Comparison

Notable vs FlatNote

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

Head to head
About

Notable

This app allows you to create a private journal to capture and organize your memories. You can add text and photos to entries, and tag friends to easily revisit shared moments. Keep your personal reflections organized and accessible.

Highlights
  • Create text and image journal entries
  • Tag friends to connect entries
  • Browse entries by person and date
  • Add friend details and notes
  • Private and organized journaling
Features
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Notable is your private journal for capturing memories and organizing them by the people who matter most. Write entries, add photos, and tag friends to easily revisit the moments you have shared with them. Features: - Create journals with text and images - Tag friends to connect entries with the people in your life - Browse entries by person and date - Add friend details like profile pictures and personal notes - Keep everything private and organized at an individual level With Notable, your journal stays personal. Capture meaningful moments, organize them with tags, and always know where to find your memories.

About

FlatNote

This app allows you to create and organize notes using markdown formatting. It offers live formatting, image support, and robust organization features. Your notes are stored as plain files and sync via iCloud across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live markdown formatting
  • Image embedding in notes
  • Folder organization and pinning
  • Real checkboxes
  • In-note search
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Plain .md file export
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FlatNote is a markdown notes app for people who want their writing to stay plain, portable, and theirs. It runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and your notes sync across all of them through your own iCloud, or stay in a folder you choose. Type markdown and watch it format as you go. Headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, links, quotes, bullet lists, and tappable checkboxes all render while you write. The raw symbols stay out of your way and reappear only on the line you are editing, so you always know exactly what you typed. WHAT YOU GET - Live formatting. See the result as you type, with a one minute reference note included. - Photos in your notes. Paste an image or attach one; it is saved next to the note as an ordinary file, not in a database. - Folders, pins, and sorting. Organize notes into real directories and keep the ones you use on top. - Real checkboxes. Tap to check things off, right in the note. - Find in a note. Search the open note and jump between highlighted matches. - Quick formatting. A formatting bar above the keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and standard shortcuts on Mac. - Find your notes fast. Search the whole library by title or content. YOUR WORDS BELONG TO YOU - Every note is a plain .md file. No proprietary format, no lock-in, readable in any app, on any device, years from now. - Your notes live in your iCloud and sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac automatically, signed in with your Apple ID. No separate account to make. - Export carries everything. Share any note as markdown, with its pictures included, or export your whole library as one zip of ordinary files. The files are also right there in the Files app on iOS and Finder on Mac. - Delete is honest. Deleted notes go to Trash, where they can be recovered. QUIET BY DESIGN - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing about you leaves your devices and your iCloud. - Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, in light and dark. FlatNote keeps the format simple so you can keep your thinking clear.

Screenshots

Notable4 screens
FlatNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Notable at weekly against FlatNote's every 2 months. Notable also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 1). FlatNote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notable against 5.0 for FlatNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notable has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notable ships an update weekly, FlatNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notable versus FlatNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotableFlatNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (51 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOTABLE APP LLCKate Benediktsson

Customer experience

Notable

All ratings50 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlatNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notable

No in-app purchases

None

FlatNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notable free?
Notable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlatNote free?
FlatNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notable or FlatNote?
Notable and FlatNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 51 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Notable or FlatNote have ads?
Neither Notable nor FlatNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notable or FlatNote?
Notable ships an update weekly, and FlatNote every 2 months. Most recently, Notable was updated on October 24, 2026 and FlatNote on October 13, 2026.

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