AudioNote Lite vs MyNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AudioNote Lite
This app combines note-taking with synchronized audio recording, allowing users to instantly jump to specific points in a lecture or meeting by tapping their notes. It supports text, drawings, and photos, and offers desktop viewing of recordings.
- Synchronized note and audio recording
- Tap notes to seek audio
- Highlighted notes during playback
- Insert text, drawing, and photo notes
- Desktop file viewing
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*** NEWER VERSION AVAILABLE - PLEASE DOWNLOAD AUDIONOTE 2 INSTEAD *** AudioNote 2: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1118127184?mt=8 --- Record notes and audio synced with the best note taking app in the App Store! AudioNote combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes. It’s the perfect app for students or business. By synchronizing notes and audio, AudioNote automatically indexes your meetings, lectures, interviews, or study sessions. Need to review the discussion about deliverables on your next project? Trying to remember what the professor had to say about a key point? With AudioNote there is no need to waste time searching through the entire recording to find out. Each note acts as a link directly to the point at which it was recorded, taking you instantly to what you want to hear. Didn't take any notes during the meeting? No problem, you can add them later. A fully functional note application, AudioNote also increases the value of your notes. Watch as your text, drawings, and photos highlight during playback, helping you to remember the context in which they were taken. With the convenience of the iPad or iPhone, you can use AudioNote anywhere: meetings, interviews, conferences, lectures, study sessions. Even use it to record memos to yourself as you jot down new ideas. Join the thousands of students, teachers, business executives, and other professionals who have already discovered what an indispensable tool AudioNote can be. Try it today! Note: AudioNote Lite is intended as a free viewer for AudioNote files and also includes demo recording functionality, limited to 10 minutes of audio per note and 2 hours total. For unlimited recording and improved sharing options, upgrade to the full AudioNote - Notepad and Voice Recorder app. ************************************************** AudioNote Features: - Synchronized note and audio recording - Seek directly to audio by tapping notes - Highlighted notes during playback - Insert text, drawing, photo, & highlighter notes - Audio amplifier for recordings made in larger conference rooms - Import and take notes directly on PDF documents (iPad only) - Share with iCloud, Dropbox, or through iTunes - Desktop support: view your .audionote files on Mac or PC (see our website for more info) ************************************************** Featured in Gizmodo's "The Best Note Taking Apps": "AudioNote has one trick, and it's a doozy. Aside from functioning as a basic note-taking app, AudioNote can make sound recordings at the same time, and keep them synchronized, note by note, with the text. You can, in effect, relive a lecture or a meeting through sound and notes." http://gizmodo.com/5674316/the-best-note+taking-apps ************************************************** What Customers Are Saying: "The best note taking application out there!" - Bill K. "I've been looking for a note taking program. Tried several. This is the best by far." - Steve S. "GREAT JOB, use this for all my meetings!" - Jason T. "This program is sooooooo useful. ... I would recommend this to ANY student for any lectures." **************************************************
MyNote
This app allows users to quickly jot down ideas, schedules, and checklists. It features intuitive text resizing, automatic column expansion, and the ability to create a table of contents for easy navigation. Users can also easily copy, paste, email, and print their notes.
- Instant text size change via pinch
- Automatic column height expansion
- Table of contents creation
- Copy and paste functionality
- Email and print notes
- Page scrolling and turning
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Summary "My Note -a simple note app-" is an application for iPhone/iPad with iOS13.3 or later that is suitable for writing down ideas, schedules, and checklists, just like a notebook. In particular, it has uniquely useful features such as (a) the ability to instantly change the text size by simply pinching the screen, (b) the ability to automatically expand the column height according to the text length or font size change, and (c) the ability to create a table of contents. Description of Functions and Features (1) Notepad function (a) Page composition; Each page consists of a title and ten columns of text. (b) Start Page; The page is displayed from the last finished page and can be edited. (c) Column Expansion; The height of each column is automatically expanded or restored according to the length of the text in that column. (d) Scrolling; Each page can be scrolled vertically by swiping vertically. (e) Page Turnover; Swipe left and right or tap the left and right frames to turn pages. The number of pages to be turned is either "1" or "5" as set by the turning-pages-buttons (second button from the right). Pages are turned from the end of the page to the beginning, or from the beginning to the end. (f) Text editing; When you tap the screen, the cursor appears there and at the same time the keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen. You can use the keyboard to enter text at the cursor position. The cursor will automatically move to the position behind the character you have entered. Edits are finalized by pressing the "Done" button on the keyboard and saved on the terminal for the next readout. (2) "Copy" function By tapping the "Copy" button on each page, the title and text are copied to the device's memory. The text is also copied to the clipboard. (3) "Paste" function Tapping the "Paste" button on a page overwrites the title and text stored in the memory to the title and text fields of the page, respectively. Tap "Overwrite" on the confirmation screen that appears before overwriting to execute the overwrite. If a blank page is copied and pasted onto a page of your choice, all text can be erased at once. (4) Table of contents creation function When you press and hold the "Paste" button on any page, a prompt will appear asking if you want to create a table of contents. If you choose "Yes," a table of contents will be created. (5) "Mail" function On any page, press the "Action" button to display the "Mail" or "Print" selection screen. Select "E-mail" and follow the instructions on the "E-mail" screen. Set and confirm the title, destination, Cc/Bcc, and sender, then click the "Send" button to send the message, or the "Cancel" button to cancel the message. (6) "Print" function Pressing the "Action" button on any page brings up a screen for selecting whether to E-mail or print the document. Select "Print" and follow the instructions on the print screen. Select a printer, set and confirm the number of sheets to be printed and the page range to be printed, and then click "Print" to print. (7) Instant font size change function The text size can be instantly changed by simply pinching the screen. Tips on how to use it well If, for example, the diary pages are about to fill up, start another archive page and transcribe the entire page into one of the columns on the archive page. Then the original page can be used for another purpose. In other words, 10 pages of content can fit on one archive page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyNote at 4.8 against AudioNote Lite's 3.7. MyNote also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (80% vs 68%). AudioNote Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MyNote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of AudioNote Lite's written reviews are positive against 80% of MyNote's.
AudioNote Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, MyNote monthly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | AudioNote Lite | MyNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luminant Software, Inc | fumio ueda |
Customer experience
AudioNote Lite
MyNote
Bugs and requests
AudioNote Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recording feature not working reliably
- Sync issues between written notes and audio
- Scrolling or navigation problems within the app
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust text size or font
- Option to export notes in more widely compatible formats
- Improved handwriting recognition and support
- Better organization tools like folders or tagging
MyNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AudioNote Lite
No in-app purchases
MyNote
No in-app purchases









