Active Notes vs Atlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active Notes
This app uses AI to transform visual information like screenshots and emails into actionable notes, reminders, and calendar events. It helps reduce digital clutter and syncs seamlessly with your calendars and devices.
- AI-assisted visual capture from screenshots, emails, and URLs
- Unified calendar sync with Apple and Google Calendars
- Self-cleaning workspace that removes past events/tasks
- Elegant delivery tracking for packages
- Shared circles for effortless note sharing
- Family sharing included with subscription
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Stop battling the mental load of digital clutter. If your mind feels like a browser with a million open tabs, and your phone is drowning in emails, scattered notes, and unorganized screenshots—it's time for a change. Meet Active Notes: your ultimate digital organizer, powered by the Visual Offload System™ and advanced AI. Active Notes takes what you see and instantly transforms it into actionable notes, reminders, and calendar events. WHY YOU'LL LOVE ACTIVE NOTES • Save Hours Every Week: Give up manual data entry for good and let AI do the heavy lifting. • Smart Sync & Tracking: Automatically syncs events to your Apple or Google Calendar, and track your packages effortlessly. • Apple Ecosystem Harmony: Beautifully optimized for seamless use across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Clear the clutter and free your mind to focus on what matters most. Consider this your Permission to Safely Forget™. FEATURES • AI-ASSISTED VISUAL CAPTURE: Advanced AI instantly reads your screenshots, emails, and URLs. The system automatically extracts events, text, and active links, creating clean digital records without you typing a single word. • UNIFIED CALENDAR SYNC: Seamlessly sync to your Apple or Google Calendars. Effortlessly manage your work, school, and personal schedules exactly the way you do today. • SELF-CLEANING WORKSPACE: Active Notes automatically removes notes once an event has passed or a task is complete. Never dig through old digital junk again. Every note on your screen matters. • ELEGANT DELIVERY TRACKING: Intelligent package tracking (UPS, FedEx, USPS) at a single glance, eliminating the need to hunt for tracking numbers. • SHARED CIRCLES: Create custom circles to effortlessly share notes, lists, and real-time updates with family and friends. • FAMILY SHARING INCLUDED: One subscription covers the entire household. Enable Apple Family Sharing to give your partner and family members full premium access, completely free. Begin your complimentary 7-day trial today and experience Active Notes on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. PREMIUM ACCESS & SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Active Notes offers three premium tiers to unlock the full power of the Visual Offload System™: • Active Notes Premium Monthly (Auto-renewing subscription) • Active Notes Premium Annual (Auto-renewing subscription) • Active Notes Premium Lifetime / Founding Member Tier (One-time purchase, non-recurring) Subscription & Trial Terms: Auto-renewing subscription plans (Monthly and Annual) begin with a complimentary 7-day free trial. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase or at the end of the free trial period where applicable. Subscriptions automatically renew unless they are canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing cycle. You can manage, change, or cancel your subscription anytime by navigating to your App Store Account Settings on your device. Official Links: Support & Feedback: https://www.getactivenotes.com/contact/ Terms of Service: https://www.getactivenotes.com/termsofservice.html Privacy Policy: https://www.getactivenotes.com/privacypolicy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.getactivenotes.com/eula.html
Atlas
This app helps you organize your tasks and manage your focus time. It offers a clean interface for planning your day, managing projects, and utilizing focus sessions with optional soundscapes and Pomodoro timers. Premium features include distraction blocking and calendar sync.
- Daily agenda and monthly calendar view
- Task management with projects and subtasks
- Quick capture via text or voice
- Focus sessions with soundscapes and Pomodoro
- Distraction blocking (Premium)
- Calendar sync (Premium)
- Widgets and Lock Screen integration
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Atlas is a calm planner for your tasks and your focus. Plan the day, keep every project in its place, then put the phone down and do the work. No ads, no clutter, no noise. AGENDA One day at a time. The week strip at the top opens into the whole month with a tap or a pull. Overdue tasks wait at the top of today, finished ones fold away, and your progress fills in as the day goes. INBOX Everything without a date lands here, so nothing gets lost while you decide. Filter by project, and give things a day when you are ready. PROJECTS Every project gets a card in its own color, with what is open and what is overdue. Tap one to see its tasks, add to it, rename it or delete it. QUICK CAPTURE Type "Call Ana tomorrow at 3pm #Home" and Atlas picks up the day, the time and the project. Or tap the mic and just talk: say a few things in one go, and Atlas turns them into separate tasks and shows them to you before anything is saved. Your speech is transcribed and understood on your iPhone, and the audio is never saved. Works in English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French and Italian. Tasks have reminders, repeats, subtasks and notes. FOCUS Pick a time on the dial or one of the presets, choose the tasks for the session, and start. The session takes the whole screen, and after a few seconds without a touch the controls fade away, leaving the time and your open tasks. Add a soundscape like rain, ocean or brown noise, turn on Pomodoro to work in rounds with breaks, and follow along from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. When you finish, share your session as an image made for Stories. BLOCK DISTRACTIONS (Premium) Choose the apps and websites that pull you away, and Atlas blocks them for the length of a session. Or block everything except Atlas and the system apps. Set scheduled blocks that work even when Atlas is closed. Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. BROWSE Your day at a glance: what you finished, the minutes you focused, and Insights with goals and streaks. Lists for Today, Scheduled, Inbox, Overdue, Pinned and Completed. Search across tasks and projects. ALWAYS WITH YOU Widgets for your day and your focus. A morning summary, and a reminder on Sunday evening to plan the week ahead. Reorder the tabs so Atlas opens where you want. Everything syncs to your account, so it is the same on every iPhone you sign in to and on the web at atlasapp.so. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics, and your data is never sold. Voice capture runs on your device. Export your data at any time, or delete your account and everything in it from inside the app. Atlas uses a free account so your tasks can sync. ATLAS PREMIUM Atlas is useful for free, with Focus, sounds and stats included. Premium adds: • App blocking and scheduled blocks • Flow sessions: open-ended focus that counts up until you stop • Two-way sync with Apple Calendar, and your calendar events inside the Agenda • Photos on your tasks Atlas Premium is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year in the U.S., with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Atlas is made by one independent developer. Your subscription keeps it that way. Terms of Use: https://atlasapp.so/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://atlasapp.so/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Atlas at every 4 days against Active Notes's monthly. Active Notes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Active Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Atlas sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Active Notes against 5.0 for Atlas. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Active Notes ships an update monthly, Atlas every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Griffin Optics LLC | Adriano Fiuza |
Customer experience
Active Notes
Atlas
In-app purchases
Active Notes
- Active Notes Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
- Active Notes Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Active Notes Premium Lifetime$299.00
Atlas
- Atlas Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Atlas Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









