Paranotes vs Promise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paranotes
Organize your projects and resources by life area with a minimalist approach to productivity. Create and manage lists and notes in one streamlined app to enhance focus and efficiency.
- Organize by life area
- Create lists and notes
- Minimalist design
- Streamlined interface
- Focus enhancement
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Paranotes brings minimalism to productivity by organizing your projects and resources by area of life. Easily create and manage lists and notes, keeping everything you need in one simple, streamlined app to stay focused and productive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Promise
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Promise is not a habit tracker. It's a portal. Every day the app asks one question: did you keep your promise? No overload. No gamification guilt. Just you, your word, and the life you are building. YOUR PROMISES Make one. Write the intention behind it — the why that carries you through the hard days. Watch your streak grow. Keep it alive. YOUR VISION BOARD Build the world you're moving toward. Add photos, symbols, and captions for each piece of the life your promises are creating. A masonry board that holds your vision in full aspect ratio — nothing cropped, nothing lost. YOUR DAILY AFFIRMATION Each morning, Promise meets you with a rotating affirmation — written for clarity, courage, and commitment. Tap to share it with someone who needs it today. THE PHILOSOPHY "How humans manifest thoughts which then come into reality — this app is a portal from the non-physical to the physical." A promise starts as a thought. Kept for one day, it becomes a habit. Kept for one year, it becomes who you are. WHO PROMISE IS FOR The person who sets goals and forgets them by February. The person with a clear vision of their life — and needs one place to hold it. The person who is ready to keep their word to themselves. FEATURES • Promises with intentions, not just titles • Masonry vision board (photos + 84 symbols across 9 life themes) • Daily rotating affirmations • Streak tracking • Share affirmations with a link back to the app • Beautiful, distraction-free dark design • Pro: unlimited promises, reorder, advanced tracking Built by infinite VARIABLE, Pune, India. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Paranotes and Promise are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Paranotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Promise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Paranotes ships an update every 3 days, Promise weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paranotes | Promise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Talal El Zeini | infinite VARIABLE PVT. LTD. |
In-app purchases
Paranotes
- Paranotes Pro$1.991 Month
- Paranotes Pro$9.991 Year
Promise
- Promise Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Promise Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- Promise Pro Lifetime$39.99









