Comparison

Abox Note · Markdown Notes vs Note Hoard

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

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About

Abox Note · Markdown Notes

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Abox Note is a lightweight Markdown note app with note organization, web previews, PDF export, long screenshots, and site publishing. Capture ideas anytime, organize them with spaces and nested tags, then export or share your notes—or publish them as a blog or documentation site. [Plain-text Markdown] Write Markdown in a plain-text editor with line numbers. Notes are stored as plain text for easy migration and long-term access. Capture fragments first, then rearrange and combine them later. [Simple organization] • Single-level spaces for broad categories • Nested tags for detailed organization (work/project, reading/design/ideas) No deep folder hierarchies, so there is less to manage. [Optimized for mobile] Improved cursor movement and text selection make it easier to capture, add, or edit content on your phone. [Preview, export, and share] • Web-style previews • PDF export with heading bookmarks and layout settings • Full-page and long screenshots • Online sharing through Youlog [Publish as a site] Publish an entire space as a blog or documentation site. • Preview before you go live • Export site files • Deploy directly • Choose themes and advanced settings [Text Actions] Create reusable text-processing tools: • Format text • Batch process content • Support your personal workflow • Integrate AI [More features] • Auto save • Restore last editing position • Quickly switch between recent notes • Find and replace (including regex) • Import and export (including ZIP) • Restore notes from Trash

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Note Hoard

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Save anything from the web and Note Hoard turns it into a clean, organized note. Summarized, titled, and filed for you, automatically. No chatbot to interrogate. Just your stuff, ready the moment you come back to it. Bookmarks pile up and links get forgotten. A note that's already summarized, tagged, and filed is something you'll actually use. WHAT YOU CAN SAVE - Articles & web pages: the real content is extracted and cleaned up - Videos: from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X/twitter, all transcribed by AI into a searchable note - Images, IG carousels, & screenshots: OCR retrieves clean text - Files: support for PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Plain text: upload plaintext files, paste anything, & write your own notes when you need to HOW IT WORKS Tap Share on your phone and choose Note Hoard. That's it. A minute later you've got a clean note with a title, the key points, and tags, filed into the right folder for you. And when you need more control, you can create notes inside the app. AI ENHANCEMENT, HUMAN CONTROL Not every save needs AI. Switch the AI off for a quick bookmark, or set rules that decide exactly when and how it runs. Unprocessed saves are still fully captured and stored. Summarize them later, whenever you're ready. And there's no chatbot you have to prompt to get value: every note is clean and readable on its own. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Note Hoard files new notes into the right folder using a mix of AI and your own routing rules. Or you can place them by hand. Automation when you want it, control when you need it. No rigid system to learn, no "organize nothing" dogma. FIND IT AGAIN Search across every note and tag to resurface what you saved in seconds. YOUR DATA ISN'T TRAPPED Export clean Markdown files anytime. Sync notes straight to a Notion database. Cancel whenever you like. Your notes stay fully accessible. Open formats, no lock-in, ever. SECURELY PROCESSED BY AI AI processing of extracted content happens securely via OpenRouter through model providers with zero data retention policies. FREE TO START Start free with 30 one-time tokens and 3 tags per note. No credit card required. PLANS Note Hoard's AI runs on tokens: one token turns one save into a finished note (text and web pages cost 1 token, files and images 2, videos 5+, with longer videos costing a little more). Each plan includes a weekly token allowance plus a set number of tags per note. Unused tokens roll over for up to 4 weeks, so your balance can build up to 4× your weekly allowance. Upgrade anytime; three plans, each available monthly or yearly: - Starter — 90 tokens/week, up to 5 tags per note - Pro — 300 tokens/week, up to 7 tags per note - Power — 1,200 tokens/week, priority processing, up to 10 tags per note Note Hoard Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Pricing and full renewal terms are shown in the app before you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Abox Note · Markdown Notes4 screens
Note Hoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abox Note · Markdown Notes at none against Note Hoard's 6. Abox Note · Markdown Notes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Note Hoard's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Note Hoard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Abox Note · Markdown Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abox Note · Markdown Notes ships an update fortnightly, Note Hoard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Abox Note · Markdown Notes versus Note Hoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbox Note · Markdown NotesNote Hoard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangwei Yuakineticzen LLC

In-app purchases

None

Abox Note · Markdown Notes

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Note Hoard

Subscriptions6
  • Starter$6.001 Month
  • Pro$18.001 Month
  • Power$58.001 Month
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  • Starter$60.001 Year
  • Pro$179.991 Year
  • Power$590.001 Year

Questions

Is Abox Note · Markdown Notes free?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note Hoard free?
Note Hoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Abox Note · Markdown Notes or Note Hoard have ads?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes shows ads; Note Hoard does not.
Which is updated more often, Abox Note · Markdown Notes or Note Hoard?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes ships an update fortnightly, and Note Hoard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Abox Note · Markdown Notes was updated on October 6, 2026 and Note Hoard on October 13, 2026.

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