Comparison

SwipeNote vs LaterBox

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

Head to head
About

SwipeNote

Features
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Work Smart. Organize. Collaborate. Succeed. SwipeNote is designed to help anyone who uses the Internet. Swipe, Save, Organize, Share & Collaborate any content from the web with your friends and team members. SwipeNote Chrome Extension Features: 1. Swipe and Save social posts from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Kindle, Zillow with a single click. 2. Grab Full-Page or Regional Screenshots from any website. 3. Bookmark URLs. 4. Save Highlighted Content. 5. Add Tags and Notes to individual Saved items/Cards. 6. Import Favorite Kindle Highlights. 7. Shortcut Keys for Easy Access. All the content you grab from the internet gets saved as multi-purpose Cards. a. These Cards can be saved in your personal cloud Folders or Sub-Folders created by you directly from the Chrome Extension. b. These Cards can also be saved to a Workspace/Subspace created by you. After you Save and Organize the Cards, you can do so much more: 1. Copy or Move Cards to Workspace/Subspace and Folders/Subfolders. 2. Share Cards with teammates, individual account holders, or directly to social sites. 3. Add Tags and Notes to individual Cards. 4. Create Short Links for easy sharing. 5. Assign Cards with team members and Set Reminders for the same. Set and View the Due Date of completion of assigned tasks. 6. Real Time Chat with individual team members or in groups. Share files/documents, use emojis and @mentions. 7. Create Labels (to-do, work-in-progress, done) to let know the status of Cards. 8. Track your work through a single dedicated menu. Easy Date Filters to understand the priority and due dates. 9. Job Board (simple Dashboard) to view all your Cards/tasks inside your Workspace or Sub-space. At a glance know about what's going on, by viewing Due Dates, Chats, and much more. STAY ORGANIZED. STAY CONNECTED.

About

LaterBox

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LaterBox โ€” the quickest way to capture your thoughts. LaterBox is your personal space to save anything - notes, links, photos, videos, voice memos, documents, locations, and contacts. Everything is organized into threads, or scraps, so you can keep different topics separate and find things fast. THREADS & NOTES Create threads for any topic. Drop in text, links, images, videos, voice recordings, audio files, documents, locations, or contacts. Pin important notes to the top. Star the ones that matter. Lock sensitive notes behind biometrics. LaterBox auto-generates link previews so you can see what you saved at a glance. SCRAPBOOKS Go beyond lists. Scrapbooks give you an infinite canvas to arrange text, images, shapes, audio, and freehand drawings. Draw connections between ideas, group related items, and organize visually. Resize, rotate, and layer items however you want. Undo/redo keeps things safe. LaterBox WEB Access your notes and file from any browser on your local network. Visit laterbox.org, scan the QR code, and your phone serves your notes directly to the browser over WiFi. UNCOMPRESSED FILE SHARING ON LOCAL NETWORK Transform your note taking app into a powerful file sharing app across devices on local network using local server and our web client. SEND TO LaterBox Share links, text, images, and files from any app directly into LaterBox. Pick which thread to save to and add a caption before sending. TASKS & REMINDERS Turn any note into a task with a due date and reminder. Track what's pending, completed, or overdue. Get notified when things are due. CUSTOMIZATIONS Make it yours. Choose a theme. Set wallpapers for the home screen or individual threads, adjust fonts, note styles, and a lot more. PRIVACY & SECURITY Lock the entire app with biometrics or PIN. Lock individual threads and notes. Locked notes automatically appear in a Protected Notes thread. End-to-end encryption for optional synced data. Delete your data anytime: name, email, media, notes, every last bit. OFFLINE FIRST LaterBox works without internet. All your data lives on your device in a local database. Sync to the cloud is completely optional. When you do sync, your data is always encrypted before it leaves your phone. SEARCH & ORGANIZE Search across all threads from the home screen or within a specific thread. Pin threads and boards for quick access. Bulk select to copy, delete, share, or download multiple notes at once. RESTORE DELETED CONTENT UPTO 30 DAYS Accidentally deleted something? Everything goes to trash first with a 30-day recovery window before permanent deletion.

Screenshots

SwipeNote4 screens
LaterBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

SwipeNote and LaterBox are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SwipeNote versus LaterBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipeNoteLaterBox
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size18 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSankha BhattacharyaAman Kumar

In-app purchases

None

SwipeNote

No in-app purchases

None

LaterBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwipeNote free?
SwipeNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LaterBox free?
LaterBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SwipeNote or LaterBox have ads?
Neither SwipeNote nor LaterBox shows ads.

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