Comparison

Oria Notes vs Podnotes

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

Head to head
About

Oria Notes

This app transforms your study notes into interactive learning tools. It uses AI to generate flashcards, quizzes, and podcasts from your imported documents, helping you master course material through personalized revision plans and practice exercises.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note-taking on PDFs
  • Import various document types
  • AI-generated flashcards and quizzes
  • Personalized daily revision plans
  • Course material converted to podcasts
  • AI chat companion for course questions
Features
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Take notes. Understand. Remember. Master. The study app where your notes, your reviews and your AI study companion finally live together. Write on your course PDFs with Apple Pencil, talk to Oria, and let AI turn everything you study into lessons, flashcards, quizzes, podcasts and a review plan. ORIA, YOUR STUDY COMPANION — NEW Talk to it like a classmate. Oria knows your courses, answers your questions, quizzes you, starts a lesson or a quiz for you and helps you plan your reviews before a test. EXPLORER — NEW Over 350 chapters written by Oria, designed to read like a magazine: great books (Atomic Habits, 1984, Don Quixote…), great figures, history, science, countries around the world, mental health, great mysteries. Found a topic you love? Turn it into a lesson, quiz, flashcards or a podcast in one tap. ATLAS 3D Visual, interactive encyclopedias: math, physics, chemistry, history, medicine, economics. Spin a molecule, explore the human body, watch a concept come to life. PREDICT YOUR EXAM Import past papers: Oria spots what comes up most, builds corrected practice exams and targets your weak spots until exam day. HANDWRITTEN NOTES • Write and highlight directly on your course PDFs • Notebooks with page templates (Cornell, dotted, checklist…) • Pens, highlighters, eraser and lasso • Check your math: circle your working and Oria corrects it IMPORT ANYTHING PDF, DOCX, PPTX, photos of a textbook or whiteboard, audio recordings, YouTube videos: Oria organizes your material into clear chapters in under a minute. INTERACTIVE LESSONS Every chapter becomes a short, lively lesson, step by step, with questions to check you've understood. EXPLAIN IT TO LEO (FEYNMAN METHOD) Explain a concept out loud to Leo, a curious student: he keeps asking questions until you truly master it. AI-GENERATED REVIEWS • Spaced-repetition flashcards (FSRS) for long-term memory • Personalized quizzes and mock exams • Exercises generated from your PDF, to solve with Apple Pencil • Interactive mind maps YOUR DAILY REVIEW One session a day, planned for you: the cards and questions you need to see right when you were about to forget them. Planner, streaks and progress tracking to keep going until exam day. YOUR COURSES AS PODCASTS Turn any chapter into an audio podcast. Review while walking, commuting or cooking. FOR EVERY STUDENT App in English and French, light or dark mode. Reviews follow the language of your course. From middle school to grad school and beyond. — 3-DAY FREE TRIAL — Try all of Oria+ free for 3 days with the annual plan. ORIA+ SUBSCRIPTION Oria+ is available as a monthly or annual subscription (save up to 51% with the annual plan). Prices are shown in your local currency at checkout. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://oria-server.onrender.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://oria-server.onrender.com/privacy Support: support@useoria.com

About

Podnotes

Transform your study materials into intelligent revision tools. Upload PDFs to automatically generate study guides, interactive quizzes, and audio podcasts. Review effectively anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • AI-generated study guides
  • Interactive quizzes with explanations
  • Audio podcast versions of courses
  • Daily personalized quizzes
  • Organized course library
  • Detailed progress statistics
  • Adaptive learning levels
Features
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Podnotes transforme tes cours en outils de révision intelligents. Importe un PDF, l'IA génère automatiquement une fiche de révision, un quiz interactif et un podcast audio. Tu révises comme tu veux, où tu veux. COMMENT ÇA MARCHE ? Importe ton cours en PDF L'IA analyse le contenu Tu obtiens 3 outils de révision en quelques secondes FICHE DE RÉVISION Un résumé structuré avec les points clés, définitions et formules importantes. Fini les heures à surligner, l'essentiel est déjà extrait pour toi. QUIZ INTERACTIF Minimum 10 questions à choix multiples générées à partir de ton cours. Timer, score en temps réel, streak de bonnes réponses et confettis quand tu cartonne. Après chaque réponse, une explication détaillée t'aide à comprendre tes erreurs. PODCAST AUDIO Ton cours transformé en épisode audio. Révise en marchant, dans les transports, en faisant du sport. Tes oreilles travaillent pendant que tes yeux se reposent. RÉVISION QUOTIDIENNE Chaque jour, Podnotes te propose un quiz personnalisé qui pioche dans tous tes cours. L'app priorise les questions où tu as le plus de mal pour t'aider à progresser là où ça compte vraiment. BIBLIOTHÈQUE ORGANISÉE Tous tes cours classés par matière. Maths, physique, histoire, philo... Chaque matière a sa couleur et son icône. Tu retrouves tout en un clin d'œil. STATISTIQUES DÉTAILLÉES Suis ta progression avec des stats claires : Ta streak de jours consécutifs Ton taux de réussite aux quiz Ton temps d'écoute total Ton historique d'activité ADAPTÉ À TON NIVEAU Collège, lycée ou études supérieures : l'app s'adapte à ton profil. À l'inscription, tu renseignes ton niveau, ta classe et les matières où tu galères. Podnotes personnalise ton expérience. SYSTÈME DE PRIORITÉ INTELLIGENT Sur ta page d'accueil, Podnotes affiche en premier le cours qui a besoin d'attention. Un indicateur vert, orange ou rouge te montre quels cours réviser en urgence selon le temps écoulé depuis ta dernière session. NOTIFICATIONS MOTIVANTES Des rappels pour maintenir ta streak et des félicitations quand tu atteins des paliers. Tu restes motivé jour après jour. MODE SOMBRE L'app et son icône s'adaptent automatiquement à ton thème iOS. Révise de nuit sans te fatiguer les yeux. ABONNEMENTS FLEXIBLES Deux formules selon tes besoins : Pro : accès étendu aux générations Max : accès illimité Tu peux aussi acheter des crédits à l'unité si tu préfères payer à l'usage. Podnotes, c'est ton assistant de révision qui transforme n'importe quel cours en outils concrets. Arrête de relire 10 fois les mêmes pages. Révise plus smart, retiens plus vite. Télécharge maintenant et découvre une nouvelle façon de réviser. Conditions d'utilisation : https://podnotes-app.com/terms

Screenshots

Oria Notes4 screens
Podnotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Oria Notes and Podnotes both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of Oria Notes's written reviews are positive against 47% of Podnotes's. Podnotes's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Oria Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and Podnotes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Oria Notes against 4.2 for Podnotes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Podnotes has 52 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Oria Notes's written reviews are positive against 47% of Podnotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oria Notes ships an update every 3 days, Podnotes every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Oria Notes versus Podnotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOria NotesPodnotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)4.2 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better47.4% of reviews
Number of ratings652 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDragos VatamanuACE Global Venture Studio FZ-LLC

Customer experience

Oria Notes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative31.3%

Podnotes

All ratings51 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Oria Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Oria Monthly - Study with AI$11.991 Month
  • Oria Annual - Study with AI3 Days trial$69.991 Year
7 purchases

Podnotes

Subscriptions4
  • Abonnement Podnotes Pro Mensuel7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Abonnement Podnotes Max Mensuel$14.991 Month
  • Abonnement Podnotes Pro Annuel$69.991 Year
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  • Abonnement Podnotes Max Annuel$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • Pack de 99 crédits Podnotes Max$0.99
  • Pack de 299 crédits Podnotes Max$2.99
  • Pack de 799 crédits Podnotes Max$6.99

Questions

Is Oria Notes free?
Oria Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Podnotes free?
Podnotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Oria Notes or Podnotes?
Podnotes is rated higher. Oria Notes averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Podnotes averages 4.2 from 52 ratings.
Do Oria Notes or Podnotes have ads?
Neither Oria Notes nor Podnotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oria Notes or Podnotes?
Oria Notes ships an update every 3 days, and Podnotes every 5 days. Most recently, Oria Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Podnotes on October 31, 2026.

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