General DB vs Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
General DB
This app allows users to create and manage custom databases for various needs, from personal collections to business inventories. It offers flexible data entry with multiple field formats and powerful SQL capabilities for advanced users. Data can be easily searched, sorted, and shared.
- Customizable tables and fields
- Multiple data field formats
- Searchable and sortable data
- SQL console for advanced users
- Data import and export
- Relational database capabilities
- Cloud and file sharing options
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General DB is a general-purpose database app that lets you record information quickly and easily. Try our FREE Private DB app to get a feel for General DB before you buy. For example, if you have a bottle collection, you could make a table with these fields: Date Acquired, Bottle Type, Bottle Origin, Shape, Notes. Then whenever you add a new bottle to your collection, you can add a row to the table describing it. If you want to track visits to different vacation sites, you can make a table with fields for the Date Visited, Location, Description, and Attraction. As you visit the sites, you can add corresponding rows to your table. After you add rows to your tables, they will be: * Searchable * Sortable * Selectable Many apps are too specific to a subject, but General DB is flexible enough to handle many, many needs, such as: - Inventories - Customer info - Membership lists - Tracking Logs - Accounts - and many more ! No database knowledge is required to use this app, but you will pick some up as you go! For power users: General DB allows easy data entry into a full-fledged SQLite database. To do so, it enhances it with field formats. The field formats supported are Text, Number, Date, Time, Duration, Location, Photo, Barcode, Raw, Picker, and Lookup Table. There are convenient buttons next to some fields for easier input. For administrators or IT manager, you can create a master database of reference information that you don't want your users to modify. This master database can be published on the internet and either the Private DB app or General DB can download and view it. Some more powerful features: - SQL Console for executing SQL statements - Create virtual tables from CSV files - Import CSV files into tables - Preview all the lines in a file before importing it - Execute SQL files - Extract .zip or .gz files - Manage your image files and create thumbnails - Custom picker types to select values from a list - Add your own image files from you computer - Mark SQL statements as favorites - See and execute past SQL statements in the History - Easily create a SQL VIEW (subsets of fields from a table) - JOIN 2 or more tables or views for relational capabilities - Export selected rows from your tables to a file - Email your files to others - Share your database or other files - Create databases - And much more! If you have any questions, or if you need your business database customized for your iPhone or iPad, feel free to contact us on our website.
Notes
Capture ideas, record audio, and attach photos to create organized notes. Set reminders for important tasks and export your notes in various formats. This app helps you manage to-do lists, meeting points, and important information efficiently.
- Create notes with tags
- Audio recording and playback
- Attach photos and sketches
- Set reminders
- Cloud and email sharing
- Export notes as PDF
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Make a note, take a pic and store, record as you go, and keep them in well organised way by allocating them the Tag of your choice. While you do this also set a reminder for the important notes, so that you don't forget or miss anything. ‘Quick Notes' is an excellent utility app sure to be one of the most helpful app when you need to make a note for yourself and keep a reminder of it. Select from various color templates and type, record, copy-paste or add a picture from your gallery or take a real-time picture. Do all as you go with this light and fast Notes App. You can give your notes a name to save, and sort or group them based on their category (if you had allocated one while saving) and date (created/modified). You can do recording and add photos as well as make note at the same time. Save or export the notes to your cloud (Dropbox) and computer. You can also email it to yourself or anyone from your phonebook. Here you can set a different label to your note, set reminders of note, record a voice note and add photos for more detailing. Don't forget to spell check. When it is not needed to anymore mark it as done or delete it. ‘Quick Notes' is an easy to use utility app designed and developed for a seamless user experience. Export Note as PDF by applying multiple built in themes. So go green by noting your quick ideas, work reminder, to do list, important topics, quick points from your meeting and save your important ids digital way in Quick Notes app. Perfect for Meetings, Lectures, Conferences, Interviews, To-Do Lists, Quick Note List of Features #Notes - Create Notes with with set Tag (Eg: Meeting, Lecture, Note, Memo). - Audio Recording & Playback. - Create Sketch. - Attach Photos from Gallery and Camera. - Set Reminder. #Extension - Create Note from anywhere by using Extension of Quick Notes like shortcut. #Sharing - Send to Email. - Dropbox Sharing. - Upload to WebDav Server. - Upload to iCloud Drive. - Export to iTunes Sharing for downloading it to Computer. # Universal App - Support for both iPhone and iPad devices. - iPhone 7 an iPhone 7 Plus optimised design. # AVAILABLE IN 11 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português (Br.),Português, Italiano, 中文 (Simplified), Русский, 日本語, 한국어
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: General DB at monthly against Notes's every 4 months. Notes's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
General DB costs $4.99 and Notes $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
General DB holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of General DB's written reviews are positive against 63% of Notes's.
General DB ships an update monthly, Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | General DB | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (23 ratings) — better | 4.4 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portable Databases | LiveBird Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
General DB
Notes
In-app purchases
General DB
No in-app purchases
Notes
No in-app purchases



