MediaSFU vs ZenNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MediaSFU
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MediaSFU is your all-in-one communication platform for HD video conferencing, calling, and team collaboration. HD Video Conferencing • Create, join, and schedule meetings with HD video and crystal-clear audio • Grid view and speaker view layouts • Screen sharing for presentations and collaboration • Virtual backgrounds — blur, professional presets, or upload your own • Meeting passwords, waiting rooms, and secure encryption • AI notes and summary for meeting insights Calling • High-quality voice and video calls over WiFi or cellular • Full dialer with call history and favorites • Click-to-call from your contacts Contact Management • Built-in contact manager with CRM features • Import contacts from your device • Quick-call and message actions from any contact Calendar & Scheduling • Schedule meetings up to 90 days ahead • Day, week, and month calendar views • Export to your favorite calendar app via .ics files Campaigns • Manage outbound calling campaigns with scripts and objectives • Campaign analytics and status tracking Recordings • Record meetings and calls • Playback, download, and manage all your recordings Flexible Plans • Free tier to get started — no credit card required • Standard and Advanced plans for teams and businesses • Additional credits available as add-ons Secure & Private • Encrypted communications • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email • Full account management, including account deletion MediaSFU works seamlessly across your Apple devices — start a meeting on your Mac and continue on your iPhone.
ZenNotes
This app allows you to create and manage notes using plain Markdown files. It offers flexible storage options, rich text formatting with live previews, and powerful organization tools like task management and note linking. Designed for both phone and tablet, it prioritizes user privacy with no accounts or tracking.
- Plain Markdown file storage
- Live rich text previews
- Wikilinks and #tags
- Vault-wide task management
- Table databases as CSV
- Excalidraw drawing support
- Share extension for quick capture
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ZenNotes is a local-first markdown notes app for writing, organizing, and connecting ideas without giving up ownership of your files. YOUR NOTES, YOUR FILES Every note is a plain .md file in a vault you control. Start with storage on your iPhone or iPad, use iCloud Drive, or open a folder through the system document picker. Local and iCloud vaults work without an account. ZENNOTES CLOUD Connect an optional ZenNotes Cloud plan to: • Sync a vault across ZenNotes desktop and mobile • Sync notes and attachments • Create manual and automatic daily backups • Restore a full vault or a single note from a backup • Publish notes to the web and manage their public links Cloud never replaces the free local-first workflow. Use it only when you want hosted sync, backup, or publishing. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Use a focused editor with headings, lists, tasks, tables, code, links, wikilinks, tags, callouts, footnotes, and frontmatter. A mobile formatting bar keeps common actions close to the keyboard, and a pinch resizes the text to your eyes. RICH, OFFLINE PREVIEW Render KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, JSXGraph, function plots, tables, callouts, and more directly on your device. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Pin your go-to notes and folders to the top, swipe rows to act on them, create and rename nested folders, browse tags, search the full vault, manage tasks, create periodic notes, and work with table databases stored as CSV. CAPTURE QUICKLY Create a quick note from the app or send text and links to ZenNotes from the iOS share sheet. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Start a note, open a recent one, or check today's tasks without opening the app. New Note also lives on the Lock Screen, and the widgets wear your theme. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT ZenNotes has no advertising or tracking. Local and iCloud notes stay in the storage you choose. When you enable ZenNotes Cloud, the account identity, connected-device information, and vault content needed for the Cloud features you use are sent to the ZenNotes service. Payment details are handled by Stripe. ZenNotes is open source. Your vault remains useful outside the app because it is made of ordinary files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ZenNotes at every 2 days against MediaSFU's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MediaSFU ships an update every 2 months, ZenNotes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MediaSFU | ZenNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prince Addo | Lumary Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
MediaSFU
No in-app purchases
ZenNotes
No in-app purchases









