Comparison

n+otes vs Lanternly

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Private note lock
  • Ad-free experience (subscription)
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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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

About

Lanternly

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Lanternly is an alarm that won't switch off until you've answered three questions from your own notes. Not maths. Not shaking the phone. Your notes: the ones you'll be tested on anyway. Type them, snap a page with the camera, import a PDF, or add a lecture video, and Lanternly turns them into questions. When the alarm rings, you answer three to turn it off. There's no snooze button and no way round it, so you get up on the first alarm and start the day having already revised. HOW IT WORKS - Add notes any way you like: typing, a photo of a page, a PDF, a text file, or a lecture video (it reads the slides and what was said). - Set one alarm. No backups needed, because it rings until you've answered. - Get one wrong? You get another. Three right and you're up. - Photos, files and videos are read on your phone and thrown away. Nothing you upload is kept. AND IT CHECKS YOU STAYED UP Answering three questions proves you were awake for a minute. It doesn't prove you didn't roll over. So Wick comes back over the next quarter of an hour, one question each time, a real alarm every time. Get up and walk somewhere and the next check asks nothing and calls the rest off. The morning only counts for your streak once you've cleared them, and a check left unanswered for half an hour ends the round. Going back to sleep costs you the day, which is the whole point. WICK Wick is the moth who carries your lantern. Every morning you see through to the last check, the lantern stays lit, your streak grows, and Wick grows with it through seven forms, earned one morning at a time. Each morning you also open a lantern for a prize: XP, streak freezes, new forms. Nothing in Lanternly is ever for sale; everything Wick has, you earned by getting up. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN The widget shows whether tomorrow is handled at a glance, alarm set and questions ready, and Wick's mood tells you if something's missing. NO ACCOUNT, NOTHING TO TRACK There is no sign-up, no email, no password. Your alarms, notes and streak live on your phone. Nothing about how you use the app is sent anywhere unless you choose to turn analytics on in Settings. The one thing that leaves your phone is the text of a note, sent to an EU-hosted AI to write your questions. That is how the app works, it is explained before your first note, and it is never used for training. SUBSCRIPTION Lanternly is subscription-only. A yearly plan (£29.99, with a 3-day free trial) or a monthly plan (£4.99). Prices vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Privacy policy: https://lanternly.uk/privacy.html Terms of use: https://lanternly.uk/terms.html

Screenshots

n+otes4 screens
Lanternly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lanternly at none against n+otes's shown. Lanternly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). n+otes's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price 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. n+otes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Lanternly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

n+otes ships an update fortnightly, Lanternly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
n+otes versus Lanternly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametern+otesLanternly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (45K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings45K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIEU LimitedKarama Ltd

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

Lanternly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

n+otes

Subscriptions3
  • Ad-free Experience (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • Ad-free Experience (3 Months)$0.993 Months
  • Ad-free Experience (1 Year)$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$19.99
2 purchases

Lanternly

Subscriptions2
  • Lanternly Plus$4.991 Month
  • Lanternly Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is n+otes free?
n+otes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lanternly free?
Lanternly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do n+otes or Lanternly have ads?
n+otes shows ads; Lanternly does not.
Which is updated more often, n+otes or Lanternly?
n+otes ships an update fortnightly, and Lanternly weekly. Most recently, n+otes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lanternly on October 26, 2026.

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