Comparison

Notestream vs Clastly

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

Head to head
About

Notestream

This app offers a private, chat-style notebook for quick note-taking. It focuses on speed and simplicity, allowing users to send thoughts like text messages without the pressure of traditional document formatting. Ideal for lists, memos, and everyday ideas.

Highlights
  • Chat-style note interface
  • Fast capture and search
  • Checkboxes and colored ribbons
  • Image support with captions
  • Channel archiving and restoration
  • Export to .txt and .csv
  • Full backup and import
Features
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Notestream is a beautifully simple chat-style notes app that makes quick-capture notes feel like texting yourself. Fast capture, easy search, and lightweight organization for everyday thoughts. Most notes apps push you toward documents and structure. Notestream keeps notes in a totally private chat-like thread, so you can type a thought, send it, and move on. It stays easy to skim and easy to find later with search. GREAT FOR • Quick notes during the day • To-do lists, grocery lists, and checklists • Meeting notes and action items • Light journaling and personal reflections • Brainstorms, idea dumps, and memos WHY IT’S DIFFERENT Notestream removes friction at the moment you need to capture something. Instead of opening a page, naming it, and organizing it, you just write like a text and send. • Feels like texting yourself — every note is a quick send in a chat-like thread • No document ritual — no blank page pressure or formatting rabbit hole • Built for small, frequent notes — memos, lists, ideas, and quick journaling • Fast review and retrieval — easy to skim, easy to search • Private by default — no account required WHO NOTESTREAM IS FOR • People who want speed over structure • People who already text themselves notes and want a better version of that workflow • People who hate “document mode” (pages, folders, formatting) • People who keep messy brain dumps — one-liners, half thoughts, links, quick lists • People who want a daily driver for small notes — memos, to-dos, groceries, ideas, journaling • People who value privacy and simplicity — a lightweight, no-fuss place to keep personal notes FEATURES • Multiple channels for separate topics • Checkboxes + colored ribbons • Add images (with optional captions) • Archive and restore channels • Export to plain-text open file formats like .txt or .csv • Full backup export/import • Highly customizable themes (dark + light included) PRIVACY • Offline-first: your notes are stored locally on your device • No account required Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://redflask-notestream.github.io/privacy/

About

Clastly

Organize anything with custom collections and powerful field types. Track reading lists, travel memories, subscriptions, and more. Your data syncs securely via iCloud with a clean, native iOS interface.

Highlights
  • Customizable collections
  • Multiple field types
  • Pre-built templates
  • Data filtering
  • iCloud sync
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Clastly is a personal database for collecting, organizing, and looking back on everything you love. Books, gadgets, travel memories, fandom, subscriptions—turn anything worth keeping into a collection shaped around you. Start quickly with templates: • Collection Catalog - Track purchase dates, condition, storage locations, and photos • Travel Log - Save places from maps or your current location • Fandom - Record concerts, merch, and favorite moments • Subscription Manager - Manage renewal dates, costs, and active services • Reading List - Organize covers, reading status, reviews, and reference URLs • Pet Diary - Capture daily moments, photos, and notes about your pets • Sauna & Spa - Record temperatures, facilities, and relaxation levels • Cafe Log - Log latte art, beans, and shop atmosphere • Movie Watchlist - Save memorable quotes, directors, and personal ratings Or start with Blank and create a structure of your own. Add fields that fit what you collect: • Text • Number • Date • Checkbox • Single Select • Multi Select • URL • Place • File • Created Time • Last Edited Time • Formula (Clastly Pro) • Relation (Clastly Pro) • Rollup (Clastly Pro) Customize your views: • List - Scan details quickly • Table - Compare and edit details in columns • Gallery - Browse records with photos • Masonry - Make the most of photos in different sizes • Board - Organize by status or category • Calendar - See dated records by month, week or day • Map - See saved places on a map Group, sort, and filter using your fields. Search within a collection or across collections, find records in Spotlight, and choose which details appear in each row. Group text by first letter, numbers by range, and dates by day, week, month, or year, and hide empty groups. Set end dates to record a period, and display numbers as currency, percentages or with a unit. You can also set a notification for a date and time you specify. Choose a notification or an urgent reminder that sounds an alarm (iOS or iPadOS 26 or later). One view per collection, all layouts, grouping, sorting and filtering remain free. Import and export data: You can also import CSV and TSV files to create collections. Collections created in Clastly can be exported as CSV. Back up all your data together and restore it when you need it. Capture from anywhere: Save photos, web pages, text, files, and Apple Maps places to Clastly from the share sheet. Home Screen widgets show a calendar, recent records, and collection counts, while widgets, the Lock Screen, and Control Center give you quick ways to add a new record. Clastly also works with Siri and Shortcuts. Automate opening collections, adding and editing records, updating fields, and searching your data. Private and synced: No ads. No social features. Your collections sync between iPhone and iPad with iCloud. With Clastly Pro (subscription), save multiple named views for each collection and switch between them. Search text in photos, scans and PDFs. Use formulas to calculate costs and dates, combine text, or show results based on conditions. View totals and averages for each group. Link records across collections with relations, and use rollups to total, average, or count values from linked records. Not for likes, but for yourself. Build a library just to collect and enjoy looking back at your treasures. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.clastly.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Notestream4 screens
Clastly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clastly at 100% against Notestream's 0%. Clastly also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). Notestream's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Clastly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Notestream asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notestream holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Notestream's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clastly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notestream ships an update every 3 weeks, Clastly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notestream versus Clastly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotestreamClastly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCalem ViluanSoji Takahashi

Customer experience

Notestream

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Clastly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notestream

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Clastly

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Plan (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Notestream free?
Notestream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clastly free?
Clastly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notestream or Clastly?
Notestream is rated higher. Notestream averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Clastly averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Notestream or Clastly have ads?
Neither Notestream nor Clastly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notestream or Clastly?
Notestream ships an update every 3 weeks, and Clastly every 11 days. Most recently, Notestream was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clastly on October 31, 2026.

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