Dynamic Island Notes & Memo vs BookMarrow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dynamic Island Notes & Memo
Quickly capture and access notes directly from your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. Manage, sort, and delete notes with an intuitive interface, and utilize clipboard history for convenience. Customize your experience with various color schemes and dark mode.
- Dynamic Island integration for notes
- Lock Screen display for quick access
- Clipboard history management
- Create, sort, and delete notes
- Customizable color schemes
- Dark mode support
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With Dynamic Island Notes, your notes are always at your fingertips, thanks to seamless integration with Dynamic Island. Whether you're on the go or need to quickly jot down important information – with Dynamic Island Notes, it's a breeze. Features: - Dynamic Island Integration: Easily add new notes to Dynamic Island by sharing text directly with the app. Your notes are always visible and easily accessible without the need to open the app. - Support for Apple Shortcuts - Lock Screen Display: Keep your notes on the lock screen as well. This way, you have quick access to important information even when your screen is locked. - Create and Manage Notes: Create, sort, and delete notes directly within the app. The user-friendly interface makes it easy to stay organized. - Navigation Bar in Dynamic Island: Effortlessly switch between your notes, delete, or copy them directly from Dynamic Island. - Clipboard History: The app is perfect for clipboard history. Easily access previously copied content and reuse it. - Various Color Schemes: Customize the app to your style by choosing between different color schemes. Make using Dynamic Island Notes even more personal. - Dark Mode: Choose between a dark mode or a light appearance, or automatically match it to your system settings. - User-Friendly Interface: The intuitive and user-friendly design seamlessly integrates with your iPhone's appearance, ensuring a harmonious user experience. Why Dynamic Island Notes? Dynamic Island Notes revolutionizes how you create and manage notes on your iPhone. Integration with Dynamic Island allows you to keep important information in view and quickly access it. Whether as a personal checklist, to-do list, or a collection of important ideas – with Dynamic Island Notes, you're always well-organized. Download Dynamic Island Notes now and experience the freedom of having your notes always at your fingertips!
BookMarrow
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You read the book. Now actually use it. Most reading apps help you highlight and forget. BookMarrow is built for the part that matters: turning what you read into what you do. Take notes chapter by chapter, capture the lines worth remembering, and gather every takeaway into one place you'll actually return to. Made for nonfiction readers who want their books to change something. TAKE NOTES THAT STICK • Add a chapter and start writing instantly • Rich formatting — headings, bold, italic, bullets, and lists • Type, handwrite with Apple Pencil, or scan a page with your camera to pull the text straight into your notes TURN IDEAS INTO ACTION • Add "How to apply it" takeaways to any chapter or book • Everything collects in the Apply tab, grouped by book, so you can work through it and check each one off • Tag takeaways by topic to find them fast KEEP THE LINES WORTH REMEMBERING • Save favorite quotes with the book, author, and page • Browse them all in one beautiful Quotes collection • Search and filter across every book BUILD YOUR LIBRARY IN SECONDS • Search any title or scan a barcode — the cover and details fill in automatically • Organize books across Want to Read, Reading, and Read shelves • Drag to prioritize your reading queue, with your next book up front YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Syncs across iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Export any book's notes as Markdown or PDF Your notes live in your own iCloud. No account, no ads, no tracking. Stop collecting highlights you'll never open again. Start finishing books that change how you work and live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dynamic Island Notes & Memo at every 6 days against BookMarrow's fortnightly. 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
Both are free to download. Dynamic Island Notes & Memo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BookMarrow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dynamic Island Notes & Memo ships an update every 6 days, BookMarrow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dynamic Island Notes & Memo | BookMarrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (73 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Schell | Johnny Cox |
In-app purchases
Dynamic Island Notes & Memo
- Premium Version$4.99
- Premium Version$7.99
BookMarrow
- BookMarrow Unlimited$4.99
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