Comparison

Nombox vs NotesMD

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

Head to head
About

Nombox

This app helps you organize your cooking with AI-powered recipe creation, step-by-step cooking guides, and weekly meal planning. It also generates grocery lists and allows recipe imports from the web.

Highlights
  • AI recipe creation and editing
  • Step-by-step cooking mode with timers
  • Weekly meal calendar and AI meal ideas
  • Prep planning for ahead-of-time tasks
  • Recipe import from web links
  • Voice-added grocery lists
  • Shared grocery lists and real-time updates
Features
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Nombox is your cooking assistant: write your recipes, cook them step by step, plan your week and know what to prep ahead. CREATE AND EDIT RECIPES WITH AI • Write your own recipes with photos, sections and step-by-step directions. • Ask AI to change a recipe: make it spicier, swap an ingredient, or scale it. See exactly which words changed before you save. • Scale servings, and switch between cups and grams. COOK STEP BY STEP • Cook mode walks you through each step in big, clear text. • Timers start right from the step, and keep running while you move on. • Each step shows the ingredients it needs, scaled to your servings. PLAN YOUR WEEK • Put meals on a weekly calendar in a tap. • Get AI meal ideas for the week, based on the recipes you love. • Share your calendar with family, so everyone knows what's for dinner. KNOW WHAT TO PREP AHEAD • Today shows what you're cooking, with a prep plan for the days ahead. • Check off prep tasks as you go. IMPORT RECIPES • Import recipes from any link. GROCERY LISTS AND APPLE WATCH • Add items by typing or by voice, sorted by aisle. • Share lists with family and shop together in real time. • Check off items on your Apple Watch. DISCOVER • Browse recipes that home cooks share, in English and Chinese, and save the ones you like. Nombox works in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Questions or ideas? Reach us from Settings in the app.

About

NotesMD

Features
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THE PROBLEM Writing notes is easy. Keeping them organized takes work. NotesMD makes your notes available as Markdown (.md) files in a folder you choose on Mac. Use your preferred AI tool to edit and organize those files, or use built-in Apple Intelligence to edit notes and organize them into folders. WHY EXISTING SOLUTIONS FAIL Many note-taking apps keep your notes inside the app instead of giving you a folder of Markdown files to work with. And sync that relies on iCloud Drive can be blocked on company computers. THE SOLUTION NotesMD lets you edit and organize your Markdown notes with an AI tool of your choice or built-in Apple Intelligence. iCloud sync uses CloudKit, without relying on iCloud Drive. It can work on company computers where iCloud Drive is blocked. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nombox4 screens
NotesMD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nombox at 18.0 against NotesMD's 26.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Nombox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NotesMD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nombox ships an update every 2 days, NotesMD every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nombox versus NotesMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomboxNotesMD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJeremy ShawSeung-Un Ham

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nombox

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
2 purchases

NotesMD

Subscriptions2
  • NotesMD Pro — Monthly1 Month trial$2.001 Month
  • NotesMD Pro — Yearly1 Month trial$20.001 Year

Questions

Is Nombox free?
Nombox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NotesMD free?
NotesMD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nombox or NotesMD have ads?
Neither Nombox nor NotesMD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nombox or NotesMD?
Nombox ships an update every 2 days, and NotesMD every 3 days. Most recently, Nombox was updated on November 5, 2026 and NotesMD on November 6, 2026.

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