Comparison

Camera Note Taker vs SlowPebble

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

Head to head
About

Camera Note Taker

Features
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Do you often find yourself taking photos and screenshots to remember things and then later forgetting why you took that picture? This app fixes that! You can take notes, add tags, and organize photos into folders alongside text only notes. It's like Photos meets Notes! Features - Add text notes and tags to your photos - Organize text notes and photo notes in folders - Organize based on time and location - Two operating modes - Keep your iOS Photos app clutter free by keeping photos separate! - Sync your photo notes with your iOS Photos app to see all your photos in one place! - You own your data! Supports zip file import and export, contains all note and photo data Auto-renewable subscription: Annual Premium (1 year) Also available: Lifetime Premium (one-time purchase) Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i49iIZUotgRGIQ7XEDt80Vu19wy0gTGbyzBph7BQAs0/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SlowPebble

This app blocks distracting websites and apps by default, requiring you to opt-in for access. It uses AI to grant temporary unlocks for specific needs, with a built-in 24-hour delay for removing blocks to encourage sustained focus.

Highlights
  • Opt-in blocking of apps and websites
  • AI-powered temporary unlocks
  • Customizable block lists
  • 24-hour delay for removing blocks
  • Progress tracking and milestones
  • Safe search enforcement
Features
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The blocker you never have to turn off. Other blockers are opt-out: Instagram is open, and you block it for a while. Slowpebble is opt-in: Instagram is blocked, and you ask when you need a few minutes. That is why you never have to turn it off. WHAT IT BLOCKS • Apps you pick with Apple's Screen Time picker • Over a million adult sites, blocked from the moment you turn Slowpebble on, with no switch to put them back • Whole lists for social media, dating, betting, streaming, gaming, shopping, news and free movie sites, one switch each • Any site you add yourself NEED SOMETHING? ASK. Say what you need it for, in a sentence. An AI reads it privately. It never sees which app or site it is, only what kind, and nothing you type is kept. What you write doesn't change the wait: a quick unlock opens after 30 seconds, for 6 minutes. You get a few of them in any 2 hours, set from your own use, and with none left it still opens, after 2 minutes. Need longer? Say what for and it opens for up to 15 minutes, for two quick unlocks. Once every 3 days an emergency unlock opens right now. A hard limit closes the window after a set number of unlocks in 2 hours, and you can switch it off. Adult content never gets a yes. YOUR OWN PATTERN The Unlocks page draws your week: how many, which days, the hours it happens in, and what it was for. It stays on your phone, and you can clear it. TURNING IT OFF TAKES 24 HOURS Adding anything is instant. Taking something off your list for good, or turning Slowpebble off, takes 24 hours, and nothing makes it sooner. The app shows the exact time it will happen, and you can cancel before then. There is no override and no support address that can rush it. We built ourselves out of the loop on purpose. PEBBLES Every milestone gets you a pebble: a day, three days, a week, two weeks, and on up to a year. Switching Slowpebble off in Settings to get around it loses every pebble and raises the wait to unlock: a minute, then 2, then 5. Seven blocked days bring it back to 30 seconds. SAFE SEARCH, ON IOS 26 AND LATER Google, YouTube and DuckDuckGo stop showing adult results in every browser and app, and image search comes back empty. You switch it on once in Settings. Switching it off raises the wait to unlock, the same as above, until it has been back on for 7 days. WHAT WE DON'T SEE No account and no sign-in. Slowpebble never records which sites you open or which apps you launch, so there is no history to leak or sell. Your settings stay on your phone and in your own iCloud. Slowpebble needs Screen Time permission, which you allow once during setup. The first 14 days are free, with nothing to buy. After that, asking for access and adding new apps and sites need a plan. Everything you already blocked stays blocked either way. Slowpebble offers auto-renewable subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://slowpebble.com/privacy

Screenshots

Camera Note Taker4 screens
SlowPebble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlowPebble at none against Camera Note Taker's 2. On price, ads, device support 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. Camera Note Taker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. SlowPebble asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Camera Note Taker versus SlowPebble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera Note TakerSlowPebble
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAZHENG ZHANGTarek Sebaihi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Camera Note Taker

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Premium$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
None

SlowPebble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Camera Note Taker free?
Camera Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlowPebble free?
SlowPebble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Camera Note Taker or SlowPebble have ads?
Neither Camera Note Taker nor SlowPebble shows ads.

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