Oaklet Notes vs Libreto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oaklet Notes
This app combines writing, drawing, and structured knowledge in a secure, encrypted vault on your device. Create rich text notes, sketch with Apple Pencil, build mind maps, and organize information with AI assistance, all while keeping your data private and offline.
- Encrypted note vault
- Rich text and Markdown editor
- Apple Pencil drawing and SVG export
- Whiteboard for mind maps
- Tables with formulas and diagrams
- Optional local AI integration
- WikiLinks and knowledge graph
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Oaklet Notes brings writing, whiteboards, drawing, and structured knowledge together in a single note — kept in an encrypted vault that stays on your device. Write, sketch with Apple Pencil, build mind maps, and handle tables, math, and diagrams — then link everything into your own knowledge graph. It's truly yours: offline-first, encrypted on your own device, with no account to create. TRULY PRIVATE • AES-256-GCM encryption protects every note • Vault password, plus an optional Note Password for sensitive notes • Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID (Pro) • Auto-lock when you step away • Works fully offline — no account to create, and your notes never pass through our servers MULTI-MODAL — EVERY MODE, ONE NOTE • A block-based rich-text editor • Drawing with native Apple Pencil — pressure-sensitive, low-latency, layers, fill, and SVG export • Whiteboard for mind maps and flowcharts, with one-click auto layouts • Tables with formulas, LaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, code blocks, task lists • Decorations — stickers, sticky notes, tape, and stamps, pinned to your text or floating free PRIVATE AI, ON YOUR TERMS • Connect a local AI model on your own network — no API key, no third-party cloud • Or use your own cloud AI provider • Drafting and rewriting, semantic search, auto-tagging, whiteboard generation, and plain-language tool calling • AI is optional — the app connects to your provider rather than hosting one ORGANIZE & CONNECT • [[WikiLinks]] and ![[embeds]] build your knowledge network • Backlinks panel and an interactive knowledge graph • Hierarchical tags and full-text search SYNC & SHARE ACROSS YOUR OWN DEVICES • Direct Share — send a note straight to a nearby iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. Pair once with a code; transfers are encrypted end to end and go straight from one device to the other • Local Sync (Pro) — turn one of your own computers into the sync hub for all your devices. It only ever holds encrypted files, never your password • Prefer your own WebDAV server? Sync through that instead — or keep everything on this device NO LOCK-IN • Notes on your own disk, not a vendor's database • Import and export Markdown anytime; export to PDF, HTML, and Word • Move notes between devices and vaults as .yzn packages, without losing anything Oaklet Notes is free to use. An optional Pro subscription unlocks advanced features — try it free for 30 days in the app. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID and can be managed in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://oakletnotes.com/en/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Libreto
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Libreto is a full drawing studio, digital notebook, planner, and PDF editor for iPad, and a streamlined PDF editor and notes app for iPhone. Private by design, with on-device AI included, and one fair price. LIBRETO INTELLIGENCE, ON YOUR DEVICE Ask questions about any PDF or notebook and get answers with tappable page citations. Summarize a document, a page range, or a selection. Get plain-language explanations of anything you highlight. Turn any document into flashcards and quizzes with spaced-repetition review. Record a lecture, then transcribe and summarize it on-device, tap any line to jump the audio and your handwriting to that moment. Search inside every PDF, note, and transcript in your library, even when you don't remember the exact words. All of it runs with Apple Intelligence, right on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is metered, no AI credits to buy. DRAW & SKETCH (iPad) A full drawing canvas with pressure brushes, layers, blend modes, and a saved color palette. Real symmetry: vertical, horizontal, both axes, or radial. Smudge actual pixels at full resolution. Pro adjustments and filters: hue, curves, gradient map, blurs, halftone, chromatic aberration, and more. Selection and lasso, cut/copy/paste, text, import photos, flip the canvas, export as PNG or PDF. Apple Pencil Pro: squeeze to open your brushes, double-tap to swap brush and eraser. NOTEBOOKS FOR APPLE PENCIL (iPad) Paper styles: lined, dot grid, grid, graph, Cornell, and to-do, or import any photo as your own paper. Choose your page size and orientation. Search your handwriting and convert it to text on-device, in English and Spanish. Write large in the Zoom Writing window and let the ink land small and neat on the page. Add stickers, washi tape, photos, and AI art with Image Playground. On iPhone, take plain handwritten or finger-written notes; iPhone does not support Apple Pencil. TEXT DOCUMENTS Prefer to type? Start a Text Document with markdown, headings, and checklists you can tick right in the preview, alongside your PDFs and notebooks. STUDY SPLIT (iPad) Read a PDF on one side, take notes on the other. Send selected text or a clipped page into your notes, with a link back to the source page. PLANNERS, YOUR WAY (iPad) Six planners, each with its own clean, roomy layout: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Scheduling, Personal, and Pro. Real calendar dates with tappable months. Every planner opens with a tappable table of contents. Grow any planner with extra pages: habits, goals, schedules, dashboards, and journals. Portrait or landscape, Warm or Dark theme, charcoal and gold, or cream and espresso. DESIGN YOUR COVER (iPad) Elegant cover designs, Leather, Minimal, Botanical, Midnight, Floral, Marble, Geometric, and a live animated Aurora. Recolor any cover, import your own photo, or generate cover art with Image Playground. PDF TOOLS (iPad and iPhone) Read and mark up PDFs with highlights and ink, right alongside your notes. Make scans searchable with on-device OCR. Clean up a photographed page with Scan Enhance. Redact sensitive content for real: the hidden text is destroyed, not just covered, with find-and-redact across a whole document at once. Export as PDF, image, plain text, Word (RTF), or Markdown. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No third-party AI. Your work, and everything Libreto Intelligence reads, stays on your devices, with optional private iCloud sync. MEMBERSHIP Unlock every premium feature, drawing tools, planners, designs, and Libreto Intelligence, for $19.99/year with a 3-day free trial, or $2.99/month. Prefer not to subscribe? Buy Libreto once for $59.99 and keep every feature, including future updates, forever. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Oaklet Notes at 4 against Libreto's 2. Oaklet Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Oaklet Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Libreto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Oaklet Notes ships an update weekly, Libreto every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oaklet Notes | Libreto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oceanoax LLC | JC Mobile App Studio LLC |
In-app purchases
Oaklet Notes
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual$39.991 Year
Libreto
- Libreto Premium (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Libreto Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$7.991 Year









