Note & Widget vs Pocket Goals
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
Pocket Goals
This app helps you save money and organize your aspirations. Set goals, track your progress with notes and photos, and stay motivated with milestone celebrations and smart nudges. Organize your objectives into folders and pin important ones for easy access.
- Track savings and goal progress
- Create goals with photos, notes, and links
- Organize goals into folders
- Pin important goals
- Milestone celebrations and smart nudges
- iCloud sync
- Siri/Shortcut support
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Pocket Goals helps you save money, organize goals, and stay motivated. Set goals for anything you want to accomplish, whether it’s a product or an experience. Track your progress, add notes, organize goals into lists, queue up next ones, and celebrate milestones along the way. Features: • Track savings and goal progress • Create goals with photos, notes, and links • Organize goals into lists • Queue up next goals • Milestone celebrations and smart nudges • Receipt, showing your prices and a summary • iCloud sync • Siri/Shortcut support Pocket Goals is designed to make progress feel motivating, visual, and rewarding, one update at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Goals at 5.0 against Note & Widget's 3.7. Pocket Goals also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and device support (3 vs 1). Note & Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket Goals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Note & Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pocket Goals's.
Note & Widget ships an update every 4 days, Pocket Goals weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note & Widget | Pocket Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Friends LLC | Barnabas Kordas |
Customer experience
Note & Widget
Pocket Goals
In-app purchases
Note & Widget
No in-app purchases
Pocket Goals
No in-app purchases
