Comparison

Lognote vs CivilStamp

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

Head to head
About

Lognote

Effortlessly create precise, timestamped notes for work, projects, and time-critical tasks. Organize, search, and export your information with ease. Premium features offer photo attachments, location data, and enhanced security.

Highlights
  • Timestamped notes
  • Customizable groups
  • Search and filter
  • Pre-set phrases
  • Export options (PDF, TXT, CSV, JSON)
  • Audit log
  • Auto backup
Features
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Quick notes for everyday life. Clear records for work. Lognote automatically adds the date and time, so you can capture a thought, an update or a moment and remember when it happened. Save a gift idea, keep meeting notes, document a project or write a few lines about your day. Each entry becomes part of a timeline you can return to later. OFFLINE FIRST. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED. YOUR NOTES, YOUR CHOICE. Start writing without an account. Your notes are saved locally first. Optional Pro Cloud Sync keeps the same offline-first approach. CAPTURE NOW. ORGANIZE LATER. Write directly in a group or drop a thought into Inbox. For things you record regularly, create your own predefined Quick Notes. One tap saves a new timestamped entry, without typing the same text again. Use them in all groups or only the groups you choose. KEEP LIFE AND WORK IN ORDER. Organize projects, trips and routines with groups, folders and hashtags. Pro adds separate Workspaces, each with its own groups and Inbox. KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND WHEN. Every note gets an automatic timestamp, down to the second. Keep a daily journal, meeting log, shift record or project history without typing the time yourself. Prefer a simpler notebook? You can hide timestamps, too. MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES. Capture on iPhone, spread out on iPad, use tabs and split views on Mac, and add quick text entries from Apple Watch. Features • Your own predefined Quick Notes: save recurring entries with one tap • Make Quick Notes available in all groups or only selected groups • Spacious editor for longer notes, with rich text formatting • Slash menu: type / to add headings, checklists, lists, quotes and code blocks • Text formatting, clickable checklists and typing shortcuts • Unlimited text notes and groups • Automatic timestamps, down to the second, with the option to hide them • Inbox for quick thoughts to organize later • Bubble, Journal and Classic note views on iPhone and iPad • Hashtags, custom tag colors and note search • Up to two folders per workspace • Optional link previews • Writing statistics and Memories to rediscover entries from previous years • Daily Inbox reminders • Widgets, plus Inbox capture with Siri and Shortcuts • Export as PDF, plain text, CSV, JSON, Markdown, Rich Text or HTML • Local backups, automatic backups and recovery of deleted notes • Basic Audit Log to review saved changes • Turn notes into shareable Story images • Offline note-taking without an account Pro Features • Optional Cloud Sync across your devices • Offline first, even with Cloud Sync enabled. Keep writing without an internet connection. Your changes sync when you’re back online. • Multiple Workspaces, each with its own groups and Inbox • Unlimited folders and subfolders • Photos, videos, files and audio attachments • Voice memos and transcription on supported iPhone and iPad devices: keep the text, recording or both • Create shared groups and collaborate with others • Favorites, priorities and archiving • Calendar and map views • Location tagging and location-based reminders with geofences • Group locking with Face ID, Touch ID or PIN • Custom filters and combined tag filters • Custom accent colors and alternate app icons • Export selected date ranges • Advanced Audit Log search, filters and export Write it down. Keep the context. Get on with your day. NEED HELP OR MISSING A FEATURE? Please get in touch whenever you need help, run into a problem or feel something is missing. I respond quickly to support requests, questions and feature suggestions. Contact me through the app or at https://lognoteapp.com/contact. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lognoteapp.com/legal/privacy-policy Support: https://lognoteapp.com/contact

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CivilStamp

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CivilStamp is the field app for California process servers. Take the door photo, record every attempt and end up with a signed service record, a clean PDF for the attorney or the court. AB 747 starts January 1, 2027: every attempt needs a photo of the door with its time and place. CivilStamp stamps them for you. AT THE DOOR Tap Take a photo. CivilStamp prints the time, date, GPS coordinates and case on a label under the photo, so nothing in the picture gets covered, and keeps the original file as well. Photo Check looks the shot over before you save: sharp or blurry, too dark, whether the house number from the case shows up and how far you are from the address. When taking a photo isn't safe, record that instead, with the reason. YOUR DAY ON A MAP Every open case goes on one map. Plan route puts the stops in order, nearest first, with the drive time for each, and Today keeps the next stop in front of you. Tap a stop for directions, Look Around or to record a visit. CASES Scan the summons and CivilStamp fills in the case number, the person to serve, the case title and the documents. Type the address and pick it from Apple Maps suggestions. Each case keeps its visit trail: personal attempts, how many different days and times, substituted service, posting and the mailing that follows. REPORTS Export one record or the whole case as a PDF: a map of the visits, a service log, every photo and a declaration under penalty of perjury. Sign the case's service record on the phone with Face ID or your passcode before you share it. You can also share a single record as an evidence package: the PDF, the stamped photo and the untouched original. FOR AGENCIES Process-serving companies and sheriff's and marshal's offices run their cases on civilstamp.com. Your agency emails you a link and a code, and you sign in with Apple, Google or email. The cases it assigns you show up in the app, with a notice when new ones arrive, and the visits you record go to the office with their photos. Reports carry the agency's letterhead, and a sheriff's or marshal's office gets a certificate of service. YOUR DATA On your own there's no account, no ads and no tracking, and records stay in CivilStamp on your iPhone until you share them. When you join an agency, the visits you record on its cases go to that agency. Its cases show on your phone only while you're signed in, and leave it when you leave the agency. Photo Check and scanning run on the phone. Back up everything to one file and restore it on a new iPhone. On your own: $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Your first 10 photos are free. Monthly or yearly access unlocks unlimited new photos. Lifetime access bought before keeps working. Existing records, exports, backups and safety records without photos stay available without a plan. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://civilstamp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Lognote4 screens
CivilStamp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Lognote at 4 against CivilStamp's 1. Lognote also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lognote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and CivilStamp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lognote ships an update weekly, CivilStamp every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lognote versus CivilStamp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLognoteCivilStamp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander StolteBenjamin Halpin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lognote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lognote Pro Lifetime$200.00
2 purchases

CivilStamp

Subscriptions1
  • CivilStamp Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time1
  • CivilStamp Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Lognote free?
Lognote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CivilStamp free?
CivilStamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lognote or CivilStamp have ads?
Neither Lognote nor CivilStamp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lognote or CivilStamp?
Lognote ships an update weekly, and CivilStamp every 4 days. Most recently, Lognote was updated on October 30, 2026 and CivilStamp on October 24, 2026.

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