Comparison

Note Pro vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Note Pro

Easily capture, transcribe, and summarize your audio notes with this app. It offers effortless recording, accurate transcriptions, and smart summaries to help you focus on important details. Stay organized and save time with intelligent note-taking.

Highlights
  • Effortless audio recording
  • Accurate text transcriptions
  • Smart note summarization
  • Automatic key highlight detection
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Note Pro: AI Note Taker simplifies the way you capture, transcribe, and summarize your audio notes. Whether you're in a meeting, lecture, or brainstorming session, Note Pro makes sure you never miss a detail. With one tap, start recording and let the app handle the rest. Features: • Effortless Recording: Start recording instantly with a sleek, distraction-free interface. • Accurate Transcriptions: Turn your audio recordings into organized, readable text for easy reference. • Smart Summaries: Save time with concise summaries of your long notes. • Key Highlights: Instantly access important points and key takeaways, auto-highlighted for quick review. Stay focused on what matters, and let Note Pro handle the note-taking for you. Enjoy limited* free usage of Note Pro to explore all its capabilities. *: You can use Note Pro to record and transcribe up to 3 times for free. For unlimited usage, a premium subscription is required. Privacy: https://notepro.mobillium.com/privacy.html Terms & Conditions: https://notepro.mobillium.com/terms-and-conditions.html

About

Ember

A fast and organized workspace for writing Markdown notes, storing PDFs, diagrams, and voice memos. It offers a vault for reusable prompts and syncs across Apple devices. Start for free with full editor access.

Highlights
  • Rich Markdown editor
  • Inline PDF and image support
  • Reusable prompt vault
  • Daily notes, folders, and tags
  • Instant search functionality
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Share Extension
Features
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Your notes should feel like home. Ember is a warm, fast place to think — Markdown notes, PDFs, diagrams, voice memos, and a vault of reusable prompts, all in one calm workspace that syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WRITE IN RICH MARKDOWN A live editor with real formatting: headings, tables, task lists, links, highlights, footnotes, and code — rendered as you type, never in your way. Bullets, numbers, and checkboxes feel native and effortless. MORE THAN TEXT Drop PDFs, images, diagrams, and voice notes right inline. Your references live beside your writing, so everything about a thought stays in one place. A VAULT FOR YOUR PROMPTS Keep the prompts you reuse for writing, research, and planning in a dedicated Prompt Vault — organized, searchable, and a tap away when you need them. STAY ORGANIZED, STAY FAST Daily notes, folders, tags, smart filters, and pinned notes keep things tidy, and instant search finds anything the moment you look for it. YOURS EVERYWHERE Ember runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with optional private iCloud sync, widgets, and a Share Extension for capturing from anywhere. FREE TO START Capture notes, PDFs, prompts, and attachments with the full editor — free, no account required. EMBER PRO Unlock advanced themes and alternate icons, premium writing and organization workflows, and deeper Prompt Vault tools, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No selling your words. Your notes stay on your device and your own iCloud. Make a home for your thinking. Download Ember Notes. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://embernotes.app/privacy

Screenshots

Note Pro4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ember at every 2 weeks against Note Pro's every 2 months. Note Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Note Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.90 per 7 days and Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Pro ships an update every 2 months, Ember every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Note Pro versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote ProEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobilliumRene DeAnda

Customer experience

Note Pro

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ember

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Note Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$4.907 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$11.901 Month
  • Annual Subscription$63.901 Year
3 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Annual$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ember Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Note Pro free?
Note Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Note Pro or Ember have ads?
Neither Note Pro nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Pro or Ember?
Note Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Ember every 2 weeks. Most recently, Note Pro was updated on November 4, 2026 and Ember on October 31, 2026.

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