Journelly vs Nook | Pocket Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journelly
Capture thoughts, ideas, and memories in a private, offline-first digital journal. This app offers a familiar feed-like interface for quick notes, checklists, and more, with robust organization and markup support.
- Offline-first privacy
- Familiar feed interface
- Add images, links, and location
- Markdown and Org markup support
- Search and organize with hashtags
- 14-day text snapshots for version history
- Optional iCloud sync
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Take notes and journal privately — Offline by default. No account needed. Journelly gives you a familiar feed for quick notes, ideas, recipes, checklists, music, links, journal entries... Everything's offline, for your eyes only. Why you’ll love Journelly: - Feels like posting to a private feed — simple and fast - Local-first privacy: everything is offline by default - No accounts, logins, tracking, or ads — just open and write - Add images, links, checklists, tags, location, and weather - Search, organize, and find your moments with hashtags - Markdown and Org markup support: future-proof, no vendor lock-in - Restore earlier versions anytime from 14-day text snapshots - Optional iCloud sync across devices Journelly is frictionless, future-proof, and private. Try it for quick notes or journaling — no clutter, no compromises.
Nook | Pocket Notes
Capture and organize your life's moments with customizable notes, photos, and stickers. Create unique collections for memories, ideas, and everything in between. Unlock new stickers daily to personalize your entries.
- Customizable notes with stickers and photos
- Daily sticker unlocks
- User-defined categories
- Character and shape notes
- Memory and idea collection
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Write for the future! don't let those small things that make you happy pass by. Have fun making collections with everything you do! With Nook, you can save notes with stickers, photos, characters with expressions; and customize everything. SAVE EVERYTHING You're the creator: memories, thoughts, moments, trips, jokes, ideas, achievements, friends, toys, games, rocks, creations, meals, pets, bugs, drawings. UNLOCK STICKERS EVERY DAY Every day when you open Nook, a new sticker will be waiting for you! There's tons of stickers to unlock, and we're adding more with each update. USE YOUR OWN CATEGORIES Create as many categories as you want, with cool abstract pixel shapes and different colors for everything. Save books, games, toys, memes, candies, moments, places, and everything and anything else. CRAFT NOTES With limitless customization options, you can create character notes, sticker notes, text notes, and photo notes with shapes. Nook is a fresh new app available for iOS 17 and later. We're working on developing new features and designing new stickers and silhouettes. We created Nook to be your special place to creatively store your memories, activities, and so much more. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Journelly at none against Nook | Pocket Notes's 2. Journelly also leads on ratings volume (79 vs 1) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Journelly costs $14.99 and Nook | Pocket Notes $14.99 up front. Nook | Pocket Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Journelly asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Journelly against 5.0 for Nook | Pocket Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Journelly has 79 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Journelly ships an update every 3 weeks, Nook | Pocket Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journelly | Nook | Pocket Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (79 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xenodium Ltd. | Cecile Lebleu |
Customer experience
Journelly
Nook | Pocket Notes
Bugs and requests
Journelly
Requested features
2 requests- Markdown support for formatting text
- Concern about long term scalability of an Orgmode file
Nook | Pocket Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Journelly
No in-app purchases
Nook | Pocket Notes
- Full Access Yearly$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$4.99
Questions
Is Journelly free?
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