Comparison

Write vs Idea Notes

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

Head to head
About

Write

Capture and organize your thoughts, moments of inspiration, and creative ideas with this elegant note-taking app. It offers rich text formatting, customizable categories, location tagging, and image support to help you remember and enhance your ideas.

Highlights
  • Rich text editing with customizable styles
  • Organize with colorful categories and tags
  • Location tagging for inspiration points
  • Add images to notes
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Optional public feed for sharing
Features
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Never lose a brilliant idea again. Write-It-Down is the elegant note-taking app designed specifically for people who value their thoughts, moments of inspiration, and creative ideas. Capture Brilliance, One Idea at a Time Write-It-Down combines powerful organization tools with beautiful simplicity to help you: - CREATE rich, formatted notes with customizable text styles and formatting - ORGANIZE with colorful categories and intuitive tagging - REMEMBER where inspiration struck with location tagging - ENHANCE your notes with images from your camera or photo library Key Features: Rich Text Editing Format your notes exactly how you want them. Apply different fonts, styles, colors, and sizes to make your important ideas stand out. Custom Categories Create personalized categories with unique colors and icons to organize your thoughts your way. Filter your notes by category for easy browsing. Location Tagging Remember exactly where you had that perfect idea. Add location to your notes automatically or manually to create a map of your inspiration. Image Support A picture is worth a thousand words. Add images directly to your notes to capture visual inspiration. Light & Dark Mode - Easy on the eyes, day or night. Write-It-Down adapts to your environment and preferences. Public Feed (Optional) - Share selected notes with the community.

About

Idea Notes

Features
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APP INTERFACE: English. IdeaCatch is a focused, private notebook for thoughts that arrive before you have time to organize them. CAPTURE FIRST - Save a thought in a few taps - Type @work, @app, @blog, @biz or @personal anywhere in the line to file it automatically - Edit, delete or favorite any saved idea FIND IT AGAIN - Search both idea text and tag names - Filter the notebook by tag - Group by tag or sort alphabetically - Export every saved idea as Markdown or CSV FULL ACCESS Full Access removes the saved-idea cap and unlocks custom @tags. Weekly, yearly and one-time lifetime options may be available. Prices, billing periods and availability are supplied by Apple. An introductory offer appears only when the App Store reports both an offer and eligibility for your Apple Account. Saved ideas always remain readable, editable, exportable and deletable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Ideas stay in the app's on-device database. There is no account, advertising or analytics SDK, and IdeaCatch does not collect or sell personal data. Optional daily reminders are scheduled locally by iOS, and notification permission is requested only when you enable one. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Write4 screens
Idea Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idea Notes at none against Write's 5. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Write sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Idea Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Write ships an update every 6 months, Idea Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Write versus Idea Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriteIdea Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarma Farm, LLCLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Write

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Generous Tip$7.99
Show 2 more
  • Generous Tip$11.99
  • Generous Tip$14.99
None

Idea Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Write free?
Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idea Notes free?
Idea Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Write or Idea Notes have ads?
Neither Write nor Idea Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Write or Idea Notes?
Write ships an update every 6 months, and Idea Notes every 4 months. Most recently, Write was updated on October 16, 2026 and Idea Notes on October 8, 2026.

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