Placefolio vs NanNanCat Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Placefolio
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Know exactly where every item is across your entire home, office, or storage space. Placefolio is the smart inventory manager that organizes your belongings into a logical hierarchy: Sites, Rooms, Locations, Boxes, and Items. Label anything with a QR code, NFC tag, or Bluetooth beacon, and find it in seconds without opening a single box. Organize Everything, Everywhere โข Sites โ Rooms โ Locations โ Boxes โ Items โข Track inventory across home, office, warehouse, or storage units โข Keep loose items at the room or location level, not everything needs to be boxed โข Sort by name, date, or custom order; show or hide archived items Find Anything Fast โข Full-text search across names, notes, tags, and custom attributes โข Scan QR codes or NFC tags to instantly identify any box or item โข Bluetooth beacon support physically locate containers by proximity โข Quick disambiguation when multiple items share a code Rich Item Details โข Photos, quantities, custom tags, and attributes โข Acquisition date, purchase price, estimated value, and insurance info โข Expiration dates, loan tracking, condition, dimensions, and weight โข Warning labels: fragile, climate-sensitive, and more Alerts That Keep You Informed โข Low-quantity warnings when stock drops below your threshold โข Expiration reminders so nothing goes unnoticed โข Overdue loan notifications for borrowed items โข Beacon battery alerts QR Labels & Reports โข Generate and print QR label sheets for any box or item โข Thermal-printer-ready exports โข PDF and CSV inventory reports scoped to room, location, or box โข Print detailed item summaries as PDFs Move Mode โข Create moving projects to coordinate relocations โข Scan boxes to confirm delivery at their destination โข Track multiple destinations with prioritized order โข Monitor move progress at a glance Backup & Sync โข Offline-first everything works without internet โข Encrypted iCloud Drive backups with automatic scheduling โข LAN sync with a personal Placefolio server for multi-device households โข Full local backup and restore as a ZIP archive, including all photos โข Activity log with a complete, filterable history of every change Premium The free tier includes up to 25 boxes. Unlock unlimited boxes with a one-time purchase and no subscription required. Whether you're organizing a garage, managing a storage unit, packing up a home, or tracking office equipment Placefolio gives you the tools to know exactly what you have and where it is.
NanNanCat Notes
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NanNanCat Notes is a handwriting notes app, made by a university student in Taiwan and named after their cat, NanNan. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no locked features, no ads โ just a plain tool. HANDWRITING AND DRAWING Fountain pen, ballpoint, brush and highlighter with freely adjustable width and colour โ save your favourites. Shape recognition, a ruler, sticky notes, washi tape, stickers and text boxes are included. Inserted photos can be cropped, resized and rotated. RECORDING WITH INK REPLAY Record a lecture or meeting, and optionally capture the timing of your writing โ during playback the ink reappears stroke by stroke in time with the audio. Choose the built-in mic or a connected headset. THREE KINDS OF DOCUMENT Besides paged notebooks, there's a whiteboard for thinking out loud and a text document that exports as Markdown. All three share the same folders and search. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Sign in to the same Apple Account and notes written on iPad appear on iPhone by themselves โ no account to create, no sync button to press. Or keep everything local with iCloud turned off entirely. HANDWRITING SEARCH AND ON-DEVICE AI Search your own handwriting. Summarising, proofreading and translating all run on the device โ your notes are never sent to any server. PRIVATE AND SECURE Set a passcode for the app and unlock it with Face ID or Touch ID. No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. TAKE IT ANYWHERE Export notebooks as PDF or as a re-editable file format, and text documents as Markdown. The Files app always has an up-to-date PDF of every notebook. Available in Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. Questions or suggestions? Reach us on Discord or by email.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NanNanCat Notes at none against Placefolio's 1. NanNanCat Notes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Placefolio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NanNanCat Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Placefolio ships an update every 3 months, NanNanCat Notes daily. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Placefolio | NanNanCat Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JEREMY JOHN WINTER | Junda Chu |
In-app purchases
Placefolio
- Unlimited Boxes$7.99
NanNanCat Notes
No in-app purchases









