DataPocket vs HieroNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DataPocket
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Data Pocket is a versatile note-taking app that lets you easily customize text with adjustable font sizes, colors, and other formatting options using simple one-tap controls. It also supports creating photo journals by inserting images into your notes. Your notes can be: - Organized by attaching them to a calendar. - Sorted and stored in a hierarchical folder structure. The app also includes a shared calendar feature that allows multiple users to edit the same calendar collaboratively. In addition to text notes, you can manage photos, videos, music data, and web pages in the same folder hierarchy, each with its own comments. You can automatically play videos or music stored in a folder, with customizable playback order and repeat settings, and even transfer music files to your Apple Watch for standalone playback without your iPhone. The app also allows you to extract audio from videos, such as screen recordings, and compress and save it as music data. Data Pocket also provides powerful features such as full-text search across all notes, text editing utilities, and automatic text recognition (OCR) from images. Furthermore, text notes can be displayed with automatic scrolling or viewed directly on your Apple Watch. Additional features include RSS news feed integration and options to customize button layouts and the startup screen appearance, among many other useful tools. Starting from version 2.0, WebLink feature has been added, allowing users to view and create notes in this app from a web browser on a PC or other devices. We regret to inform you that, since then, features that require the use of server resources has been made available only as a paid option. To use it, a subscription or ticket purchase is required. Your use of this application is subject to Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (“Standard EULA”). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Please note that there may still be some bugs remaining, and we cannot take responsibility should any issues arise. However, we are releasing it in the hope that it will be useful to many people, so we would be grateful if you could try it out casually at first. Enjoy utilizing this app and make the most of it.
HieroNote
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a hierarchical tree structure. Attach images for slideshows and play music files directly within your notes. Features auto-save, undo/redo, and iCloud sync for seamless management across devices.
- Hierarchical tree structure
- Image attachments and slideshows
- Music player for MP3, M4A, WAV
- Intuitive drag-and-drop controls
- Auto-save and undo/redo
- iCloud sync across devices
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Turn scattered ideas into a clear outline. HieroNote is a hierarchical outliner you rearrange with a single drag. Notes, tasks, reading notes and travel plans — even photo slideshows and music playlists — all live in one tree. 【Key Features】 ■ Rearrange by dragging Drag up or down to reorder, left or right to change the level, or drop an item onto another to nest it. Build hierarchies as deep as you like. ■ Designed for iPhone Duo Closed, flip through your nodes as cards and jot a quick memo. Half open, the tree sits on top and the editor below; fully open, write in two columns with the whole outline in view. Unfold the phone and your outline unfolds around the node you were reading. ■ Write with structure Bold, underline, strikethrough, text color and size. Turn any item into a checkbox task, and jump between items with [[links]]. ■ Attach photos and files Up to 10 photos per item, plus PDFs, audio, video and other files. Watch photos as an auto-playing slideshow. ■ Built-in music player Put MP3, M4A or WAV files under an item and it becomes a playlist. Shuffle, and keep listening with the screen off. ■ Find, undo, never lose Full-text search and undo / redo. Deleted notes go to the trash so you can bring them back. Everything saves automatically. ■ iCloud sync and widgets Sync notes between iPhone and iPad, and open a note straight from a Home Screen widget. 【Great for】 ・Organizing ideas and plans in levels ・Breaking projects down into tasks ・Structured reading notes, study notes and meeting minutes ・Travel plans by day and place ・Photo albums and music playlists 【How to use】 1. Tap "+" to add an item 2. Drag to reorder and set the level 3. Tap to edit text, photos and files No ads on screen (if you'd like to support us, you can watch an optional video in Settings). Clear your head with HieroNote.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HieroNote at none against DataPocket's 2. DataPocket's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence 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. DataPocket sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HieroNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
DataPocket ships an update weekly, HieroNote every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DataPocket | HieroNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KENJIRO OBORA | KeiK LLC |
In-app purchases
DataPocket
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- WebLink 5 Tickets$4.99
HieroNote
No in-app purchases









