Comparison

Note Fold vs Traverse outliner mobile

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

Head to head
About

Note Fold

Features
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Note Fold is a powerful note-taking app for students, professionals, and lifelong learners who need more than a flat list. Create nested folders, write with rich text formatting, embed photos and videos, and tag notes for instant cross-referencing. β€’ Unlimited Folder Structure β€’ Rich Text Editor β€’ Embed Photos, Videos & Links β€’ Smart Tagging System β€’ Search Everything β€’ Works Offline, No Account Required β€’ Archive & Restore β€’ Import & Export Your Library β€’ Customize Your Workspace UNLIMITED FOLDER STRUCTURE Organize notes in folders within folders. Drag and drop to rearrange instantly. Color-code folders and notes to find what you need at a glance. Perfect for coursework, research projects, creative writing, or building your personal knowledge base. RICH TEXT EDITOR Write beautifully formatted notes with bold, italic, headings, bullet points, numbered lists, blockquotes, and inline code. No markdown syntax required, just tap and type. EMBED PHOTOS, VIDEOS & LINKS Insert images from your camera roll or capture new photos Embed videos directly from your device Paste YouTube links for inline video playback Add web links with automatic preview cards SMART TAGGING SYSTEM Create color-coded tags and apply multiple tags to any note. Browse all notes by tag to find related content across your entire folder structure, perfect for connecting ideas across subjects. SEARCH EVERYTHING Find any note instantly. Search results show the full folder path so you can jump directly to what you need. WORKS OFFLINE, NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Your notes are stored locally on your device. Write and organize without internet. No sign-up, no cloud. Your data stays on your device. ARCHIVE & RESTORE No accidental deletion. Archived notes are kept safe until you restore or permanently remove them. IMPORT & EXPORT YOUR LIBRARY Back up everything or share individual folders. The .notefold format preserves your complete structure including notes, folders, and tags. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKSPACE Light and dark themes Adjustable text sizes Custom colors for folders, notes, and tags NOTE FOLD PRO Unlock the complete experience: β€’ Unlimited folder nesting depth β€’ Embed photos, videos, and YouTube β€’ Rich link preview cards β€’ Import & export functionality β€’ Ad-free note-taking Available as monthly, yearly, or lifetime purchase. Download Note Fold today and organize your notes the way your mind actually works. Privacy Policy: https://barrelofsunshine.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Traverse outliner mobile

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Traverse Mobile is a powerful, focused outliner for iPhone and iPadβ€”built for capturing ideas quickly, turning complexity into clear structure and keeping portable OPML documents close wherever you work. Use Traverse Mobile to plan projects, map research, structure writing, organise notes, build checklists, break down tasks, prepare reports, develop scripts or think through difficult ideas one level at a time. THE OUTLINE VIEW, WHEREVER YOU GO Traverse Mobile brings the classic Outline view from Traverse for Mac to a touch-first app. Open an OPML document from Files or create a new one, then build and reshape its hierarchy in a familiar indented outline. Traverse Mobile is completely free. There are no subscriptions, in-app purchases or adverts, and no account to create. Create and edit as many outlines as you need. Store files locally, in iCloud Drive or with a compatible Files provider, then continue working with the same OPML documents in Traverse app on your Mac or in other compatible apps. KEY FEATURES β€’ Classic outline view See the shape of your ideas in a clean, indented hierarchy. Expand individual branches or reveal the whole outline when you need the complete picture. β€’ Fast, flexible editing Add siblings and children, edit text in place, move items up or down, indent and outdent, or drag items before, inside or after another branch. β€’ Focus mode Work inside a single branch without deleting, moving or changing its underlying place in the full outline. β€’ Tasks and checklists Turn items into tasks, mark them complete and keep action points in context alongside the rest of your thinking. β€’ Notes, links and colour marks Add supporting notes, attach URLs and use colour marks to make important items easy to recognise. Open links directly from the outline. β€’ Custom attributes Give your outline the structure your work needs with text, numbers, dates, URLs, checkboxes and reusable lookup values. β€’ Draft status Mark an item or an entire branch as draft while keeping it in place. β€’ OPML-based documents Create, open and edit portable OPML files directly through Files. Your outlines remain accessible and under your control. β€’ Works with Traverse for Mac Share compatible OPML documents between mobile and desktop. Traverse Mobile preserves Traverse metadata and can display and edit Markdown Type and Fountain roles already present in compatible documents. β€’ Undo and redo Reverse text edits, structural changes, task updates and attribute changes with descriptive document history. β€’ Made for iPhone and iPad Use touch gestures for quick edits or a hardware keyboard for efficient navigation and restructuring. On larger iPads, inspect attributes alongside your outline in landscape. β€’ Control your view Show or hide notes and attributes, wrap long text, or expand and collapse every branch at once. Traverse Mobile deliberately concentrates on the classic Outline view. When you want Traverse’s horizontal Column views, Writer view, advanced filtering, templates, snippets and export tools, continue with Traverse for Mac. TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY: https://knowledge.shakingthehabitual.com/en/article/212-traverse-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Note Fold4 screens
Traverse outliner mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Traverse outliner mobile at none against Note Fold's 3. Traverse outliner mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown). Note Fold's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Note Fold sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Traverse outliner mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Note Fold versus Traverse outliner mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote FoldTraverse outliner mobile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.5
Further details β€” not scored
Size62 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarrel of SunshineStuart Marshall

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Note Fold

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - Note Fold Pro$1.991 Month
  • Annual - Note Fold Pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime - Note Fold Pro$24.99
None

Traverse outliner mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Fold free?
Note Fold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traverse outliner mobile free?
Traverse outliner mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Note Fold or Traverse outliner mobile have ads?
Note Fold shows ads; Traverse outliner mobile does not.

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