Comparison

Notes at Hand vs Poet's Composer

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

Head to head
About

Notes at Hand

Features
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Notes at Hand is a simple and powerful note-taking app designed to help you capture, organize, and protect your ideas every day. You can create, edit, and delete notes with a title and body text, while autosave keeps your work محفوظ without extra effort. A built-in word counter helps you stay on track, and search and sorting tools make it easy to find the right note fast. You can also build checklists, add photos, organize notes into folders, and pin important items to the top of the list. For extra privacy, Notes at Hand supports note locking with Face ID or Touch ID. Sharing notes is quick and easy, and the app also includes support for Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets for convenient access anywhere. In the free version, you can create and edit notes, use checklists and photos, create up to 2 folders, pin up to 2 notes, and choose from 1 basic theme color. Premium unlocks unlimited folders, unlimited pinned notes, all color themes, text formatting such as bold, italic, underline, and lists, plus tags, filters, reminders, and app locking. With advanced note management tools and flexible organization, Notes at Hand is built to keep your notes accessible, secure, and easy to manage. This application contains auto-renewable subscriptions and In-App Purchases: Weekly - $4.99, Monthly - $12.99, Yearly - $39.99, One‑Time Purchase-$59.99 Terms of Use Link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I1EiFgTwoFHQ1gBFxNwK9f_45KoA1s4JmiAyWSqXUkE/edit?usp=sharing

About

Poet's Composer

A minimalist writing tool designed for poets to capture ideas, organize fragments, and refine drafts in a distraction-free environment. It prioritizes the creative process, allowing users to easily save thoughts and build poems piece by piece.

Highlights
  • Capture poems, fragments, titles, and notes
  • Organize writing into notebooks and collections
  • Refine drafts in a focused space
  • Minimalist and distraction-free interface
  • Save quick thoughts before they disappear
Features
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Poet’s Composer is a quiet space for shaping poems as they arrive. Some pieces come all at once. Some begin as fragments. A line, an image, a title, a feeling you do not want to lose. Poet’s Composer is built for those moments. Designed as a companion to Poet’s Notebook, Poet’s Composer gives poets a simple, beautiful place to capture fresh writing, gather scattered thoughts, and shape them into finished work without the clutter of a traditional document editor. It is made for writing first. Organizing second. Overthinking later. Whether you are jotting down a single line before it disappears, saving a rough draft, or building a full collection piece by piece, Poet’s Composer keeps the process feeling close, personal, and easy to return to. With Poet’s Composer, you can: * Write poems, fragments, titles, and notes in a clean, focused space * Save quick thoughts before they disappear * Organize pieces into notebooks or collections * Revisit drafts and refine them when you are ready * Keep your writing process intimate, minimal, and distraction-free

Screenshots

Notes at Hand4 screens
Poet's Composer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Poet's Composer at none against Notes at Hand's 5. Notes at Hand's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Notes at Hand sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Poet's Composer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Notes at Hand versus Poet's Composer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes at HandPoet's Composer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTamar Ben-DavidJonah Greene

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Notes at Hand

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly-Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99
None

Poet's Composer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notes at Hand free?
Notes at Hand is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poet's Composer free?
Poet's Composer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notes at Hand or Poet's Composer have ads?
Neither Notes at Hand nor Poet's Composer shows ads.

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