WizNote vs SiYuan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WizNote
This cloud-based application helps individuals and teams manage notes and knowledge efficiently. It supports rich media, organization with folders, and seamless synchronization across devices. Collaborate with team members on notes and receive notifications for updates.
- Rich note content (text, images, audio, checklists)
- Collect notes from web, WeChat, and email
- Multi-level folder organization
- Instant cloud synchronization
- Offline note access
- Team sharing and simultaneous editing
- Update notifications
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WizNote is a cloud based free app that helps you and your team manage notes and knowledge efficiently across all devices. WizNote not only can help you to remember your personal life, but also can help your team collaberate and communicate effectively. All notes are searchable and viewed anytime. [Key features] Rich way to record and collect information - A note can contain text, pictures, documents, checklist, audio record - You can collect notes from website, wechat and email Efficient Organization - Orgonize notes with flexible muilti-level folder Convenient, fast synchronization - All your notes are syncronized instantly. - Offline notes are supported, you can specify which folder to be availalble offline. Sharing and Collaboration - Share notes within team members - Collaberate simontiniously to edit notes - Flexible notification will remind your team member when a team note is updated - You can push notifications to specific team members in a sociable way About WizNote Weibo:http://weibo.com/wiz2011 Wechat: wiznote
SiYuan
A privacy-focused personal knowledge management system that allows offline use and encrypted data synchronization. It combines blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to enhance thinking processes.
- Privacy-first design
- Offline data storage
- End-to-end encrypted sync
- Block and outline fusion
- Bidirectional linking
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SiYuan is a privacy-first personal knowledge management system that supports complete offline use, as well as end-to-end encrypted data sync. Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to refactor your thinking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WizNote at 4.3 against SiYuan's 3.9. WizNote also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). SiYuan's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. WizNote sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and SiYuan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WizNote holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 30 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
WizNote ships an update every 2 months, SiYuan every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WizNote | SiYuan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | 3.9 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 440 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Beijing Wozhi Technology Co. Ltd | Yunnan Liandi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
WizNote
SiYuan
In-app purchases
WizNote
- WizNote for iPhone Monthly$0.99
- Encrypt Note$0.99
- Notes Template$0.99
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- Night Mode$0.99
- Reminders$0.99
- Share notes with link$7.99
- WizNote for iPhone Yearly$8.99
SiYuan
- PRO Features$79.99
- Subscription$188.99









