Comparison

NoteVela vs Olive

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

Head to head
About

NoteVela

Features
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NoteVela turns your voice into organized, searchable notes using advanced AI transcription and summarization. FEATURES: โ€ข Instantly record voice notes โ€ข Accurate AI-powered transcription โ€ข One-tap AI summaries for every note โ€ข Search notes by title with a built-in search bar โ€ข Organize, view, and delete notes easily โ€ข Offline voice recording โ€ข Modern, privacy-focused design โ€ข Supports 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish Ideal for meetings, lectures, interviews, and more. All audio is processed securely in the cloud and never shared. Your privacy is protected. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Olive

Features
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Build better habits, one tap at a time. Olive is a calm habit tracker that lives on your phone. Add the things you mean to do, tap once when you do them, and watch a year of history fill in. There is no account to create, no server to trust and nothing between you and the habit itself. Whether you are drinking more water, reading every evening, training three times a week or cutting back on coffee, Olive keeps the whole picture on one screen. Track what matters - Habits to build and habits to quit - A daily target for each one, from a single check to a counter that can go past the goal - Quit habits with a daily allowance, so cutting back counts as much as quitting - Every day, chosen weekdays, a few times a week or a few times a month - Streaks that follow your schedule, so a rest day never breaks one - Current streak, best streak, completion rate and totals for every habit - An icon or emoji and a color of your choice for each habit See a year at a glance - The last year of every habit on its card, one square per day - Grid, week, month, list and compact layouts - Tap any day to log it, past days included - A calendar of every month on the habit's own page - A day editor to fix any day - Drag to reorder, press and hold to edit, archive or delete Stay on track - Reminders at the times you pick, only on the days a habit is due - More than one reminder per habit, for the morning and the evening - A reminder for a habit you already finished stays quiet - Home Screen widgets that log a habit without opening the app - A widget for one habit with its year of history - Lock Screen widgets for a glance at today - Archive a habit when you are done with it, and bring it back with all of its history Understand your progress - Perfect days, completion rate and best streaks over a week, a month, 90 days, a year or any range you pick - How much of each day you finished - Activity by day of the week, so you can see where consistency slips - Every habit ranked, strongest first Make it yours - Light, dark or the system setting - Accent colors - Liquid Glass on iOS 26 Yours alone - Everything is stored on your device and works offline - No account, no servers, no tracking - iCloud sync between your own devices, through your own iCloud account and nowhere else - Export a JSON backup of everything and import it on another device Olive is free for up to five habits. Olive Pro is one purchase, not a subscription, and unlocks unlimited habits, reminders, widgets, statistics, iCloud sync, backup export and import, and restoring archived habits. Privacy Policy: https://olivehabits.app/privacy

Screenshots

NoteVela4 screens
Olive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Olive at every 5 days against NoteVela's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. NoteVela sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Olive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteVela ships an update monthly, Olive every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
NoteVela versus Olive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteVelaOlive
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size30 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGayanga HerathShiny Grape, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NoteVela

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$109.991 Year
1 purchases

Olive

One-time1
  • Olive Pro$9.00

Questions

Is NoteVela free?
NoteVela is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Olive free?
Olive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NoteVela or Olive have ads?
Neither NoteVela nor Olive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteVela or Olive?
NoteVela ships an update monthly, and Olive every 5 days. Most recently, NoteVela was updated on October 28, 2026 and Olive on October 28, 2026.

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