Comparison

Workflowy vs reteNoteLite

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

Head to head
About

Workflowy

Capture notes, manage tasks, and organize your thoughts with infinite nesting. This app offers AI summarization, kanban boards, and real-time collaboration. It syncs across all devices and saves everything automatically.

Highlights
  • Infinitely nested lists
  • Workflowy AI for summarization and brainstorming
  • Kanban boards for task management
  • Real-time sharing and collaboration
  • Global text search and filtering
  • Offline access and cross-device sync
Features
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Workflowy is a simple, distraction-free app for capturing notes, managing tasks, and organizing your thinking. Infinitely nestable, surprisingly powerful - it helps you manage all the information in your life. With Workflowy you can: • Capture notes and ideas in an instant • Organize complex thinking with infinite nesting • Ask AI to summarize, rewrite, or brainstorm with your notes • Plan and manage tasks with kanban boards • #Tag and @assign items to stay on top of things • Link items across lists - edit once, update everywhere • Share and collaborate in real-time • Upload photos, files, and embed videos • Search and filter your entire Workflowy in seconds Workflowy syncs across all your devices and auto-saves everything. No more missing notes or lost files. Trusted by teams and thinkers at: Atlassian, Slack, The New York Times, and thousands of entrepreneurs, writers, engineers, scientists, and students worldwide. Feature highlights: • Infinitely nested lists • Workflowy AI (chat with notes, AI nodes, quick actions) • Calendar • Kanban boards • Mirrors (live synced copies) • #Tags and @mentions • Date organization with /date shortcuts • Global text search and filtering • Simple sharing and permissions • Works offline • Syncs with desktop and web • One-swipe task completion • File uploads and image attachments • Highlight text and color tags • Item starring • YouTube and X embeds • MFA (Multi-factor authentication) • Expand and collapse lists • Mobile keyboard shortcuts Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

About

reteNoteLite

Create visually appealing notes with custom colors and shapes. Link notes together on an unlimited canvas to map out ideas, organize thoughts, or use as a to-do list, mind map, or diary. This lite edition offers a simple yet effective way to enhance your thinking.

Highlights
  • Create notes with favorite colors and shapes
  • Link notes together
  • Unlimited canvas area
  • Map out ideas and organize thoughts
  • Use as to-do list, mind map, or diary
  • Create simple tables and graphics
Features
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reteNoteLite is a simple application. This is a ios application that you can create a note in a favorite colors and shapes. With reteNote, you can create a practical and beautiful note. By taking notes graphically, it will expand your thinking. reteNote make that help. reteNote will be simple from now on. *This is the Lite Edition of reteNote. Features -Create a note. -Link notes together. -Limitles area. You can -Map out your ideas, and organize your scattered thoughts. -Use this app as todo list, mind map, diary and the any type notepad by devising the color and shape. -Also create simple tables and graphics using a little idea. -Start on any position in a page anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

Workflowy4 screens
reteNoteLite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workflowy at weekly against reteNoteLite's every 6 weeks. Workflowy also leads on ratings volume (8.3K vs 2) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). reteNoteLite's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workflowy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and reteNoteLite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workflowy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workflowy has 8.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Workflowy's written reviews are positive against 100% of reteNoteLite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workflowy ships an update weekly, reteNoteLite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Workflowy versus reteNoteLite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkflowyreteNoteLite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.3K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.3K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunRoutine INCTokyo Cartographic CO.,LTD.

Customer experience

Workflowy

All ratings8,249 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,078 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.1%

reteNoteLite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Workflowy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cursor sometimes gets stuck
  • Syncing issues between web and mobile versions
  • Inability to delete items consistently

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to attach files and documents
  • Improve mobile app experience
  • Implement better notification and reminder system
  • Add more formatting options (e.g., font styles, colors)

reteNoteLite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Workflowy

Subscriptions2
  • Workflowy Pro - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Workflowy Pro - Yearly$79.991 Year
1 purchases

reteNoteLite

One-time1
  • release the limit of Lite edition$0.99

Questions

Is Workflowy free?
Workflowy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is reteNoteLite free?
reteNoteLite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workflowy or reteNoteLite?
Workflowy is rated higher. Workflowy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.3K ratings, while reteNoteLite averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Workflowy or reteNoteLite have ads?
Neither Workflowy nor reteNoteLite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workflowy or reteNoteLite?
Workflowy ships an update weekly, and reteNoteLite every 6 weeks. Most recently, Workflowy was updated on November 6, 2026 and reteNoteLite on November 2, 2026.

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