BrickNote vs Triquid Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
BrickNote
This app offers a simple and intuitive way to create and manage notes using a chat-like interface. Easily add images, set reminders, create checklists, and organize with tags. It supports iCloud sync, widgets, and Face ID protection for your important information.
- Chat-style note input
- Image attachment
- Schedule reminders
- Checklist creation
- Tagging for organization
- iCloud synchronization
- Home screen widgets
- Face ID memo lock
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Jot down a thought or what you just did, one line at a time, as if texting yourself. BrickNote stacks short memos like bricks and lets you look back on them by date. ā QUICK MEMOS Open a notebook and start typing. Save a line to your quick memo notebook, or share text, links and photos from other apps. ā NOTEBOOKS Group memos by topic, from daily life to books and plans, with colors and tags. ā TIMELINE Every day you write adds a brick to your wall. See your streak and memos by date, and export them as Markdown. ā TO-DOS AND REMINDERS Turn any memo into a to-do, check it off, and get a reminder when you need it. ā TEXT STYLE AND HIGHLIGHTER Titles, bold, italic, strikethrough and five highlighter colors. ā SEARCH Find memos by text, notebook or tag, and open them right from Spotlight. ā KEEP IT SAFE - Lock notebooks with Face ID - iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad - Full backup and restore, Recently Deleted ā WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS See recent memos on your Home Screen, and add memos with Shortcuts and Siri. BrickNote Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Unlimited notebooks (3 free, not counting the quick memo notebook) - Daily, weekly and monthly repeating reminders - Check off memos in widgets, large and Lock Screen widgets - Get text from photos - 4 app icons Notebook lock, iCloud sync, backup, export and the highlighter stay free. If you bought BrickNote before version 1.2.0, Pro is already included.
Triquid Notes
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Triquid Notes is a calm, native home for your Trilium notes on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac. Connect your own TriliumNext server, or start on this device and connect a server later; your notes come along. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON YOUR DEVICE ⢠Summarize any note, even PDFs and photos, in your own language ⢠Find the to-dos hidden in a note and put them on top as a checklist ⢠Suggest a title, and get label suggestions as you write ⢠Apple's Writing Tools right in the editor ⢠See related notes under every note ⢠The app's own helpers run on your device: your notes are not sent anywhere for them CAPTURE ANYTHING, FAST ⢠Quick notes from anywhere in the app ⢠Scan documents into PDFs with searchable text ⢠Copy a link and clip the whole article into a note ⢠Share PDFs, images and links from any app into a notebook WORKS OFFLINE ⢠Read and write without a connection ⢠Changes sync with your server when you are back ORGANIZED YOUR WAY ⢠Your full note tree, with Trilium's colors, icons and clones ⢠Drag notebooks into your own order, or drop a note on a notebook to move it ⢠Favorites, recent notes, Today and a to-do list of notes with open checkboxes ⢠A home screen beside the menu on iPad and Mac, in the order you choose FOUND IN A MOMENT ⢠Full-text search across every note ⢠Find notes from Spotlight RICH NOTES ⢠Text, code, Markdown, images, files, canvas, mind maps, calendars, Kanban boards and more ⢠Attachments from Photos and Files; previews for PDF, Office and EPUB files AT HOME ON IPHONE DUO ⢠Unfolded, the menu keeps a third of the screen and the note the rest ⢠Half open like a book, menu and note each get a page ⢠Fold it shut and the same note carries on, on the cover display MADE TO FEEL LIKE YOURS ⢠Accent colors, fonts and dark mode ⢠Liquid Glass design on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac ⢠Text that follows your system text size ⢠Settings that sync through iCloud, multiple servers and Face ID for protected notes IN YOUR LANGUAGE ⢠Available in all 24 official languages of the European Union ⢠And in Simplified and Traditional Chinese Triquid Notes requires a self-hosted TriliumNext server (v0.95 or later) to sync. Triquid Notes is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Trilium or TriliumNext projects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrickNote at none against Triquid Notes's 1. BrickNote also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Triquid Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BrickNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
BrickNote ships an update daily, Triquid Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrickNote | Triquid Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Daily ā better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Youngbae Yoo | Justin Meyer |
In-app purchases
BrickNote
No in-app purchases
Triquid Notes
- Triquid Notes Pro$3.99









