Comparison

Await vs CatNote

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

Head to head
About

Await

Design and build custom widgets for your device. Choose from templates or start from scratch, customizing layouts, interactions, and styles. The app prioritizes a local-first experience for focused creation.

Highlights
  • Widget creation from templates
  • Design widgets from scratch
  • Customize layouts and interactions
  • Tune styles with design panels
  • Local-first design experience
Features
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Await lets you create widgets that are perfect for you. Reading, studying, music, a clock, an instrument, a puzzle, or some small tool that's only useful to you — all of it can become a widget with Await. Some needs and habits are too personal to find a ready-made product that fits just right. So make one the way you want it. A friend of mine keeps a book open on the desk. It just sits there, and he reads a little whenever he has a spare moment. A widget is the same. It stays on your Home Screen, always there when you need it. So many things would only take a few seconds, but a few extra steps get in the way, and they never even get started. The things you've wanted to do for years — why haven't you started? Maybe the problem was never you. Maybe you just never had a widget that fit.

About

CatNote

This app offers a unique journaling experience where you collect a new cat illustration each day. Record your daily moments and build a personalized calendar tapestry, enhanced by customizable home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Daily cat collection
  • Minimalist journaling
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes
  • Original cat illustrations
Features
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CatNote is a minimalist journal and widget app that blends a “365-day tapestry of time” with the delightful surprise of a cat blind box. Every day of the year brings a cat of your own. Jot down a feeling, an encounter, or an ordinary moment worth remembering, and watch your cat calendar slowly fill up. Key Features: - One Cat a Day: Record your year by collecting cats - Minimal Journal: Create, edit, and revisit daily entries with ease - Home Screen Widgets: Choose from cat and monthly calendar widgets in multiple sizes - Custom Colors: Pick a favorite theme color for both the app and widgets - Original Illustrations: A playful cast of cats for every day worth remembering May CatNote become a soft little corner in your pocket. Even if you write only one sentence today, you’ve already saved the day with care. Privacy Policy: https://limiere32-ops.github.io/-Catnote-privacy-policy-/privacy-policy.zh-CN.html Terms of Use: https://limiere32-ops.github.io/-Catnote-privacy-policy-/terms-of-service.zh-CN.html Feedback: wow.willlee@gmail.com

Screenshots

Await4 screens
CatNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Await at every 2 days against CatNote's weekly. Await also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Await sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CatNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Await against 5.0 for CatNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Await's written reviews are positive against 100% of CatNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Await ships an update every 2 days, CatNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Await versus CatNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwaitCatNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB9 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer逸尘 刘寒星 李

Customer experience

Await

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

CatNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Await

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$7.99
1 purchases

CatNote

One-time1
  • CatNote Unlock all permanently$4.99

Questions

Is Await free?
Await is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CatNote free?
CatNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Await or CatNote?
Await and CatNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Await or CatNote have ads?
Neither Await nor CatNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Await or CatNote?
Await ships an update every 2 days, and CatNote weekly. Most recently, Await was updated on October 25, 2026 and CatNote on October 24, 2026.

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