Comparison

Argo Portal vs Notely

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

Head to head
About

Argo Portal

Features
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When you’re with Argo, we’re all with you. Discover the ‘Team Argo’ experience. This app is for all residents and board members who have an existing login for an Argo Real Estate managed community. Our app allows you to make rent/HOA payments, submit service requests, view announcements and more! You must have an existing login to the resident portal to use this app. If you don’t have one, please contact your Property Manager. Argo is on your corner, on your side.

About

Notely

This app offers a private and flexible digital notebook for handwriting, typed notes, and PDF annotation. Convert handwriting to editable text, draw with precision tools, and organize your work with folders and backups. Keep ideas accessible without an account or internet connection.

Highlights
  • Handwriting to editable text conversion
  • Precision drawing tools
  • PDF annotation and markup
  • Organized library with folders
  • On-device search
  • Portable backups
Features
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Notely is a notebook for iPad and iPhone that feels like paper and keeps everything on your device. Write by hand, mark up PDFs, record a lecture while you take notes, then study from what you wrote. There's no account and no cloud. Your notes stay where you wrote them. New in 1.4 Notely has a hand-drawn look now, with drawn icons and handwritten headings. I also rebuilt the pencil from scratch. It picks up the grain of the paper and responds to pressure, and if you tilt Apple Pencil on its side it shades like a real one. Record the lecture with your notes Press record and keep writing. Notely transcribes on your device as you go and remembers when each stroke was written. Later, tap a line of ink and the audio jumps to what was being said at that moment. Tapping a line in the transcript works too. Transcription depends on on-device speech support for your language and device. If it isn't available, Notely still saves the audio. Study from your own notes Make flashcards yourself, or lay tape over part of a page and quiz yourself on what's underneath. Cards come back on a spaced review schedule, and you can turn on reminders for when they're due. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Notely can also draft cards from a note and answer questions about it, with a link back to the page each answer came from. You review every draft before it's saved. Handwriting that turns into text Tap the handwriting button and Notely turns your writing into typed text, on the device. Anything it can't read confidently stays as ink. Search also looks inside your handwriting, typed text and PDFs. Pages or open space Use Letter or A4 pages, or switch a note to an infinite canvas when you need room to think. There's always a blank page waiting at the end, and if you don't use it, it's left out when you export. Templates include Cornell notes, dot grid, lab reports, math and physics pages, and music staff. Import PDFs and write on them, or scan paper pages with the camera. Private by default Notely works offline, with no analytics and no ads. Lock any note with Face ID or a password. Locked notes are kept out of Spotlight search and the widget. A few more things - Export pages as PDF or PNG - Back up notes to a .vectora archive and restore them without overwriting anything - Bring notebooks over from Goodnotes or Notability (PDF exports work best; native import is experimental) - A home screen widget with recent notes and a New note button - Shortcuts actions to create a quick note or open recent notes - Folders, tags and smart collections Notely is made by one person. If something bugs you, the support page reaches me directly.

Screenshots

Argo Portal4 screens
Notely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Notely at every 4 days against Argo Portal's every 10 months. 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

Argo Portal ships an update every 10 months, Notely every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Argo Portal versus Notely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArgo PortalNotely
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConcierge Plus Inc.JUSTIN WEI SUN

In-app purchases

None

Argo Portal

No in-app purchases

None

Notely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Argo Portal free?
Argo Portal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notely free?
Notely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Argo Portal or Notely have ads?
Neither Argo Portal nor Notely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Argo Portal or Notely?
Argo Portal ships an update every 10 months, and Notely every 4 days. Most recently, Argo Portal was updated on October 4, 2026 and Notely on October 13, 2026.

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