Comparison

SideCheck vs Chronote

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

Head to head
About

SideCheck

This utility helps you verify information by quickly fact-checking text copied from news or social media. It integrates with your device's clipboard and offers voice commands for seamless verification. Access it via widgets, share extensions, or Siri.

Highlights
  • Copy and paste text for fact-checking
  • In-app browser for search results
  • Universal Clipboard integration
  • iPad SplitView and SlideOver support
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Share Extension support
  • Siri Shortcuts for voice commands
Features
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SideCheck is a fact-check companion while reading news or social media. In this age of firehose of information it is the responsibility of each one of us  as a responsible citizen to fact check before sharing anything we read on social media or on the internet. Either sharing by word of mouth or on social media. SideCheck helps in this endeavor by making fact-checking as a one-step process. Just copy the text of what you want to feat-check. Go to the SideCheck app, click on the "Fact-Check !" button. Voila ! The app opens an in-app browser sheet that searches your text using the search engine of your choice ! You can click through links , browse and when you are done , just swipe down the sheet to dismiss. The app becomes especially useful as it utilizes the Universal Clipboard feature of the apple ecosystem. You can copy text to fact-check on any of your Apple Devices and use SideCheck on iPhone and iPad. The app especially shines as an iPad app in SplitView or SlideOver. It can be your side companion fact-check app while your news/social media content takes up the roomy screen content. Depending on the usage frequency you can have the app as a SlideOver window or SplitView app ! Update in 2.0 SideCheck gets two new abilities: Widgets and Share Extension support ! Two new gorgeous widgets help you to access SideCheck in newer, easier ways with just a single tap on the widgets ! Also wherever you can select text on screen, after selecting text, Tap on the " " on the overlay menu till you see "Share", Tap on "Share" Choose "SideCheck" from the iOS share-sheet, SideCheck automatically opens  an in-app browser sheet that searches the text you just shared, using the search engine of your choice ! You can click through links, browse and when you are done, just swipe down the sheet to dismiss ! Optionally, change your search engine and click the Fact-Check button to fact-check the text you just shared to SideCheck :) Bonus : SideCheck now remembers your search engine choice across app launches ! Updates in 3.0 Fact Check with just your voice ! Just select and copy the text you want to fact check and launch Siri and say "Fact Check with SideCheck" ! With the magic of Siri Shortcuts, SideCheck launches and searches the text you selected with the search engine of your choice ! Because its implemented with AppIntents, you can access it from Spotlight , inside the Shortcuts app and integrate it with your other Shortcut implementations. Hope you like using SideCheck !

About

Chronote

Capture thoughts and events instantly with automatic timestamps. Organize your notes chronologically by custom topics for easy review. Perfect for journaling, activity logging, and idea tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic timestamps on every note
  • Chronological timeline view
  • Customizable topics for organization
  • Quick and clean note entry
  • Ideal for journaling and activity logging
Features
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Never forget when it happened. Chronote captures your thoughts instantly — with automatic timestamps on every note. Quick, clean, and chronological: perfect for journaling moments, logging activities, tracking ideas, or building a reliable daily log. Jot down anything in seconds: a fleeting idea, meeting takeaway, symptom, habit, or random memory. Chronote adds the exact date & time automatically — no manual entry needed. Review your notes in a beautiful timeline view, organized by time and grouped into custom topics. Whether you're reflecting on life, documenting projects, or simply never wanting to wonder "when did I write that?", Chronote keeps your thoughts dated, organized, and always accessible.

Screenshots

SideCheck4 screens
Chronote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SideCheck at 17.0 against Chronote's 26.2. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SideCheck against 5.0 for Chronote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SideCheck versus Chronote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSideCheckChronote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSiva PariMartin Pietrowski

Customer experience

SideCheck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chronote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SideCheck

No in-app purchases

None

Chronote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SideCheck free?
SideCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronote free?
Chronote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SideCheck or Chronote?
SideCheck and Chronote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SideCheck or Chronote have ads?
Neither SideCheck nor Chronote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SideCheck or Chronote?
SideCheck ships an update every 6 months, and Chronote every 6 months. Most recently, SideCheck was updated on September 30, 2026 and Chronote on October 1, 2026.

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