Comparison

Nested Notes vs smalltype

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

Head to head
About

Nested Notes

Features
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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 We’re constantly improving the app to make your experience even better. Have suggestions? Contact us at: contact@nestedn.com

About

smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

Nested Notes2 screens
smalltype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Nested Notes at 3 against smalltype's 1. Nested Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Nested Notes ships an update every 5 days, smalltype every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Nested Notes versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNested Notessmalltype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size56 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrasilia TecHerman Haidin

In-app purchases

None

Nested Notes

No in-app purchases

None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nested Notes free?
Nested Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nested Notes or smalltype have ads?
Neither Nested Notes nor smalltype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nested Notes or smalltype?
Nested Notes ships an update every 5 days, and smalltype every 4 days. Most recently, Nested Notes was updated on September 19, 2026 and smalltype on September 22, 2026.

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