Comparison

Disappearing Notes vs Fire Notes

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

Head to head
About

Disappearing Notes

This app allows you to create temporary notes that automatically delete after a set time. Choose from various expiry durations or opt for no expiry. Notes can be easily managed and synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Create notes up to 1000 characters
  • Set custom expiry times
  • Swipe to delete notes
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Choose from multiple expiry durations
Features
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Sometimes you don't want your memos to last forever. So we created this app just for that use case! It's a simple memo app that let's you pick a time for your memos to disappear. Features: - Create memos with upto 1000 characters. - Easily delete memos with a swipe to the left from the home screen. - Set a time for your memos to disappear(choose from 10 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours or no expiry). - iCloud sync to keep your memos in sync across all your devices.

About

Fire Notes

Features
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Fire Notes is a private notebook for writing, scanning paper, and dictating by voice - with one unusual feature: you can burn a note. Real fire, rendered live on your screen - the paper catches, curls, chars and falls away as ash. When the flame goes out, the note is gone. It's oddly satisfying. It's also the point. WRITE ANYTHING β€’ A fast, beautiful editor with rich text, checklists, headings and highlights β€’ Choose your paper and your handwriting β€” from clean type to a looping script β€’ Photos, shelves and pinned notes on a board you can rearrange by hand β€’ Everything stays searchable, right up until you let it go LET IT GO β€’ Burn a note in a moment, or hold for the full cinematic ceremony β€’ Blow on the microphone to light the flame β€” yes, really β€’ Burn-after timers: write something tonight, let it release itself tomorrow β€’ Every burn leaves an ember in Ashes β€” proof something was released, without the words SCAN YOUR PAPER β€’ Point the camera at a receipt, bill or letter β€” Fire Notes finds the edges, straightens the page and files it β€’ Every scan is read on your device, so the words inside are searchable. Find a receipt by what it says, not by what you named it β€’ Scans live in their own shelves β€” Receipts, Bills, Documents β€” separate from your notes β€’ And when a document has done its job, shred it. The same fire, for paper you're finished with PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ Your notes and your scans live on your device and in your own iCloud, never on our servers β€’ Face ID app lock, plus a separate lock for the notes that matter most β€’ No account. No tracking. No ads. ALSO IN THE BOX β€’ Dictate a note out loud with on-device speech recognition β€’ On-device AI to fix, rewrite or reshape what you wrote β€” nothing is sent away β€’ Export a note as text or PDF when you decide to keep it after all FIRE NOTES+ A one-time purchase. No subscription, ever. It unlocks the document scanner, voice dictation, the AI writing tools and clean, watermark-free exports. Buy it once and it's yours, on every device you sign in with. The notebook itself stays free. Write as much as you like. Burn as much as you like. Write it down. Let it go.

Screenshots

Disappearing Notes4 screens
Fire Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disappearing Notes at none against Fire Notes's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Fire Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Disappearing Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
Disappearing Notes versus Fire Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisappearing NotesFire Notes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size0 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HollandIvan Trendafilovski

In-app purchases

None

Disappearing Notes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fire Notes

One-time1
  • Fire Notes+ Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Disappearing Notes free?
Disappearing Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fire Notes free?
Fire Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Disappearing Notes or Fire Notes have ads?
Neither Disappearing Notes nor Fire Notes shows ads.

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