Comparison

Strides vs Simple Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

Strides

Organize your life by tracking habits, routines, and goals in one place. Utilize over 150 templates or create your own, with progress reports, charts, and reminders to keep you motivated and on task.

Highlights
  • Track good or bad habits
  • SMART goal setting
  • 150+ customizable templates
  • Progress reports and charts
  • Unlimited reminders
  • Integration with Apple Health
Features
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Imagine having all of your most important habits, routines and goals together in one simple to do list. Now you can! With Strides, you can track good or bad habits, SMART goals, and more. Keep up with reminders to hold you accountable and charts to keep you motivated. Explore new ways to manage your life with over 150 templates and the ability to create your own trackers. Get organized with a daily checklist to help create your perfect routine. Keep up with what you’ve accomplished with progress reports that compile your goals, projects and progress all in one place. Set up reminders and add notes to ensure you’re on track and on task. Track anything you want with four types of trackers. Streak calendars let you keep up with your success rate, and milestone calendars help you to keep up with project timelines. Want to keep track of a repeating number? Check out the Average tracker. Looking to hit a goal by a specific date? Give the Target tracker a try. Start keeping track of your habits and goals anywhere you go. Download today to get organized and create the perfect routine with Strides. TRACKERS: - 150+ templates to choose from, or create your own customized tracker - Progress Reports with everything in one place - View charts with history, streak, success rate and more - Unlimited reminders to set yourself up for success ADDITIONAL FEATURES: - Integration with Apple Health - Sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Add notes to logs and trackers - Reminders to keep you on track SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: "I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! Strides is one of the most useful apps out there. Nowadays, I can't even imagine myself without it :)” ~Leyla "Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing." ~Carlo "My life has become so much more organized and fulfilled since I started using your app. I really appreciate it!” ~Micah "Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I've been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!" ~Kate – Strides is free forever to track what's most important to you. If you want to get even more out of it and support development, you can upgrade to Strides Plus with a monthly or annual subscription - or with a one-time purchase of the lifetime plan - to unlock all premium features, including Unlimited Trackers, sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac, Tags & Filters, Today List, Export Data, Goal Notes and more. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. – Read our full Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://www.stridesapp.com/privacy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Keep making strides!

About

Simple Note Taker

Features
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Catch the thought before it goes. Simple Note Taker takes a note in one gesture: type it, say it, film it, photograph it, or share it straight in from another app. Give it a title if you like, drop it into a collection with a tap, and find it again later by searching. WHAT IT CAPTURES • Text, with an optional title • Photos, screenshots and files • Voice notes and videos (Pro). Videos are made smaller on your phone before they are saved, so they sync quickly • Anything shared in from another app, through the share sheet KEEP IT TIDY Put notes into collections with one tap: work, home, ideas, whatever you like. A note can be in several collections or none, and removing a collection never deletes a note. Your notes are grouped by day, newest first. DON'T FORGET IT Put a time on any note and your iPhone nudges you. The reminder is set on the device, so it arrives with no signal and with the app closed. iOS keeps the 64 soonest ready at once; beyond that they queue and arm themselves as earlier ones pass. ON YOUR PHONE AND IN YOUR BROWSER (Cloud) Sign in on the iPhone app and the Chrome extension and the same notes appear in both. Every change is sent straight away, the app checks for new notes every hour, and a sync button is always there. Ask a plain question and get an answer from your own notes. IT WORKS WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Open the app and start writing. With no account your notes live on this phone and nowhere else. If you sign in later, the app asks before adding the notes already on your phone to your account. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Turn on end-to-end encryption and notes are sealed on this phone with a passphrase we never receive. The trade-off is stated at the switch: a server that cannot read your notes cannot search them or answer questions about them. No advertising. No analytics that follow you. Nothing sold. Export everything to Markdown or PDF at any time, and delete your account and all its data from inside the app, immediately. PLANS Free: 5 notes a day on this device, with text and photos, and ads. Pro: voice and video recording, unlimited notes, attachments, export, and no ads. Cloud: sync between your phone and browser, Ask your notes, unlimited notes, and no ads. Pro + Cloud: everything, for less than buying both. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew until cancelled; manage or cancel them in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://notes.cstsolution.com/privacy/ Made by CST Solution. Support is a real person on WhatsApp: +84 904 879 900.

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Simple Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Note Taker at 15.0 against Strides's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Simple Note Taker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update fortnightly, Simple Note Taker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Strides versus Simple Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesSimple Note Taker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCCST VIET NAM SOFTWARE SOLUTION COMPANY LIMITED

Bugs and requests

Strides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 14.8 update
  • Incorrect data logging and display issues
  • Notification bugs showing outdated information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 3 habits in free version
  • Add time tracking and time-based goals
  • Improve syncing and notification reliability
  • Introduce more customization and organization options
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Simple Note Taker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Strides

Subscriptions6
  • Strides Plus$4.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$7.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$9.991 Month
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  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Strides Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Strides Plus$39.99
  • Strides Plus$99.99
  • Strides Plus$149.99
6 purchases

Simple Note Taker

Subscriptions6
  • Cloud$4.991 Month
  • Pro$4.991 Month
  • Pro + Cloud$7.991 Month
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  • Pro (yearly)$47.991 Year
  • Cloud (yearly)$47.991 Year
  • Pro + Cloud (yearly)$76.991 Year

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Note Taker free?
Simple Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strides or Simple Note Taker have ads?
Neither Strides nor Simple Note Taker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Simple Note Taker?
Strides ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Note Taker every 9 days. Most recently, Strides was updated on November 9, 2026 and Simple Note Taker on November 6, 2026.

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