Comparison

A vs NoteManagerPro

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

Head to head
About

A

Organize notes by groups and categories with features like color-coding, photo and location attachments, and data export. Easily manage shopping lists, ideas, hobbies, and daily records. This app allows for secure backup and migration of your data.

Highlights
  • Group and category note management
  • Color-coding and icon settings
  • Attach photos and location data
  • Sort and search functionality
  • Data export and backup (.zip)
  • File sharing and import
Features
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A-Note is a simple note app that keeps your notes organized by group. Create groups such as Work, Travel and Home, give each one its own color, and every note you write goes where it belongs. The first line of a note becomes its title, so your lists stay easy to scan. NOTES THAT HOLD MORE THAN TEXT • Attach several photos to one note and view them full-screen with pinch to zoom • Record a place and see it on a map, or open it in Apple Maps • Phone numbers and links in a note are tappable • Add a badge to important notes and see them all in one list FIND IT FAST • Keyword search across all groups • Narrow results to notes with photos, locations, links or numbers • Show notes with photos as thumbnails WORKS WITH OTHER A-SOFT APPS • Keep backups from CCList as notes, and send them back to CCList whenever you need them • P-Chord, G-Chord, U-Chord and A-CalcM will connect one by one in upcoming updates of those apps YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU • Everything is stored on your device. No account, no server. • Save a backup file (.zip) with all notes, groups and photos, and restore it on a new device • Compatible with backups from the previous A-NoteJ • Available in 14 languages A-NOTE PRO (one-time purchase) • Send a note to your PC: scan a QR code and the text appears in your PC browser over Wi-Fi • Search filters (photos, locations, links, numbers, linked apps) • Select several notes to move or delete at once • Unlimited groups. The free version allows up to 3 groups outside Japan; anyone who used A-Note before version 10 keeps unlimited groups. Pro also hides the ad banner area.

About

NoteManagerPro

Features
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NoteManagerPro is your notes app for Mac, iPad and iPhone. Write, format, organize – calm, fast and free of distractions. WRITE WITH STYLE Headings, quotes and code, eight fonts, sizes from 8 to 72 points, bold, italic, underline and 15 text colors. Images sit right in the text: insert, move, resize. Web and email addresses become clickable on their own. MARKDOWN NOTES A separate note type for Markdown. You write in the formatted text; one click shows the plain Markdown. With tables, images, an outline for long notes, and import and export as .md files. LISTS AND TO-DOS Bullets, numbers, Roman numerals and checkboxes. Sub-lists renumber themselves. ORGANIZATION THAT GROWS WITH YOU Notebooks with their own colors, tags across all notebooks, pinned notes at the top. Advanced search filters by title, content, tags and date range. Find and replace within a note is included, of course. CALCULATE IN THE TEXT Select a calculation and insert the result with one click – with parentheses and powers. BACK UP, PRINT, SHARE Back up selected notes with their images to a folder and restore them, even from one device to another. Print and share as PDF. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES If you like, iCloud keeps your notes, notebooks and tags in sync across Mac, iPad and iPhone. Light or dark, 14 accent colors and eight soft backgrounds. In eight languages. FREE No subscription, no account, no tracking. Your notes stay with you.

Screenshots

A4 screens
NoteManagerPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NoteManagerPro at none against A's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A ships an update every 5 days, NoteManagerPro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 6 level
A versus NoteManagerPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterANoteManagerPro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAsoft.iOSKlaus Mack

In-app purchases

None

A

No in-app purchases

None

NoteManagerPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A free?
A is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteManagerPro free?
NoteManagerPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A or NoteManagerPro have ads?
A shows ads; NoteManagerPro does not.
Which is updated more often, A or NoteManagerPro?
A ships an update every 5 days, and NoteManagerPro weekly. Most recently, A was updated on October 30, 2026 and NoteManagerPro on October 31, 2026.

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