Note & Widget vs Foldline
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
Foldline
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Paper in. Searchable PDF out. Foldline is a PDF editor and scanner for iPhone and iPad. Scan paper into PDFs, change the text on a page, fill in and sign forms, mark up pages, and merge, split, compress, redact or convert files. Everything happens on your device: no account, no uploads, no internet connection needed. FREE, AND PRO FOR LIFE • Free: scan to PDF, images to PDF, fill and sign forms, highlight and mark up, reorder and rotate pages, and search and share your PDFs. • Foldline Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks the rest: editing a page’s text, text recognition (OCR), merge, split and extract, compression, redaction, password protection, watermarks, and PDF to images or text. • Try every Pro tool except Merge on one PDF for free before you buy. • No subscription: buy once, use it on all your devices with your Apple Account. SCAN PAPER TO PDF • Scan receipts, letters, contracts and forms. The camera finds each page’s edges and straightens it. • Capture many pages into one PDF, then crop, rotate, reorder or retake any of them. EDIT THE TEXT ON THE PAGE (PRO) • Double-tap a paragraph or a table cell and type. Fix a date, a name or a price in seconds. • Choose the font, size, bold, italic, underline, alignment and color. • The old words are removed from the page, not hidden, so they can’t be found or copied later. • On a scanned page the words are part of the picture, so they’re covered with the page’s color instead. FIND ANY WORD, EVEN IN SCANS (PRO) • Text recognition (OCR) makes scanned pages searchable, here and in other apps, so you can find, select and copy their words. • Reads English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more. FILL & SIGN • Type into PDF form fields, check boxes and choose options. • On scanned or flat forms, add text and check marks wherever you need them. • Draw your signature once and reuse it, with the date beside it if you like. HIGHLIGHT & MARK UP • Highlight, underline and strike through text. • Draw with a pen or marker, and erase strokes you don’t want. • Add text, sticky notes, links, and shapes such as arrows, stars and check marks. • Your original stays untouched until you tap Save. ORGANIZE PAGES • Reorder, rotate, duplicate and delete pages in a thumbnail grid. • Pro: merge PDFs into one, in the order you choose. • Pro: split a PDF by page ranges, or extract chosen pages into a new file. COMPRESS & CONVERT • Pro: compress a PDF so it’s easy to email or upload. Only photos and scans shrink; text, links and form fields stay as they are. • Images to PDF: combine JPEG, PNG and HEIC images into one document. • Pro: PDF to images, as PNG or JPEG at screen, standard or high resolution. • Pro: PDF to text, as a .txt file. Scanned pages are recognized first. REDACT & PROTECT (PRO) • Redact names, account numbers and signatures: find every match, select text, draw a box or mark a whole page. • What’s under the boxes is removed from the new PDF, not just covered, so it can’t be searched, copied or uncovered. • Password-protect a PDF, and limit printing, copying and changes. • Stamp a text or image watermark, such as CONFIDENTIAL or your logo, on the pages you choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your documents stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded, not even for text recognition. • No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. • A file leaves the app only when you share or export it. THE DETAILS • Open PDFs from Mail, Files and other apps with the Share button. • If the app closes mid-edit, your unsaved changes are kept. • Supports Dark Mode and larger text sizes. GOOD TO KNOW • Your signature is a handwritten mark on the page, not a certificate-based digital signature. • Edited text is set in one of six common fonts, matched as closely as possible to the original. • If a drawing runs under a redaction box, that page is saved as a picture of the page, without selectable text. Questions or ideas? Email rustiandrei@outlook.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note & Widget at none against Foldline's 1. Foldline's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Foldline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note & Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Note & Widget ships an update every 4 days, Foldline daily. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Note & Widget | Foldline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Friends LLC | ANDREI RUSTI |
In-app purchases
Note & Widget
No in-app purchases
Foldline
- Foldline Pro$4.99







