Comparison

Notake vs Sun Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Notake

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Notake: Your unlimited digital notepad. Transform your iPad and iPhone into the ultimate digital notebook. Notake is the essential app for students, professionals, and creatives who want to take notes, sketch, organize ideas, and keep track of everything in one beautiful place. Whether you’re in a lecture, planning a project, or just journaling, Notake provides a smooth, natural, and distraction-free writing experience. Ditch the paper and take your notes to the next level. A NATURAL WRITING EXPERIENCE • Notake’s digital ink is engineered to be highly responsive, precise, and visually stunning. • Full Apple Pencil support: enjoy perfectly smooth drawing and utilize native Double-Tap support to seamlessly switch to your eraser or previous tool. • Customize your toolset: choose between pens and highlighters. Change colors and stroke thickness instantly using our unique, interactive floating toolbar. • Advanced toolbar gestures: swipe horizontally across the toolbar to switch tools, or swipe vertically to adjust your pen's thickness in a flash. CREATE RICH, VISUAL NOTES • Go beyond handwriting: enrich your pages by importing images and photos directly into your notes. Perfect for mood boards, visual note-taking, and diagrams. • Choose the perfect paper: select from blank, lined, or dotted/grid paper templates that stay perfectly crisp at any zoom level. SIMPLE & POWERFUL ORGANIZATION • Create unlimited notebooks and keep them organized your way. • Never lose a thought: our state-of-the-art saving engine captures every stroke in real-time, ensuring maximum data safety and reliability. • Safely manage deleted items with a built-in trash feature to easily recover anything you've accidentally removed. Designed with love for creativity and productivity. Download Notake today and start capturing your next big idea! --- Subscription Information (Notake Pro): Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicoloclemente.com/privacy

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Sun Tracker

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Sun tracker - Golden Hour is your precision astronomical companion for photography, outdoor adventures, and circadian wellness. Powered by 100% on-device high-precision mathematical algorithms, it calculates exact solar and lunar positions, twilight phases, golden hour intervals, and seasonal milestones anywhere on Earth — with zero internet required. Whether you are a photographer framing the perfect golden hour portrait, a hiker chasing the sunset, an outdoor planner, or simply aligning your day with natural circadian light, Sun Tracker gives you instant, visual insight into the sky. THREE DEDICATED APP MODES Tailor the app interface directly to your focus: • PHOTOGRAPHY MODE (Default): Engineered specifically for visual creators. Get precise start/end timings and durations for morning and evening Golden Hour and Blue Hour. Includes an embedded Solar & Lunar Compass showing exact light angles. • DAILY TRACKING MODE: Clean overview of essential daylight milestones: Sunrise, Sunset, First Light (Civil Twilight Start), Last Light (Civil Twilight End), Solar Noon, total Day Length, and estimated UV Index. • MINDFULNESS & SLEEP MODE: Align your biological clock with natural light. Receive mindful daylight break recommendations around solar noon and sunset, and log your mood with optional Apple Health (HealthKit State of Mind) sync. SOLAR & LUNAR COMPASS • Real-time directional instrument calculating sun and moon azimuth and elevation degrees • Live cardinal orientation (N, S, E, W) with concentric altitude elevation rings (30° and 60°) • Glowing celestial indicators with projected light angle rays and horizon visualization INTERACTIVE 24-HOUR TIME TRAVEL • Scrub the interactive slider to simulate sun and moon positions for any minute of the day • Watch the dynamic sky visualizer realistically transition between daytime blue, golden hour amber, civil twilight, and starlit night in real time • Instant "Reset" button to snap back to real-time tracking with live system clock CUSTOM SOLAR REMINDERS • Never miss the magic light: schedule notifications for Sunrise, Sunset, Golden Hour, and Blue Hour • Flexible advance offsets (e.g. 15 or 30 minutes before the event) to help you get ready on location • 100% local notifications scheduled on-device without external servers or push notification tracking SEASONS, SOLSTICES & EQUINOXES • Real-time countdown to the next Solstice or Equinox with milestone dates • Quarterly progress bar tracking your current progression through the season • Astronomical vs Meteorological season breakdown • Seamless Northern and Southern Hemisphere toggle WEATHER & MOON PHASES • Integrated 7-day weather forecast with daily highs, lows, condition icons, and rain probability powered by Apple WeatherKit • Moon Cycle overview: illumination percentage, lunar age in days, and visual phase graphic (New Moon, Waxing/Waning Crescent, Quarters, Gibbous, Full Moon) PRIVACY FIRST — 100% ON-DEVICE • No user accounts, no logins, no advertising, and zero third-party analytics tracking • All celestial formulas run entirely on your device using local GPS coordinates • "Force Offline Mode" toggle available to disable external network calls completely • Dynamic System, Dark, and Light appearance modes with high-contrast color calibration

Screenshots

Notake4 screens
Sun Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notake at Free against Sun Tracker's $4.99. Sun Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (18 vs 26.2). On ads 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

Notake is free to download; Sun Tracker costs $4.99 up front. Notake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sun Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Notake versus Sun Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotakeSun Tracker
PriceFree — better$4.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.218 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolo ClementeMD IKRAMUL HAQUE

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Notake

Subscriptions3
  • Notake Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notake Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Notake Premium Yearly Downsell3 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Sun Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notake free?
Notake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sun Tracker free?
Sun Tracker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notake or Sun Tracker have ads?
Neither Notake nor Sun Tracker shows ads.

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