Comparison

XL Notes vs Time Notes

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

Head to head
About

XL Notes

Easily capture notes, memos, and checklists on your mobile device. Organize your thoughts, tasks, and even diary entries without needing a physical notepad. Customize text and share your notes effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Note and memo capture
  • Checklist creation
  • International keyboard support
  • Predictive text option
  • Text formatting (font, size, color)
  • Share notes via mail, text, social media
Features
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XL Notes is an utility that simplifies the capture of your notes, memos or comments. You can write your checklists with checks or tasks You don't need to carry notepad or notebook At home, at office or on your way, you can be organized or even type in your dairy. Options: International keyboard Special characters Predictive text on/off Send to Mail,Text,copy, social media.... Text options (font, size and color) Badge number for unchecked items https://jbstevenard.fr/privacy-policy/

About

Time Notes

Features
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Time Notes is a versatile diary app designed to capture every precious moment in life. It integrates mood journaling, inspiration recording, and goal planning, becoming a reliable companion for sorting out emotions and managing life. Mood Journaling Record daily moods with text, emojis, or simple sketches. Mark the weather and environment when the mood occurs to form a vivid mood log. Over time, it automatically generates a mood trend chart, helping you better understand your emotional changes and find the factors that affect your mood. Inspiration Recording Seize fleeting inspirations anytime and anywhere. Whether it's a sudden creative idea, a profound insight in reading, or an interesting life detail, you can quickly record it with text, voice, or photos. The app supports keyword tagging, making it easy to search and organize inspirations, turning fragmented thoughts into valuable resources. Goal Planning Set short-term and long-term goals, break them down into actionable steps, and set completion deadlines. The app sends timely reminders to ensure you don't miss important progress nodes. It also records the completion status of each step, showing the goal achievement process intuitively through progress bars and statistics, motivating you to keep moving forward. Time Notes focuses on user experience with a simple and elegant interface and smooth operation. It ensures the security of your records through password protection and data encryption. Let Time Notes witness your growth and accompany you to live a more organized and fulfilling life. Privacy Policy:https://sites.google.com/view/time-notes/privacy-policy EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

XL Notes4 screens
Time Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Notes at none against XL Notes's 2. Time Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). XL Notes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price 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. XL Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XL Notes ships an update every 9 months, Time Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
XL Notes versus Time Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXL NotesTime Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJB STEVENARDFENGHUI (HK) HOLDINGS LIMITED

In-app purchases

2 purchases

XL Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Go Premium$1.991 Month
  • Go Premium$14.991 Year
None

Time Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XL Notes free?
XL Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Notes free?
Time Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XL Notes or Time Notes have ads?
XL Notes shows ads; Time Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, XL Notes or Time Notes?
XL Notes ships an update every 9 months, and Time Notes every 3 months. Most recently, XL Notes was updated on September 28, 2026 and Time Notes on September 10, 2026.

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