Comparison

CatNote卡片笔记 vs Muses

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

Head to head
About

CatNote卡片笔记

Features
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杂乱的知识碎片限制了我们的思考,记录本该是一件轻松美好的事情,不应让记录工具阻碍了我们新灵感新感悟地迸发。 让我们一起让记录成为美好体验吧! 方便记录 【极简卡片】化繁为简,像聊天一样记录图文笔记。灵感、随笔、备忘...随想随记。 【微信输入】支持在微信内通过公众号记录,无需打开App。 【文字识别】支持OCR文字识别,令记录更加灵活高效。 【多端同步】支持永久免费的多端多平台云同步,不限设备登录数量,自由选择最便捷的记录方式。 【API输入】支持通过接口导入笔记,让笔记不再受限于应用。 方便整理 【多级标签】支持标签分级,标签与分类二合一。 【合并笔记】支持笔记合并,将随笔整理成文一键搞定。 【连接笔记】支持笔记双向链接,构建属于你的知识网络。 【导入笔记】支持将三方笔记内容一键导入。 【导出笔记】支持笔记全量导出,将知识输出为文档。 【量化笔记】支持可视化折线图,量化记录习惯,让成果一目了然。 方便回顾 【全部图片】可查看笔记中所有图片列表,并回溯到对应笔记。 【定时回顾】支持任意频次任意时间回顾任意笔记,更多新奇用法等你来发现。 方便分享 【链接分享】笔记链接免费分享,在线查看。 【卡片分享】笔记卡片免费生成,分享好友。 专注笔记 【拒绝广告】拒绝接入广告,保障用户体验。 【拒绝社交】拒绝社交功能,专注个人用户。 隐私协议:https://help.catnote.cn/privacy 用户协议:https://help.catnote.cn/useragree

About

Muses

Capture and organize your thoughts with an AI-powered card-style note-taking app. Enhance memory and creativity with features like AI assistance, voice notes, and private knowledge base management. Securely store and access your ideas with advanced privacy controls.

Highlights
  • AI-powered note refinement and Q&A
  • Voice notes with real-time transcription
  • Hierarchical sub-cards for infinite idea expansion
  • Encrypted private knowledge base with password protection
  • Batch actions for efficient note management
  • Multi-format export (Text, Markdown, HTML, PDF)
  • Spaced repetition for memory reinforcement
Features
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Capture thoughts. Illuminate your mind. Muses 2.0 is an AI-native multidimensional knowledge workspace crafted for creators, researchers, and deep thinkers. We often face the same frustrating hurdles: • Fleeting ideas on the move, but typing was inconvenient and audio was forgotten; • Hours of meeting recordings, yet extracting key takeaways takes another half-day; • Raw speech-to-text full of filler words ("um", "like") and chaotic phrasing; • Book highlights and article clips scattered across apps, never synthesized; • Rigid folders becoming digital graveyards where notes go in and never resurface; • Great thoughts written down only to gather dust, never turning into tangible action. Muses 2.0 closes this loop. It unifies voice memos, reading highlights, structured deep writing, visual thinking, and spaced review into a self-sustaining knowledge engine. --- 【Key Capabilities】 1. Intelligent Voice Notes: Pocket Scribe & Meeting Co-Pilot • Real-Time Dictation: Speak freely. Speech turns into crisp text with smart punctuation. • AI Semantic Polish: Automatically filters filler words and refines casual speech into cohesive prose. • Structured Minutes & Tasks: Synthesizes meeting takeaways and extracts action items in seconds. • Speaker Differentiation: Intelligently separates dialogue by speaker in meetings and interviews. • Waveform Playback & Audio Retention: Original audio is preserved with waveform seeking and local export. • Audio & Video Transcription: Import podcasts or videos into structured notes with one tap. 2. Reading Highlights & Unified Capture • Seamless Reading Sync: Sync reading shelves (WeRead/E-books). New highlights automatically append to existing notes over time. • One-Stop Clipping: Collect web snippets, screenshots, and inspirations into unified cards. 3. Magazine-Grade Writing & Visual Canvas • Modular Block Editor: Beautiful typography with callouts, toggle lists, and inline annotations. • Freehand Whiteboard: Sketch diagrams, handwrite notes, and mix visuals with text freely. 4. Ditch Folders: Let Notes Form a 3D Galaxy • 3D Knowledge Universe: Muses interweaves notes into an interactive 3D constellation. • Spark Serendipity: Traverse your knowledge graph to discover hidden links across domains. 5. Personal AI Agent Grounded in Your Notes • Context-Aware AI: Reads and understands your accumulated notes, tailored to your context. • Deep Co-Thinking: Brainstorm proposals, generate dynamic mind maps, or extract to-do plans effortlessly. 6. From Thought to Action • Notes to Tasks: Extract action plans directly into organized to-do lists. • Time River & Calendar: Dual monthly overview and fluid timeline to retrace your intellectual growth. 7. Spaced Review: Internalize What You Learn • Serendipity Notes: Rediscover past epiphanies unexpectedly via widgets and notifications. • Cloze Flashcards: Scientific active recall flashcards to truly master what you record. 8. Offline-First & Bulletproof Privacy • Completely offline processing for core transcription and indexing. Your thoughts stay strictly yours. --- Whether you are a researcher synthesizing literature, an entrepreneur drafting roadmaps, or a lifelong learner building a second brain, Muses turns scattered thoughts into structured intellectual wealth. Capture thoughts. Illuminate your mind. Welcome to Muses 2.0.

Screenshots

CatNote卡片笔记4 screens
Muses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Muses at every 8 days against CatNote卡片笔记's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. CatNote卡片笔记 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Muses sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatNote卡片笔记 ships an update every 3 weeks, Muses every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CatNote卡片笔记 versus Muses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatNote卡片笔记Muses
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB229 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Xunji Technology Co., LtdBeijing Fuyuan Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CatNote卡片笔记

One-time3
  • CatNote月度会员$0.99
  • CatNote年度会员$7.99
  • CatNote永久会员$14.99
7 purchases

Muses

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription(PRO+AI)$3.991 Month
  • 连续包年(PRO+AI)$17.991 Year
One-time5
  • 300 AI CREDITS$0.99
  • 常用额度包$3.99
  • 高频额度包$9.99
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  • 专业额度包$29.99
  • PRO+AI Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is CatNote卡片笔记 free?
CatNote卡片笔记 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Muses free?
Muses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CatNote卡片笔记 or Muses have ads?
Neither CatNote卡片笔记 nor Muses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatNote卡片笔记 or Muses?
CatNote卡片笔记 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Muses every 8 days. Most recently, CatNote卡片笔记 was updated on October 27, 2026 and Muses on November 4, 2026.

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