ThreadNote vs Smile Ritual
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Smile Ritual
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Ritual turns the two minutes you already spend brushing your teeth into the most grounding moment of your day. No streaks shouting at you. No cartoon mascots. Just a calm, beautifully timed ceremony — and a small stone added to your cairn each time you complete it. A guided two-minute brush A soft circular timer walks you through all four quadrants of your mouth, with a gentle haptic tap when it's time to move on. Designed so you never have to think about the clock. A daily affirmation, spoken aloud Each morning, Ritual chooses one grounded, present-tense affirmation and reads it to you in a soothing British voice while you brush. The same affirmation stays with you all day — something to carry, not scroll past. Your cairn of stones Complete the full ritual and earn one river stone, hand-stacked into a quiet cairn on your home screen. Watch it grow as you move through seven poetic tiers — Spark, Ember, Flame, Steady, Devoted, and Eternal — each shifting the app's accent glow. Designed to disappear Deep charcoal palette. Generous space. No notifications begging for your attention. Ritual is meant to be opened, used for two minutes, and closed — leaving you a little more centered than before. Features • Guided 2-minute brushing timer with quadrant transitions • Daily spoken affirmation (soothing British voice) • 31 hand-written, adult-tone affirmations • Cairn reward system with 7 streak tiers • Full history of every completed ritual • Subtle, premium haptics • Works fully offline — your data stays on your device Brush with intention. Build something quiet. One stone at a time. designed by a registered dental hygienist
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ThreadNote at Free against Smile Ritual's $9.99. ThreadNote also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Smile Ritual's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, 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
ThreadNote is free to download; Smile Ritual costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ThreadNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Smile Ritual every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThreadNote | Smile Ritual |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smallmake | heather sherry |
In-app purchases
ThreadNote
No in-app purchases
Smile Ritual
No in-app purchases









