Comparison

BossNote vs Notes Writer

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

Head to head
About

BossNote

This app combines notepad, calendar, and cloud storage features to help you organize notes, events, photos, voice recordings, and more. Access your information offline and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Integrated notepad and calendar
  • Cloud storage synchronization
  • Offline access to all services
  • Time-and-date recognition
  • Attachment support (photos, voice, sketches, files)
Features
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BossNote is your personal assistant in the Cloud available on iPhone, iPad and Web. Organize and keep your information together with BossNote - it is a simple application that combines the functions of Notepad, Calendar, and Cloud Storage. BossNote allows you to create notes, set alarms for important events, store photos, you can make sketches and drawings, voice recordings and locations, regardless of the Internet connection it can easily provide an access to your information. FEATURES: • Unique combination of Notepad and Calendar • Synchronization with Cloud Storage and Web Client • All Services are Available Offline • Time-and-Date Recognition System • Attachments: Photos, Locations, Sketches, Voice Recordings and other Files of any format. www.twitter.com/bossnote_online www.facebook.com/bossnoteonline

About

Notes Writer

This app is a comprehensive note-taking and PDF editing solution for mobile devices. It allows users to write, format, and organize notes, annotate PDFs, fill forms, and scan documents. The app offers advanced editing tools, powerful search, and seamless sharing and export options.

Highlights
  • Write and format notes
  • Annotate PDFs and fill forms
  • Organize with unlimited notebooks
  • Powerful full-text search
  • Document scanning
  • Sync with cloud services
  • Export to multiple formats
Features
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Every note. Every format. Unlimited Digital Notebooks. Like paper, but better. Take lecture notes, prepare for exams and develop your research. Bring the same tools to manuscripts, interviews, lesson plans, meetings and creative projects. Notes Writer keeps your work together on iPad, iPhone and compatible Apple silicon Macs. Designed for students and anyone who wants to learn, create and stay organized—including teachers, writers, journalists, doctors, architects, illustrators, mathematicians, researchers and business professionals. WRITE & CAPTURE • Handwriting, sketching & painting Take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil, type a document or explore a concept through drawing. Use dedicated sketching, watercolor and oil painting tools for illustrations and creative work. • PDF annotation Review lecture slides, medical literature and professional reports. Highlight PDFs, add comments, images and shapes, fill forms and sign documents. Keep your annotations beside the source material. • Recording & transcription Record lectures, business meetings and interviews, transcribe the audio and search the transcript for the detail you need. Add recordings to PDF notes and whiteboards, then listen back at your own pace. STUDY & RESEARCH • Courses, manuscripts & research projects Choose an optional project tree to arrange topics, sources and drafts in a Study Project. Use the Binder for structure, the Corkboard to plan sections and compilation to assemble a document or ebook. • Whiteboards, diagrams & outlines Create whiteboards with notes, images, recordings and tables. Build flowcharts and diagrams to explain a process, compare findings or plan a lesson or project. Use Outline Notes when your ideas need a hierarchy. • Flashcards & review Create flashcards with text, handwriting and images, or generate them from notes and PDFs with optional AI tools. Review with spaced repetition, answer by typing or speaking, and track your progress. MATH & SCIENCE • Calculations, Python & charts Math Notebooks combine written reasoning, symbolic calculations and Python cells. Plot results, explore a model and present your data in editable Chart documents. • LaTeX & technical PDFs Write technical papers in LaTeX and compile them to PDF with a preview of the result. For plans and technical drawings, set a scale and measure distances, perimeters and areas directly on the PDF. ORGANIZE & SHARE • Notebooks, folders & templates Create and customize folders, subfolders and notebooks. Choose names, covers and paper templates that suit each course or project. Scan handouts, search your collection and manage documents with sorting, moving and grouping tools. • Documents side by side Open documents in tabs and work with your reading and draft side by side. Create a study planner, lesson plan, research journal or manuscript within the same library. • Formats for your work Work across PDF, Microsoft Word (DOCX), EPUB, RTF, Markdown, plain text (TXT), HTML, LaTeX and OPML outlines. Edit formatted documents, read ebooks and export supported documents as PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML or EPUB. Export options vary by document type. • Sync, backup & privacy Sync with iCloud and work with Dropbox and Google Drive files through the Files app, with changes synced by your provider. Set up automatic document backups, use autosave and recovery, and protect the app and folders with a passcode. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT Ask questions about your notes and documents, simplify an explanation, summarize a reading or refine your writing. Use translation, grammar and tone tools when they help. Review every suggestion and decide what belongs in your work. Start a notebook. Study, create and work your way. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BossNote4 screens
Notes Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notes Writer at 4.5 against BossNote's 4.0. Notes Writer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7.3K vs 16). BossNote's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BossNote sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Notes Writer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notes Writer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes Writer has 7.3K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of BossNote's written reviews are positive against 45% of Notes Writer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BossNote ships an update every 2 months, Notes Writer every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BossNote versus Notes Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBossNoteNotes Writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16 ratings)4.5 (7.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews — better45.0% of reviews
Number of ratings167.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB660 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRuslan ShigabutdinovKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

BossNote

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative26.1%

Notes Writer

All ratings7,332 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews963 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral15.1%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

BossNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notes Writer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Inability to recover deleted documents
  • Unexpected behavior when adding/deleting pages
  • Syncing issues and broken links between documents

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more brushes and pen customization options
  • Improve the clipping/selection tool
  • Implement OCR and handwriting search
  • Provide a Mac version

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BossNote

One-time5
  • Improve your account$0.99
  • Advanced Attachments$0.99
  • Color notes$0.99
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  • Mark as "Done!"$0.99
  • Advanced Security$1.99
8 purchases

Notes Writer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Full Version Unlock Pro$3.99
  • Full Version Unlock Pro$4.99
  • Full Version Unlock Pro2 variants$5.99
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  • Full Version Unlock Pro$6.99
  • Lifetime Pro Full Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is BossNote free?
BossNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notes Writer free?
Notes Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BossNote or Notes Writer?
Notes Writer is rated higher. BossNote averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Notes Writer averages 4.5 from 7.3K ratings.
Do BossNote or Notes Writer have ads?
Neither BossNote nor Notes Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BossNote or Notes Writer?
BossNote ships an update every 2 months, and Notes Writer every 4 days. Most recently, BossNote was updated on November 1, 2026 and Notes Writer on November 1, 2026.

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