Comparison

NeatNotes vs Joeny Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Joeny Notes

A fast, native note-taking application for Apple devices that organizes your thoughts with notebooks and tags. It supports Markdown writing, powerful search, and syncs across your devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Notebooks and stacks
  • Nested tags
  • Markdown editor with formatting bar
  • Full-text search with operators
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • End-to-end encrypted notes
  • Share notebooks for collaboration
Features
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BetterNote is a fast, native notes app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It has notebooks, tags and powerful search, and your notes are stored as plain Markdown in your own iCloud account. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Notebooks and stacks • Nested tags, such as work/clients • Favorites, saved searches and a Trash you can restore from • A Home Screen widget for your favorite notes • Recent Activity, showing which notes changed and on which device WRITE IN MARKDOWN • An editor that styles Markdown as you type, with a formatting bar • Notes open in Read mode, which renders tables, code blocks and task lists • Read a note aloud with the current word highlighted • Full-screen reading that can keep the screen on while you cook • Dark mode and Dynamic Type, with VoiceOver support • Photo and file attachments, with Quick Look previews FIND ANYTHING • Instant full-text search with ranked, highlighted results • Evernote-style operators: notebook:, tag:, intitle:, created:day-7, todo:false, resource:image and more • Text inside images and PDFs is recognized on your device and included in search SYNC AND SHARE WITH iCLOUD • Syncs across all your devices through your iCloud account • Note text is end-to-end encrypted • Share a notebook with other people to read or edit BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU • Import .enex exports from Evernote • Export everything as Markdown files at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN BetterNote has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no servers of its own. Your notes stay on your devices and in your iCloud.

Screenshots

NeatNotes4 screens
Joeny Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joeny Notes at none against NeatNotes's 1. Joeny Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). NeatNotes's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and monetization model 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. NeatNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Joeny Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for NeatNotes against 5.0 for Joeny Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NeatNotes has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NeatNotes ships an update every 4 days, Joeny Notes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NeatNotes versus Joeny Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeatNotesJoeny Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFusion EngineeringJoeny Bui

Customer experience

NeatNotes

All ratings39 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Joeny Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NeatNotes

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$7.99
None

Joeny Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NeatNotes free?
NeatNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Joeny Notes free?
Joeny Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NeatNotes or Joeny Notes?
Joeny Notes is rated higher. NeatNotes averages 4.9 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Joeny Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NeatNotes or Joeny Notes have ads?
NeatNotes shows ads; Joeny Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, NeatNotes or Joeny Notes?
NeatNotes ships an update every 4 days, and Joeny Notes every 5 days. Most recently, NeatNotes was updated on October 5, 2026 and Joeny Notes on October 8, 2026.

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