Comparison

Flowing Notes vs smalltype

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

Head to head
About

Flowing Notes

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Float Notes is a minimal, flowing note app designed for busy minds. Write a note once โ€” it scrolls continuously on your screen. No need to open, search, or remember. Just glance and go. Perfect for: - ADHD & attention difficulties โ€” keep important thoughts always visible - Busy professionals โ€” capture that call reminder before you forget - Students โ€” scroll through vocabulary, formulas, or key dates passively - Elderly & memory support โ€” "lock the door", "take your medicine" always on screen - Minimal & aesthetic setups โ€” beautiful on iPhone and iPad FEATURES - Continuous scrolling feed โ€” notes flow endlessly, day and night - Multiple pages โ€” separate spaces for work, home, study, and more - Dark & light mode โ€” warm, paper-like tones in both - Adjustable text size โ€” small, medium, or large - Adjustable scroll speed โ€” slow for reading, fast for scanning - Distraction-free โ€” no clutter, no notifications, just your notes - Widget mode โ€” full screen, no interface, pure flow

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smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flowing Notes at 15.1 against smalltype's 26.0. On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Flowing Notes versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowing Notessmalltype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunda SengunHerman Haidin

In-app purchases

None

Flowing Notes

No in-app purchases

None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flowing Notes free?
Flowing Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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