Yellow Note vs Beaver Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yellow Note
Instantly capture and synchronize your thoughts, tasks, and reminders across all your Apple devices. This powerful yet simple note-taking app helps you organize ideas, manage projects, and never forget a fleeting thought.
- Universal capture on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
- Instant iCloud synchronization across devices
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Organize notes by project or theme
- Powerful search functionality
- Apple Watch companion for quick notes
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Capture Your Ideas Instantly, Across All Your Apple Devices Yellow Note - Ultimate Note-Taking is the powerful and beautifully simple app designed to boost your productivity and never let a great idea slip away. Jot down thoughts, tasks, memos, and reminders on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch and experience seamless, instant synchronization across your entire ecosystem. Key Features for Maximum Productivity: Universal Capture: Create sticky notes anywhere, anytime. Use your iPhone on the go, your iPad for sketching, your Mac for deep work, or just raise your wrist and dictate a quick reminder to your Apple Watch. Your digital notepad is always within reach. Blazing Fast Sync: Your notes are instantly available on all devices. Start a note on your iPhone and it’s already waiting for you on your Mac. iCloud ensures your data is always up to date and secure. Simple & Intuitive Interface: Designed with a clean, focus-driven interface. No clutter, no learning curve. Just open the app and start typing. It’s the fastest way to capture a thought before you forget it. Organize Your Thoughts: Keep your memory sharp and your projects on track. Group notes by project, theme, or priority. Find any note in seconds with powerful search functionality. For Your Wrist: The ultimate Apple Watch companion for notes. Perfect for quickly adding grocery items to a list, capturing a brilliant idea on a walk, or setting a quick reminder without taking your phone out. Perfect for: Quick Notes & Memos: Replace paper sticky notes with a powerful digital alternative. Task Management & To-Do Lists: Keep your daily tasks and reminders in check. Project Planning & Brainstorming: Organize ideas and concepts for work or personal projects. Shopping Lists & Grocery Lists: Dictate your list to your Watch and check items off at the store. Memory Aid: Never forget a name, number, or fleeting thought again. Download Now and Transform Your Productivity! YellowNote is more than just a notepad; it's an extension of your memory. Optimize your workflow, declutter your mind, and ensure your best ideas are always saved and synced across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
Beaver Notes
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Beaver Notes is a fast, native client for the open-source Beaver Notes server — a self-hosted note wall you run on your own infrastructure. Write markdown notes. Drop in photos, videos and files. Everything lands on your server, nowhere else. No accounts to sign up for, no third-party services, no analytics, no telemetry. FEATURES • Multi-server — connect to as many self-hosted Beaver Notes servers as you need and switch between them from the sidebar. • Local-first sync — an outbox queue keeps everything working offline and catches up the moment the server comes back. • Markdown editor — bold, italic, code, lists, links, headings, with live preview. • Attachments — photos, videos, and arbitrary files. Images appear in an adaptive grid with a fullscreen viewer. Inline video playback. • Upload progress — per-file and per-message progress overlays, including retry on failure. • Image editor — crop, draw, filters, and optional optimization before upload. • Video trim & optimize — HEIC and H.265 encoding to keep uploads small. • Quick input — a compact composer at the bottom of the wall for fast capture. • Search — local full-text search with type, tag, pinned and date filters. • Spotlight — your notes are findable from the system search. • Privacy — biometric lock with Face ID / Touch ID, auto-lock timeout, and the option to hide previews in the App Switcher. • Storage controls — per-server cache size limit and one-tap erase. • Multi-platform — adapted layouts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with native sidebar, context menus, swipe actions, and keyboard shortcuts. PRIVACY The app talks only to the self-hosted server you configure. No analytics SDKs. No third-party services. No developer-side backend. Read the full privacy policy at https://eduard256.github.io/beaver-notes-apple/PRIVACY.md REQUIREMENTS You need a running Beaver Notes server. The server is open source — see https://github.com/eduard256/beaver-notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beaver Notes at none against Yellow Note's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Yellow Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Beaver Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Yellow Note | Beaver Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Time Lord | Artur Jeremicz |
In-app purchases
Yellow Note
- Home Pack$1.99
- Work Pack$3.99
- Project Pack$5.99
Beaver Notes
No in-app purchases









