Comparison

Notez vs Line

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

Head to head
About

Notez

A straightforward note-taking application designed for quick capture on Apple devices. It offers a dark theme, customizable fonts, and the ability to share notes to other applications.

Highlights
  • Dark theme mode
  • Customizable font sizes and faces
  • Open notes in other apps
  • Note preview
  • Display modified date
  • New shortcuts toolbar
Features
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Notez, The Simple Dark Theme Note Taking App It provides a simple interface to take notes quickly on your iPhone, iPod and iPad. It comes features like an awesome night/dark theme mode! Features: + Light and Night/Dark Themes + Different Font Sizes and Faces + Open Note in any of your favorite Apps + Show Note Preview + Display Modified Date Ver1.9 + New Shortcuts toolbar Notez will always stay ads free! Please rate us!

About

Line

Streamline message creation and sending via SMS and email using customizable templates. Quickly edit and insert text, time, date, and location data. Attach pictures and reuse saved text pieces across templates.

Highlights
  • Send SMS and Email from one template
  • Divide messages into editable pieces
  • Automated time and date input
  • Location data integration for Maps URLs
  • Attach multiple pictures to emails
  • Reusable text 'models' across templates
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"Line-Writer" saves your time to make a message and send it. Features --- - Send a message to SMS and Email from same template - Divide a message of template into some pieces to quickly access and modify these pieces of template that you need to edit it - Select how to input text for each piece, - keyboard typing, selecting text, Input time and date automatically - Change whether text of each piece will be added on message Input text style of piece --- * Long Tap allows you to edit text with the keyboard Enter text (keyboard typing) ・Specify keyboard type (Ex. number pad, phone pad, URL, and so forth) ・Cache the history of text you save in each piece ・Use assist menu to enter text  - UNDO(Maximum number of undos is 20)  - Search / Replace  - Clipboard  - Paste text of Notes  - Use function of model of piece  - Paste text of data in Contacts  - Insert Text  - Convert piece to 'Select Text' type / Divide piece Select text ・Pick one out from all ・Select multiple text Input time automatically ・Now ・Add or reduce time you specified(Ex. 1hour later) ・Round time to the nearest minute interval you set (5, 10, or 15 minutes) ・Specify time (preset) ・Select time by using picker Input date automatically ・select date by using picker ・Add or reduce number of days you specified to date (you can shift the day before or later if the day calculated is the day of the week you specified) ・Add or reduce number of days without day of the week you specified to date ・Change whether elements of date, year, month, day, and day of the week, will be included in a message Location (Make URL of Maps) ・Use Location services ・Search the location by address or keyword ・Drop a Pin in Map ・Save a screenshot of Maps as an attachment Piece for the others --- Recipient ・SMS ・E-Mail Attachment (picture) ・Attach multiple pictures to email * SMS is not supported ※ All templates can share the piece which is saved as 'model'. So you don't need to make same pieces, for example signature, group of recipients, and greeting, for each template. Other Functions --- Notes ・Save text such as drafts and various information. Widgets ( Up to iOS13 ) URL scheme ・Launch this app from other apps. ( Please enter this " linewriter: " ) ・Select the template when launching Line-Writer by URL scheme. (Please copy URL scheme in the view of template setting) Copy text / Open In… Ways you can copy and export text is below. ・"Open In..." option ( Export .txt file ) ・Open Mail App ( Copy text to pasteboard ) ・Run text as URL Scheme ・Open LINE App * To use this function, please tap text part in Preview. * The function of exporting text file is only available in case that other app which supports text file is exist on your device. Please notes --- ※ HTML template is not supported. ※ The SMS sending feature is only available on the iPhone. ※ In case iOS takes the address you set to be invalid, you need to add the address to field of recipient after launching view of Email or SMS. ※ An single e-mail cannot be sent if the number of recipient you set is more than the recipient limit by cellphone company's spam policy that you can email at one time. ※ An Internet connection is required to display maps or to search the location by address. ※ You must enable Location Services on your device and give your permission to “Line-Writer” before it can use your location data. You can turn Location Services on or off at Settings > Privacy > Location Services. ※ Please check the information about precision or privacy of Location Services on Apple website https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056

Screenshots

Notez4 screens
Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notez at Free against Line's $4.99. Notez also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Notez is free to download; Line costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notez ships an update every 10 days, Line every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notez versus Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotezLine
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKappz LLCTAKESHI ONO

Customer experience

Notez

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%

Line

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Notez

No in-app purchases

None

Line

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notez free?
Notez is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Line free?
Line costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notez or Line have ads?
Neither Notez nor Line shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notez or Line?
Notez ships an update every 10 days, and Line every 3 months. Most recently, Notez was updated on September 29, 2026 and Line on September 24, 2026.

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