Daily Notes vs SmartFM Xceed Next
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Notes
Capture your thoughts and memories with a versatile note-taking app. It supports handwriting, image insertion, and voice recordings for quick and easy documentation. Organize your life with a calendar view, event reminders, and secure password protection.
- Handwriting input with customizable settings
- Voice recording and playback
- Calendar view with Lunar Calendar support
- Event creation and reminders
- Password protection for notes
- Notes backup and restore
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A kind of simple but powerful memo application, supports handwriting, picture and voice record, that you can record everything easily and quickly. 1. View the calendar conveniently, and support Lunar Calendar. 2. Create and edit event quickly, set reminder, and offers a variety of ring tone options. 3. Powerful handwriting input, waving a finger on the screen with your strokes to record things, while providing stroke size, color, kerning and other settings, make your writing colorful, you can save and modify the writing. 4. Record and play your voice with the event, you can also delete the voice by long pressing the voice button. 5. Provide password setting for security, and support notes backup and restore. Come on and enjoy it ! If any question and suggestion, please contact czh0766@163.com.
SmartFM Xceed Next
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SmartFM Xceed Next is to simplify and enhance the quality of service to your customers through quick response times and better communication. This advanced tool is available online accessible through standard web browsers. Through SmartFM Xceed Next customers can communicate directly with the service provider.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartFM Xceed Next at weekly against Daily Notes's every 3 months. SmartFM Xceed Next also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daily Notes ships an update every 3 months, SmartFM Xceed Next weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Notes | SmartFM Xceed Next |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (144 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Brown Bear Technology Co., LTD | Nanosoft Engineers India Private Limited |
Bugs and requests
Daily Notes
Reported bugs
12 issues- Notes disappear after saving or later in the day
- App crashes when opening details for the first time
- Screen shifts up when typing, obscuring text
- Voice input causes app to freeze or lock up
- Photo attachment feature non-functional
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- Verification code form rejects valid email/phone formats
- App incompatible with iOS 13 and later
- Calendar dates greyed out and unwritable on certain days
- Back button displays ads with no way to navigate back
- Reminder feature doesn't work for certain months
- Text input lag and poor word processor performance
- Password prompt appears without user setting one
Requested features
14 requests- Cloud sync and backup functionality
- Better integration with other apps
- iPad landscape and split-screen support
- Ability to type instead of handwrite
- Tag or hashtag system for better organization
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- Print functionality for notes
- Calendar view with notes visible alongside dates
- Ad-free version option
- Improved handwriting recognition speed
- Week view option for iPad
- Sync across iPhone and iPad
- Select/copy functionality in details section
- Better error notifications when saves fail
- Recurring event indicators on calendar
SmartFM Xceed Next
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Notes
No in-app purchases
SmartFM Xceed Next
No in-app purchases
Questions
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