Note & Widget vs Things take time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note & Widget
This offline note-taking app allows for quick and easy jotting down of ideas on a single page. It features persistent keyboard functionality and seamless integration with system dark mode. All your notes are stored locally on your device, ensuring privacy and accessibility without an internet connection.
- Single page interface
- Offline data storage
- Persistent keyboard
- Native sharing options
- Adaptive app icons
- System dark mode support
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A single page notepad with a few essentials. - Widget support - System, serif, or mono fonts - Persistent keyboard - Link support - Choose to insert text above or below by default - Undo and clear all actions - Natively share selected text - Fully offline What you write stays on your device. No cloud, no servers, no accounts. Just notes. If you like single-purpose software let's be friends, hello@internetfriends.llc
Things take time
This app helps you track habits, routines, and personal metrics to visualize compounding progress over time. It displays multiple trackers simultaneously to reveal patterns and understand your growth. Designed for ease of use, it focuses on making tracking effortless and insightful.
- Track any habit, routine, or metric
- View multiple trackers side-by-side
- Visualize monthly progress at a glance
- Intuitive and effortless tracking design
- Detailed analytics for pattern recognition
- Privacy-focused with on-device data storage
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://github.com/chesterhow/things-take-time/blob/main/terms-privacy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Things take time at 5.0 against Note & Widget's 3.7. Things take time also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Note & Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Note & Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Things take time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Note & Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things take time's.
Note & Widget ships an update every 4 days, Things take time weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note & Widget | Things take time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Friends LLC | Chester How |
Customer experience
Note & Widget
Things take time
In-app purchases
Note & Widget
No in-app purchases
Things take time
- Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
- Things take time + Lifetime$34.99
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