turtle vs noglow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
turtle
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Turtle is a productivity app that makes organizing your ideas and goals effortless with the Mandal-Art method. Break down big goals into smaller, manageable steps and enjoy the process of achieving them one by one! * Mandal-Art Tool: Intuitive and easy to use, perfect for anyone. * Goal Management: Organize everything from big-picture ideas to detailed plans. * Progress Visualization: Stay motivated by visually tracking your progress. With Turtle, you can take it slow but steady and confidently move closer to your goals.
noglow
This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.
- Titleless scratchpad
- Eight color slots
- Searchable archive
- Cross-device sync
- Plain text notes
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noglow is a titleless scratchpad for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No titles to invent, no folders, no tags, no markdown. Just a blank line and eight slots that never move. Whatever you left in slot 2 is still in slot 2. When a note is done, peel it away. It goes into a searchable archive that never fills up, and the slot is clear for what you are working on now. - Eight slots, one tap or one keystroke apart - Peel finished notes into a permanent, searchable archive - On iPad: a full-screen layout, the archive side by side, keyboard shortcuts - Works across your devices - Optional cloud sync. Free, no account needed to start. - Plain text only. No formatting to fuss with. Free, and that includes sync.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: turtle at 14.0 against noglow's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | turtle | noglow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOSEONG HWANG | GRABA |
In-app purchases
turtle
No in-app purchases
noglow
No in-app purchases









