Comparison

Boring Note vs Now

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

Head to head
About

Boring Note

A straightforward note-taking app for capturing thoughts, ideas, and daily activities. It offers offline functionality, data privacy, and WebDAV backup for secure storage.

Highlights
  • Note-taking
  • Diary entries
  • To-do lists
  • Offline use
  • Data privacy
  • WebDAV backup
Features
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Boring Note is a simple note-taking APP that records your thoughts and daily life anytime, anywhere. Whether it is to keep an idea, write a diary, memo, to-do, excerpt, etc., it can help you to record better. Offline use, data privacy and security, using WebDAV to back up data. 【Automatic renewal membership instructions】 1. Service name: Premium membership automatic renewal 2. Subscription period: 1 month/1 year 3. Payment: debit the user's iTunes account, and pay after the user confirms the purchase. 4. Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription cycle will be extended by 1 subscription cycle after the deduction is successful. 5. Cancel the renewal: To cancel the renewal, open the iPhone "Settings" --> enter "iTunes Store and App Store" --> click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", and enter "Account Settings" page, click "Subscribe", and select Boring Notes Premium to cancel the subscription. This subscription will automatically renew if not cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. 6. Membership Service Agreement: https://master2app.com/vip-ssnote.html

About

Now

Features
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Features - Quick notes, anytime: chat-style capture as fast as sending a message. - Text and images: capture faster, with images managed in one place and reused in notes. - Markdown: Edit and Preview to grow quick notes into clear structure. - Merge conversations: fold scattered notes in a thread into one piece when you’re ready. - Groups and pins: organize by topic and keep what matters in view. - iCloud sync across iPhone and Mac so capture and deep work stay in one loop. - Shared editing with iCloud: collaborate on the same conversation. - Privacy-first: data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. Now offers separate native apps for iPhone and Mac. On Mac you can also use Files Workspace for real folders (see Now for Mac). Privacy policy: https://fivehow.com/legal/now/privacy Subscription information: https://fivehow.com/legal/now/subscription

Screenshots

Boring Note4 screens
Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Now at weekly against Boring Note's every 2 weeks. Boring Note's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Boring Note sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Now sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boring Note ships an update every 2 weeks, Now weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Boring Note versus Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoring NoteNow
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer华盛 卢浩 吴

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Boring Note

Subscriptions2
  • Premium-Month$0.991 Month
  • Premium-Year$0.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium-lifetime$2.99
  • Premium-lifetime$5.99
3 purchases

Now

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
  • Annual Membership$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent Membership$19.99

Questions

Is Boring Note free?
Boring Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Now free?
Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Boring Note or Now have ads?
Neither Boring Note nor Now shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boring Note or Now?
Boring Note ships an update every 2 weeks, and Now weekly. Most recently, Boring Note was updated on September 21, 2026 and Now on September 18, 2026.

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