Comparison

uFocus vs NoteSpace

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

Head to head
About

uFocus

A distraction-free writing app designed for creative expression. It supports plain text files, offers advanced Markdown and Fountain syntax for various writing needs, and provides tools to enhance focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • Unobtrusive interface
  • Text statistics
  • MultiMarkdown support
  • Fountain screenplay support
  • Highlighting options
  • Typewriter scrolling
  • Customizable themes
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uFocus is a distraction-free writing environment that supports plain text files and allows you to keep them organized inside libraries. It allows everyone to express their creativity in the most simple way. • Unobtrusive interface: the navigation bar disappears while writing. • Swipe to show the sidebar. Here you can link your favorite libraries and quickly access your documents. • Show text statistics including character and word count and reading time. • MultiMarkdown: easily add headings, quotes, ordered and unordered lists, links, images, italics, bold, footnotes, citations, glossaries and acronyms. You can then export your documents to HTML or PDF. With CriticMarkup and Live Edit Mode you can easily mark removals, additions and substitutions, add highlghts and comments, and accept or reject them. • Fountain: create screenplays with the Markdown-inspired markup syntax and print or export them as PDF with industry-standard formatting. • Highlighting: you can stay even more focused by fading out all the text but the current sentence or paragraph. • Typewriter scrolling: automatically scrolls the text when you get on a new line. • Sound mode: experience the ultimate feeling of a typewriter. • No deletions mode: disable deletions and replacements if your greatest temptation is always to edit your text instead of writing. • Fullscreen: focus on your words and hide everything else. • Choose between three different editor widths, four font sizes and a light, dark, sepia or amber theme, or create your own theme. • Print single files or entire directory hierarchies. If you have any requests, suggestions or bug reports, you're welcome to visit the website through the Support link.

About

NoteSpace

Features
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• Notes in the form of cards (reordering, deletion, copy, undo, font sizes) • Lists are easy to create and reorder and even easier to delete • Archive lists elements, if you need to remove from the main list • Dark/Light theme • Free • No ads

Screenshots

uFocus4 screens
NoteSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NoteSpace at every 2 weeks against uFocus's monthly. NoteSpace also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). uFocus's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uFocus ships an update monthly, NoteSpace every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
uFocus versus NoteSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruFocusNoteSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas KickHleb Kuznetsov

In-app purchases

None

uFocus

No in-app purchases

None

NoteSpace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uFocus free?
uFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteSpace free?
NoteSpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do uFocus or NoteSpace have ads?
Neither uFocus nor NoteSpace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uFocus or NoteSpace?
uFocus ships an update monthly, and NoteSpace every 2 weeks. Most recently, uFocus was updated on October 8, 2026 and NoteSpace on October 2, 2026.

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