HotNotes vs PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotNotes
Organize your daily tasks and appointments with a stylish and intuitive note-taking app. Create to-do lists, break down tasks into smaller steps, and set reminders for important events. No sign-in is required to start planning your life.
- Daily to-do lists
- Task breakdown
- Shapes tool for drawing
- Elegant design
- Appointment planning
- Daily diary creation
- Event reminders
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• Write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed Your basic building block is the almighty To-Do—each a small step toward a great accomplishment. You can add notes, schedule it, and break it down into smaller steps. Features - Draw perfect shapes and lines with shapes tool - enjoy an elegant and eye-pleasing design - plan appointments and set up a stylish agenda - write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed - take notes for every day and create a diary - reminders for important events, tasks or notes - no sign-in or registration necessary
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PDFMaster is a clean and focused PDF reader and document manager built for everyday work. Import, organize, and read PDF files in one workspace, quickly search document content, and mark important information with annotations, highlights, and underlines. Whether you are reading papers, contracts, reports, textbooks, or work documents, PDFMaster helps you stay focused with immersive reading, smooth paging, zoom controls, full-text search, file management, and practical PDF page tools. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy:https://www.pdfmaster.top/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HotNotes at none against PDF's 2. PDF's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 28 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. PDF sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. HotNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
HotNotes ships an update every 28 months, PDF every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotNotes | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samsuddin Ahmed Sohag | 春燕 刘 |
In-app purchases
HotNotes
No in-app purchases
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