Comparison

Anytype vs Simple Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

Anytype

This app unifies conversations, documents, notes, files, and databases into a single, private application. It offers powerful, local-first collaboration with end-to-end encryption, offline access, and secure cross-device syncing, ensuring your data always remains yours.

Highlights
  • Unified workspace for conversations, docs, notes, files, and databases
  • End-to-end encrypted and offline accessible
  • Local-first collaboration
  • Create and edit pages with blocks
  • Define custom content types
  • Publish content to the web
  • Manage lists and tasks with properties
Features
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Anytype is a private, offline-first workspace for notes, docs, tasks, and team collaboration — end-to-end encrypted, with your data stored on your device. No accounts mining your thoughts, no cloud lock-in. A safe haven for your digital life. Flexible Knowledge Anytype adapts to the way your brain works, allowing you to link anything to everything. Create a living map of your ideas. • Capture & Reflect: Rich-media notes, long-form docs, and daily journals. • Plan & Execute: Tasks and projects in Kanban boards, calendars, galleries, and filtered lists. • Organize & Archive: Build personal wikis, research databases, or curated bookmark libraries. Secure Collaboration Collaborate in real-time without surrendering your privacy. You can work offline, sync peer-to-peer, or run entirely on your own network. • Private Collaboration: Shared spaces for teams and family to work together. • Integrated Chat: Chat with friends or have discussions directly on documents. • Share Online: Web publish content so others can access it directly in the browser. Uncompromising Security & Privacy • End-to-End Encrypted: Only you and those you share with can access your data. No exceptions. • Works Offline: No internet? No problem. Access everything offline, use peer-to-peer sync, or run on your own network. • Open Source: Keep your software forever or take your data with you. Zero lock-in. Also available on desktop at anytype.io Anytype — a safe haven for your thoughts, your work, and the people you collaborate with.

About

Simple Note Taker

Features
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Catch the thought before it goes. Simple Note Taker takes a note in one gesture: type it, say it, film it, photograph it, or share it straight in from another app. Give it a title if you like, drop it into a collection with a tap, and find it again later by searching. WHAT IT CAPTURES • Text, with an optional title • Photos, screenshots and files • Voice notes and videos (Pro). Videos are made smaller on your phone before they are saved, so they sync quickly • Anything shared in from another app, through the share sheet KEEP IT TIDY Put notes into collections with one tap: work, home, ideas, whatever you like. A note can be in several collections or none, and removing a collection never deletes a note. Your notes are grouped by day, newest first. DON'T FORGET IT Put a time on any note and your iPhone nudges you. The reminder is set on the device, so it arrives with no signal and with the app closed. iOS keeps the 64 soonest ready at once; beyond that they queue and arm themselves as earlier ones pass. ON YOUR PHONE AND IN YOUR BROWSER (Cloud) Sign in on the iPhone app and the Chrome extension and the same notes appear in both. Every change is sent straight away, the app checks for new notes every hour, and a sync button is always there. Ask a plain question and get an answer from your own notes. IT WORKS WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Open the app and start writing. With no account your notes live on this phone and nowhere else. If you sign in later, the app asks before adding the notes already on your phone to your account. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Turn on end-to-end encryption and notes are sealed on this phone with a passphrase we never receive. The trade-off is stated at the switch: a server that cannot read your notes cannot search them or answer questions about them. No advertising. No analytics that follow you. Nothing sold. Export everything to Markdown or PDF at any time, and delete your account and all its data from inside the app, immediately. PLANS Free: 5 notes a day on this device, with text and photos, and ads. Pro: voice and video recording, unlimited notes, attachments, export, and no ads. Cloud: sync between your phone and browser, Ask your notes, unlimited notes, and no ads. Pro + Cloud: everything, for less than buying both. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew until cancelled; manage or cancel them in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://notes.cstsolution.com/privacy/ Made by CST Solution. Support is a real person on WhatsApp: +84 904 879 900.

Screenshots

Anytype4 screens
Simple Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Note Taker at 15.0 against Anytype's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Anytype sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Simple Note Taker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anytype ships an update fortnightly, Simple Note Taker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Anytype versus Simple Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnytypeSimple Note Taker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (252 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings252 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAny AssociationCST VIET NAM SOFTWARE SOLUTION COMPANY LIMITED

Bugs and requests

Anytype

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • Sync issues leading to data loss or duplication
  • Inconsistent behavior when working with nested lists
  • Page jumps and cursor positioning problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add calendar and scheduling features
  • Improve mobile app performance and stability
  • Implement formulas and automation capabilities
  • Allow more customization options for fonts and UI
  • Add widgets for quick access to notes and data

Simple Note Taker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anytype

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$9.991 Month
  • Builder$119.001 Year
6 purchases

Simple Note Taker

Subscriptions6
  • Cloud$4.991 Month
  • Pro$4.991 Month
  • Pro + Cloud$7.991 Month
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  • Pro (yearly)$47.991 Year
  • Cloud (yearly)$47.991 Year
  • Pro + Cloud (yearly)$76.991 Year

Questions

Is Anytype free?
Anytype is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Note Taker free?
Simple Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Anytype or Simple Note Taker have ads?
Neither Anytype nor Simple Note Taker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anytype or Simple Note Taker?
Anytype ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Note Taker every 9 days. Most recently, Anytype was updated on November 3, 2026 and Simple Note Taker on November 6, 2026.

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