Real Ones vs Prism Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Ones
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Helps you stay in touch with friends
Prism Notes
Capture thoughts and links quickly with a familiar texting interface. Organize ideas with AI-suggested tags and develop them across linked threads. Review notes to keep what matters and easily search by keyword or meaning.
- Texting-like note capture
- AI-suggested tags
- Threaded idea development
- Review mode for notes
- Sync across devices
- Natural language reminders
- Lock screen capture
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Prism is the private place for quick thoughts and links. It feels like texting, rather than writing in a document. Capture easily, organize with tags, develop ideas across threads, review to keep only what matters. Free to try! Features: - Private and on-device - Opt in to iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac - Voice transcription and voice memos - Lock screen widgets for text and voice capture - AI-suggested tags to make organizing easy or automatic AI tagging (requires apple intelligence) - Review mode to keep notes alive or let them go - Threads to evolve a thought and link them together - Search by keyword - Natural language reminders - just say "remind me tomorrow at 2pm" (requires apple intelligence)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Real Ones at none against Prism Notes's 2. Prism Notes's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Prism Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Real Ones asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Ones | Prism Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atishay Jain | Tommy Joseph |
In-app purchases
Real Ones
No in-app purchases
Prism Notes
- Lifetime Unlock$6.99
- Lifetime Unlock$12.99
