Comparison

Lend&Share vs Video Note

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

Head to head
About

Lend&Share

Easily manage items you lend, gift, or receive. Track gift ideas, safekeeping items, and maintain an organized overview of your belongings and who they belong to. Save frequently used items and people to favorites for quick access.

Highlights
  • Manage lent, gifted, and received items
  • Track gift ideas and safekeeping items
  • Assign items to specific people
  • Add item descriptions, images, prices, and dates
  • Save items and people to favorites
  • Create customized lists through queries
  • Local data backup to device or iCloud
Features
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Caution! This app supports gender identities beyond the binary system. The “Lend&Share” app is designed for easy management of items that are lent, gifted, or received – and it offers even more. With this app, you can create a list of gift ideas or keep track of items entrusted to you for safekeeping, such as house keys. By assigning items to specific people, everything remains well-organized. Information like item descriptions, images, prices, and dates can be entered and saved. This way, you always have an overview of everything you’ve lent, gifted, or received. Common questions like “Did I already gift this book to my mother?” or “Where is my toolset?” become a thing of the past. The app also allows you to save frequently used items in a favorites list. You can manage people who have been gifted or lent items as favorites. Additionally, you can create customized lists through simple queries. The following elements can be recorded and managed: 1. Objects: These are items such as books, tools, etc., that you have gifted or received. Additional information like a photo, date, description, and price can be added. Objects can be sent via email (Apple Mail) to other app users – convenient for sharing gift ideas. 2. Items: By default, categories like books, electronics, and tools are pre-defined, but you can also add your own categories. 3. Transactions: Available transaction types include lending, gifting, receiving, safekeeping, and gift ideas. 4. People: People can be added manually or imported from your address book and managed as a favorites list. This app stores all data locally. For data backups, you can use either the storage space on your iOS device or your personal iCloud storage. Backing up to your iCloud has the added benefit of allowing you to restore your data on other devices, such as an iPad. Features: 1. Creation of custom objects 2. Database queries 3. Text search within the database 4. Creation and printing of object lists 5. Pre-defined standard transactions: Safekeeping, Receiving, Gift Ideas, Lending, and Gifting 6. Creation of additional custom item categories 7. Favorites lists for items 8. Favorites lists for people 9. Local data backup on the device or in personal iCloud storage The app supports Family Sharing. There are no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no hidden costs, and no additional commitments.

About

Video Note

Features
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Notedeo is the ultimate note-taking tool for learning from YouTube videos. Combine video playback with powerful note-taking features to capture every key moment and review anytime. Key Features: ・Timestamp Jumping – insert timestamps into your notes and tap to jump instantly, never miss important moments ・PDF Import – import PDF files as notes, with YouTube links preserved as tappable areas ・Video Screen Capture – capture frames, diagrams, demonstrations, or any visuals directly from videos ・Flexible Note-Taking – text, images, fonts, and shapes, plus handwriting and drawing with Apple Pencil on iPad ・Custom Categories – organize notes by course, topic, or project for easy access ・Export & Share – export notes as PDF with clickable timestamps or as read-only .notedeo files for sharing Perfect for online learners, self-learners, tutorial followers, or anyone learning from videos.
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Screenshots

Lend&Share4 screens
Video Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Video Note at Free against Lend&Share's $0.99. Video Note also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.6). Lend&Share's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Video Note is free to download; Lend&Share costs $0.99 up front. Video Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lend&Share asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lend&Share ships an update every 3 weeks, Video Note every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Lend&Share versus Video Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLend&ShareVideo Note
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPIOTR KWAPISZChung-Hsuan Wang

In-app purchases

None

Lend&Share

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Video Note

One-time1
  • Notedeo Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Lend&Share free?
Lend&Share costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Note free?
Video Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lend&Share or Video Note have ads?
Neither Lend&Share nor Video Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lend&Share or Video Note?
Lend&Share ships an update every 3 weeks, and Video Note every 2 months. Most recently, Lend&Share was updated on November 4, 2026 and Video Note on October 30, 2026.

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