Comparison

Hacker Notes Pro vs Foqos

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

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About

Hacker Notes Pro

Features
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Hacker Notes brings a bold, terminal-inspired aesthetic to your everyday note-taking. Designed for developers, tech enthusiasts, and anyone who prefers a clean, dark workspace — it combines powerful editing tools with a visual style straight out of the command line. RICH TEXT EDITING Write and format your notes with full rich text support — headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, ordered and unordered lists, checkboxes, code blocks, blockquotes, and inline links. Everything you need to capture thoughts, tasks, or technical notes. HACKER TERMINAL AESTHETIC The app's signature neon-on-black look is fully customizable. Choose from 12 preset accent colors — green, cyan, magenta, amber, teal, purple, and more — or dial in your exact shade using the HSL color sliders. Every screen, button, and dialog reflects your chosen color. ORGANIZE WITH TAGS Attach multiple tags to any note and filter your collection instantly. Combine tag filtering with real-time search across titles and content to find exactly what you need. EXPORT & SHARE Long-press any note to export it as a formatted PDF or share it as plain text. Great for sending quick summaries or keeping formatted copies of your notes. PRIVACY BY DESIGN All notes are stored locally on your device using an embedded database — no account required, no cloud sync, no data sent anywhere. Your notes stay yours. GRID & LIST VIEWS Switch between a compact list layout and a spacious grid view to browse your notes the way that works best for you. SORT YOUR WAY Sort notes by creation date or last modified date, in ascending or descending order, so your most relevant notes are always at the top. LIGHTWEIGHT & FAST No background syncing, no bloat. Notes open and save instantly because everything lives on your device. Whether you use it for daily journaling, coding notes, task lists, or just keeping track of ideas — Hacker Notes gives you a tool that looks as sharp as the work you do in it. -------------------------- Disclaimer Hacker Notes stores all content locally on your device. The app does not require an account, does not provide cloud backup, and does not transmit your notes to external servers. Users are responsible for maintaining their own device backups to prevent data loss. Features, performance, and availability may vary depending on device, operating system version, and user settings. Exported files and shared content are handled through your device’s native sharing options and may be subject to third-party apps or services. Hacker Notes is intended as a productivity and note-taking tool only and does not provide professional, legal, financial, or medical advice. Users are solely responsible for how they use, store, and share their content. By using the app, you acknowledge and accept that the developer is not liable for data loss, device issues, or outcomes resulting from the use or misuse of the application. “Hacker” refers strictly to the visual style and theme of the app (terminal-inspired design, colors, and typography). Hacker Notes does not promote, support, or encourage illegal activity of any kind. Users are expected to use the app responsibly and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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Foqos

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An on-device AI workspace for your ideas. Foqos brings powerful language models directly to your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Chat with your notes, understand images, improve your writing and connect ideas—with local AI processing on your device. Download your models once and use local AI offline. Web research and iCloud syncing require an internet connection. • Ask your notes Have a conversation with your notes and documents. Find answers, summarize information and discover connections across your library. • Give your AI vision Ask questions about images, describe what is visible and extract text from photos—all with on-device image understanding. • Write with your local language model Develop ideas, rewrite passages, suggest headings and turn rough notes into structured summaries. Your AI tools live alongside your writing. • Turn ideas into visual thinking Generate mind maps from your notes, explore your knowledge map and organize related ideas on Canvas. • Transcribe on device Turn recordings and imported audio into text with Talk Tiny or Talk Base. Choose automatic language detection or select the spoken language. Supported languages include English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. • Listen and follow along Read your notes aloud, follow highlighted words during playback and export spoken audio. • A complete writing workspace Work with Markdown, tables, LaTeX equations and PlantUML diagrams. Import PDFs, paste images and documents, sketch across multiple pages and sync your library with iCloud. Choose white, dark or sepia and personalize your fonts. Start free with 20 AI actions, 3 speech generations and 5 minutes of audio-file transcription daily. Live transcription includes 60 seconds every 2 hours. Basic notes, drawing, model downloads and saved results remain free. Foqos Pro unlocks unlimited AI actions, transcription and speech generation, plus advanced exports, portable backups and unlimited folders and images per note. Pro subscriptions renew monthly or yearly. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://foqos.netlify.app/#privacy Terms of Service: https://foqos.netlify.app/#terms foqos isn't just a note-taking app. It’s a tool for better thinking.

Screenshots

Hacker Notes Pro4 screens
Foqos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hacker Notes Pro at none against Foqos's 1. Hacker Notes Pro also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Foqos's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Foqos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hacker Notes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hacker Notes Pro ships an update monthly, Foqos every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Hacker Notes Pro versus Foqos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHacker Notes ProFoqos
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB406 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSherry Games Private LimitedJeffrey Asante

In-app purchases

None

Hacker Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Foqos

One-time1
  • Foqos Pro (Lifetime)$14.99

Questions

Is Hacker Notes Pro free?
Hacker Notes Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foqos free?
Foqos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hacker Notes Pro or Foqos have ads?
Neither Hacker Notes Pro nor Foqos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hacker Notes Pro or Foqos?
Hacker Notes Pro ships an update monthly, and Foqos every 7 months. Most recently, Hacker Notes Pro was updated on September 18, 2026 and Foqos on September 15, 2026.

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