n+otes vs SimchaCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
n+otes
Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple interface. Secure your notes with a private lock feature. Optional subscription removes ads and supports development.
- Quick note-taking
- Private note lock
- Ad-free experience (subscription)
- Easy to use interface
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Great for those quick notes! Just tap the + button and start typing! Subscribe for the Ad-free Experience: To support further development and maintenance of the app, we have a small subscription so you can use the app without advertising: A monthly, 3-monthly or yearly purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered will be forfeited if you cancel a subscription. Terms: http://rieu.co.nz/terms.html Privacy Policy: http://rieu.co.nz/privacy.html
SimchaCal
This app helps you track important Hebrew dates for your family, including birthdays, anniversaries, and yahrzeits. It provides timely reminders and allows you to generate a printable wall calendar with Jewish holidays and candle-lighting times. The app prioritizes privacy, working offline and keeping your data on your device.
- Track Hebrew birthdays, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs, yahrzeits
- Customizable reminders for important dates
- View upcoming Jewish holidays and events
- Printable landscape wall calendar
- Offline functionality and data privacy
- Export to phone calendar (.ics) or spreadsheet (.csv)
- Multi-language support (English, Hebrew, French, Spanish)
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SimchaCal is a simple, private Hebrew calendar for your family's meaningful dates. Add the people who matter and SimchaCal tracks their Hebrew birthdays, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs, and yahrzeits year after year — with reminders so a date never slips by. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track Hebrew birthdays, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs and yahrzeits • Get reminders 1, 3, or 7 days ahead, and on the day itself • See everything coming up in one Upcoming view — including Yom Tovs and Jewish events • Print a beautiful landscape wall calendar for any year A WALL CALENDAR BUILT FOR JEWISH LIFE • Yom Tovs, Rosh Chodesh, fasts and national days, drawn live and always accurate • Shabbat and holiday candle-lighting and havdalah times for your city • The weekly Parsha on every Shabbat • The Omer count and Yizkor days • Erev Pesach times (end of eating and burning chametz) • Choose your own colors, fonts, and decorations ISRAEL OR DIASPORA Pick your city and SimchaCal follows the right schedule — one-day festivals in Israel, two-day in the Diaspora — and the correct candle-lighting and havdalah times. YOURS, AND PRIVATE • Works fully offline — no account, no sign-up, no tracking • Your data stays on your device • Export to your phone's calendar (.ics) or a spreadsheet (.csv), with the option to include Yom Tovs • Back up and restore everything as a single file IN FOUR LANGUAGES English, Hebrew, French, and Spanish, with full right-to-left support for Hebrew. Always confirm candle-lighting and halachic times with your local community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimchaCal at 100% against n+otes's 64%. SimchaCal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). n+otes's advantage is ratings volume (45K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. n+otes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and SimchaCal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimchaCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: n+otes has 45K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of n+otes's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimchaCal's.
n+otes ships an update fortnightly, SimchaCal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | n+otes | SimchaCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (45K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIEU Limited | Derek Manoim |
Customer experience
n+otes
SimchaCal
Bugs and requests
n+otes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes disappearing or getting lost
- Inability to delete notes on Apple Watch
- Scrolling issues and text freezing at the bottom
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to sync notes across devices
- More font and formatting options
- Folder or category organization
- Voice-to-text functionality
- Ability to insert images and attachments
SimchaCal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
n+otes
- Ad-free Experience (Monthly)$0.491 Month
- Ad-free Experience (3 Months)$0.993 Months
- Ad-free Experience (1 Year)$3.991 Year
- Remove Ads$19.99
SimchaCal
- SimchaCal Pro$2.99









