Comparison

Grape Notes Pro vs Morning Pages

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

Head to head
About

Grape Notes Pro

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NEW IN 2.0: scan a page of handwritten notes and turn it into an editable checklist. Every scan is now a searchable PDF, and you can find any word you wrote. All of it happens on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no subscription, nothing uploaded. Grape Notes Pro is a private notes and scanning workspace. Scan paper, read photos of notes and whiteboards, import files, or just type. Then search, organize, and export everything. TURN SCANS INTO NOTES - Turn into Note reads a scan or photo and rebuilds it as editable Markdown - Larger handwriting and short lines like "Decisions:" become headings - Checkbox marks, bullets, arrows and numbered lines become real lists - Lines starting with TODO, Action or Follow up become tasks - Lines that wrapped on paper are joined back into paragraphs - The original scan is kept, and the new note shows where it came from SEARCHABLE PDFS - The text read from each page is embedded as an invisible layer, so search, select and copy work in the Files app and other PDF readers - Read Text Again makes scans from earlier versions searchable too - Find in Scan highlights every match on the page, with next and previous buttons - Scanned pages are sized to print at Letter width HANDWRITING AND PRINTED TEXT - Printed text and handwriting are read on your device - The language can be detected automatically, or you can pick the languages you write in - Custom vocabulary for names, jargon and abbreviations - Turn off spelling correction for part numbers and codes - Works best with clear handwriting FROM PHOTOS - Pick up to 30 photos of pages, whiteboards or receipts - Rotate, reorder, filter and delete pages in the Scan Studio before saving - Apply one filter to every page; Black & White now gives crisp black-and-white pages FIND ANYTHING - Library search matches every word you type, in any order, ignoring accents - Best matches come first, with a highlighted snippet showing where the word is, even deep inside a scan - Spotlight on your Home Screen finds notes and scans (you can turn this off) - Siri and Shortcuts: Scan Notes, Notes from Photos, New Note, Search Notes SMART DETAILS - Found in This Note lists dates, links, email addresses, phone numbers and street addresses - Tap a date to set a reminder, or a number, link or address to open it - Summarize long notes: on iPhone and iPad models with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 or later), the on-device model writes the summary; on other devices the app picks the key sentences EXPORT - PDF export now runs over as many pages as the note needs, with headings, lists and checkboxes formatted - New: Rich Text (.rtf) for word processors and a web page (.html) - Export many items at once as separate PDFs or as one combined PDF - Plain text, Markdown, JSON and password-protected PDF are still here EVERYTHING FROM 1.x - Markdown editor with toolbar, live preview and tappable checklists - Custom notebooks, tags, pins, sorting and filters - Reminders with local notifications - Note Map links related notes and flags possible duplicates - Library Insights and a daily writing goal - Note templates and an offline Markdown reference PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no sign-in, no ads, no subscriptions - No analytics or tracking - Your notes, scans and imported files stay on your device

About

Morning Pages

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Freewriting only works if you actually keep writing. WriteFlow is a timed freewriting app that puts real stakes on the page: pick a sprint length, start typing, and if you stop for more than five seconds, the words you just wrote disappear. Losing the page is what finally shuts your inner editor up. Every other blank-page app gives you a cursor and hopes for the best. WriteFlow gives you a countdown, a consequence, and a finish line โ€” plus prompts to start from, projects to write into, and a streak that makes you come back tomorrow. It is built for one outcome: a finished first draft, today. WHAT YOU GET - Finished drafts instead of blank pages, with timed sprints from 5 to 60 minutes - An inner editor that finally goes quiet, because pausing more than five seconds wipes the text - A first line in seconds, from 22 hand-written prompts across journal, fiction, essay, poetry and warm-up - A novel, blog or journal that visibly grows, with per-project word-count goals and progress bars - Proof you are building the habit: daily word goal, writing streak, and 7-day or 30-day charts - Every completed session kept and readable later, and shareable to any app in one tap PERFECT FOR - Journalers doing morning pages who stall on the very first sentence - Novelists and NaNoWriMo writers who need daily word count, not perfect sentences - Bloggers and essayists who rewrite the same paragraph for an hour - Students staring at an essay deadline and a blinking cursor WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP? Because a notes app never tells you to keep going. There is no countdown, no idle rule, no daily goal, no streak, and nothing that stops you from deleting the sentence you just wrote. That is exactly why the draft never gets finished. WriteFlow removes the option to stall. PRIVACY Everything you write stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no cloud upload, no tracking. Your sessions are stored on the device and never leave it unless you share them yourself. FULL ACCESS Unlocks the whole app: unlimited flow sprints at every length, all prompt categories and favorites, unlimited writing projects, daily goals, streaks and the full progress history. Choose Weekly, Yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase โ€” all three unlock exactly the same features. Set a 10-minute sprint tonight, start typing, and finish a first draft before the timer runs out. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

Grape Notes Pro4 screens
Morning Pages4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Morning Pages at Free against Grape Notes Pro's $3.99. Grape Notes Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Morning Pages is free to download; Grape Notes Pro costs $3.99 up front. Morning Pages sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Grape Notes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grape Notes Pro ships an update weekly, Morning Pages monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Grape Notes Pro versus Morning Pages: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrape Notes ProMorning Pages
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

Grape Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Morning Pages

Subscriptions2
  • Daily Word Goal - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Drafts & Journal - Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flow Writing: Pay Once$39.99

Questions

Is Grape Notes Pro free?
Grape Notes Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Morning Pages free?
Morning Pages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grape Notes Pro or Morning Pages have ads?
Neither Grape Notes Pro nor Morning Pages shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grape Notes Pro or Morning Pages?
Grape Notes Pro ships an update weekly, and Morning Pages monthly. Most recently, Grape Notes Pro was updated on October 6, 2026 and Morning Pages on October 28, 2026.

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