Appnote vs Casual Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Appnote
Organize your thoughts with a beautiful and functional notepad. Create an unlimited number of notes and folders, format text, and enrich entries with media. Secure your data with password protection and cloud sync.
- Unlimited folders and notes
- Rich text formatting
- Add images, videos, PDFs, and links
- Quick undo and pin notes
- Instant search
- Cloud sync and backup
- Password and biometric protection
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Appnote—your unique style in the world of notebooks. Every note becomes a story, and every idea comes to life in an elegant interface. Appnote is designed to bring your creative thoughts to life and organize them. Here, even mundane notes become works of art. UNLIMITED CREATIVITY Create an unlimited number of folders and notes—your ideas know no bounds. Nest folders, build your own structure, and find what you need with a single tap. And if you've already created the content, add it in its entirety. PDFs, DOCX files, and images become full-fledged entries in the list: with a thumbnail preview, their own name, and instant viewing, without any extra steps. TEXT THE WAY YOU WANT A full-fledged rich text editor right in your pocket: • fonts, sizes, styles, and colors—highlight what's important the way you want; • Bulleted and numbered lists, as well as to-do lists with checkboxes that are easy to mark; • Hyperlinks, horizontal lines, and quick formatting clearing; • Instant undo – made a mistake? Just redo it; • Read-only mode to avoid accidentally editing a completed note. Links in the text work just like real ones: one tap and you're on the desired page. And if you prefer a more relaxed editing experience, tap-to-click navigation can be disabled in the settings. BRING YOUR NOTES TO LIFE Add images, videos, PDFs, and DOCX documents, and insert images directly from the clipboard. View attachments in the built-in gallery, maximize them to full screen, save them to your device, or open them in your favorite external app. Edited a file in another program? Appnote will notice the changes and offer to replace the original file or place the new version nearby. EVERYTHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Favorites — the most important notes always come first. • Recent — quickly return to what you were just working on. • Instantly search all notes and search within an open note to jump to the desired section. • Sort by alphabetical order, creation date, modification date, or custom order. TASK Deleted notes no longer disappear without a trace. They are sent to the Trash, from where you can restore them with a single tap or permanently delete them. You choose the retention period — from "delete immediately" to any number of days. EASY SHARING • Send notes, images, and documents to other apps using "Share." • Save a note as a file — plain text or HTML, preserving styles and attached media files. • Forward a note as a single .appnote file—including all attachments—and import it back on another device in one step. • Receive text, images, videos, and PDFs from other apps: Appnote will ask whether to create a new note or append to an existing one. FULLY PERSONALIZED Appnote adapts to you, not the other way around: • Light and dark themes, background wallpaper, text colors, note backgrounds, and list card colors; • Number of columns and font size in the note list; • Custom icons for notes and folders—to the left or above the title, with a caption consisting of the first letters of the title on the ruled lines; • Indents, default image size, autosave, and other little touches that make your experience more convenient. SECURITY AND RELIABILITY • Password protection and biometric login. • Auto-lock when minimized—immediately, after a set number of minutes, or never. • Backup to a local folder, iCloud, or the cloud—with detailed statistics by file type. • Sync with Google Drive: notes, attachments, and settings are always up to date across all your devices. WHEREVER YOU WORK Appnote speaks 16 languages, including right-to-left languages, and works on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Dive into the world of Appnote—an app where style, convenience, and security come together in one exceptional product. Never lose your ideas again: they're always at your fingertips. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
Casual Contacts
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Casual Contacts is a private, on-device record of the people you've just met — the barista who knew the order, the stranger on the next bench, the friend of a friend at the party. Names and faces you'd otherwise forget by tomorrow. It works the way memory does. You jot a first name, an association, maybe a photo, and the app captures the rest — the time of day, the moon phase, the place. Each entry becomes a small, distinctive card you'll recognize again, even months later. Why it's different ——————————— • Local-first. There's no account, no server, no cloud. Your records live on your device, where they belong. • No analytics, no tracking, no advertising SDKs. The app doesn't watch you, and it doesn't sell what it doesn't have. • Designed for memory, not contacts management. Casual Contacts isn't a CRM — it's a sketchbook. How it works ——————————— • Tap +. Type a first name. Add an association ("met at Polly's birthday", "shared a cab from JFK"), and optionally a photo or a place. • The app records the moment around it: time of day, moon phase, where you stood. Each card paints itself from those details, so no two records look alike. • Browse later by name, by date, or by distance from where you are now. Tap a card to see the full memory. Built for moments, not appointments ——————————— You don't write down the friend-of-a-friend in your phone's Contacts app. You don't text them. But weeks later you wish you remembered who they were. Casual Contacts is for that — the in-between. Privacy ——————————— Everything you enter stays on your device. No account, no cloud sync, no third parties. Read the full policy at casualcontacts.app/privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Casual Contacts at every 11 days against Appnote's every 2 months. Appnote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Appnote ships an update every 2 months, Casual Contacts every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Appnote | Casual Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Gorkov | ADAM JOHN MORK |
In-app purchases
Appnote
No in-app purchases
Casual Contacts
No in-app purchases









