Comparison

Patron vs Skiii Note

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

Head to head
About

Patron

Features
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Patron is a calm, minimal writing app for poets, thinkers, and note-takers. Write poems, journals, essays, or ideas - without clutter, distraction, or noise. Every note you write is saved securely with iCloud, available across your devices and visible only to you. There are no accounts, ads, notifications or AI — just a quiet space for your words. Why Patron? • Flexible Writing Write poems, notes, journals, or drafts. Format text with bold, italics, underline, and colour. • iCloud Sync Your writing is backed up automatically, safely stored in your private iCloud account. • Distraction-Free Design A clean, minimal interface that lets you focus purely on writing. • Private by Design Patron doesn’t use AI, analytics, or tracking. Your words stay yours. • Thoughtful Tools Draft, edit and publish your writing when ready - all from one simple view. • Beautifully Simple Light and dark modes designed to feel calm, timeless and native to iOS. Patron is built for writers who value simplicity and privacy. It’s not about productivity or prompts - it’s about giving your words the space they deserve. Whether you’re journaling a thought, crafting a verse, or outlining a story, Patron keeps you focused on what matters most - writing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bitegroup.com.au/privacy

About

Skiii Note

Capture fleeting thoughts, rough drafts, and inspirations as text, photos, links, or recordings. Organize these fragments into flexible cards, refine them with tags, and build your ideas step by step in a private, local-first workspace.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts as text, photos, links, or recordings
  • Organize fragments into flexible cards
  • Add tags and refine content
  • Local-first data storage
  • No account required
  • One-time purchase
Features
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【The best time to capture an idea is now】 Ideas often appear for only a moment. A sudden thought, an unfinished sentence, an image you want to keep, a voice note, or a highlighted passage from something you are reading may feel incomplete at first, but any of them can become the starting point for something bigger. Ideas need to be captured, but they also need time to settle, develop, and change. In an increasingly noisy world, Skiii Note gives unfinished thoughts a little more room to grow. 【Capture first. Organize later.】 Skiii Note is built around a simple workflow: capture first, organize later. Drop fragmented thoughts into the home screen without stopping to categorize, name, or structure them. When an idea becomes worth developing, turn it into a card and shape it through splitting, combining, reordering, and editing. You can also bring in highlights from Readwise, or share selected text directly from other apps into Skiii Note, so references, excerpts, and your own thoughts can live in the same creative workflow. Skiii Note is a quiet, focused, local-first workspace for ideas and writing. 【Now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac】 Skiii Note is now available across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With iCloud sync enabled, your ideas, cards, and writing can stay in sync across devices. Capture a thought on your iPhone, organize it on iPad, then continue writing on your Mac. Your ideas no longer have to stay on one device. 【Capture quickly without breaking your flow】 - Idea Bubbles Save text, images, links, and everyday fragments as bubbles on the home screen. Bubbles can be edited, pinned, highlighted, turned into to-dos, or organized into cards whenever you are ready. - Voice Recording & Transcription Press and hold the input field to start recording, then turn your voice into text when typing is too slow. - Quick Clipboard Import Hold and swipe up beside the input field to quickly bring in text or images from your clipboard. - Share from Other Apps Select text in another app and share it directly to Skiii Note to instantly create a new idea bubble. 【Let fragments grow into finished work】 - Bubbles Become Building Blocks Each card is made of independent content blocks. Split, combine, reorder, edit, and add images freely, or switch to full-screen mode when you want to focus. - Sketch Mode Tap the number of any block to enter Sketch Mode. Drag, merge, and rearrange blocks to quickly reshape a card and turn scattered fragments into a clearer structure. - Import Reading Highlights Import reading highlights from Readwise. Bring saved passages, highlights, and notes back into your own workspace, then continue developing them alongside your everyday ideas. - Organize Visual Inspiration Use a dedicated image-tagging system to organize visual references. Quickly find, revisit, and rediscover images and inspiration you saved in the past. 【Privacy & Data】 No account required No ads One-time purchase, no subscription Data is stored locally on your devices by default Full backup and restore supported iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac 【Data & Backup Reminder】 Skiii Note stores data locally on your device by default. When iCloud sync is enabled, synced content can continue to be used across your other devices. Deleting the app removes local data from that device, but does not automatically remove content already synced to iCloud. For important content, we still recommend creating regular full backups inside Skiii Note.

Screenshots

Patron4 screens
Skiii Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skiii Note at every 5 days against Patron's monthly. Skiii Note also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Patron sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Skiii Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patron ships an update monthly, Skiii Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Patron versus Skiii Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatronSkiii Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke Antony Martin锦池 柯

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Patron

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
  • Annual Subscription$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Skiii Note

One-time1
  • SkiII Full Version$9.99

Questions

Is Patron free?
Patron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skiii Note free?
Skiii Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patron or Skiii Note have ads?
Neither Patron nor Skiii Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patron or Skiii Note?
Patron ships an update monthly, and Skiii Note every 5 days. Most recently, Patron was updated on October 28, 2026 and Skiii Note on October 31, 2026.

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