Chournal vs SnapNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chournal
Capture ideas, track expenses, and manage tasks with a chat-like interface. Supports text, voice, images, sketches, and files, with AI assistance for summaries and reports. Prioritizes privacy with no registration or data collection.
- Chat-like note interface
- Text, voice, image, location, sketch, file support
- AI-powered idea summarization
- AI-generated expense reports
- AI-created checklists with reminders
- No registration or data collection
- iCloud storage
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Make note-taking as fun as chatting with your bestie! [Message Types] • Text • Voice • Images • Location • Hand-drawn sketches • Files [Use Cases] • Capture creative ideas: Let AI summarize scattered thoughts • Simple expense tracking: AI can generate expense reports • Manage to-dos: AI instantly creates checklists—click to complete, set reminders, and track progress [Data Security & Privacy] • No user registration or login required • No user data collection • All data stored solely in your personal iCloud storage
SnapNote
This app offers a comprehensive note-taking experience with rich text editing, bi-directional linking, and a knowledge graph. It prioritizes data privacy with local storage and offline functionality, while enabling seamless cross-platform synchronization. Manage tasks, track versions, and search notes with ease.
- Rich text editor with multimedia support
- Bi-directional linking and knowledge graph
- Local data storage and offline functionality
- Cross-platform LAN auto-sync
- Multi-level tagging system
- Version history with rollback
- Integrated to-do and notes management
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[Core Features] 1. All-in-One Rich Text Editor: Supports various content formats including images, videos, audio, files, tables, and formulas. Offers real-time Markdown source preview and export functionality. 2. Bi-Directional Links & Knowledge Graph: Form bi-directional links by linking or inserting notes, and intuitively visualize knowledge relationship graphs. 3. Data Privacy & Offline Usability: Data is stored locally, ensuring full functionality even offline. You retain complete control over your private information. 4. Multi-Device, Cross-Platform LAN Auto-Sync: Devices on the same local network automatically discover each other and synchronize data. 5. Flexible Multi-Level Tagging System: Create multi-level tags, freely sort and move them, and personalize tags with emojis. 6. Version History & Rollback: Complete note editing history is saved, supporting one-click rollback to any previous version. 7. Precise Full-Text Search: Quickly locate note content, supporting multi-dimensional searches by keywords, tags, etc. 8. Integrated To-Do & Notes: Seamlessly combines to-do items with notes, supporting four-quadrant task management and priority settings. 9. Multi-Platform Web Clipping: Easily collect external information from web pages and articles, saving them to your notes with one click. [Auto-Renewing Subscription Details] You can subscribe to SnapNote Premium via in-app purchases. • Auto-Renewing Subscriptions: 1 Month, 1 Year • One-Time Purchase: Lifetime Membership • Payment for your subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew (for the selected period) unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • During an active subscription period, the current subscription cannot be cancelled; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by accessing your iTunes Account settings after purchase. • Privacy Policy: https://www.xingtext.com/zh/snapnote/privacy/ • Terms of Service: https://www.xingtext.com/zh/snapnote/terms/ • End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SnapNote at none against Chournal's shown. SnapNote also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 83%) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Chournal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SnapNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chournal against 5.0 for SnapNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnapNote has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Chournal's written reviews are positive against 96% of SnapNote's.
Chournal ships an update every 8 days, SnapNote every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chournal | SnapNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nanning Signalling Network Technology Co., Ltd | 灏腾 吴 |
Customer experience
Chournal
SnapNote
In-app purchases
Chournal
- VIP Lfetime$6.99
SnapNote
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$12.99
