abcNotes vs vNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
abcNotes
Create realistic, customizable sticky notes and to-do lists on your iOS device. Organize shopping lists, class notes, and projects with a variety of backgrounds and skins. Share and sync your notes across devices.
- Realistic sticky note appearance
- Customizable skins and backgrounds
- Virtual desktops for organization
- Scale, rotate, and drag notes
- Email and sync notes
- Save notes as images
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abcNotes - Simply the most realistic & user friendly notes in the world! abcNotes - is a freeware, feature limited version. The limitations are: • Only one desktop (paid version supports up to 15 virtual desktops) • Only 10 note skins (45 in paid version) • Only 32 desktop backgrounds (88 in paid version) • Synchronization is NOT supported • A bit of advertisements. abc Notes Lite - Checklist & Sticky Note Application for iPhone and iPad (share, email and synch your lists, memos, projects and school notebooks) free version Bellow is the description of the abcNotes full version: ----------------------------------------- abcNotes was designed to become your stylish and highly customizable, functional and easy to use assistant in taking notes and managing To Do lists. abcNotes is an awesome note taking application! It takes advantage of unique iOS devices touchscreen preserving realistic look & feel of paper sticky notes. BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE: • 88 backgrounds to choose from • 45 note skins • 27 badge designs & 115 icons EXTREMELY FUNCTIONAL: • 15 virtual desktops • Scale, rotate and drag notes • Easy to edit, duplicate, move between desktops • Supports any iPad orientation SHARE YOUR NOTES: • Email notes and desktops • Copy note image to any application • Synchronize notes between iOS devices • Save notes as image and place to lock or home screen No more boring note lists – abcNotes brings you the ability to make REAL notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Put everything you need to remember into abcNotes! View you notes the way you want! Rotate your abcNotes to any angle you wish! abcNotes is great for shopping lists, student class notebook, to record lecture and interview notes or to track projects, recordings and more tasks at home, school and university (class or homework). Please feel free to contact us at abcnotes@alsedi.com if you have suggestions, feature requests, or bug reports. Give it a try!
vNote
Capture ideas quickly with a minimalist note-taking experience. Organize and visualize your thoughts using customizable fonts, colors, and sizes for at-a-glance comprehension. Focus on content without distractions.
- Quick note-taking
- Visual organization
- Customizable fonts
- Adjustable colors
- Adjustable sizes
- Minimalist interface
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Take notes with 2 taps and view them as you like. vNote is a simple App, that goes straight to the point. No dates, deadlines, alarms or labels. It encloses your notes in a single screen and lets you choose how to visualize them by changing fonts, colors and sizes, to get with just a glance, all the information that you need. For information and suggestions: canali.nicola@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: vNote at none against abcNotes's shown. vNote also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). abcNotes's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 14) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. abcNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and vNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
abcNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: abcNotes has 2.9K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of abcNotes's written reviews are positive against 95% of vNote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, vNote every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | abcNotes | vNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.9K ratings) — better | 4.4 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | 95.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALSEDI Group | Nicola Canali |
Customer experience
abcNotes
vNote
Bugs and requests
abcNotes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes randomly deleted
- Checklist feature not working
- Sync issues between iOS devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add date/time stamp to notes
- Ability to write notes with Apple Pencil
- Option to set reminders/alarms for notes
- Improved search and organization tools
- More customization options for note styles
vNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
abcNotes
- Unlock all features$2.99
vNote
- Pro Version$1.99
