Nested Notes vs Structured Outliner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Nested Notes
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Never lose your best ideas in flat lists again. Discover the clarity of nested organization β a structure that grows with you. Nest notes inside notes to build naturally structured ideas Save your notes securely in the cloud and access them from any device Drag and drop to easily organize and reorganize your notes Seamlessly navigate between notes and subnotes Format your notes with simple text styles like bold, italics, and more Share individual notes or entire chains of nested content Weβre constantly improving the app to make your experience even better. Have suggestions? Contact us at: contact@nestedn.com
Structured Outliner
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Keep your entire outline in a single portable file you control. No account, no server, no lock-in, future-proof. ORGANIZE IN UNLIMITED DEPTH Build trees as deep as you need. Expand, collapse, and reorder topics with just a few taps. Every topic can have its own notes. Write as much or as little as you like. SEARCH EVERYTHING Search titles or note content at once. The tree expands automatically to show every match in context, so you always know where a result lives in your outline. CROSS-LINK TOPICS Link any note to another topic using the outlook: link format. Tap to jump directly there. Tap the back arrow to return where you came from. OPEN FILES AND URLS Tap any file path or URL inside a note to open it. Connect your outline to existing documents in the folder: PDFs, photos, or anything else you reference. COLOR LABELS Assign a background color to any topic: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, or Purple. The color flows down to all child topics that don't have their own. Use it to visually separate sections at a glance. AUTOMATIC BACKUPS The app writes a .bak backup before every save. Restore at any time from the menu. SYNC YOUR WAY Store your file in iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any Files-compatible provider. Open it from there on each device. No special sync setup required. MEMPAD COMPATIBLE Structured Outliner uses the same .lst format as MemPad for Windows, a portable outliner that has been around since the early 2000s. Open existing MemPad files directly, no conversion needed. FREE VERSION Structured Outliner is free to use. Development is supported by a small banner ad shown at the bottom of the screen. PRO VERSION Upgrade to Pro to remove the banner ad, unlock Color Labels and Topic + Note Search and future planned features. One-time purchase. Restore on any device from the menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nested Notes at none against Structured Outliner's 1. Nested Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Structured Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nested Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nested Notes ships an update every 5 days, Structured Outliner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nested Notes | Structured Outliner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brasilia Tec | Felipe Carraro |
In-app purchases
Nested Notes
No in-app purchases
Structured Outliner
- Pro Version$7.99
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