CatNote卡片笔记 vs NotePatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatNote卡片笔记
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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
NotePatch
Transform handwritten notes, sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches. Extract text from images, edit, and print in under a minute. Core features are free and work offline.
- Document scanning with edge detection
- Precise physical-width control
- Ink Saver mode
- Brush mask for sensitive content
- Batch editing
- On-device OCR for text extraction
- AI recognition for messy handwriting (Pro)
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NotePatch turns your handwritten notes, lecture sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches you can stick directly into your textbooks, planners, or notebooks. Scan, edit, size, and print in under a minute. — SMART TEXT (NEW) — Extract text from any image — handwritten notes, printed pages, photos with embedded text, or mixed layouts with diagrams and formulas. • On-device OCR: instant, offline, free for everyone • AI recognition (Pro): high-precision extraction for messy handwriting, math formulas, tables, and mixed image-text layouts — KEY FEATURES — • Document scanner with edge detection and perspective correction • Precise physical-width control: Post-it to full page width • Ink Saver mode: print only the strokes, drop the background • Brush mask to hide sensitive content before printing • Batch editing: up to 5 patches at once with smart paper layout • Printer calibration for exact-size output • Save as PDF or share — PRIVACY — Core features work fully offline. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. AI recognition (Pro) sends the image to a secure cloud API for text extraction only — images are not stored or used for training. — NOTEPATCH PRO — • Free: 30 AI Smart recognitions included (one-time lifetime quota) • Pro Monthly: unlimited AI Smart, $3.99/month • Pro Annual: unlimited AI Smart, $24.99/year (save 48%) — includes 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Core features (scan, crop, mask, print) remain free forever Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/privacy.html
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Verdict
CatNote卡片笔记 and NotePatch are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. CatNote卡片笔记 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NotePatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CatNote卡片笔记 ships an update every 3 weeks, NotePatch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatNote卡片笔记 | NotePatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Xunji Technology Co., Ltd | 慧敏 王 |
In-app purchases
CatNote卡片笔记
- CatNote月度会员$0.99
- CatNote年度会员$7.99
- CatNote永久会员$14.99
NotePatch
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year









