital movie slate for you. Its simplicity and user-friendly features make it the ideal companion for aspiring filmmakers.
Nautomate
This app integrates over 40 native actions into your device's automation tool, allowing for extensive control over your notes and databases. Automate the creation of pages, databases, and searches, or extract and convert data into various formats. It supports multiple workspaces and offers tutorials for easy integration.
- Create Notion pages with rich content
- Create databases with custom properties
- Add/modify database values
- Perform powerful database searches
- Extract markdown from pages
- Convert databases to CSV, Markdown, or JSON
- Supports multiple Notion workspaces
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Nautomate adds 40+ native Notion actions to Shortcuts, giving you automation superpowers! Fully automate your whole Notion world: • Create pages with rich content blocks • Create databases with custom properties • Add to or modify values in a database • Create powerful searches for databases • Extract markdown from a page • Convert a database to a CSV, Markdown Table or JSON Dictionary • Supports connections to multiple workspaces ...and much more! Each action includes a detailed description along with example shortcuts and tutorials to get you started. More than half of the actions are completely FREE to use, forever. Available on iOS, iPadOS & Mac. A single subscription unlocks everything across all devices and allows family sharing. None of your Notion data is ever viewable by any third-parties. --- Terms of Use: https://nautomate.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nautomate.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Take One at 4.4 against Nautomate's 3.4. Nautomate's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Take One sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nautomate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Take One holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Take One's written reviews are positive against 43% of Nautomate's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Take One | Nautomate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 3.4 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | Snailed It Development Ltd |
Customer experience
Take One
Nautomate
In-app purchases
Take One
- Take One (Full Unlock)$4.99
Nautomate
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year









