Comparison

CarryOver vs Recto Notes

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

Head to head
About

CarryOver

Features
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CarryOver turns the system Share Sheet into a simple bridge from quick discovery to focused follow-up. Useful things often appear when you are not ready to work on them: a post in a social app, a link in Safari, an article worth checking, or an idea from a chat. Share it to CarryOver on your iPhone, then come back later on iPad or Mac when you have more space to review, verify, and act. Save links, text, or images through the CarryOver share extension in apps that support the system Share menu. You can also add links, notes, and ideas manually. - Keep unfinished items in your inbox and move completed items to history - Search saved items - Set reminders that open the matching item - Favorite important items for later - See sync status and retry when needed Items are saved locally first. Cross-device sync requires the same Apple Account, iCloud enabled, and an internet connection. CarryOver saves what the source app shares. Web links open the original page rather than an offline full-text copy; internet access or a login may be needed.

About

Recto Notes

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For years I kept separate apps: one for writing, one for reminders and to-do's. They never talked to each other. The idea lived in the notes app, the deadline in the to-do app, and I lived somewhere in between. So I built Recto. All on the same page. You just write a note and if you give a task a date with '@', that task automatically becomes part of your neatly organised Task Center. You work inside a note, focused on a single project. As ideas turn into things that need doing, you capture them right there and give them a date, without breaking your train of thought. The plan grows out of the writing instead of living apart from it. Recto - Inline tasks with dates, captured without leaving the note - Task Center: overdue, today, tomorrow, this week, next week - Native iOS, fast and quiet Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internetservices/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CarryOver4 screens
Recto Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CarryOver at none against Recto Notes's 3. CarryOver also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Recto Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CarryOver asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CarryOver ships an update fortnightly, Recto Notes every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
CarryOver versus Recto Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarryOverRecto Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better27.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperๅŸนๅ…‹ ็ฝ—Thijs Kremers

In-app purchases

None

CarryOver

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Recto Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Recto Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Recto Pro$69.99

Questions

Is CarryOver free?
CarryOver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recto Notes free?
Recto Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CarryOver or Recto Notes have ads?
Neither CarryOver nor Recto Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CarryOver or Recto Notes?
CarryOver ships an update fortnightly, and Recto Notes every 11 days. Most recently, CarryOver was updated on October 24, 2026 and Recto Notes on October 31, 2026.

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