Comparison

Clear vs Contact Notes

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

Head to head
About

Clear

This app offers a minimalist and intuitive way to manage your tasks and reminders. Its unique gesture-based interface and customizable features make organizing your thoughts and to-dos a seamless experience. Track everything from daily errands to project checklists with a visually appealing heatmap.

Highlights
  • Minimalist interface
  • Gesture-based task management
  • Customizable themes and icons
  • Heatmap for task prioritization
  • Flexible list creation
  • Reminders and routines
Features
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Over 270 million tasks checked off in Clear. Here's why so many find it uniquely productive: BEAUTIFULLY MINIMAL Zero on-screen clutter. Just you and your thoughts, as it should be. FORM & FUNCTION Clear's colorful heatmap is stylish and useful, highlighting your most important tasks for triage. PERSONALIZABLE Make Clear perfectly yours with color themes, icons, font options and more. FLUENT GESTURES Swipe to check off to ascending musical chimes and see why Clear's trademark gestures make it frictionless to dump the clutter in your head into its heat mapped lists. SIMPLE & FLEXIBLE There’s a whole world of listing past the iconic daily to-do or grocery list. Anything cluttering your head is likely perfect to store in a tidy list in Clear: Daily Kanban (Today, Tomorrow, Next Day lists to drag & drop between) Upcoming Reminders Routines List Priority Lists Errands & Chores Bucket List Treat Yourself Work Project Checklist Watch List (Shows & Movies) Play List (Video Games) Subscriptions & Budgeting Lists Read List Tier Lists or Top 10 Lists Recipes Lists Simple Journal or Notes Trip & Event Plans Gym Workout List

About

Contact Notes

Effortlessly manage your professional network by capturing notes, tracking interactions, and keeping contact details updated. View people and organizations in one place to build stronger relationships and maintain context.

Highlights
  • Manage personal and professional contacts
  • Track relationship history
  • Record meetings, calls, and notes
  • Organize contacts into groups
  • Synchronize contacts across devices
  • Store detailed contact information
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It’s quick and easy to manage your professional network. Capture notes, track conversations and keep important contact details up to date wherever you are - whether you're in a meeting, travelling, networking or working remotely. View people and organisations in one place and maintain a complete history of interactions, helping you build stronger relationships and never lose important context. - Easily manage personal and professional contacts - Work with people, organisations and activities - Record meetings, calls, emails and notes - Track relationship history and engagement over time - Store detailed contact information and important notes - Organise your network into groups and categories - Search and find contacts quickly - Keep your contacts synchronised across your devices Subscribe for more features such as advanced relationship management, cloud sharing, collaboration, reporting, exporting to PDF format and additional productivity tools. Terms of Use: https://internetstack.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://internetstack.com/privacy

Screenshots

Clear4 screens
Contact Notes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clear at 62% against Contact Notes's 0%. Clear also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 1) and device support. Contact Notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Clear sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Contact Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contact Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clear has 5.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Clear's written reviews are positive against 0% of Contact Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clear ships an update every 4 days, Contact Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Clear versus Contact Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClearContact Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpendingInternet Stack

Customer experience

Clear

All ratings5,246 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews652 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative30.2%

Contact Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Clear

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text input issues on iOS 16 update
  • List items disappearing after updates
  • Syncing problems across devices
  • Crashes and performance issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • Restore iCloud sync capability
  • Add undo/restore deleted items feature
  • Improve reminders and due dates functionality
  • Introduce a one-time purchase option
  • Develop a desktop/web version
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  • Improve list management and organization

Contact Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Clear

Subscriptions4
  • Legacy Clear Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Clear Pro$3.991 Month
  • Legacy Clear Pro Annual$24.991 Year
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  • Clear Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time6
  • Bonus Sound PackFree
  • GulkaveFree
  • Cormorant GaramondFree
Show 3 more
  • Chicago FLFFree
  • 8-Bit Sound Pack$1.99
  • Sci-Fi Sound Pack$2.99
2 purchases

Contact Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Clear free?
Clear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contact Notes free?
Contact Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clear or Contact Notes?
Contact Notes is rated higher. Clear averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Contact Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Clear or Contact Notes?
Clear ships an update every 4 days, and Contact Notes every 3 days. Most recently, Clear was updated on November 10, 2026 and Contact Notes on November 1, 2026.

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