Comparison

Note vs Let The Rest Go

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Keep what you really care about in focus with this mini notes 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/

About

Let The Rest Go

Features
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Let The Rest Go is a focus app built around one constraint: you only get six slots. Not sixty. Not sixteen. Six. Your most important thing sits on top as your current focus. The rest stack behind it, waiting. When you finish the top one, swipe right — it moves to your archive, and the next thing rises. If something doesn't deserve your attention anymore, swipe left and let it go. That's the whole app. – SIX ITEMS, HARD LIMIT The ceiling is the point. It forces you to choose what actually matters, instead of collecting everything in another pile you'll eventually ignore. – SWIPE TO CLEAR No checkboxes, no tags, no categories. One gesture per direction, both meaningful. – ARCHIVE OF WINS Completed items stack into a trophy tower you can browse by day, week, month, or year. Search by title when you need to find something specific. – NEXT UP A six-item bench for the seventh thing. Somewhere to put it without breaking the six-item ceiling, and nowhere near enough room to become another backlog. – WIDGETS Put your current focus on your home screen so you can't forget what it is. – FULL VERSION Your complete archive, all the way back, and iCloud sync across your devices — the same stack, in the same order, on every device you own. One purchase, once. Never a subscription. – NO TRACKING, NO ACCOUNTS, NO SUBSCRIPTION No analytics, no ads, nothing collected about you, and no monthly fee. Sync uses your own iCloud — your data stays in your personal account, private to you. No account to create, no server of ours. Not for everyone. If you need due dates, reminders, projects, labels, teams, or any of the usual task-app machinery, this isn't it. If you've already tried three task apps this year and ended up drowning in them, maybe this is.

Screenshots

Note2 screens
Let The Rest Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Let The Rest Go at Free against Note's $4.99. Note's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Let The Rest Go is free to download; Note costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note ships an update weekly, Let The Rest Go every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Note versus Let The Rest Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteLet The Rest Go
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating+44+
DevelopernonzerosumnessWILLIAM BENJAMIN BURRARD-LUCAS

In-app purchases

None

Note

No in-app purchases

None

Let The Rest Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note free?
Note costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let The Rest Go free?
Let The Rest Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Note or Let The Rest Go have ads?
Neither Note nor Let The Rest Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note or Let The Rest Go?
Note ships an update weekly, and Let The Rest Go every 4 weeks. Most recently, Note was updated on October 8, 2026 and Let The Rest Go on October 9, 2026.

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