HashTagNotes vs DearWiki
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HashTagNotes
Organize quick notes, links, and files with tags for easy retrieval. This note-taking app syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices.
- Message yourself notes, links, and files
- Organize with tags
- Easy retrieval of notes
- Syncs across Apple devices
- Proper note-taking interface
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Message yourself notes, links and files but in a proper note-taking app! Better organize quick snippets of notes with tags to find relevant ones easily. Best of all, it works and syncs across all of your Apple devices!
DearWiki
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DearWiki is a local-first notebook and personal wiki for notes, tasks, daily plans, research, and connected ideas. Write in portable Markdown, capture from the share sheet, find backlinks on the knowledge map, organize readable structured views, and export a complete ZIP whenever you want. Attachment OCR runs on the device. No DearWiki account is required. Optional WebDAV sync uses a server you choose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DearWiki at none against HashTagNotes's 3. DearWiki also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HashTagNotes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DearWiki asks for nothing beyond the download.
HashTagNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, DearWiki every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HashTagNotes | DearWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yujian Yao | Pedro Brannum |
In-app purchases
HashTagNotes
- Support editing tag color$2.99
- Unlimited attachments$3.99
- Support iCloud Sync$7.99
DearWiki
No in-app purchases
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