Comparison

ThreadNote vs Slowlife Clock

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

Head to head
About

ThreadNote

This app offers a unique list-based note-taking experience without traditional titles. Organize your thoughts hierarchically with parent-child notes and navigate them using intuitive swipes and gestures. Customize display settings and export your notes in various formats.

Highlights
  • Hierarchical parent-child note organization
  • List-based display without traditional titles
  • Swipe and pinch gestures for navigation and folding
  • Text filtering and tag-based search
  • Note sharing and exporting
  • Customizable display settings
  • Data backup and restoration
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ThreadNote is a simple text note application that stands out for its two unique features. Firstly, it eschews the traditional title list format; instead, all content, both titles and body text, is displayed in a list format (with a limit on the number of display lines). Secondly, it allows for the creation of child notes, enabling users to organize notes into a branching hierarchy of parent-child relationships. Users can navigate between parent and child notes with left and right swipes, and can use pinch in to fold notes down to just the title and the first few lines of text (configurable from 0 to 10 lines), with a pinch out gesture to unfold. This folding action can also be performed by tapping a button on the note. Features: - Notes with titles, body text, tags, creation and modification dates - Note filtering through string and tag searches - Note editing and deletion - Tagging - Bookmarking - Note sharing (exporting) - Changing the order of notes - Moving notes between parents and children Note Sharing: - Notes can be exported to other apps or file folders via the action button on the note editing screen. - Options to select only the note being edited, all its siblings (notes at the same level), or all its descendants (notes at lower levels) - Select multiple output items: title/tags/creation date/modification date/body text - Auto-numbering: Automatically numbers titles when exporting multiple notes (optional) Settings: - Changing the font of titles and body text in the list and editing screens - Changing the base color - Dark mode toggle - Adjusting the maximum note width - Setting the number of lines for folded display in the list view (0 to 10 lines) - Setting the maximum number of display lines for body text in the list view (up to 500 lines) Other: - Backup and restoration of all data Limitations: - Only handles text. It cannot manage images, audio, location data, etc.

About

Slowlife Clock

Features
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- Vertical or horizontal placement - Bilingual (English/Japanese) support - Various skins

Screenshots

ThreadNote4 screens
Slowlife Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThreadNote at none against Slowlife Clock's 1. ThreadNote also leads on ads (none vs shown). Slowlife Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price 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. Slowlife Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ThreadNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThreadNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Slowlife Clock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ThreadNote versus Slowlife Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThreadNoteSlowlife Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmallmakeTakuma Nishimaki

In-app purchases

None

ThreadNote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Slowlife Clock

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is ThreadNote free?
ThreadNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slowlife Clock free?
Slowlife Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThreadNote or Slowlife Clock have ads?
Slowlife Clock shows ads; ThreadNote does not.
Which is updated more often, ThreadNote or Slowlife Clock?
ThreadNote ships an update every 3 weeks, and Slowlife Clock every 5 days. Most recently, ThreadNote was updated on June 5, 2026 and Slowlife Clock on September 11, 2026.

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