Digital Notebook vs FocusVille
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Notebook
This app offers a versatile platform for handwriting notes, journaling, and creative planning. It includes tools for students, daily organization, and digital bullet journaling, enhanced by an AI assistant for brainstorming and inspiration.
- Handwriting notes with pen, pencil, ruler, eraser
- Bullet journaling and daily planning templates
- Personal AI assistant for brainstorming
- Drawing board and sketch tools
- Import and annotate PDF documents
- Organize notes and files
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Master your productivity with Digital Notebook, the ultimate tool for handwriting notes, journaling, and creative planning. Whether you need to manage school notes, organize your daily life, or start a digital bullet journal, our app provides everything you need in one seamless experience. HANDWRITING NOTES & SCHOOL NOTES Experience the freedom of handwriting notes directly on your device. Perfect for students creating class notes and abstracts, Digital Notebook includes essential tools like a pen, pencil, ruler, and eraser to make your study sessions efficient and intuitive. BULLET JOURNAL & DAILY NOTES Organize your schedule with ease. Use our versatile templates for journaling, daily notes, and life planning. From a structured bullet journal to a creative diary, customize your workflow to match your personal style. PERSONAL AI CHATBOT Supercharge your note making with our personal AI assistant. Use it for brainstorming ideas, completing school assignments, or finding quick inspiration. Your AI companion is ready to help you plan events or answer any question instantly. DRAWING BOARD & SKETCHES Express yourself with our integrated drawing board. Use various drawing tools and stickers to create sketches, decorate your digital notebook, and add a creative touch to your everyday routine. IMPORT & ORGANIZE Keep your files secure and accessible. Import, annotate, and organize your documents on the go. It is the most efficient way to manage your daily notes and essential files in one pocket-sized workspace. Download Digital Notebook today and redefine your note-taking experience! Please note: some features require a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://appsprings.pro/privacy Terms of Use: https://appsprings.pro/tos
FocusVille
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FocusVille turns your focus time into a little life you grow, and now your friends can sit at the same table. Start a focus session and a tiny friend grows with you: baby, child, teen, adult. Every focused minute turns into coins, a cozier room and a life that slowly takes shape: a job, a salary, a bike, a house with a garden, and one day a seaside villa or an island of your own. Made calm on purpose. No noise, no pressure, no punishment for stopping early, and nothing you have earned is ever taken away. Just a soft, rewarding loop that makes it easier to start, especially if starting is the hard part for you. • Shared Table: study at the same table as your friends. The table has one fire that lights when everyone does a session that day. If someone gets up, their chair stays empty; if a friend isn't there, their session from yesterday sits beside you; ring the bell to call someone who hasn't come. No chat. • Focus coach: a weekly target built from your own sessions, your best hour and day, and one tactic each week. With FocusVille+, daily pace and your road to exam day. • Companion trips: after a session your companion heads out and returns hours later with a gift; every new place adds a postcard. • Subjects and exam plan: link sessions to subjects, see your week per subject and your focus quality. With FocusVille+, a daily target per subject. • Places: café, library, fireside, forest, night, garden and snow. Each place comes with its own scene and sound, and your friend studies there with you. The rainy window is now free for everyone. Try every Plus place free for one session. • Promise: promise yourself 1, 2 or 3 sessions (Easy, Medium or Hard) for today or tomorrow, and earn coins when you keep it. Add some of your coins if you like and they come back multiplied. Pick an hour and get a reminder. Keep 7 in a row for a bonus and a Promise cup for your room. • Your friend's form: your last 7 days of focus show on your character. When Fresh, sessions earn 10% more coins. Need time off? Take a break for 3, 7 or 14 days. Want more challenge? Optional Hard mode: a neglected friend gets sick and their salary is halved, until a few good days bring them back. • Your scene while you focus: during a session, your lock screen and home screen widget show the scene you picked and your friend with a live countdown (iOS 17 and later). Dim the screen and the scene stays softly visible. • Focus Journey: a one-time ticket for a 30-stop path. Every day you reach your minutes you move one stop, collecting room items you can't buy in the shop. • Big goals: a bike, a house with a garden, a sports car, a seaside villa and a private island, each with a new window view. The villa and the island open rooms of their own. • Seasonal trips with postcards, 15 new room items and a quote of the day. • Strict Mode (iOS 18 and later): lock the apps that distract you while your session runs. Free, with no daily limit • Exam and deadline countdown with your weekly focus time • Look after your friend: water, meals, a kitchen to fill and pets you name yourself • Jobs, salary, achievements and a story to unlock • Works offline. Signing in is optional, and your progress is yours FocusVille+ (optional: a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, a one-time Lifetime purchase, or Exam Season: 90 days, paid once, never renews) adds a 4-person Shared Table whose place opens for everyone at it, the focus coach's daily pace and exam road, every place with its scene and sound, Hard lock and Scheduled lock (iOS 18 and later), the weekly report (your first one is free), free streak repair, unlimited breaks for your friend and 20% more coins in coin packs. Coins are earned by focusing; optional coin packs are just a shortcut. Coins have no cash value. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focus-ville.vercel.app/privacy Light the candle. Grow your world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FocusVille at none against Digital Notebook's shown. FocusVille also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Digital Notebook sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and FocusVille sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Digital Notebook ships an update every 5 weeks, FocusVille every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Notebook | FocusVille |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (249 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appsprings, TOO | Emre Omer Yldz |
In-app purchases
Digital Notebook
- 1 week subscription$1.997 Days
- Note taking & PDF markup tools3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Note taking & PDF markup tools$4.991 Month
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- 1 Week Subscription$6.997 Days
- 3 months subscription7 Days trial$7.993 Months
- 1 Year Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- 1 Month Subscription$19.991 Month
- 12 Months Premium$19.991 Year
- 3 Months3 Months trial$41.493 Months
- 12 Months Subscription$66.991 Year
FocusVille
- FocusVille+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- FocusVille+ Yearly Offer$19.991 Year
- FocusVille+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Handful · 1,000 coins$0.99
- Pouch · 3,200 coins$2.99
- Focus Journey$4.99
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- Chest · 7,500 coins$5.99
- Exam Season$11.99
- Treasure · 20,000 coins$12.99
- Hoard · 50,000 coins$24.99
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