Stacks vs Weiming Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stacks
Organize and share moments, ideas, and lists with others. Create private or shared collections for anything from restaurants to trip plans, and collaborate with friends and family by adding photos, links, and places.
- Create private or shared stacks
- Add photos, videos, text, links, and places
- Organize lists, plans, recommendations, and memories
- Collaborate with friends and family
- React, comment, and keep ideas moving
- Quickly save content into the right stack
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Stacks helps you organize and share moments, ideas, plans, and everyday lists with the people who matter. Create a stack for anything: restaurants to try, trip plans, grocery lists, photos, links, places, chores, quotes, games, or ideas you do not want to lose. Add cards, keep everything in one place, and invite others to view or contribute. Whether you are planning with friends, saving recommendations, or keeping track of life’s little details, Stacks makes shared organization feel simple and visual. Key features: - Create private or shared stacks - Add photos, videos, text, links, and places - Organize lists, plans, recommendations, and memories - Collaborate with friends and family - React, comment, and keep shared ideas moving - Quickly save content into the right stack Stacks is a flexible home for the things you want to remember, plan, and share.
Weiming Note
A calm, writing-focused note-taking application for daily thoughts, quick captures, and longer pieces. It offers seamless syncing across devices and secure account management, including easy deletion.
- Calm writing interface
- Inbox capture for quick notes
- Longer note support
- Cross-device syncing
- Pin and archive notes
- Markdown export
- Direct account deletion
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Weiming Note is a calm, writing-first note workspace for daily writing, inbox capture, and longer notes across iPhone and the web. Sign in with Apple, keep notes synced through an app-owned account, pin and archive what matters, export markdown copies, and delete your account directly in the iPhone app at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Weiming Note at every 6 days against Stacks's every 4 months. Stacks's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Stacks against 5.0 for Weiming Note. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Stacks ships an update every 4 months, Weiming Note every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stacks | Weiming Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derainged LLC | Weiming Chen |
In-app purchases
Stacks
No in-app purchases
Weiming Note
No in-app purchases
