Notestream vs Note Feed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Note Feed
This app provides a private, chat-like interface for saving and organizing notes, links, photos, and files. Easily save content from other apps and access it quickly through a searchable feed that groups entries by day. It's designed for all screens and offers a completely ad-free, private experience.
- Chat-like interface for notes
- Save from any app
- Organized by day
- Searchable content
- Private by design
- Cross-device compatibility
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Note Feed is one simple place for everything you want to keep. It looks and works like a chat with yourself: type a thought, paste a link or add some photos, and it lands at the bottom of your feed, right where you're typing. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share to Note Feed from Safari, Photos, Files or any app with a share button, without leaving the app you're in • Add a comment as you share, or just tap Save • Type or paste into the box at the bottom of the feed, like sending a message • Attach photos and files with the + button • On iPad, drag text, links and images straight onto the feed EVERYTHING IN ONE FEED • Text, photos, links and files, on their own or together in one note • Links show a preview with the page title and image • Photos sit in a tidy grid; tap one to see it full screen • PDFs and other files open with a tap • Notes are grouped by day, so it's easy to scroll back to when you saved something GET IT BACK OUT FAST • Swipe to copy a whole note, photos and all • Share any note to another app • Edit a note after you send it, or delete it • Search everything: note text, link titles, web addresses and file names PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in, no ads and no tracking • Your notes stay on your device. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad, in any orientation, including Split View and Stage Manager • Light, dark, or match your device • With a keyboard, Return sends and Command-F searches FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL TIP JAR Note Feed is free, with no subscriptions or locked features. If you'd like to support it, the tip jar in Settings has three tips named after the developer's cats: Rey, Reggie and Connor. Any tip unlocks a supporter badge and an alternate app icon. The app never asks you to tip.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notestream at 4 against Note Feed's 1. Notestream also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notestream against 5.0 for Note Feed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Notestream | Note Feed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calem Viluan | Daniel Coulter |
In-app purchases
Notestream
No in-app purchases
Note Feed
No in-app purchases









