Comparison

NotiSnips vs plappa

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

Head to head
About

NotiSnips

Capture key insights from books, podcasts, or your own notes and receive them as timely notifications or quick quizzes. This app helps you retain information by bringing it back before you forget, with personalized review schedules and daily check-ins to reinforce habits and goals.

Highlights
  • Save lines from books, podcasts, or notes
  • Receive information as notifications
  • Engage with quick recall quizzes
  • Daily review and spaced repetition
  • Set personalized wake-up calls
  • Log habits and track daily challenges
Features
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Remember what you read. Actually do what you said you would. You forget most of what you learn within a week. NotiSnips keeps the good parts. Save a line from a book, a podcast, a sermon or your own notes, and it comes back to you as a notification or a quick quiz, right before it fades. SAVE IT IN SECONDS • Snip a line, a chapter note, or say it out loud • One collection per book, podcast or talk • Works on iPhone and on the web, same account IT COMES BACK BEFORE YOU FORGET • Your snips return as notifications through the day • A daily review: recall it first, then reveal • Got it? It waits longer. Fuzzy? It comes back sooner. • See which collections are fading and start there A COACH THAT CALLS YOU • A wake-up call at the time you pick, and it keeps ringing until you're up • Need five more minutes? Say so. Sick? Say "not today" and it leaves you alone. • An evening check-in: just talk about your day, and your habits get logged from what you say • Every check-in becomes a journal entry that comes back to you like a snip • Track a 20-, 40- or 75-day challenge: today's habits, your streak and every day at a glance SET UP IN A MINUTE Tell NotiSnips what you're into: a book, getting fitter, faith, quitting something, learning a language. Your answers become your first snips, and you can turn on the calls right inside setup. Small daily reps beat big plans. Save the line. Let it come back. Pick up when it calls.

About

plappa

This app is an audiobook player that connects to self-hosted media servers like Jellyfin and AudioBookShelf. It supports various audio formats, reads metadata, and allows for offline listening through optional in-app purchases. Users can sync playback states across devices or their server.

Highlights
  • Connects to Jellyfin, Emby, AudioBookShelf
  • Supports common audio formats
  • Purpose-built for audiobooks
  • Sync playback states
  • Reads audiobook metadata
  • Offline listening (via IAP)
  • Podcast and series support
Features
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Disclaimer: plappa only works in connection with a Jellyfin or AudioBookShelf media server! plappa is an audiobook player/client for Jellyfin, Emby and AudioBookShelf, the popular self-hosted media server. Features: - Support for most common audio formats - Purpose built for audiobooks - Save and sync playback states via iCloud or your AudioBookShelf server - Reads metadata like author, narrator and others - Download audiobooks and podcast episodes for offline listening* - Support for podcasts, collections and series with AudioBookShelf * plappa allows you to unlock additional features like downloads and customization options through optional in-app purchases: You can choose between a one-time purchase or an auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included). The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription. Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family. plappa is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NotiSnips4 screens
plappa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NotiSnips at none against plappa's 2. NotiSnips also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). plappa's advantage is ratings volume (345 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. plappa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. NotiSnips asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NotiSnips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: plappa has 345 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotiSnips ships an update every 5 days, plappa every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NotiSnips versus plappa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotiSnipsplappa
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (345 ratings)
Positive reviews—86.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2345 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB47 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developermichael AmetekuLeo Wehrfritz

Customer experience

NotiSnips

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

plappa

All ratings340 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.3%

Bugs and requests

NotiSnips

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

plappa

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Can't login Audiobookshelf
  • Podcasts library not listing all podcasts

Requested features

9 requests
  • Auto download when start playing book
  • Auto delete when finished book
  • Option to add multiple servers
  • More sorting and filtering options in the library section
  • Refresh button for libraries
Show 4 more
  • Easy way to change server address without logging out
  • Sync the unplayed/unlistened flags with AudiobookShelf
  • Shortcut to bookmarks from within the player
  • Slider for fine-tuned control of playback speed

In-app purchases

None

NotiSnips

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

plappa

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription (1 Year)1 Month trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version (Lifetime)$4.99

Questions

Is NotiSnips free?
NotiSnips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is plappa free?
plappa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NotiSnips or plappa?
NotiSnips is rated higher. NotiSnips averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while plappa averages 4.7 from 345 ratings.
Do NotiSnips or plappa have ads?
Neither NotiSnips nor plappa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotiSnips or plappa?
NotiSnips ships an update every 5 days, and plappa every 5 weeks. Most recently, NotiSnips was updated on November 12, 2026 and plappa on November 12, 2026.

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