Comparison

worlds vs Stubnote

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

Head to head
About

worlds

Create private memory journals for yourself or shared spaces with loved ones. Capture everyday moments, inside jokes, and significant events with photos and written entries. Organize and find memories easily through a calendar and search function.

Highlights
  • Create solo or shared memory journals
  • Add photos and written entries
  • Invite friends, family, or partner
  • Organize memories by date
  • Calendar view for easy navigation
  • Search for specific memories
Features
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It's strange how you can spend an entire day with someone, have the best time, and a few months later barely remember what was said or what exactly made you laugh. This is why we made Worlds, so there's somewhere to write down all those little details before they're forgotten. Worlds is a memory journaling app where you can write about your life on your own, or create a shared journal with someone else. Unlike a traditional diary, more than one person can contribute to the same journal, so you're not limited to remembering everything from just one perspective. You might use it as a couples journal with your partner, a friendship journal with your best friend, or a family memory journal. You can create different Worlds for different people, each with its own collection of memories. Write a few sentences about something that happened today, add photos from your favourite morning, or finally write down the details of something that happened years ago. You can backdate entries and revisit your memories through a calendar whenever you like. And if you're on iPhone while your partner or friend uses Android? No problem. You can still write in the same journal together. Worlds is also for people who want to keep their memories somewhere other than social media. Your journals are private to you and whoever you invite, without an audience or the pressure to make your life look a certain way. Worlds is free to use, with two journals, up to five photos per memory and two members per journal. Premium is available if you'd like more. There's no AI writing your entries or generating your memories. Everything you write comes from you. WORLDS PREMIUM Go Premium for: - Unlimited Worlds (journals) - Up to 20 photos per memory - Unlimited members in Worlds you own - Search function to find memories faster - Custom World covers - Priority support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stubnote

Features
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Stubnote is a cozy journal for the small stuff you'd otherwise forget, and a few friends who write back. KEEP A NOTE Snap a photo or a video, record a voice note, write a few words. Every note is stamped with the time and the place, and lives in a notebook on your shelf. SHARE A NOTEBOOK, OR DON'T Keep notebooks just for you, or share one with a few people. Each invite link lets one person in and lasts 7 days. Choose whether they scribble on your notes or add notes too. FRIENDS SCRIBBLE BACK Everyone in a notebook can leave a scribble beside any note, or select a few words and pin one right next to them. Everyone gets their own Stub, a little pencil in their own colour, so one glance tells you who wrote what. SCRIBBLES FOR YOU See everything your people wrote back in one place, with a dot until you've read it. A NOTE FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the Stubnote widget to start a new photo, text or voice note in one tap (iOS 17 and up). NO LIKES, NO STREAKS, NO PRESSURE No followers, no feed and no ads. Notebooks are private by default, and only people you invite can read a shared one. Remove a scribble, report one, or leave a notebook at any time. Sign in with Apple, Google or email.

Screenshots

worlds4 screens
Stubnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stubnote at none against worlds's 2. Stubnote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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

Both are free to download. worlds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Stubnote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

worlds ships an update every 3 weeks, Stubnote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
worlds versus Stubnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterworldsStubnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlchemise Group Pty LtdYusuf Suhair

In-app purchases

2 purchases

worlds

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Worlds App Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Worlds App Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
None

Stubnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is worlds free?
worlds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stubnote free?
Stubnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do worlds or Stubnote have ads?
worlds shows ads; Stubnote does not.
Which is updated more often, worlds or Stubnote?
worlds ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stubnote every 5 days. Most recently, worlds was updated on October 28, 2026 and Stubnote on October 24, 2026.

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