Comparison

WholeNote vs CoverForge

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

Head to head
About

WholeNote

Convert long Apple Notes into a single, searchable PDF or a continuous image. Preserve text, images, and tables in their original order for easy saving, printing, or archiving. The app provides export diagnostics and allows customization of reading styles.

Highlights
  • Export searchable PDF
  • Save one continuous image
  • Keep mixed content in order
  • Import diagnostics and export checks
  • Adjust reading style
  • Buy once, no subscription
Features
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A long Apple Note should not turn into cropped pages, broken screenshot stitches, or a document with a missing ending. WholeNote turns one shared note into a searchable A4 PDF or one continuous image, ready to save, print, archive, or hand off. Share a note from Apple Notes, review the imported content, adjust its reading style, and export. WholeNote keeps the supported text, images, and detected tables in order, so you do not have to rebuild the note in another editor. • Export searchable PDF Create a fixed A4 document with automatic pagination and selectable, searchable text. • Save one continuous image Turn supported content into a single long PNG for quick viewing, saving to Photos, or sharing. If the note exceeds the safe image limit, WholeNote tells you to use PDF instead of removing content. • Keep mixed content in order Import supported text, images, and detected tables from the iOS Share Sheet and preserve their sequence. • Know when something is missing Import diagnostics and export checks surface unsupported content, size limits, and failures. WholeNote does not silently call an incomplete result successful. • Make long notes easier to read Choose a theme and adjust type size, line spacing, margins, and block spacing before export. • Buy once No subscription, no account, and no runtime paywall. Important: WholeNote can only process content that iOS provides through sharing and that the app supports. It does not batch-export your Notes library, preserve every Apple Notes formatting detail, expand every attachment, or export Word documents.

About

CoverForge

Features
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Make scroll-stopping covers, thumbnails, and clean product photos in 3 steps: import a photo, pick a size, and export. CoverForge is a focused on-device editor for creators, social sellers, and online shops. FEATURES - Presets for vertical, square, landscape, social, marketplace, and custom sizes - Crop, padding, scale, positioning, blur, white, solid, and gradient backgrounds - Title and subtitle styling with outlines, shadows, glow, and poster effects - On-device subject cutout for clean product images - Reusable brand colors, text, and logo - Watermark-free PNG export with source location and camera metadata removed PRO - ONE-TIME UNLOCK - Full-resolution export - Every premium template - Multiple brand kits with private iCloud sync - Multi-photo batch and multi-size export Photos are processed on device and are not uploaded. Project history and brand kits can sync through your private iCloud. No account or subscription is required.

Screenshots

WholeNote4 screens
CoverForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CoverForge at Free against WholeNote's $3.99. CoverForge also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). WholeNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CoverForge is free to download; WholeNote costs $3.99 up front. CoverForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WholeNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WholeNote ships an update every 3 months, CoverForge every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
WholeNote versus CoverForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWholeNoteCoverForge
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟 王献慧 陈

In-app purchases

None

WholeNote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CoverForge

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is WholeNote free?
WholeNote costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoverForge free?
CoverForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WholeNote or CoverForge have ads?
Neither WholeNote nor CoverForge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WholeNote or CoverForge?
WholeNote ships an update every 3 months, and CoverForge every 2 weeks. Most recently, WholeNote was updated on September 5, 2026 and CoverForge on September 11, 2026.

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