Comparison

Task Compass for Reminders vs Noter

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

Head to head
About

Task Compass for Reminders

Features
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Task Compass is for you if: - Have long to-do lists - Need to choose what to work on next - Want to keep the important task on top of list - Want top task on the lock screen This isn’t for you if you need complex project hierarchies, dependencies, or time tracking. Task Compass prioritizes your tasks by asking you to compare two tasks. "Which task is more important?" The app finds and displays your top priority, in-app, in a widget, in a live activity, and in a lock screen widget. Always in sync with Apple Reminders. No new accounts. Your data lives on your phone and in your iCloud account. Terms of Use: Standard Apple Terms (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

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Noter

Features
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Share a link, some text, a photo or a PDF to Noter and it becomes a note. The share sheet saves it straight away, without opening the app, and the note shows up on your other devices. A note with a link gets a preview card with the page's title, image and description. GitHub, Reddit, YouTube, Hacker News and X links also get a detail line, like stars, points, comments or the channel. If you add an API key from Anthropic, OpenAI or Google Gemini, Noter writes a title, a short summary and tags for each note you share. The key stays in your keychain and the request goes from your phone straight to that provider. Edit the title or body yourself and Noter leaves your text alone. The rest is a plain notes app: 1. Pinned notes on top, then the most recent. 2. Search over titles, bodies, tags and link previews. 3. Tags that suggest the ones you already use, each with its own color. 4. Pin, archive, share or delete from the note's menu. A delete can be undone for six seconds, or by shaking the phone. 5. Home and lock screen widgets for pinned notes, recent notes, or a new note. Notes sync through your private iCloud database. Noter has no account, no analytics and no server of mine in the middle. Noter for Mac is free and open source at github.com/hex/Noter. It keeps your notes as a row of dots on the edge of the screen, and has a command line and an MCP server, so coding agents can read and write notes too.

Screenshots

Task Compass for Reminders4 screens
Noter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Noter at every 4 days against Task Compass for Reminders's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Task Compass for Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, Noter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Task Compass for Reminders versus Noter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTask Compass for RemindersNoter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaciej BlizinskiAlex Geana

In-app purchases

None

Task Compass for Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

Noter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Task Compass for Reminders free?
Task Compass for Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noter free?
Noter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Task Compass for Reminders or Noter have ads?
Neither Task Compass for Reminders nor Noter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Task Compass for Reminders or Noter?
Task Compass for Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, and Noter every 4 days. Most recently, Task Compass for Reminders was updated on November 5, 2026 and Noter on October 31, 2026.

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