Comparison

Ember vs neboola

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

Head to head
About

Ember

A fast and organized workspace for writing Markdown notes, storing PDFs, diagrams, and voice memos. It offers a vault for reusable prompts and syncs across Apple devices. Start for free with full editor access.

Highlights
  • Rich Markdown editor
  • Inline PDF and image support
  • Reusable prompt vault
  • Daily notes, folders, and tags
  • Instant search functionality
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Share Extension
Features
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Your notes should feel like home. Ember is a warm, fast place to think — Markdown notes, PDFs, diagrams, voice memos, and a vault of reusable prompts, all in one calm workspace that syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WRITE IN RICH MARKDOWN A live editor with real formatting: headings, tables, task lists, links, highlights, footnotes, and code — rendered as you type, never in your way. Bullets, numbers, and checkboxes feel native and effortless. MORE THAN TEXT Drop PDFs, images, diagrams, and voice notes right inline. Your references live beside your writing, so everything about a thought stays in one place. A VAULT FOR YOUR PROMPTS Keep the prompts you reuse for writing, research, and planning in a dedicated Prompt Vault — organized, searchable, and a tap away when you need them. STAY ORGANIZED, STAY FAST Daily notes, folders, tags, smart filters, and pinned notes keep things tidy, and instant search finds anything the moment you look for it. YOURS EVERYWHERE Ember runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with optional private iCloud sync, widgets, and a Share Extension for capturing from anywhere. FREE TO START Capture notes, PDFs, prompts, and attachments with the full editor — free, no account required. EMBER PRO Unlock advanced themes and alternate icons, premium writing and organization workflows, and deeper Prompt Vault tools, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No selling your words. Your notes stay on your device and your own iCloud. Make a home for your thinking. Download Ember Notes. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://embernotes.app/privacy

About

neboola

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Having the idea was never the hard part. neboola is the easiest place to catch a thought — and the only one you'll actually want to look at. Catch ideas the moment they land, shape them at your own pace, and turn the ones worth keeping into a real project. CAPTURE NOW Get it down in one tap. No folder to choose, no fields to fill. Catch the thought now; make sense of it later. SHAPE IT LATER Your raw thoughts wait in your orbit — out of your head and out of your way. When you're ready, shape the ones that matter into groups and give the idea its form. Capturing and organizing are two different moments; neboola never makes you do both at once. WATCH IT BECOME A PROJECT Break an idea into notes, gather them into groups, and turn the ones you need to act on into tasks. Flag the thoughts worth remembering as highlights. A fuzzy idea becomes something with edges — something you can actually start. GIVE IT STAGES Big ideas don't finish in one list. Gather notes into a milestone and give your idea its stages: each one fills as you finish what's inside it, then moves to your Archive when it's done. What's in front of you is always what's still ahead. SEE YOUR IDEAS MOVE Open neboola and your ideas are right there. The ones you're working glow bright and sit close at hand; the ones you've drifted from dim to quiet embers. Your whole mind at a glance — what's burning, what's resting, nothing lost. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your ideas are backed up to your private iCloud account and sync across your devices. Nothing to set up. — neboola is free for 14 days, then continues as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neboola.app/en/terms/

Screenshots

Ember4 screens
neboola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ember at every 10 days against neboola'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and neboola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ember ships an update every 10 days, neboola every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ember versus neboola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmberneboola
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRene DeAndaSuperPug 3000 LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Annual$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ember Pro Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

neboola

Subscriptions2
  • Neboola Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Neboola Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is neboola free?
neboola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ember or neboola have ads?
Neither Ember nor neboola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ember or neboola?
Ember ships an update every 10 days, and neboola every 2 months. Most recently, Ember was updated on October 9, 2026 and neboola on September 30, 2026.

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