Comparison

Simplenote vs MeetCost

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

Head to head
About

Simplenote

Capture ideas, create to-do lists, and jot down thoughts effortlessly. Organize your notes with tags and pins, and find them instantly with search. Your content syncs across all devices for free, ensuring it's always accessible.

Highlights
  • Simple note-taking experience
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Collaboration and sharing
  • Organization with tags
  • Instant search
  • To-do list creation
  • Passcode lock
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Simplenote is an easy way to take notes, create to-do lists, capture ideas, and more. Open it, jot down some thoughts, and you're done. As your collection grows, stay organized with tags and pins, and find what you need with instant search. Since Simplenote will sync across your devices for free, your notes are with you at all times. - A simple, note taking experience - Sync everything across all your devices - Collaborate and share - Stay organized with tags - Log in with your email or WordPress.com account SYNC WITH CONFIDENCE - Automatically sync seamlessly across any computer, phone or tablet. - Back up and sync everything as you take notes, so you never lose your content. COLLABORATE AND SHARE - Collaborate and work together -- share ideas with a colleague, or write a grocery list with your roommate. - Choose whether to publish your content to the web, and share a link with whoever you want. - Publish directly to a WordPress site by connecting your WordPress.com account. - Quickly and easily share with third-party apps. ORGANIZE AND SEARCH - Stay organized with tags, and use them for quick searching and sorting. - Instantly find what you’re looking for with keyword highlighting. - Use markdown to add formatting. - Create to-do lists. - Choose the sorting order of your notes and tags. - Pin the notes that you use the most. - Edit tags directly by renaming and reordering. - Protect your content with a passcode lock. -- Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://simplenote.com/terms/ California Users Privacy Notice: https://wp.me/Pe4R-d/#california-consumer-privacy-act-ccpa -- Visit simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices.

About

MeetCost

Features
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Meetings are expensive. MeetClock makes the cost visible — live, in real time, right on your screen. Add your meeting participants with their hourly rates, tap Start, and watch the total cost tick up every second as your team's time is spent. When the meeting ends, tap Stop — MeetClock saves the total so you can review it later. REAL-TIME COST TRACKING MeetClock calculates the true cost of every meeting the moment it begins. Every participant's hourly rate contributes to a running total that updates every second. MULTI-CURRENCY SUPPORT Team members in different countries? No problem. Each participant can have their own currency, and MeetClock converts everything to your meeting's base currency automatically. PARTICIPANT MANAGEMENT Build a shared pool of participants — colleagues, contractors, and shared resources — each with their own role and hourly rate. Add or remove them from any meeting in seconds. Human participants can attend multiple concurrent meetings; resources are exclusive. STATISTICS DASHBOARD Track patterns over time. Five charts show which meetings cost the most, how long they run, and how costs distribute across your team. WORKS ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES MeetClock syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. Start a meeting on your iPhone, check costs on your iPad, review statistics on your Mac. DESIGNED FOR ACCESSIBILITY Full VoiceOver support with WCAG AAA labels and hints throughout. Respects your Reduce Motion setting. PRIVACY FIRST No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your data lives in iCloud — private, encrypted, and under your control. MeetClock is for team leads, managers, consultants, and anyone who wants to understand what meetings truly cost.

Screenshots

Simplenote4 screens
MeetCost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MeetCost at none against Simplenote's 2. Simplenote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Simplenote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. MeetCost asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simplenote versus MeetCost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplenoteMeetCost
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.3K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAutomatticArthur Kahwa

Bugs and requests

Simplenote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes sometimes disappear or get duplicated
  • App crashes or freezes on certain devices
  • Syncing problems between mobile and desktop

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add bold, italic, and other formatting options
  • Implement folder-based organization
  • Improve syncing reliability across devices
  • Allow adding images, files, and other attachments
  • Enhance search capabilities for long notes

MeetCost

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Simplenote

Subscriptions2
  • Simplenote Sustainer Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Simplenote Sustainer Yearly$199.991 Year
None

MeetCost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simplenote free?
Simplenote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeetCost free?
MeetCost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simplenote or MeetCost have ads?
Neither Simplenote nor MeetCost shows ads.

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