Comparison

Anecnote vs Stashful

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

Head to head
About

Anecnote

Capture and organize your thoughts, memories, and important information with a powerful note-taking app. Utilize custom categories, tags, and smart views to easily filter and retrieve your notes when you need them most. Offers flexible in-app purchase options to unlock full potential.

Highlights
  • Flexible note creation with custom metadata
  • Smart views for advanced note filtering
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Custom URL scheme for external note creation
  • Categorization, tagging, and starring options
  • Actionable notes for to-do lists
Features
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Anecnote: Your Personal Note-Taking Companion and Memory Manager Unlock the power of Anecnote, the ultimate note-taking and management app designed for anyone who wants to capture their memories, quotes, advice, reviews, anecdotes, and more. Whether you’re journaling your travels, documenting personal experiences, storing interesting trivia or simply keeping track of important notes, Anecnote provides the flexibility and features you need. Its real superpower is being able to 'surface' your notes when you need them via the use of our powerful filtering system (called Smart views). It is the ultimate aide-memoire! FLEXIBLE NOTE MANAGEMENT Create notes for any and every purpose — memories, reviews, travelogues, journal entries, facts and more. Customise each note with relevant metadata to suit your needs: • Categories: Classify your notes by type (e.g., review, memory, anecdote, fact, trivia, journal).
 • Area: Contextualise your notes by assigning it an area (e.g. home, work, family, personal).
 • People: Tag individuals related to your notes for easy reference.
 • Source: If the content of the note is from a particular person (or website) then you can add that info in too • Tags: Add unlimited tags to describe your notes' content and subject matter.
 • Starred: Mark any note with a star to quickly add to a favourites list • Action required: Mark any note as needing some kind of action and it will show up in a Todo list of notes You can use as many or as few of these as you want/need to describe your notes. And if these default labels don't suit you can even change them to words that better relate to your use cases / language. SMART VIEWS Effortlessly filter your notes using built-in smart views (All Notes, Starred Items, Todos) or create Custom views tailored exactly to your needs. All of your added metadata is available for filtering purposes so you can create advanced filters to show just what you need. For example, view all Reviews for Movies with a 5-star rating or list all memories that involve your daughter etc. The options are endless! STREAMLINED READING Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience in any Smart View with the ability to view all note content at once, hiding metadata all metadata for a clean look.
 CUSTOM URL SCHEME Add notes from anywhere using the custom url scheme. For example you could use Shortcuts app to build prompts that ask you about your day that will create the all of the required content for a daily journal entry that gets automatically added to Anecnote. There are urls to create and open notes. IN-APP PURCHASING OPTIONS Unlock the full potential of Anecnote with our flexible in-app purchasing options: • Free Tier: Create up to 10 notes and 1 custom smart view.
 • Monthly Subscription: Enjoy unlimited notes and smart views, plus the ability to duplicate notes and smart views.
 • Annual Subscription: Get all the benefits of the monthly plan at a discounted rate.
 • Lifetime One-Off Payment: Make a single payment to unlock unlimited notes, smart views, and duplication features forever. Any of the above payment options unlocks UNLIMITED notes and smart views! They also enable the ability to duplicate notes and saved views as well as allowing importing of notes via a CSV file. WHY CHOOSE ANECNOTE? With a beautiful interface and extensive customisation options, Anecnote takes note-taking and memory management to a whole new level. Organise your thoughts, preserve your memories, and access your notes with ease. Start your journey of capturing life’s moments today! TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY: https://anecnote.app/privacy/

About

Stashful

A private digital space to save and organize various types of content, from links and notes to files and voice memos. It allows users to group items into topic chats for easy retrieval without complex folder structures.

Highlights
  • Save text, links, photos, videos, files, voice notes
  • Organize items in topic chats
  • Filter by media type
  • Search saved content
  • Tag important items
  • Share Extension for saving from other apps
  • Local storage or iCloud privacy
Features
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Stashful is a private place for everything you normally send to yourself: quick thoughts, useful links, screenshots, documents, photos, videos, and voice notes. Create topic chats and keep related items together. Come back later when you need them, without folders, clutter, or complicated workflows. Why Stashful: - Save text, links, photos, videos, files, and voice notes - Organize archive items in topic chats - Filter by media, files, links, or voice messages - Search across saved content - Mark important items with tags - Save from other apps with Share Extension - Keep data private in local storage or iCloud Stashful Pro gives you more space for your personal archive. Privacy: Stashful does not require an account and does not store personal content on its own servers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stashful.anapps.store/terms

Screenshots

Anecnote4 screens
Stashful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stashful at every 4 days against Anecnote's monthly. Anecnote's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Anecnote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Stashful sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Anecnote against 5.0 for Stashful. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anecnote ships an update monthly, Stashful every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anecnote versus Stashful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnecnoteStashful
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStuart MarshallNazar Ashyrov

Customer experience

Anecnote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stashful

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Anecnote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime purchase$24.99
2 purchases

Stashful

Subscriptions2
  • Stashful Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Stashful Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Anecnote free?
Anecnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stashful free?
Stashful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anecnote or Stashful?
Anecnote and Stashful are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Anecnote or Stashful have ads?
Neither Anecnote nor Stashful shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anecnote or Stashful?
Anecnote ships an update monthly, and Stashful every 4 days. Most recently, Anecnote was updated on November 5, 2026 and Stashful on October 31, 2026.

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