Chronote vs Plink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronote
Capture thoughts and events instantly with automatic timestamps. Organize your notes chronologically by custom topics for easy review. Perfect for journaling, activity logging, and idea tracking.
- Automatic timestamps on every note
- Chronological timeline view
- Customizable topics for organization
- Quick and clean note entry
- Ideal for journaling and activity logging
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Never forget when it happened. Chronote captures your thoughts instantly — with automatic timestamps on every note. Quick, clean, and chronological: perfect for journaling moments, logging activities, tracking ideas, or building a reliable daily log. Jot down anything in seconds: a fleeting idea, meeting takeaway, symptom, habit, or random memory. Chronote adds the exact date & time automatically — no manual entry needed. Review your notes in a beautiful timeline view, organized by time and grouped into custom topics. Whether you're reflecting on life, documenting projects, or simply never wanting to wonder "when did I write that?", Chronote keeps your thoughts dated, organized, and always accessible.
Plink
This utility app provides a straightforward way to track counts for various items. It offers multiple customizable counters, organization into folders, and haptic feedback for each tap. The app supports dark mode and allows counting using hardware volume buttons.
- Multiple customizable counters
- Organize into folders
- Count with volume buttons
- Haptic feedback
- Dark mode support
- On-device storage
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Plink is the cleanest, fastest tally counter on iOS. Count anything — reps, inventory, laps, attendees, birds, whatever. One tap up, one tap down. Dead simple. • Multiple counters with custom colors • Organize into folders • Count with hardware volume buttons • Haptic feedback on every tap • Dark mode support • Everything stored on-device, no account needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plink at weekly against Chronote's every 6 months. Plink also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chronote against 5.0 for Plink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Chronote ships an update every 6 months, Plink weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronote | Plink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Pietrowski | ERIC JOHANNES CATALANO |
Customer experience
Chronote
Plink
In-app purchases
Chronote
No in-app purchases
Plink
No in-app purchases
