WizNote HD vs SiYuan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WizNote HD
This cloud-based application allows individuals and teams to efficiently manage notes and knowledge across devices. It supports rich media, flexible organization, and real-time collaboration, with instant synchronization and offline access for important information.
- Rich note content (text, images, audio, documents)
- Collect notes from web, WeChat, email
- Multi-level folder organization
- Instant cloud synchronization
- Offline note access
- Team sharing and simultaneous editing
- Notifications for team note updates
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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 collaborate 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
SiYuan
A privacy-focused personal knowledge management system that allows offline use and encrypted data synchronization. It combines blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to help users organize and refine their thoughts.
- Privacy-first design
- Offline data storage
- End-to-end encrypted sync
- Block-based organization
- Outline structuring
- 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 update cadence: SiYuan at weekly against WizNote HD's every 2 months. WizNote HD's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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 HD 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for WizNote HD against 4.0 for SiYuan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of WizNote HD's written reviews are positive against 68% of SiYuan's.
WizNote HD ships an update every 2 months, SiYuan weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WizNote HD | SiYuan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.0 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 68.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 359 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Beijing Wozhi Technology Co. Ltd | Yunnan Liandi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
WizNote HD
SiYuan
In-app purchases
WizNote HD
- WizNote for iPad Pro 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 iPad Pro Yearly$8.99
SiYuan
- PRO Features$79.99
- Subscription$188.99
