Comparison

Compose Notes vs YAMM

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

Head to head
About

Compose Notes

Capture thoughts and ideas with a clean, elegant interface designed for focused writing. Customize the look and feel to your preference and access notes seamlessly across devices. Quickly create notes from your home screen or through shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing experience
  • Customizable colors, fonts, and icons
  • Focus Mode for immersive writing
  • Seamless iCloud sync across devices
  • Widgets and shortcuts for quick note creation
Features
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Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts or writing detailed notes, Compose Notes provides a distraction-free experience. • Minimal & Elegant – A clean, thoughtfully designed interface that helps you take notes. • Highly Customizable – Choose from multiple accent colors, fonts, and app icons to match your style. • Focus Mode – Remove distractions and immerse yourself in writing. • Seamless iCloud Sync – Access your notes instantly on iPhone, iPad. • Widgets & Shortcuts – Quickly create notes from your Home Screen, Lock Screen and through shortcuts. Mac and Watch app is coming soon... For help write us at feedback.composenotes@gmail.com To learn about our terms + approach to privacy visit https://dextercode.craft.me/ComposeNotes-Terms&Privacy Compose Notes offers free trial and make cancellation easy. After that it costs $0.99 per month or $6.99 per year. These prices are in USD and may vary by region. Cancel in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before renewal.  One-time purchase is for $9.99 which also includes Family Sharing.

About

YAMM

Features
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YAMM is an offline idea-note app for iPhone: capture notes by text, voice or photo, then spread them out as cards in a PC browser on the same Wi-Fi to group and combine them. No account, no cloud — every note stays on your phone. Voice, photos, text — gather all your ideas. Idea Assemble. Small notes become big ideas. Most note apps stop at writing things down. YAMM begins after you've written them. ■ Who it's for • You jot ideas in a notes app and never look at them again • You want to lay out your thoughts before planning, writing or studying • You like brainstorming with sticky notes or a whiteboard, but on a big screen • You'd rather not put your notes in an account or the cloud ■ New in 3.0 — voice notes and photo notes • Voice notes with dictation: tap the mic and talk — a text draft appears as you speak, and the recording (up to 2 minutes) stays with the note. • Photo notes: take a photo or pick one from your library, add a line, done. Photos are kept inside the app; your library is never touched. • Expand a bundle: on the board, open a combined note and its source notes branch out like a tree, so you can trace where an idea came from. • Backup as zip: export your text, photos and recordings as a single zip, and restore them anytime. ■ Quick capture — the moment it comes YAMM opens straight to the input screen, and the keyboard stays up after you save so you can keep going. On iOS 17 or later, a Shortcut lets you jot a note without unlocking and the Lock Screen widget opens straight to the input screen; on iOS 18 or later, so does the Control Center button. Everything you collect is one search away. ■ A big-screen idea board in any PC browser Open the address in a web browser on a PC, Mac or tablet on the same Wi-Fi, enter the 4-digit code, and your board unfolds. Your phone itself is the server, so there's nothing to install on the computer and no sign-in. No Wi-Fi? Connect with a USB cable and Personal Hotspot. No computer? Spread the board right on your phone. ■ Group, combine and organize your thinking Drag one card onto another to bundle them. Mine the bundle for a fresh idea as a new note — the originals stay as they are, and you can split them apart anytime without losing a thing. Make colored group boxes to gather related notes. ■ Private by design — stays on your phone No account, no cloud, no ads, no tracking. Your notes, recordings and photos are stored only on this device. Transcription runs on your iPhone's built-in speech recognition, so your voice never leaves it. The microphone and camera are requested only when you tap those buttons. ■ Start free Use up to 20 notes for free. A one-time purchase removes the limit and unlocks restoring from Trash and taking notes out of Storage. No subscription. ■ FAQ Q. Do I need to sign up or log in? A. No. There's no account — open the app and start writing. Q. Does it work offline? A. Note-taking works without internet. Spreading the board (on a PC or on your phone) doesn't need internet either — just Wi-Fi or Personal Hotspot turned on. Q. Do I need to install anything on my computer? A. No. Just open the address in a web browser such as Chrome, Edge or Safari. Q. Where are my notes stored? A. Only on this iPhone. You can make your own backup file with Export Data. Q. Which languages does voice dictation support? A. English and Korean — it follows your iPhone's language when that's English or Korean. With any other language, or if your iPhone can't recognize speech on-device, only the recording is saved. What you write outlasts what you remember — and combining makes it grow.

Screenshots

Compose Notes4 screens
YAMM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: YAMM at every 3 weeks against Compose Notes's every 10 months. YAMM also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Compose Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and YAMM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compose Notes ships an update every 10 months, YAMM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Compose Notes versus YAMM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompose NotesYAMM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanish MittalJiHyeong Lee

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Compose Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly14 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

YAMM

One-time1
  • YAMM Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Compose Notes free?
Compose Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YAMM free?
YAMM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Compose Notes or YAMM have ads?
Neither Compose Notes nor YAMM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compose Notes or YAMM?
Compose Notes ships an update every 10 months, and YAMM every 3 weeks. Most recently, Compose Notes was updated on October 21, 2026 and YAMM on October 28, 2026.

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