Comparison

Sheet Notes vs Zonal

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

Head to head
About

Sheet Notes

Features
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Sheet Notes: Notes in a Grid Sheet Notes is a flexible workspace for people who find linear documents too restrictive and spreadsheets too rigid. It organizes your ideas into a grid where every cell acts as a Markdown-ready canvas. How it works: * Grid Layout: Move beyond lists. Structure projects and data in a layout that follows your thought process. * Full Markdown: Use rich text, headers, code blocks, and images within any cell. * Seamless Sync: Works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud, with an optional GitHub sync for version control and sync to other platforms like Windows. * Privacy First: Your data stays on your device. It’s fast, works offline, and doesn’t track you. * Customization: Choose from themes like Midnight or Sand, or build your own to suit your workflow. It’s a simple, non-linear way to keep your research, writing, and planning organized without the overhead of a complex database.

About

Zonal

Features
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Zonal is a tiny, focused time-zone buddy. Add the cities and people you care about and see at a glance, what time it is for each of them right now. Need to find a slot that works across zones? Drag the dial at the bottom to travel up to 24 hours forward or back and watch every clock move together. When you find the moment, you've found your meeting time. • Every card is tinted by the local time of day there — night, dawn, day, dusk — so you can feel the time, not just read it. Each card shows its own date, too. • Name your entries. The name starts as the city but you can call it anything — "HQ", "Mom", "Tampa". Add the same zone more than once under different names. • Tap any card for its detail page: live time, UTC offset... Set it as your base and every offset is shown relative to it. • Smart search knows common cities that aren't official time-zone names — Beijing, San Francisco, Antwerp, Mumbai, and over a thousand more — plus UTC and GMT. • Share an entry as a link; the person you send it to gets a preview and confirms before it's added. No accounts, no subscriptions, no ads. Zonal works entirely on your device.

Screenshots

Sheet Notes4 screens
Zonal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Zonal at 15.1 against Sheet Notes's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Sheet Notes versus Zonal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSheet NotesZonal
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan Olov HyllengrenEvert De Spiegeleer

In-app purchases

None

Sheet Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Zonal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sheet Notes free?
Sheet Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zonal free?
Zonal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sheet Notes or Zonal have ads?
Neither Sheet Notes nor Zonal shows ads.

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