Comparison

Bananote vs Notelyn

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

Head to head
About

Bananote

This intelligent notebook uses AI-powered voice-to-text to transcribe lectures and meetings into summaries, outlines, and study materials. It supports over 100 languages and offers features like audio playback, flashcard generation, and chat with your notes for deeper understanding.

Highlights
  • AI-powered voice-to-text transcription
  • Automatic summary and study material generation
  • Record audio, import files, and scan documents
  • Chat with notes for deeper learning
  • Generate flashcards and quizzes
  • Sync across mobile, tablet, and web
Features
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Bananote is your intelligent notebook, transforming every lecture, meeting, or idea into clear, actionable knowledge. With AI-powered voice-to-text and audio transcription in 100+ languages, it instantly generates summaries, outlines, and study materials, freeing you to stay present and focused. Whether you need a voice note app, AI notes taker, meeting notes, to record a conversation or automated lecture notes, Bananote captures every detail. Features - Record in-app, import audio files directly, upload PDFs, scan text documents, link YouTube videos or write text directly - Speech to text transcription to instant notes in seconds - Chat with your notes like a tutor to ask questions and deepen your understanding, explore ideas, find gaps in your knowledge or learn using Feynman technique - Flashcards and Quizzes to test your knowledge, use for spaced repetition and active recall, keep track of your mastery and progress with scoring and explanations when you need help - Translate note content into any language - Smart note style templates including summary, lecture notes, study guides, meeting minutes, brainstorming, to-do lists, content creator outlines as well as custom templates or prompts you design - Free Write: a distraction-free writing canvas with rich formatting, inline voice-to-text dictation, AI writing tools, image and document import to capture your ideas, your way - Audio playback for your note recordings with speed control - Organize with favorites and folders - One-tap recording from Home Screen or Lock Screen widgets, with Siri voice commands and Shortcuts - Sync or creates notes across all devices: mobile, tablet, macOS and web How Bananote helps: - Ditch the distractions, and focus your attention on listening actively instead of typing or writing notes - Work for you as an AI note taker for class and voice notes organizer with dictation to text capabilities - Summarize complex topics and texts in seconds - Leave class with a lecture recording and study guide for continuous learning - Finish meetings with clear action items - Learn faster with ready-made flashcards and quiz materials - Keep notes neatly organized making any detail easy to find Ideal for: Bananote AI is for anyone who values focus over frantic note-taking, and clarity over clutter: - Students and lifelong learners in high school or college striving for stronger comprehension, better grades and academic success - Anyone with ADHD who wants to stay focused and organized without the stress of manual note-taking - Professionals who need to maximize meeting productivity and recall key decisions - Content creators seeking effortless transcription and organization of ideas - Anyone seeking an AI-powered notes or voice memo recorder - Language learners translating and reviewing material in any language - Anyone ready to transform audio into actionable insights Need help or have feedback? Get in touch at support@bananote.ai Privacy Policy: https://bananote.ai/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Notelyn

Transform lectures and imported content into organized notes, flashcards, and summaries. Features include AI-powered transcription, question generation with citations, and spaced repetition for effective learning. Supports various import formats and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • AI transcription and summarization
  • Flashcard and quiz generation
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • Speaker separation and language detection
  • Import audio, video, PDFs, and web links
  • Mind map creation
  • Cross-device cloud sync
Features
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Record or import anything. Get clean notes, instant summaries, and exam-ready flashcards—plus quizzes and spaced repetition that make learning stick. Why NoteLyn AI • From recordings or PDFs to flashcards in minutes • Mind Maps and cited Q&A to deepen understanding • Speaker separation & language detection for classes and meetings • Batch imports and link-to-text (YouTube, webpages) Capture anything • One-tap Voice Recorder with real-time transcription preview • Upload audio/video (MP3, WAV, M4A) and YouTube/web links • PDF & Docs import with smart outline detection • OCR Camera for textbooks, whiteboards & handwriting • Batch processing, language detection and speaker diarization AI note engine • Clean summaries with headings, bullets & highlights • Ask questions about your notes; get timestamp/page-cited answers • Mind Maps to visualize concepts and export as images Master & remember • Ready-made flashcards with progress tracking • Quizzes (MCQ, cloze, true/false) with instant feedback • Spaced repetition review plan that’s science-backed Also handy • Global search, tags & folders • Audio playback speed control • Text-to-speech in 30+ languages • Export as PDF, Markdown, CSV and more • Cross-device cloud sync Perfect for • Students: record lectures → exam-ready decks • Professionals: capture meetings → action items & summaries • Self-learners: turn videos/articles → structured notes Pricing & Privacy • Free: limited AI transcriptions & summaries • Premium: unlimited AI features, PDFs/OCR, Mind Maps & deep Q&A • Your data is encrypted and never sold. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your iTunes Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://notelyn.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://notelyn.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Bananote4 screens
Notelyn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bananote at 100% against Notelyn's 25%. Notelyn's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Bananote sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Notelyn sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notelyn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Bananote's written reviews are positive against 25% of Notelyn's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bananote ships an update every 11 days, Notelyn fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bananote versus Notelyn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBananoteNotelyn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB105 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBananote, LLCStudy AI

Customer experience

Bananote

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notelyn

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Bananote

Subscriptions9
  • Bananote Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Bananote Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Bananote Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Bananote Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Bananote Quarterly$49.993 Months
  • Bananote Lite$49.991 Year
  • Bananote Annual2 variants$99.991 Year
  • Bananote Annual1 Month trial$129.991 Year
  • Bananote Annual7 Days trial$129.991 Year
8 purchases

Notelyn

Subscriptions4
  • AI Note Taker Pro - Weekly$6.997 Days
  • AI Note Taker Pro - Monthly$12.991 Month
  • AI Note Taker Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
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  • AI Note Taker Pro - Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • 250 Credits · Starter$5.99
  • 750 Credits · Plus$14.99
  • 1,800 Credits · Pro$29.99
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  • 5,000 Credits · Mega$69.99

Questions

Is Bananote free?
Bananote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notelyn free?
Notelyn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bananote or Notelyn?
Notelyn is rated higher. Bananote averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Notelyn averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Bananote or Notelyn have ads?
Neither Bananote nor Notelyn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bananote or Notelyn?
Bananote ships an update every 11 days, and Notelyn fortnightly. Most recently, Bananote was updated on October 25, 2026 and Notelyn on October 28, 2026.

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