Comparison

Zealous Notes vs Aida

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

Head to head
About

Zealous Notes

Organize your thoughts with a versatile note-taking application. Link related notes, embed various media files directly, and enhance your text with markup tools. Features include searchable PDFs, video playback, and audio transcription.

Highlights
  • Stackable and linked notes
  • Inline PDF, video, and audio embedding
  • Searchable and mark-upable PDFs
  • Audio transcription
  • Hashtag organization
  • Marker mode with zoom
  • Calendar event linking
Features
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A lot like the Notes app you're used to, plus some added features: • Open several notes as a stack. - related notes can be linked together. • Subdivide your notes into Sections • PDFs, Video & Audio files attach inline, alongside your notes' other contents. - PDFs can be zoomed, scrolled, searched & marked-up. - Videos can play picture-in-picture or full-screen - Voice Notes audio files can be transcribed (with your permission) • Keep related notes together: - embed related notes as attachments - assign relatable #hashtags to your notes • Marker Mode - mark anywhere inside or outside of your notes - link markup with your highlighted or underlined text. - zoom-in for more precise drawings. • Link notes to your Calendar events (with your permission) • Case sensitive Find/Replace/Replace-All • Multiple Line-Spacing options See the included `Getting Started` guide for more, including several additional features available from within the app's Settings.

About

Aida

This AI-powered app automatically organizes your typed or pasted notes into smart categories. It offers fast search and a built-in assistant for quick answers and suggestions, helping you manage thoughts, tasks, and ideas without manual sorting.

Highlights
  • Self-sorting notes
  • Blazing-fast search
  • Natural language input
  • Smart categories
  • Built-in AI assistant
  • Cross-project organization
Features
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Your head was never meant to be a filing cabinet. Say one messy thought. Aida turns it into notes, reminders, tasks, ideas and memories, then brings back what matters when you need it. No folders. No tags. No setup. Just type or speak naturally. Say it once “Dentist Tuesday at 4, pick up bread, gift idea for Mum, and I’m stressed about work.” Aida separates it into an appointment, a shopping task, a gift idea and a journal entry. Each one is automatically organized in the right place. Your day, already arranged - See routines, reminders and tasks when they matter. - Aida can give you a calm daily brief with what is scheduled, what needs attention and anything worth remembering. No noisy dashboard and no pressure to complete everything. Ask your memory anything - “What shoe size does Emil need?” - “What was Mum’s birthday gift idea?” - “When is my next doctor appointment?” Aida answers using what you previously saved and shows the original note it came from. Think freely - Brainstorm ideas with Aida, ask follow-up questions and save only the useful parts. - Plans, gift ideas, study notes and decisions can become organized memories without copying and pasting them into another app. Everything, already sorted - Aida automatically organizes your notes into categories such as Health, Family, Shopping, Work, Home and Journal. - Recurring reminders return when they should. Important information can resurface when it becomes relevant again. Made for people carrying too much in their heads - Aida is for parents managing family details, people collecting hundreds of notes-to-self, small business owners juggling unfinished thoughts, and anyone who has written something down only to never find it again. Most apps give you somewhere to put things. Aida takes them off your mind. Available on iPhone and iPad. Voice and text capture. Available in 13 languages. Aida holds the details, so your head can stay light.

Screenshots

Zealous Notes2 screens
Aida4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aida at Free against Zealous Notes's $4.99. Aida also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Zealous Notes's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads 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

Aida is free to download; Zealous Notes costs $4.99 up front. Aida sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Zealous Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zealous Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zealous Notes ships an update every 8 days, Aida fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Zealous Notes versus Aida: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZealous NotesAida
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason BrowningKurbonoy Gadoeva

Customer experience

Zealous Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Aida

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zealous Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Aida

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • 3 Months7 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Annual1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Zealous Notes free?
Zealous Notes costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aida free?
Aida is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zealous Notes or Aida?
Zealous Notes is rated higher. Zealous Notes averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Aida averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Zealous Notes or Aida have ads?
Neither Zealous Notes nor Aida shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zealous Notes or Aida?
Zealous Notes ships an update every 8 days, and Aida fortnightly. Most recently, Zealous Notes was updated on October 10, 2026 and Aida on October 2, 2026.

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