Auer Notes vs Notewell
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.
Notewell
This HIPAA-compliant iOS app records client meetings and automatically generates notes from the audio. It streamlines documentation for professionals by transcribing conversations into actionable text.
- HIPAA compliant
- Record client meetings
- Automatic note generation
- AI-powered transcription
- iOS compatible
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Notewell is a HIPAA compliant AI notetaking iOS application. With Notewell you are able to: - Record your client meetings - Automatically generate notes from the recordings By using this app, you agree to the following Terms and Services found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notewell at 67% against Auer Notes's 0%. Notewell also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). Auer Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Notewell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Auer Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notewell holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Auer Notes's written reviews are positive against 67% of Notewell's.
Auer Notes ships an update every 4 days, Notewell every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auer Notes | Notewell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uri Fridman | Notewell, Inc. |
Customer experience
Auer Notes
Notewell
In-app purchases
Auer Notes
No in-app purchases
Notewell
- Notewell Plus$14.991 Month
- Notewell Plus$19.991 Month
