Comparison

Gravity Notes vs nowish

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

Head to head
About

Gravity Notes

This app offers a minimalist approach to note-taking, organizing entries in a single, chronological list. Users can easily rescue, archive, or delete notes with simple gestures. It supports Markdown formatting and custom tags for efficient organization and offline search.

Highlights
  • Single note list organization
  • Swipe gestures for note management
  • Markdown formatting support
  • Customizable tags for categorization
  • Offline search functionality
  • Home Screen widget for quick entry
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one list, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the list. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It finds what you mean as well as what you typed: "sofa" finds your note about the couch. Typos, plurals, accents and shorthand like appt still find the note, and dates, phone numbers and amounts match however you write them. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the list. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no ads, and you don't need an account. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. Gravity Sync (Beta) syncs with Android too, free during the beta. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from six text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

About

nowish

Features
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nowish is a simple, gamified task manager for people who want to get things done soon-ish. Add up to 10 tasks per day, check them off, and earn XP to level up. Unlock new titles, task allowances and ranks as you build momentum. Set recurring tasks daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly so your routine runs itself. Track your progress via the progress tab. The more consistent you are, the higher you climb. No accounts. No cloud. Everything stays on your device. Try nowish now. Features: - Add and complete daily tasks to earn XP - Level up from 1 to 99 - Unlock titles and ranks as you progress - Set recurring tasks (daily, weekday, weekend, weekly, fortnightly, monthly) - Calendar view to plan ahead and review past days - Manage future tasks in one place - Swipe to delete tasks - Clean, distraction-free design - Upgrade to unlock unlimited tasks per day

Screenshots

Gravity Notes4 screens
nowish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: nowish at Free against Gravity Notes's $9.99. nowish also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Gravity Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support 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

nowish is free to download; Gravity Notes costs $9.99 up front. nowish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gravity Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravity Notes ships an update every 9 days, nowish every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gravity Notes versus nowish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravity Notesnowish
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTristan ManchesterTega Fe-Cados

In-app purchases

None

Gravity Notes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

nowish

One-time1
  • Unlimited Tasks$0.99

Questions

Is Gravity Notes free?
Gravity Notes costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is nowish free?
nowish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gravity Notes or nowish have ads?
Neither Gravity Notes nor nowish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravity Notes or nowish?
Gravity Notes ships an update every 9 days, and nowish every 3 days. Most recently, Gravity Notes was updated on November 15, 2026 and nowish on November 9, 2026.

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