Comparison

Foqos vs Haven Notes

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

Head to head
About

Foqos

Features
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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 ideasβ€”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. β€’ Ask your notes Have a conversation with your notes and documents. Find answers, summarize information and discover connections across your library. β€’ Give your AI vision Ask questions about images, describe what is visible and extract text from photosβ€”all with on-device image understanding. β€’ 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. β€’ Turn ideas into visual thinking Generate mind maps from your notes, explore your knowledge map and organize related ideas on Canvas. β€’ 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. β€’ Listen and follow along Read your notes aloud, follow highlighted words during playback and export spoken audio. β€’ 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.

About

Haven Notes

Features
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Haven Notes is a fast, private note-taking app built for people who think clearly. Write in Markdown with live formatting β€” bold, italic, headers, code blocks, and [[wiki links]] all render as you type. No buttons to click. Just write. WRITE BEAUTIFULLY Haven's editor renders Markdown inline. Type **bold** and see it bold. Type # Header and see it large. Type [[Note Title]] to link your ideas together. SEE YOUR IDEAS CONNECT Every [[wiki link]] creates a connection. Open the Knowledge Graph to see your notes as a visual network. Discover relationships between ideas you didn't know existed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Notes live on your device. Optional sync is end-to-end encrypted with AES-256. No analytics. No tracking. No AI reading your notes. FEATURES β€’ Live Markdown formatting with syntax highlighting β€’ [[Wiki links]] and backlinks for connected thinking β€’ Interactive knowledge graph β€’ Folders with colors, drag to reorder, and bulk move β€’ Tags for cross-cutting themes β€’ Full-text search with highlighted results β€’ Face ID / Touch ID lock β€’ End-to-end encrypted sync across devices (Pro) β€’ Import from Notion β€’ Home screen widget β€’ Dark mode SUBSCRIPTION INFO Haven Pro unlocks cloud sync and end-to-end encryption. β€’ Monthly: $2.99/month β€’ Yearly: $19.99/year (best value) Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://havennotes.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://havennotes.app/privacy

Screenshots

Foqos4 screens
Haven Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Haven Notes at every 3 weeks against Foqos's every 3 months. Foqos's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Foqos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Haven Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foqos ships an update every 3 months, Haven Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Foqos versus Haven Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoqosHaven Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size135 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey AsanteYounes Haddaj

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Foqos

One-time1
  • Foqos Pro (Lifetime)$14.99
2 purchases

Haven Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Foqos free?
Foqos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haven Notes free?
Haven Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Foqos or Haven Notes have ads?
Neither Foqos nor Haven Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Foqos or Haven Notes?
Foqos ships an update every 3 months, and Haven Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Foqos was updated on November 5, 2026 and Haven Notes on October 31, 2026.

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