Comparison

NoteBlocks vs LinkWell

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

Head to head
About

NoteBlocks

This app transforms basic note-taking into a social journaling experience. Share notes with others like a social network while keeping personal entries private and secure locally. Features include drawing, photo attachments, voice-to-text, and reminders.

Highlights
  • Social note sharing
  • Secure local storage
  • Drawing and photo attachments
  • Voice-to-text input
  • Notification reminders
  • Cloud sync
  • Biometric lock
Features
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Apple Notes Online! Your digital journal with a social side. Browse public notes, discover new ideas, and interact with other people's journals. Invite friends, meet new people, and exchange notes with each other, while your private notes remain securely stored on your device. You're always in control of what you share and what you keep private. Included Features: - Draw on Notes Sketch, doodle, or annotate directly in your notes. - Add Photos Attach images to create richer, more expressive notes. - Text & Font Customization Personalize your notes with different text styles and fonts. - Tags Organize your notes with custom tags and categories. - Voice-to-Text Turn your spoken thoughts into notes instantly. - Reminders Set precise, minute-accurate reminders. - Biometric Lock Protect your private notes with Face ID. - Offline Mode Create and edit notes anytime, even without an internet connection. - Recycle Bin Restore deleted notes with a single tap. Plus+ Membership Required: - Cloud Sync Securely sync your notes across all your devices. With a NoteBlocks Plus+ membership, you can also gift a free membership to a friend and enjoy sharing notes together. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LinkWell

Features
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Every link you mean to read later disappears. Into a tab you close, a chat you scroll past, a bookmarks folder you never open again. LinkWell is where they stop disappearing. Save from any app in one tap. LinkWell pulls down the title, the image and the article itself, files it into a folder, tags it, and keeps a full offline copy with the ads and trackers stripped out. On a plane, on the underground, in a network dead zone: it opens instantly, because it was never on someone else's server to begin with. START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Open it and save. No email, no password, no sign-up wall. Make an account later if you want your vault on more than one device — everything you already saved comes with you. LOCAL FIRST, BY DESIGN Your vault lives on your device in a real database. It works with no signal and no account. Nothing you save leaves the phone unless you switch sync on yourself. READ IT PROPERLY A built-in reader with real pages you turn instead of one endless scroll. Pinch to change the text size and it stays that way. Read aloud in any voice your phone has. Find any word in a book. Your place is remembered, and follows you to your other devices if you sync. FIND IT AGAIN Search runs over the full text of every article you have saved, not just the titles. Folders, folders inside folders, tags, and one folder you can lock behind Face ID. BRING EVERYTHING WITH YOU Import an HTML bookmarks file from any browser. Back the whole vault up to a file on your device whenever you like, on any plan, and restore it on your next phone — because a vault you cannot walk out of is not yours. Highlights come out as Markdown. MORE THAN LINKS Add PDFs and EPUB books straight from your files and read them in the same place. SAVE FROM YOUR LAPTOP A browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox saves the page you are on straight into your vault. Pair it by typing a short code or scanning a QR from the app — the extension has no login of its own. HOUSEKEEPING THAT DOES ITSELF A broken-link checker, a duplicate finder, reading-time estimates, and a weekly catch-up nudge for the things you never got to. PLANS • Free — up to 250 saved links, forever, with ads. • Lifetime — one payment, no subscription. Unlimited links, no ads, folder lock, PDFs and books, and export. Everything runs on this device. • Monthly or Yearly — everything in Lifetime, plus sync across all your devices (links, folders, tags, highlights and your reading position), and the browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Monthly and Yearly are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://linkwell.aroralabs.org/privacy Terms of use: https://linkwell.aroralabs.org/terms

Screenshots

NoteBlocks4 screens
LinkWell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NoteBlocks at none against LinkWell's shown. LinkWell's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, 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. NoteBlocks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and LinkWell sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteBlocks ships an update weekly, LinkWell every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NoteBlocks versus LinkWell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteBlocksLinkWell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB106 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDEYAN PETKOV LAFCHIEVShubham Kumar

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NoteBlocks

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$22.991 Year
4 purchases

LinkWell

Subscriptions2
  • LinkWell Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • LinkWell Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • LinkWell Lifetime$29.99
  • LinkWell Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is NoteBlocks free?
NoteBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LinkWell free?
LinkWell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NoteBlocks or LinkWell have ads?
LinkWell shows ads; NoteBlocks does not.
Which is updated more often, NoteBlocks or LinkWell?
NoteBlocks ships an update weekly, and LinkWell every 3 days. Most recently, NoteBlocks was updated on October 3, 2026 and LinkWell on October 2, 2026.

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