Comparison

Abox Note · Markdown Notes vs Locinote

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

Head to head
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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Locinote

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Locinote is a fast, private note app — and the escape hatch for the one you're leaving. MOVE YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY IN ONE TAP Coming from Evernote, Bear, or UpNote? Locinote imports your notes directly — formatting, checklists, tables, tags, timestamps, images, and PDF attachments included. Evernote (.enex), Bear (.bear2bk), and Markdown exports all work. Large accounts stream in without freezing, and re-running an import never creates duplicates. FIND ANYTHING — EVEN INSIDE PHOTOS Search covers titles, note text, and tags. With Pro, on-device OCR reads the text inside your images and PDFs, so a photo of a receipt, a whiteboard, or a scanned letter becomes searchable. Photos are never uploaded to a server to be read — OCR runs entirely on your device. SCAN DOCUMENTS Point your camera at a page. Locinote finds the edges, straightens the page, and saves a crisp PDF into your note — searchable like everything else. YOUR NOTES ARE YOURS Export is a promise, not a feature: on every plan, free forever, you can download your entire library as ENEX, Markdown, or HTML. You can leave any time and take everything with you. No lock-in, ever. WORKS OFFLINE Locinote is local-first. Notes open and edit instantly with no connection, then sync securely across your devices when you're back online. NO AI. JUST NOTES. Your notes aren't training data and they aren't a chat window. Locinote does one thing: keeps your notes fast, private, and organized. EVERYTHING ELSE • Notebooks and colored tags to organize your way • Pin, sort, and filter to keep the important stuff on top • Reminders on any note with local notifications • Email-to-note (Pro): forward any email to your private Locinote address and it becomes a note • Sync across all your devices — phone, tablet, and desktop • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email • Delete your account and all data anytime, right from Settings FREE AND PRO Free: 100 notes and 100 MB of storage, with full editing, sync, import — and always full export. Locinote Pro unlocks unlimited notes and storage, OCR search, the document scanner, and email-to-note: • Pro Monthly — $1.99/month (auto-renews, cancel anytime in your App Store settings) • Pro Lifetime — $34.99 one-time purchase, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://locinote.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://locinote.com/terms Questions? We answer every email: support@locinote.com

Screenshots

Abox Note · Markdown Notes4 screens
Locinote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Locinote at none against Abox Note · Markdown Notes's shown. Abox Note · Markdown Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abox Note · Markdown Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, Locinote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Abox Note · Markdown Notes versus Locinote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbox Note · Markdown NotesLocinote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangwei YuDavid Nester

In-app purchases

None

Abox Note · Markdown Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Locinote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abox Note · Markdown Notes free?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Locinote free?
Locinote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Abox Note · Markdown Notes or Locinote have ads?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes shows ads; Locinote does not.
Which is updated more often, Abox Note · Markdown Notes or Locinote?
Abox Note · Markdown Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Locinote weekly. Most recently, Abox Note · Markdown Notes was updated on October 23, 2026 and Locinote on October 16, 2026.

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