Comparison

Smol Habit vs CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

Smol Habit

Features
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Easy habit making w/ your smol trainer! With Smol Habit, you can: - Create habits for desired weekdays - Match your habits with the colors and symbols you choose - "Tap tap" to mark the completion of your everyday habits - Track the status of each of your habits (top streak, ongoing days, achievement progress) - Check your overall progress with a calendar view - Receive a daily "seed" reward for every full-day habit completion - Unlock various "Hamcheese stages" with the seeds you've earned - Change the app's icon and display mode (to dark mode) as you want [Premium Features] - 20 ongoing habits - Habit pausing feature - Daily habit reminders (notifications) - Unlocked Hamcheese stages - Premium Hamcheese achievement badges [To-be Updated Features (Premium)] - Hamcheese SMS stickers - Interactive widgets For Terms of Use of the app, visit: https://app.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/67wqn1ue

About

CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker

Save articles, PDFs, images, and notes instantly. AI automatically categorizes, tags, and summarizes your content, eliminating manual sorting and cluttered read-it-later lists. Access your notes across devices with real-time sync and ask AI questions about your saved information.

Highlights
  • One-tap saving of articles, PDFs, and images
  • AI-powered auto-organization with folders and tags
  • Content summarization by AI
  • Real-time PC and mobile sync (Pro)
  • Ask AI questions about your saved notes (Pro)
  • Export to Markdown, Notion, Obsidian, Office, or email
  • Re-discovery reminders for saved items
Features
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Save it in a tap. The AI files it. And brings it back right when you would forget. Every notes app is a graveyard of saved things. CatchNote is the one that resurfaces them. A second brain that does not ask you to maintain it. More CatchNote is an AI note taker, notepad and bookmark manager for people who save more than they read. Made for savers who forget You bookmark articles. You forward yourself links. You screenshot recipes. Most of it disappears into the drawer. CatchNote is the app for what happens after you save. It is a second brain, note taker and notepad in one, for people who liked the idea of Obsidian but not the maintenance. Key features AI note taker. From any app, share a link, a tweet, an article or a screenshot to CatchNote. The AI reads it, summarizes it, and tags it. Save with a share. Recall with a word. Notepad and notebook in one. Type a quick note, save a link, capture an idea. Everything lands in the same searchable notebook. No plugin to install. No folder tree to maintain. Bookmark manager reimagined. Traditional bookmarks let you save. CatchNote lets you save and then find it again. Full-text search across every note. Tag folders by topic. Filter by source (X, LinkedIn, Safari, YouTube). Resurfacing (the point of the whole app). When something you saved becomes relevant, the AI brings it back on its own. A weekly digest surfaces three cards from what you saved this week. A forgotten cards feed pulls back items you have not opened in a while. Serendipity connections show up when a new save relates to an old one. Second brain, without the maintenance. No plugins. No folder trees to build by hand. No links to draw. The AI does the filing. Only what you chose to keep. CatchNote does not watch your screen. It does not read your messages. It only knows the things you decided were worth saving. Yours to take out. Markdown export with YAML frontmatter. Your knowledge is not locked in. Made for Solo learners drowning in playlists, saved reels and unread bookmarks. Students overwhelmed by course materials. Professionals who want the knowledge to stick, not just be captured. People who tried Obsidian and gave up on the upkeep. People who tried Apple Notes and lost track. How it works 1. From any app, share to CatchNote. The share sheet is the whole interface. 2. The AI reads what you shared. It summarizes. It picks a category. 3. When you would have forgotten it, CatchNote resurfaces the card. In the weekly digest, in the forgotten cards feed, or when a new save connects to an old one. Privacy Your saved items live in an on-device database on your phone. The AI classification runs through anonymous cloud calls that do not carry your account. Your knowledge is yours. Export to Markdown at any time. Pricing CatchNote is free with a hundred saves and gentle ads. CatchNote Pro at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year removes ads and lifts the save limit. No lock in. Cancel anytime through the App Store.

Screenshots

Smol Habit2 screens
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker at Free against Smol Habit's $2.99. Smol Habit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker is free to download; Smol Habit costs $2.99 up front. CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Smol Habit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smol Habit ships an update every 2 days, CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smol Habit versus CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmol HabitCatchNote AI Notes Note Taker
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB56 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMET HKYun Lee

In-app purchases

None

Smol Habit

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker

Subscriptions2
  • CatchNote Pro$4.991 Month
  • CatchNote Pro annual$47.901 Year

Questions

Is Smol Habit free?
Smol Habit costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker free?
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smol Habit or CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker have ads?
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker shows ads; Smol Habit does not.
Which is updated more often, Smol Habit or CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker?
Smol Habit ships an update every 2 days, and CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker weekly. Most recently, Smol Habit was updated on October 16, 2026 and CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker on October 3, 2026.

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