Comparison

Notestream vs Moun

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

Moun

Capture thoughts, tasks, and reminders effortlessly using voice commands. This app's AI organizes your information and delivers timely reminders based on time or location, ensuring you never forget important items.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-note/task/reminder capture
  • Time and location-based reminders
  • Persistent reminders for unfinished tasks
  • AI-powered search
  • Automatic organization by AI
  • Unified notes, tasks, and reminders
Features
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Moun is your external memory. Speak naturally and Moun turns it into a task, or a reminder — no forms, no friction. Then it brings things back to you at the exact moment you need them. Most apps let you write things down but never help you find them again. Moun is built the way people actually think: capture fast, let AI organize, and never lose anything. CAPTURE BY VOICE Tap once and talk. Moun understands what you mean and sets up the note, task, or reminder for you automatically. SMART REMINDERS Get reminded by time or by place. "Remind me to call Mario when I get to work" just works, thanks to location-based reminders. PERSISTENT REMINDERS Didn't finish a task? Moun brings it back the next day — and keeps reminding you until it's actually done. FIND ANYTHING WITH AI Don't remember where you saved it? Just describe it. Moun's AI search finds any note, moment, or reminder in seconds. YOUR MEMORY, ORGANIZED FOR YOU Drop things in without worrying about folders. The AI handles the organizing so you don't have to. Prefer structure? Predefined folders like Journal are ready when you want them. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Notes, tasks, reminders, and moments — unified in a calm, minimal space designed to feel effortless. Capture fast. Find easily. Never forget. Download Moun and turn your phone into the memory that remembers for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notestream4 screens
Moun4 screens

Verdict

The call

Notestream and Moun both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Moun's written reviews are positive against 0% of Notestream's. Moun also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Notestream's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Moun sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Notestream asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notestream against 5.0 for Moun. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Notestream's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moun's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notestream ships an update every 3 weeks, Moun every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Notestream versus Moun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotestreamMoun
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB166 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCalem ViluanRayner Molina

Customer experience

Notestream

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

Moun

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

In-app purchases

None

Notestream

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Moun

Subscriptions2
  • Moun Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • Moun Annual Plan$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Notestream free?
Notestream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moun free?
Moun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notestream or Moun?
Notestream and Moun are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Notestream or Moun have ads?
Neither Notestream nor Moun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notestream or Moun?
Notestream ships an update every 3 weeks, and Moun every 2 days. Most recently, Notestream was updated on October 15, 2026 and Moun on October 11, 2026.

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