Comparison

Yellow Note vs OWrite Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

OWrite Pro

This app integrates notes, tasks, habit tracking, mindful focus sessions, and important date reminders into a single, organized platform. Capture ideas, break down goals, build consistent habits, and stay focused on what matters most.

Highlights
  • Integrated notes with rich text formatting and photo support
  • Habit tracking with daily streaks or cumulative targets
  • Task management with subtasks and progress tracking
  • Mindful focus timer with cumulative hour goals and statistics
  • Important date tracking with countdowns and widgets
  • Flexible reminder system with various scheduling options
  • Home screen for an overview of daily activities
Features
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OWrite Pro brings notes, plans, habits, focus, outdoor workouts, reminders, and important dates into one calm personal space. Write down what matters, take the next small step, and make room to move. WRITE DOWN IDEAS WORTH KEEPING Use rich-text notes for journals, plans, excerpts, drafts, or unnamed thoughts. Add photos, style your text, search your content, restore deleted items from Trash, and turn a note into an image to save or share. BUILD HABITS AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose daily streaks or cumulative targets for reading, stretching, exercise, and more. Set dates, colors, icons, and reminders. Check in with one tap and review progress on the calendar. BREAK GOALS INTO SMALL STEPS Create tasks for long-term plans or everyday work. Set deadlines, reminders, tags, and colors. Divide a goal into scheduled subtasks with checklists and notes, then review progress in week, month, and timeline views. GO OUTSIDE AND MOVE Record outdoor runs, walks, hikes, and rides. Follow your route and live duration, distance, pace or speed, and calories. Pause or resume, mark splits, revisit workout details, and explore distance trends. Supported devices can show an active workout with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Routes need Location permission; Health data requires authorization, and heart-rate readings depend on a compatible device such as Apple Watch. FOCUS WITH INTENTION Create a focus goal and record sessions with an immersive timer. Review daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly statistics. Follow a running timer through Live Activities on supported devices. As a goal nears completion, the timer becomes a countdown and your effort blooms into a mathematical flower. KEEP IMPORTANT DATES IN SIGHT Save birthdays, trips, anniversaries, launches, and other days worth anticipating. See countdowns and elapsed days, choose reminders and recurrence, add a photo or Live Photo, and display a selected date in the Home Screen widget. REMINDERS THAT FIT YOUR DAY Create one-time reminders or repeat them on selected weekdays, monthly, or yearly. Add notes and images, then manage reminders in one dedicated center. ONE HOME FOR YOUR LIFE See habits, tasks, recent notes, focus goals, workouts, and important dates together. Search titles, content, and tags or filter by color. Completing habit, task, and focus goals unlocks distinctive Maurer Rose achievements. DESIGNED FOR YOU OWrite supports VoiceOver, Voice Control, accessible actions and widgets, Reduced Motion, enhanced contrast, appearance choices, and 12- or 24-hour time. Data stays on your device by default, with optional iCloud sync. Protect app content with Face ID or the device passcode. OWrite Pro offers an optional lifetime purchase and auto-renewable monthly or annual subscriptions. Upgrading unlocks all Pro features. Actual prices appear on the in-app purchase screen and App Store confirmation sheet. Manage or cancel subscriptions in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://github.com/HuangRobin/OWrite/blob/master/OWrite%20Terms%20of%20Service%20and%20Privacy%20Policy

Screenshots

Yellow Note4 screens
OWrite Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OWrite Pro at monthly against Yellow Note's every 4 months. OWrite Pro also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Yellow Note's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Yellow Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and OWrite Pro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yellow Note against 5.0 for OWrite Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yellow Note ships an update every 4 months, OWrite Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Yellow Note versus OWrite Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYellow NoteOWrite Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTime Lord琳钧 黄

Customer experience

Yellow Note

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

OWrite Pro

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Yellow Note

One-time3
  • Home Pack$1.99
  • Work Pack$3.99
  • Project Pack$5.99
6 purchases

OWrite Pro

Subscriptions4
  • OWrite Pro Student Monthly$0.991 Month
  • OWrite Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • OWrite Pro Student Annual$9.991 Year
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  • OWrite Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • OWrite Pro Student Lifetime$12.99
  • OWrite Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Yellow Note free?
Yellow Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OWrite Pro free?
OWrite Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yellow Note or OWrite Pro?
Yellow Note and OWrite Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yellow Note or OWrite Pro have ads?
Neither Yellow Note nor OWrite Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yellow Note or OWrite Pro?
Yellow Note ships an update every 4 months, and OWrite Pro monthly. Most recently, Yellow Note was updated on October 11, 2026 and OWrite Pro on October 10, 2026.

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