Comparison

Clastly vs Noteara

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

Head to head
About

Clastly

Organize anything with custom collections and powerful field types. Track reading lists, travel memories, subscriptions, and more. Your data syncs securely via iCloud with a clean, native iOS interface.

Highlights
  • Customizable collections
  • Multiple field types
  • Pre-built templates
  • Data filtering
  • iCloud sync
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Clastly is a personal database for collecting, organizing, and looking back on everything you love. Books, gadgets, travel memories, fandom, subscriptions—turn anything worth keeping into a collection shaped around you. Start quickly with templates: • Collection Catalog - Track purchase dates, condition, storage locations, and photos • Travel Log - Save places from maps or your current location • Fandom - Record concerts, merch, and favorite moments • Subscription Manager - Manage renewal dates, costs, and active services • Reading List - Organize covers, reading status, reviews, and reference URLs • Pet Diary - Capture daily moments, photos, and notes about your pets • Sauna & Spa - Record temperatures, facilities, and relaxation levels • Cafe Log - Log latte art, beans, and shop atmosphere • Movie Watchlist - Save memorable quotes, directors, and personal ratings Or start with Blank and create a structure of your own. Add fields that fit what you collect: • Text • Number • Date • Checkbox • Single Select • Multi Select • URL • Place • File • Created Time • Last Edited Time • Formula (Clastly Pro) • Relation (Clastly Pro) • Rollup (Clastly Pro) Customize your views: • List - Scan details quickly • Table - Compare and edit details in columns • Gallery - Browse records with photos • Masonry - Make the most of photos in different sizes • Board - Organize by status or category • Calendar - See dated records by month, week or day • Map - See saved places on a map Group, sort, and filter using your fields. Search within a collection or across collections, find records in Spotlight, and choose which details appear in each row. Group text by first letter, numbers by range, and dates by day, week, month, or year, and hide empty groups. Set end dates to record a period, and display numbers as currency, percentages or with a unit. You can also set a notification for a date and time you specify. Choose a notification or an urgent reminder that sounds an alarm (iOS or iPadOS 26 or later). One view per collection, all layouts, grouping, sorting and filtering remain free. Import and export data: You can also import CSV and TSV files to create collections. Collections created in Clastly can be exported as CSV. Back up all your data together and restore it when you need it. Capture from anywhere: Save photos, web pages, text, files, and Apple Maps places to Clastly from the share sheet. Home Screen widgets show a calendar, recent records, and collection counts, while widgets, the Lock Screen, and Control Center give you quick ways to add a new record. Clastly also works with Siri and Shortcuts. Automate opening collections, adding and editing records, updating fields, and searching your data. Private and synced: No ads. No social features. Your collections sync between iPhone and iPad with iCloud. With Clastly Pro (subscription), save multiple named views for each collection and switch between them. Search text in photos, scans and PDFs. Use formulas to calculate costs and dates, combine text, or show results based on conditions. View totals and averages for each group. Link records across collections with relations, and use rollups to total, average, or count values from linked records. Not for likes, but for yourself. Build a library just to collect and enjoy looking back at your treasures. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.clastly.com/privacy/

About

Noteara

This AI-powered app combines note-taking, whiteboard functionality, and planning tools. It allows for natural handwriting, task organization with reminders, and live collaboration on shared boards, mimicking the feel of pen and paper.

Highlights
  • AI-powered note-taking
  • Natural handwriting input
  • Live collaborative whiteboards
  • Task organization with reminders
  • Chat with your notes
Features
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Noteara is an AI-powered notes, whiteboard, handwriting, and planner app for iPad and iPhone. Capture ideas fast, sketch naturally, organize tasks with reminders, chat with your notes, and collaborate live on shared whiteboards—without losing the feel of pen and paper.

Screenshots

Clastly4 screens
Noteara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clastly at 100% against Noteara's 0%. Clastly also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Noteara's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Clastly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Noteara asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clastly holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Clastly's written reviews are positive against 0% of Noteara's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clastly ships an update every 11 days, Noteara every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clastly versus Noteara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClastlyNoteara
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoji TakahashiMd Shohag

Customer experience

Clastly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Noteara

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Clastly

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Plan (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Noteara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clastly free?
Clastly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noteara free?
Noteara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clastly or Noteara?
Clastly is rated higher. Clastly averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Noteara averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Clastly or Noteara have ads?
Neither Clastly nor Noteara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clastly or Noteara?
Clastly ships an update every 11 days, and Noteara every 5 days. Most recently, Clastly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Noteara on October 24, 2026.

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