Note vs Smack P
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note
This minimalist notes app helps you focus on what matters most. Create up to 8 infinite pages with beautiful typefaces and customizable line formatting. Save notes as plain text files to iCloud Drive or locally, and access them via widgets and shortcuts.
- Minimalist interface
- Up to 8 infinite pages
- Customizable line formatting (color, italics)
- Plain text file export
- iCloud Drive sync
- Home/Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app
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Keep notes you really care about in focus with this mini note app & widget. It’s like a pinned note in its own app. The app feels like just 1 note, but you can create up to 8 infinite pages. It features beautiful typefaces. There is extra spacing between lines. You can mark lines with color, italics, or both. Pages can also be given custom names. Each page is saved as a plain text file, either in iCloud Drive or only on your iPhone or iPad. Text and links can be added to a page in the app from within other apps using the Share button. You can add a sticky note widget to your Home Screen and Lock Screen that shows the last line you selected in the app or the line you pinned in the Home Screen widget. A control lets you open the app directly from Control Center or your Lock Screen. You can also assign this control to your iPhone’s Action button. An Apple Watch app and widget show the last line you selected in the app on your paired iPhone or the line you pinned in the app on your watch. App Privacy: There is no sign-in and no data is collected. Your files are encrypted on your device using your passcode when it’s locked or turned off. If iCloud Backup is turned on for the app in the Settings app > [Your Name] > iCloud > Storage > Backups > [Your Device], your app data is uploaded to iCloud. If you want your files in iCloud Drive to be end-to-end encrypted, please turn on Advanced Data Protection in Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Advanced Data Protection. If you have Share Analytics turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements, we receive app analytics from Apple. This does not contain your app data or personally identify you. Other Features: To add a new line, pull down when you are at the top of a page. Easily move lines up ↑ or down ↓. Quickly undo or redo changes above the keyboard. Tap the ⋯ button above the keyboard for more actions, such as adding the date or inserting a line break. Link or move lines to another page using the Quick Actions menu. List markers (like ‘•’) and spaces you type at the start of a line automatically get added to a new line below it. A URL scheme allows you to go directly to a page or to a specific line on a page. Support for Apple’s Writing Tools on compatible devices. Supports multiple windows on iPad. Fully accessible with VoiceOver. Gestures: Swipe left or right on a page while editing to move the insertion point from word to word. To move the insertion point, touch and hold the Space bar on the onscreen keyboard with one finger, then slide your finger around the keyboard. Swipe left with three fingers to undo or right to redo. Tap on a page with three fingers to show a menu with undo, cut, copy, paste, and redo. The use of this app is subject to your agreement to: Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Apple’s Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/ If you use iCloud with the app, iCloud’s Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/
Smack P
This tool helps you organize web links into visual "Pages" for easy saving, searching, and sharing. Reduce tab clutter and keep important web resources accessible across devices. Ideal for individuals and teams needing to manage online information efficiently.
- Save web links from browser
- Organize links into visual Pages
- Pin single pages or all tabs
- Reduce tab clutter
- Access saved links across devices
- Share link collections
- AI-powered discovery features
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Smack P helps you organize the web into Pages that are easy to save, search, share, and use again. Instead of losing useful links across open tabs, old folders, chat messages, documents, and emails, Smack P gives you a visual way to keep important web resources organized around the way you actually work. Create Pages for projects, teams, customers, research, departments, workflows, or personal collections. Save links into the right place, keep them organized, and come back to them whenever you need them. The Smack P browser extension makes saving web resources fast. When you find a page you want to keep, click the Smack P button in your browser toolbar, choose where it belongs, and pin it directly into Smack P. The link is added to the selected Page so you can find it later instead of leaving another tab open or dropping another link somewhere you may forget. You can also save an entire browser window at once. Right-click the Smack P extension button and choose the option to pin all tabs from your current browser window into Smack P. This is especially useful when you are doing research, collecting project resources, gathering customer links, preparing for a task, or cleaning up a browser window full of tabs you do not want to lose. Smack P is built for individuals, teams, and organizations that need a better way to organize the web. Use Smack P to: • Save useful websites directly from your browser • Pin a single page with the extension button • Pin all tabs from a browser window into Smack P • Organize links into visual Smack P Pages • Group resources by project, team, customer, workflow, or topic • Reduce tab clutter without losing important work • Access saved links across devices • Share useful collections with the right people • Keep organization knowledge easier to find • Use AI-powered discovery features for organization Pages, where available For organizations, Smack P helps turn saved links into searchable team knowledge. Teams can collect important resources in one place, organize them into shared Pages, and make internal web resources easier to rediscover. Organization features may include AI-powered search, AI summaries, AI tags, and semantic discovery depending on your Smack P plan and organization settings. The extension is simple by design. To save one page: Find a useful web page Click the Smack P browser button Choose where to save it Pin the link to Smack P Return to it later from your Smack P Pages To save all tabs in a browser window: Open the browser window with the tabs you want to save Right-click the Smack P extension button Choose the option to pin all tabs Save the full set into Smack P Close the tabs without losing the resources Smack P is for people and teams who constantly say, “I know I found that somewhere.” Stop letting useful links disappear. Save them into Smack P and turn browser chaos into organized, searchable Pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smack P at Free against Note's $4.99. Note's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Smack P is free to download; Note costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Note ships an update every 8 days, Smack P every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note | Smack P |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nonzerosumness | BLUE STRING COMPANY LLC |
Customer experience
Note
Smack P
In-app purchases
Note
No in-app purchases
Smack P
No in-app purchases









