Comparison

Today Notes vs WatchNotes

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

Head to head
About

Today Notes

This app automatically organizes your notes by date, ensuring your current priorities are always visible. It uses time as the organizing system, moving notes from tomorrow to today and archiving old entries to prevent clutter. Focus on what matters now without manual sorting.

Highlights
  • Automatic daily organization
  • Notes move from tomorrow to today
  • Automatic archiving of old notes
  • Pin important notes
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Focus on current priorities
Features
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Notes and lists that organize themselves by day. Focus on today, plan for tomorrow, and let old notes archive automatically. Clarity, without constant re-sorting. Most note apps slowly turn into clutter. Today Notes is designed to prevent that. Instead of forcing you to manually organize lists and folders, Today Notes uses time as the organizing system. Notes naturally move forward from Tomorrow to Today, then archive based on their date, keeping your short-term priorities visible while older notes quietly move out of the way. How it works: • Today stays front and center. Everything that matters now is easy to see and act on. • Tomorrow becomes Today automatically. Plan ahead without building a backlog, when the day arrives your notes are already there. • Automatic archiving. Notes from the past roll off on their own, keeping your workspace uncluttered. • Pin what shouldn’t move. Keep important notes visible until you decide otherwise. Your notes stay up to date across all your devices with built-in iCloud syncing, automatically. Today Notes is free to download but requires a purchase to activate. You can choose from a one-time purchase to unlock it forever, or a monthly subscription. Any purchase unlocks Today Notes on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. – Privacy Policy https://www.todaynotesapp.com/#privacy Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WatchNotes

Features
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WatchNotes puts your notes and checklists where you actually need them — on your wrist. Write on your iPhone with real formatting, tick things off on your Apple Watch, and share lists with the people you live with so everyone stays on the same page. MADE FOR THE WRIST • A true standalone watch app — works without your iPhone nearby • Tick checklist items with one tap, with big, glanceable rows • Dictate a new note or add items by voice, straight from the watch • The note stays up while you shop or cook — raise your wrist and it's right there • Always-On display support CHECKLISTS DONE RIGHT • Groceries, packing, chores — reorder, strike through, clear completed • Tick an item on the watch and it checks itself off on your iPhone in seconds • Progress bars show what's left at a glance A REAL EDITOR, NOT A TEXT BOX • Titles, headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, bullets • Text and a checklist can live in the same note • Pin your most-used notes to the top SHARE AND EDIT TOGETHER • Share any note by iCloud email, invite link, or a WatchNotes username • Everyone you invite can edit — two people can tick different items at the same time and nothing gets lost • Stop sharing or remove people at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your notes live in YOUR iCloud, not on our servers • No account, no password, no ads, no tracking, no analytics • Shared notes are visible only to the people you invite WatchNotes is for everyone who ever walked into a shop and left their list on the fridge. Put it on your wrist instead.

Screenshots

Today Notes4 screens
WatchNotes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WatchNotes at none against Today Notes's 3. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Today Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. WatchNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Today Notes versus WatchNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday NotesWatchNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancisco CantuLukas Varanausksa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Today Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Free Trial (30 Days)Free
  • Full Unlock$24.99
None

WatchNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today Notes free?
Today Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WatchNotes free?
WatchNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Today Notes or WatchNotes have ads?
Neither Today Notes nor WatchNotes shows ads.

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