Comparison

Watch Notes vs Weiming Note

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

Head to head
About

Watch Notes

Features
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A full note-taking experience on your Apple Watch with a beautiful companion iPhone app. Create, edit and organize notes right from your wrist. Whether you're jotting down a quick thought during a workout, checking your grocery list at the store, or capturing an idea on the go — your notes are always just a glance away. FEATURES • Apple Watch App — Create and view notes directly on your watch. Dictate or type with the built-in keyboard. • iPhone Companion — A full-featured notes app with rich text editing, folders, and search. • Seamless Sync — Notes stay in sync between your iPhone and Apple Watch automatically. • Folders — Organize notes into custom folders for easy access. • Smart Folders — Quickly find all notes, pinned notes, or recently deleted items. • Pin Notes — Keep your most important notes at the top. • Search — Find any note instantly across all your folders. • Watch Complications — Access your notes from your watch face. • Dictation — Speak your notes on Apple Watch for hands-free capture. • Clean Design — A familiar, intuitive interface inspired by the apps you already know and love. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://holoscale.com/privacy

About

Weiming Note

A calm writing workspace for capturing daily thoughts and longer notes. Syncs across devices and offers secure account management. Export your notes in markdown format.

Highlights
  • Calm writing interface
  • Daily inbox capture
  • Longer note support
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Markdown export
  • Account deletion
Features
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Weiming Note is a calm, writing-first note workspace for daily writing, inbox capture, and longer notes across iPhone and the web. Sign in with Apple, keep notes synced through an app-owned account, pin and archive what matters, export markdown copies, and delete your account directly in the iPhone app at any time.

Screenshots

Watch Notes4 screens
Weiming Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weiming Note at none against Watch Notes's 3. Weiming Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Watch Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Watch Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Weiming Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watch Notes ships an update every 3 months, Weiming Note weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Watch Notes versus Weiming Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch NotesWeiming Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJody FortuinWeiming Chen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Watch Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
None

Weiming Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Watch Notes free?
Watch Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weiming Note free?
Weiming Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Watch Notes or Weiming Note have ads?
Neither Watch Notes nor Weiming Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watch Notes or Weiming Note?
Watch Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Weiming Note weekly. Most recently, Watch Notes was updated on November 5, 2026 and Weiming Note on November 5, 2026.

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