NeatNotes vs anoli
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NeatNotes
Organize and take notes quickly with a clean interface. See full note previews, customize note styles, and set reminders. Features smart grouping and automatic link title generation.
- Full note previews
- Customizable note styles (plain, sticky, lined)
- Home screen widgets
- Paragraph-based reminders
- Smart Stacks for automatic note grouping
- Readable link titles
- Photo integration
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Less is more, when it’s done right. NeatNotes gives you only what you need to organize and take notes quickly. While other apps show you a really tiny preview, with NeatNotes you can see the real note before you open it. This makes the app more fun and easier to find your notes. Make your notes personal with three different note styles. * A plain note, with extensive formatting options. * A sticky note, with large fonts, colors and checklists. * A lined note for that nostalgic yellow pad. Mini Spreadsheets. No Tables. NeatNotes lets you perform spreadsheet-like calculations directly in your notes. Type a simple math expression and the answer is suggested underneath it. Reuse a number by dragging and dropping it elsewhere in your note. This creates a reference, so when you change the original number, every reference and related calculation updates automatically. Make a list of numbers and the total is suggested above the keyboard. You can then calculate splits and averages or count the lines in a list. You can also use units of measurement for length, volume, weight and temperature in your calculations. Convert between more than 150 fiat currencies, popular cryptocurrencies, gold and silver using the latest available exchange rates. Widgets that make sense. You can see your notes on your Home Screen with widgets. You can navigate your note by paragraph, check off checklist items, open links and even see photos in your notes. Create Multiple Reminders. Make any paragraph a reminder. Just tap the bell icon on the keyboard and you can set the date and time of the reminder. It will ring and notify you on the lock screen. When you tap the reminder, it will open the note and take you to the paragraph where you set it. Smart Stacks. All notes apps let you search your notes, but Smart Stacks takes it to the next level. Smart Stacks automatically groups notes that share a trait, into one stack — like notes with contact info, or notes with checklists. You can also enter any word, and it’ll create a stack, with all the notes that contains the word. Photos and Readable links. You can add photos to your notes from your phone camera or photo library. You can even copy and paste them from another app like Safari. When you copy and paste a link, it automatically gets a readable title. So instead of seeing a complicated URL you see the title. This makes it easier for you to understand what the link is about rather than having to visit the link every time. No account needed. Use iCloud to Store and Sync. You don’t need to create another account. Just download the app and start using it. All your notes are automatically stored in iCloud and synced to other devices in your account. Privacy Your notes are extremely personal and we can't see them. In fact we don't even store them. Apple does in iCloud. We recommend that you turn on "Advanced Data Protection" in your iCloud settings, if you wish to prevent even Apple from having access to your notes.
anoli
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Saw something good and lost it the next day? anoli keeps it. Share any post, video or link to anoli from the apps you already use. It reads the caption and files it into the right folder for you, so your recipes, workouts, outfits, trips and ideas stop getting lost in screenshots and saved tabs. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Tap Share in any app or browser and choose anoli. You are back where you were in a second. Notes, photos, files, PDFs and scanned documents can be saved too. SORTED FOR YOU anoli suggests the right folder for every save. When it is not sure, it asks with one tap. Make folders inside folders, start from a template like Trip or Wedding, give them a photo cover, a colour or an icon, and pin the ones you use most. WATCH WITHOUT LEAVING Saved reels, TikToks and YouTube videos play right inside anoli. Tap Play on a folder and swipe through every video in it. FIND IT IN SECONDS Search looks through titles, captions, notes, tags and even the words inside your screenshots, receipts and PDFs. Or just ask Siri, or search from your Home Screen. RECIPES YOU CAN ACTUALLY COOK Tap Summarise and a caption becomes ingredients and steps. Start cooking mode for big steps, one at a time, with the screen kept on, or keep the recipe as a note of its own. FOLDERS WITH FRIENDS Share a folder with one link. Plan a trip, a wedding or a new flat together, with reactions and comments on every save, and a notification when someone adds something. PRIVATE WHEN YOU NEED IT Lock any folder with Face ID. Deleted something by mistake? It waits in Recently deleted for 30 days. YOURS, ON EVERY DEVICE Sign in with Apple to keep your saves safe and get them on any iPhone or iPad. Choose a Colourful, Minimal or Dark look. Export everything whenever you like. No ads, and your saves are never sold. anoli speaks 11 languages. ANOLI PRO Your first 15 saves are free. anoli Pro unlocks unlimited saves, notes, photos, files and scans, summaries and cooking mode, shared and locked folders, folder playlists and themes, for £10 a year, or the equivalent in your country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews every year unless you turn off renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the year, in your Apple ID settings. Terms of use: https://anoli-link.com/terms Privacy policy: https://anoli-link.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: anoli at none against NeatNotes's shown. anoli also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. NeatNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and anoli sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NeatNotes ships an update every 4 days, anoli every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NeatNotes | anoli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fusion Engineering | Sift App Limited |
In-app purchases
NeatNotes
- Lifetime Unlock$7.99
anoli
- anoli Pro$14.001 Year









