Timites vs Serious Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timites
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Recurring reminders for the things you want to remember again. Timites brings the reminder, its schedule, and an optional timer together in one place. REMEMBER WHAT COMES AROUND AGAIN Water the plants. Clean the filter. Take a stretch break. Set a reminder for a daily routine or an occasional household job, then let Timites bring it back when it is due. CHOOSE WHEN IT REPEATS Schedule daily times, selected weekdays, monthly dates, or yearly dates. Use patterns such as the second Tuesday, every few weeks, or every 1–11 months. A TIMER INSIDE YOUR REMINDER When a reminder needs a little time, start its built-in timer. Use a single countdown or timed repeats with sets and rest. Pause and resume without switching to another app. SEE WHAT NEEDS YOU NOW Active reminders sit above what is coming later. See which earlier reminder you are completing, finish one at a time, or postpone the current occurrence. START WITH AN EXAMPLE Choose Water plants, Wipe counters, or Replace air filter on the welcome screen, or browse the Examples library for more ideas. Preview an example, add a personal copy, and adjust its schedule or timer. PRIVATE AND SIMPLE No account or automatic cloud sync. Reminders and history stay on your iPhone, and notifications are scheduled locally. Unlimited includes saving and restoring your own backup files through Files. Three enabled Timites of your own are free. Unlimited removes the limit with one payment, never a subscription.
Serious Notebook
A private digital notebook for handwriting, typing, and annotating documents. Import PDFs, scan paper, and organize your thoughts with customizable tools. Keep your work securely on your device with no accounts or tracking.
- Handwrite and sketch with Apple Pencil
- Type notes and highlight on iPhone
- Import and annotate PDFs
- Scan paper into notebooks
- Insert text boxes, sticky notes, photos, and scans
- Export notebooks as PDF
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Your handwriting, PDFs, and ideas. A quieter place to think. Write naturally with Apple Pencil on iPad. Type notes and highlight pages on iPhone. Import a PDF planner, annotate a worksheet, or scan paper into a notebook you can keep working in. Serious Notebook keeps your work on your device, with no account, ads, tracking, or subscription. WRITE, STUDY, AND PLAN • Handwrite and sketch on iPad with pen, pencil, highlighter, and eraser tools. Apple Pencil works on compatible iPads. • Type notes and highlight with your finger on iPhone. • Choose blank, ruled, grid, or dot-grid paper in soft white or cream. • Give each notebook its own title and cover. MAKE DOCUMENTS YOUR OWN • Import PDFs as notebooks and annotate their pages. • Scan paper on supported camera-equipped devices, review the pages, then start writing. • Add text boxes and sticky notes. With lifetime access, insert photos, PDF pages, and scans into your notes. • Move, resize, and rotate inserted objects. • Export a notebook or selected pages as PDF to save or share. NEW IN 3.0 Scan several pages straight into your open notebook as movable objects with lifetime access. Take multiple photos, review them, and add them together. On iPad, a clearer top toolbar leaves more room to write. TRY YOUR OWN NOTES The free workspace includes one handwritten notebook plus one separate PDF or scan notebook, up to 10 pages each. Try the included example without using either allowance. ONE LIFETIME PURCHASE Unlock unlimited notebooks, pages, PDF imports, camera scans, and photo insertion with a single non-consumable purchase. No recurring payments. Existing lifetime customers and eligible original paid-app customers keep access. Restore Purchases is available in Settings. PRIVATE, ON YOUR DEVICE Notes, imported documents, photos, and scans stay on the device where you create them. No app account or document upload is required. Notebooks do not automatically sync between devices. Export PDFs regularly to keep a copy of your work. Purchase and restoration use Apple's App Store services. For class notes, project ideas, PDF planners, and everyday thinking on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
Timites and Serious Notebook are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Timites sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Serious Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timites | Serious Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Melissa Chan | BILGESU KADAN |
In-app purchases
Timites
- Unlimited, forever$3.99
Serious Notebook
- Lifetime Unlock$24.99









