Comparison

NotesHub vs AirQuery

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

AirQuery

Features
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AirQuery is an end-to-end Self-Service BI Cloud Platform for getting data, modeling data, and querying Data. AirQuery Data Pipelines for loading data into data warehouses such as Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Azure SQL, and Oracle ADW. AirQuery Augmatica is a decision intelligence technology used by business, users to query real-time data from different on-premise business applications and cloud ERP applications.

Screenshots

NotesHub4 screens
AirQuery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AirQuery at Free against NotesHub's $4.99. AirQuery also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). NotesHub's advantage is chart position (#189 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 3). On ads and in-app purchases 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

AirQuery is free to download; NotesHub costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotesHub ships an update every 3 weeks, AirQuery every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
NotesHub versus AirQuery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotesHubAirQuery
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex TitarenkoORBIT Analytics

Bugs and requests

NotesHub

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • iCloud sync not working fully
  • App shows black screen on Mac Air M1
  • Web and iOS apps fail with 'An error occurred'
  • Lost data when closing app (user error initially identified)
  • Sync error with large files on iPad
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  • Notes not saving automatically
  • Cannot find notebook in iCloud Drive
  • Help not available for the app

Requested features

12 requests
  • Sort by date created
  • Autosave functionality
  • Control Find/Search functionality
  • Support for UML diagrams (e.g., PlantUML)
  • i18n support
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  • Support for other Git websites (besides GitHub)
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Subtasks in Kanban
  • Ability to add photos/graphics to Kanban
  • More intuitive UI
  • Better documentation

AirQuery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

NotesHub

No in-app purchases

None

AirQuery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotesHub free?
NotesHub costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AirQuery free?
AirQuery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NotesHub or AirQuery have ads?
Neither NotesHub nor AirQuery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotesHub or AirQuery?
NotesHub ships an update every 3 weeks, and AirQuery every 9 days. Most recently, NotesHub was updated on November 7, 2026 and AirQuery on October 27, 2026.

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