Auer Notes vs Microtask
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auer Notes
This is a straightforward note-taking application focused on speed, ease of use, and privacy. It prioritizes a minimalist interface and local data storage, ensuring offline access and preventing other apps from accessing your notes.
- Fast and easy to use
- Minimalist user interface
- Local data storage
- Offline access
- Plain text notes
- Private and secure
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Auer Notes is a note-taking application designed to be fast, easy to use, and stay out of the way until you need it. Simple and clear, Auer Notes is intentional, focusing on less, instead of more. It does one thing, the simplest possible way. Local Data: Your data is stored locally and it's always available, even when you are offline. The app doesn't use iCloud. There is no cloud or vendor preventing you from accessing your data. Also, no other apps have access to your notes. Minimal: Auer Notes has a modern and minimalist user interface designed to be simple. It is aggressively mute on purpose. The application was built to be lightweight, and to utilize less device resources. Auer Notes: A plain text and private notes app.
Microtask
This app offers a streamlined approach to task management, designed for individuals who find other productivity tools too complex. It focuses on quick entry and efficient organization, allowing users to capture thoughts and to-dos with minimal effort.
- Quick task entry
- Simple organization
- Designed for individuals
- Streamlined interface
- Efficient task capture
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Apple Notes, Google Keep, Notion, etc, are too chaotic. Project management tools are for teams, not individuals. With Microtask, keeping track of your tasks is as simple as type, enter, done. Microtask was built for the busy professional to spend less time thinking about where to write down a task or memory, and simply just write it and move on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Microtask at 5.0 against Auer Notes's 4.1. Microtask also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.2). Auer Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Microtask holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auer Notes has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Auer Notes ships an update every 4 days, Microtask every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Auer Notes | Microtask |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uri Fridman | Mack Myers |
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Auer Notes
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In-app purchases
Auer Notes
No in-app purchases
Microtask
No in-app purchases
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