Comparison

NOTEBARS vs SILVANUS

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

Head to head
About

NOTEBARS

Features
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You choose what to remember. NOTEBARS turns it into personal recall cards and shows you when you’ve actually learned it. READ AND TOUCH Read a paragraph and tap the words you want to remember. In seconds, you get ready-made, structured notes — without typing a word. Each paragraph becomes a memory card, with keys on the left and notes on the right. During reviews, you see only the keys and recall the rest. You don’t reread — you test your memory. YOUR OWN CHOICES Two students reading the same text get different cards. The notes are built on what you picked out, not on a generic summary. QUESTIONS BORN FROM YOUR NOTES Review questions are built on the keys you created. With one tap, you can see the paragraph, sentence, or card from which each question originated. KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW You rate your memory before seeing the answer, and again after. Where the difference is large, the question is marked as critical: you thought you knew it. These are the points that will trip you up in an exam. PERFORMANCE-BASED REVIEWS Each review starts with a few questions, and your score determines when the next one comes. No progress is given away for free. TARGETED STUDY You filter what you’ll work on each time: only what you don’t remember well, only what’s important, only what’s difficult, only what you’ve bookmarked, only specific chapters. MEMORY TOOLS Color per paragraph. Memory icons next to your notes. Color inversion for what is critical. Settings for telegraphic or descriptive notes. FOR TEACHERS From iPhone or iPad, you create your own books: split text into chapters and sections, add images and videos, and color in bulk. Your students download the material ready-made. GET STARTED IN TEN SECONDS You jump straight into a training book and download ready-made books: schoolbooks for Primary, Lower Secondary, and Upper Secondary school — History, Biology, Physics, Economics, Geography — as well as personal development, philosophy, and social books. All fully editable, in Greek and English. No need to upload anything.

About

SILVANUS

Features
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The app is developed within the SILVANUS project and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101037247. The Silvanus App contains educational modules like guidelines, practical tips and quizzes to learn about wildfires. Additionally, there is a module for GPS-based fire reporting including pictures and text.

Screenshots

NOTEBARS4 screens
SILVANUS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SILVANUS at 13.0 against NOTEBARS's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
NOTEBARS versus SILVANUS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOTEBARSSILVANUS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB83 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDimitrios GiassiranisMassive Dynamic Sweden AB

In-app purchases

None

NOTEBARS

No in-app purchases

None

SILVANUS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NOTEBARS free?
NOTEBARS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SILVANUS free?
SILVANUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NOTEBARS or SILVANUS have ads?
Neither NOTEBARS nor SILVANUS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NOTEBARS or SILVANUS?
NOTEBARS ships an update every 5 weeks, and SILVANUS every 5 weeks. Most recently, NOTEBARS was updated on October 30, 2026 and SILVANUS on October 6, 2026.

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