Comparison

review³ vs Impossible Notes

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

Head to head
About

review³

This app offers a modern and elegant way to view your schedule, integrating with Apple Reminders and Calendars. It provides digestible overviews of your week and year, quick creation of events and tasks, and supports natural language input and markdown.

Highlights
  • Beautiful card design
  • Digestible weekly and yearly overviews
  • Countdown to next task
  • Full keyboard support
  • Quick creation of reminders/events
  • Natural language date input
  • Markdown support
Features
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Inspired by Things3 and Sorted³ and Apple Reminders - comes a beautiful way to view your schedule, all powered by Apple Reminders and Calendars! Want review³ on the big screen? Check out the macOS version! Some features include – Your life at a glance – Super quick creation of reminders or events or even a markdown note pad – NEW: Someday support - you can now review items in your lists that do not have a assigned date – NEW: More completed item support - you can now review items you have completed in the last 10 days (super handy with search - everything is collapsible, so only view what you want!) – NEW: Search and tag support - swipe down from the top or press ⌘F to pull up the new search view – NEW: Subtasks support - type "[] " to easily start a markdown checklist - you can even toggle the checkmark by tapping it! – NEW: Widgets - lock screen, home screen and control center – NEW: Presets - easily switch between Home and Work context or set a widget to a specific preset – Supports natural language date input (English only - press enter with cursor touching blue date) – NEW: Swipable date button so you can swipe left and right to change days – NEW: Swipable list button so you can swipe left and right to change lists – Supports drag and drop with a time bar (to quickly set the time) – See a countdown to the next task for today – Supports markdown - headers - bold - italics - unordered lists - numbered lists - code blocks - checklists (type "[] " to quickly make a checklist) - swipe left and right on markdown lists to change the indentation - tap checkbox on a checklist to toggle the checkmark – Digestible overviews of the week and year, seeing your events and tasks together – Supports quick select (swipe from right to left and down to quickly select items) – Supports swipe to reveal (swipe left to right on past due items, future items, and calendar events to reveal more information) – The ability to open reminders in the Reminders app – Full keyboard support (more info below) – and more (with more coming!) The goal of this app is not to replace your Calendar or Reminders app but to enhance it with quick creation and beautiful and digestible overviews of your schedule. Enjoy! Keyboard Shortcuts ↑ / ↓ to navigate ← / → / ⏎ to collapse sections ⏎ to open items ⎋ to close without saving ⌘N to create a new item ⌘T to go to today ⌘F to search ⌘S / ⌘⏎ to save ⌘D to change date ⌘L to change list ⌘K to complete / uncomplete [space] on focused item to select / unselect shift ↑ / ↓ to select the item above or below [delete] when selected or focused to delete Previous app name: re:view, re_view Current app name: review³, review3, review three

About

Impossible Notes

Features
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Notes that won't let you forget. Unfinished tasks resurface daily until you complete them. Finally, a notes app that holds you accountable. Impossible Notes is designed to eliminate silent forgetting. Every note starts unfinished. If you do not mark it done, it comes back. Every day. Unfinished notes automatically resurface at the top of your list and can trigger a single daily reminder. Finished notes move to your Done archive, keeping your active list focused. KEY FEATURES • Daily resurfacing of unfinished notes • One focused daily reminder • Mark done to stop resurfacing • Optional one-day snooze • Fast full-text search • Works fully offline • Local-first notes with no account required • Optional one-time Remove Ads purchase DESIGNED FOR FOCUS Impossible Notes is intentionally minimal. There are no folders, priorities, or tags. The app trusts time instead of structure. If something matters, it will keep coming back. PRIVACY AND ADS Your notes and note content stay on your device and are not uploaded by Impossible Notes. The free version may show third-party advertising on list screens. Advertising partners may process device and usage data subject to your consent and their policies. You can manage advertising privacy choices or permanently remove ads in Settings. See our Privacy Policy for details. If you are tired of losing important thoughts in endless lists, Impossible Notes makes forgetting impossible.

Screenshots

review³4 screens
Impossible Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Impossible Notes at Free against review³'s $4.99. Impossible Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). review³'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

Impossible Notes is free to download; review³ costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

review³ ships an update every 3 weeks, Impossible Notes every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
review³ versus Impossible Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterreview³Impossible Notes
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh AngelsbergStorq Labs BV

In-app purchases

None

review³

No in-app purchases

None

Impossible Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is review³ free?
review³ costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Impossible Notes free?
Impossible Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do review³ or Impossible Notes have ads?
Impossible Notes shows ads; review³ does not.
Which is updated more often, review³ or Impossible Notes?
review³ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Impossible Notes every 2 weeks. Most recently, review³ was updated on October 30, 2026 and Impossible Notes on October 30, 2026.

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