Comparison

graynotes vs Hyphen

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

Head to head
About

graynotes

A minimalist notes app designed for speed and simplicity. Capture thoughts instantly with voice or text, and enjoy automatic syncing across devices. Its clean interface supports light and dark modes, making it ideal for quick ideas, lists, and reminders.

Highlights
  • Smart voice notes with AI scheduling
  • Instant text capture
  • Automatic iCloud sync
  • Clean light and dark mode design
  • Action Button integration for reminders
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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graynotes: Note-taking, simplified. Finally, a notes app that gets out of your way. graynotes strips away the complexity and gives you exactly what you need: a fast, beautiful place to capture your thoughts. Why graynotes? • Smart voice notes - record a quick note with your voice, AI will schedule it for you • Instant capture – Open and start typing immediately • Automatic sync – Your notes appear on all your devices instantly via iCloud • Beautiful design – Clean interface that adapts perfectly to light and dark mode • Action Button - wire up voice notes to your Action Button and never forget a thought or reminder again! Perfect for: • Quick thoughts and ideas • Shopping lists • Meeting notes • Daily journaling • Reminders for later graynotes works seamlessly across iPhone & iPad. Whether you're capturing a quick idea on your phone or reviewing notes on your computer, everything stays perfectly in sync. Download graynotes today for simple, fast note-taking.

About

Hyphen

This minimalist app allows for quick capture of daily thoughts, tasks, and moments. It organizes entries by day and provides a visual timeline of your year, highlighting days with more activity. Notes are automatically timestamped and can be entered via typing or voice.

Highlights
  • Quick entry via typing or voice
  • Automatic timestamping
  • Visual year-in-a-glance timeline
  • Smart grouping of related notes
  • Secure cross-device syncing
  • Private and inaccessible by developer
Features
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Hyphen is a quiet place for the details you would otherwise lose. Write a sentence, list, quotation, decision, observation, or full page. Every note belongs to its day, so you can move naturally through time and return by date, month, year, Chronicle, or search. WRITE WITHOUT FRICTION Capture a quick thought in place. Expand into the full editor when the thought becomes something larger. MARKDOWN MADE FOR IPHONE Use headings, emphasis, lists, checklists, quotations, links, and code without hunting through the iOS keyboard for punctuation. SEE YOUR DAYS TAKE SHAPE Move naturally between Day, Month, and Year, and view time as a quiet record of activity. Hyphen shows continuity without turning your writing into a streak game. FIND WHAT YOU WROTE Search your writing, browse Chronicle, and move directly back to the day where a thought belongs.

Screenshots

graynotes4 screens
Hyphen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hyphen at every 2 days against graynotes's every 9 days. Hyphen also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for graynotes against 5.0 for Hyphen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyphen has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

graynotes ships an update every 9 days, Hyphen every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
graynotes versus Hyphen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergraynotesHyphen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam Van LenteCHRISTOPH J WHITELAM

Customer experience

graynotes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hyphen

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

graynotes

No in-app purchases

None

Hyphen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is graynotes free?
graynotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hyphen free?
Hyphen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, graynotes or Hyphen?
graynotes and Hyphen are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do graynotes or Hyphen have ads?
Neither graynotes nor Hyphen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, graynotes or Hyphen?
graynotes ships an update every 9 days, and Hyphen every 2 days. Most recently, graynotes was updated on November 8, 2026 and Hyphen on October 31, 2026.

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