Comparison

NotePile vs TaskNotes

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

Head to head
About

NotePile

Organize your thoughts with color-coded notes and reminders. Add voice notes, files, links, and create custom views. Integrates seamlessly with Siri, Spotlight, iCloud, and Shortcuts for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Color-coded notes
  • Customizable reminders
  • Voice notes
  • File and link attachments
  • Widget support
  • Siri and Spotlight integration
  • iCloud and Shortcuts compatibility
Features
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Color-coded notes and reminders. Give colors your own meaning, create views, add reminders, voice notes, files, links and widgets. Works with Siri, Spotlight, iCloud and Shortcuts.

About

TaskNotes

Features
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TaskNotes is a calm, capable task manager built around portable Markdown records. Capture work quickly, decide what matters today, and organise tasks without locking your information into one app. • Create, edit, complete, search, and reorder tasks • Plan with lists, boards, calendars, due dates, and scheduled dates • Set priorities, recurring tasks, reminders, and dependencies • Track time and attach images • Turn rough notes into selected tasks with Scratchpad • Choose system, light, or dark appearance • Inspect the Markdown record behind any task TaskNotes works with mdbase collections. Use a hosted collection or connect one kept on your computer; the same interface and task model apply either way. Your collection remains the authoritative home of your tasks, and each task stays a structured Markdown record you can use beyond TaskNotes. Reminders are delivered by mdbase, so TaskNotes does not need to stay open. Notification payloads contain no task titles, descriptions, paths, or record content. Learn more at tasknotes.dev.

Screenshots

NotePile3 screens
TaskNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NotePile at daily against TaskNotes's every 3 weeks. TaskNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotePile ships an update daily, TaskNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NotePile versus TaskNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotePileTaskNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlias Labs Pty LtdCallum Alpass

In-app purchases

None

NotePile

No in-app purchases

None

TaskNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotePile free?
NotePile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaskNotes free?
TaskNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NotePile or TaskNotes have ads?
Neither NotePile nor TaskNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotePile or TaskNotes?
NotePile ships an update daily, and TaskNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, NotePile was updated on September 21, 2026 and TaskNotes on September 23, 2026.

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