Notable PDF vs FiveNotes Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notable PDF
Enhance your PDF documents by adding a customizable note-taking layer. Tailor the layout with lines, grids, colors, and sizes to suit your workflow on tablets or paper.
- Add notes to PDFs
- Customizable note layout
- Lines and grid options
- Color and size adjustments
- Left-handed mode
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Notable PDF will help you add a layer to the side of your PDF so that you may add notes to the PDF on a tablet or paper. The layout can be customized to include lines, a grid, different colors, different sizes relative to the original PDF, and a left-handed mode as well.
FiveNotes Mobile
This app provides quick access to five color-coded notes on your mobile devices. It syncs with its macOS counterpart, offering a minimalist design for jotting down ideas, reminders, or to-dos instantly. Features include widgets, Markdown support, and theming options.
- Five color-coded notes
- Widgets for quick access
- iCloud sync with Mac
- Markdown formatting
- To-do list functionality
- Customizable themes
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This app is a companion app to macOS FiveNotes 3, so you can always have access to your notes. FiveNotes is a tiny note app — fast, focused, and always with you. Whether it’s an idea, number, recipe, or reminder — just jot it down instantly. You get exactly five color-coded notes — no clutter, just what matters. Why FiveNotes? – Just 5 notes: simple and effective – Widgets for quick access to your notes – iCloud sync with Mac version (Note: FiveNotes Mobile is sold separately.) – Markdown formatting – To-dos – Themes and color options – Minimal, distraction-free design – Quick and reliable – Automatic backups – watchOS app to have your notes always with you Made for creators, coders, writers, and thinkers — and everyone who just wants to keep notes fast and tidy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FiveNotes Mobile at 5.0 against Notable PDF's 4.2. FiveNotes Mobile also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 80%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Notable PDF's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18). On ratings volume, 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
Notable PDF costs $4.99 and FiveNotes Mobile $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FiveNotes Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Notable PDF's written reviews are positive against 89% of FiveNotes Mobile's.
Notable PDF ships an update fortnightly, FiveNotes Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notable PDF | FiveNotes Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INVICTO SOLUTIONS D.O.O. | Apptorium |
Customer experience
Notable PDF
FiveNotes Mobile
In-app purchases
Notable PDF
No in-app purchases
FiveNotes Mobile
No in-app purchases
