Comparison

note vs Trelk

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

Head to head
About

note

This app offers a unique spatial organization method for notes, combining a document manager with powerful search and filtering. Create a visual dashboard with linked notes to streamline your workflow and access documents efficiently.

Highlights
  • Spatial note organization
  • Document management
  • Power search and filtering
  • Linked notes on a dashboard
  • Streamlined workflow
Features
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note-taking as never done before a new way to organize notes spatially powerful & secure document management & search features noteDash combines a simple document manager, complete with power search and filtering features, with a new way to organize your notes spatially. noteDash provides a blank canvas on the dashboard page. On it, you can add shortcuts to your notes and link them together. Once linked, these connections are visible when the note is opened, providing an elegant way to streamline your workflow.

About

Trelk

Features
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Trelk is your personal knowledge engine. Save anything you read — articles, research papers, YouTube videos, PDFs, newsletters, documentation — and watch your understanding grow as AI reveals how everything connects. No subscriptions. No cloud dependency. No data lock-in. Buy once, own it forever. HOW IT WORKS Save content from any source: share a link, scan a QR code, import a PDF, or write your own notes in the built-in Markdown editor. Trelk's on-device AI reads, summarizes, and indexes everything locally. As your library grows, Trelk automatically discovers connections between ideas — surfacing relationships you'd never find on your own. YOUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH Every piece of content becomes a node in your knowledge graph. Trelk maps conceptual links between articles, papers, and notes — visually showing how topics relate across your entire library. Watch isolated readings transform into an interconnected web of understanding. OPEN-SOURCE AI, ON YOUR DEVICE Trelk ships with open-source models from Hugging Face that run entirely on your phone. No API keys, no subscriptions, no data leaving your device. Want more power? Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key, or download any GGUF model directly from Hugging Face. ASK YOUR LIBRARY Ask questions and get answers grounded in what you've actually read. Hybrid retrieval — full-text search combined with semantic understanding — finds the most relevant content across your entire library. Every answer includes source citations linking back to your original items. FLASH REVIEW & SPACED REPETITION Knowledge fades without review. Trelk generates flash review questions from your content and uses spaced repetition to help you retain what matters. Track your retention score, review streaks, and topic performance over time. DAILY PULSE Start each day with an AI-generated synthesis of your recent saves — key themes, emerging patterns, and suggested connections. Your Pulse dashboard shows reading activity, content trends, and progress at a glance. COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS Browse curated collections assembled by the Trelk community. Import entire collections with one tap. Create and share your own. Build knowledge together. OPEN FORMATS, ZERO LOCK-IN Your notes are Markdown. Your database is SQLite. Export your entire library as CSV or JSON anytime. Full backup and restore of your database and all downloaded files. Every byte of your data is in a format any tool can read. BUILT FOR PRIVACY All AI processing happens on your device. Your data never leaves your phone. No accounts required. Sync is optional — choose Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or iCloud on your own terms. WORKS WITH EVERYTHING Save from Safari, Chrome, or any app via the share sheet. Upload PDFs, Word documents, and Markdown files. Supports articles, research papers, YouTube videos, newsletters, documentation, and personal notes. AVAILABLE IN 6 LANGUAGES English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. Read more. Think deeper. Connect everything.

Screenshots

note4 screens
Trelk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: note at 12.0 against Trelk's 15.1. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
note versus Trelk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternoteTrelk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian SchadeNuno Fonseca

In-app purchases

None

note

No in-app purchases

None

Trelk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is note free?
note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trelk free?
Trelk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do note or Trelk have ads?
Neither note nor Trelk shows ads.

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