Comparison

NotesHub vs HashTagNotes

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

Head to head
About

NotesHub

This app offers a cross-platform note-taking experience using Markdown, with integrated Kanban boards and whiteboarding tools. Sync your data across devices using Git, GitHub, or iCloud Drive, and leverage advanced features like diagramming and code highlighting.

Highlights
  • Markdown note-taking
  • Kanban boards
  • Whiteboarding tool
  • Git/GitHub/iCloud sync
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Offline-first approach
  • Advanced search
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Fully cross-platform, vendor-agnostic, Markdown-based note-taking app plus Kanban and whiteboarding tool. You can sync your data with GitHub, your own Git server, or iCloud Drive. Use the power of Markdown to format your notes, and create tables, lists, images, diagrams, etc. Markdown will help to keep your notes in the same style regardless of whether you copied text from the internet or wrote from scratch. Use Kanban boards as a tool to visualize your work and maximize your efficiency. This will help you to organize your time, focus on what matters, and achieve more. If you need quickly visualize your idea, our whiteboarding feature will be handy for you. Add different shapes, make connections between them, add hand-drawn notes, or add reusable elements from the library. KEY FEATURES • Offline-first approach • No vendor lock-in • Periodic sync of data • Fully cross-platform • Different notebook providers: Git, GitHub, iCloud Drive • Seamless GitHub integration • Advanced search • Notes printing • Export notes to PDF • Auto-generated table of contents (TOC) • Kanban boards • Whiteboards (based on Excalidraw) • Dark and light themes (with accent color picker) • Markdown preview with scroll sync • Extended Markdown syntax: Mermaid diagrams, math expressions (MathJax), callouts, ABC musical notation, etc. • Syntax highlighting for code blocks • File attachments • Convert HTML content to Markdown on paste • Editor toolbar with all necessary commands (bold, list, table, etc.) • Markdown syntax guidance • Automatic merge conflict resolution FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: Why should I write my notes in Markdown? A: Markdown is a widely popular open format with support in many applications. By choosing Markdown you can be confident if you decide to switch to a different application you can easily move all of your data without any conversion needed. Also, Markdown is incredibly easy to understand even in raw view as it's just plain text content with human-readable syntax. Last but not least, Markdown helps you to keep all of your notes in a uniform format, with no more mismatches in font size, font face, etc. when you import data from different sources. Q: What are the benefits of using Git to store notes? A: You will get a lot of things for free: • Unlimited version history, and information on when and who did what changes • Ability to share notebooks with others, you can add anyone as a collaborator or viewer to your Git repository • Easy self-hosting with plenty open open-source options, so notes will truly belong to you • Better merge conflict resolution compared to traditional cloud-based file storage solutions • Ability to create public websites/blogs from your notebooks

About

HashTagNotes

Organize quick notes, links, and files with tags for easy retrieval. This note-taking app syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Message yourself notes, links, and files
  • Organize with tags
  • Easy retrieval of notes
  • Syncs across Apple devices
  • Proper note-taking interface
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Message yourself notes, links and files but in a proper note-taking app! Better organize quick snippets of notes with tags to find relevant ones easily. Best of all, it works and syncs across all of your Apple devices!

Screenshots

NotesHub4 screens
HashTagNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HashTagNotes at Free against NotesHub's $4.99. HashTagNotes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). NotesHub's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (39 vs 3). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

HashTagNotes is free to download; NotesHub costs $4.99 up front. HashTagNotes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NotesHub asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HashTagNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NotesHub has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of NotesHub's written reviews are positive against 100% of HashTagNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
NotesHub versus HashTagNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotesHubHashTagNotes
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (39 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlex TitarenkoYujian Yao

Customer experience

NotesHub

All ratings39 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative12.7%

HashTagNotes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NotesHub

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HashTagNotes

One-time3
  • Support editing tag color$2.99
  • Unlimited attachments$3.99
  • Support iCloud Sync$7.99

Questions

Is NotesHub free?
NotesHub costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HashTagNotes free?
HashTagNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NotesHub or HashTagNotes?
HashTagNotes is rated higher. NotesHub averages 4.7 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while HashTagNotes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do NotesHub or HashTagNotes have ads?
Neither NotesHub nor HashTagNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotesHub or HashTagNotes?
NotesHub ships an update every 3 weeks, and HashTagNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, NotesHub was updated on September 23, 2026 and HashTagNotes on June 1, 2026.

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