Comparison

GitNotēs vs Notavo

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

Head to head
About

GitNotēs

This app stores your notes and to-dos as plain text files in your Git repositories, offering seamless syncing across devices and full data ownership. It supports various file formats, includes AI features, and integrates with popular Git hosts.

Highlights
  • Notes and to-dos stored in Git repositories
  • Sync via GitHub API or local clone
  • Supports Markdown, Org-mode, and Neorg formats
  • AI-powered features for transcription and suggestions
  • Integration with GitHub, GitLab, and other Git hosts
  • Offline queue and auto-sync capabilities
  • Reminders and templates
Features
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GitNotes - Notes, Todos and Canvases Backed by Git Your notes are real files in your Git repo. Nothing locks you in. Why GitNotes? - Your data, forever - Every note is a plain Markdown, Neorg, Org, or JSON file in your own Git repository. - Version everything - Edit, branch, diff, and rebase your notes the same way you code. - Works offline - Changes queue locally and sync automatically when you are back online. - Sync anywhere - Connect GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or any Git host. - Open source - MPL-2.0 licensed, community-driven. Features - Notes, todos, journals, and Excalidraw-style canvases. - Folders, tags, colors, pins, wiki-links, backlinks. - Optional AI chat - Anthropic, OpenAI, Apple Intelligence, on-device Llama. - Biometric lock for privacy. - Light, dark, and system themes. - 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean.

About

Notavo

Features
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Everything you noted. Still there. Notavo is Italian for "I used to take notes" — and then lose them. That ends here. Notavo is the fast notebook a modern app should be: open it and start writing. The first line becomes the title, and you organize the rest whenever you want. CAPTURE NOW, ORGANIZE LATER New notes land in Scratchpad. From there it's up to you: a tag, a colorful folder, a star for the important ones, or the Archive for what you want to keep long term. COLORFUL FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS Create as many folders as you like, nested inside each other, each with its own name and color. When you open a folder, its color follows you everywhere: banner, buttons and subfolder cards at a glance. Drag notes wherever you want: onto a folder, Favorites, Archive or a tag. CHECKLISTS THAT CLICK Turn any line into a checkbox. Tap to complete, the item strikes itself out, and pressing return continues the list. Perfect for groceries, chores, packing. EVERYTHING INSIDE THE NOTE Photos and freehand drawings go exactly where you want them, right in the middle of your text. Videos, PDFs and documents stay attached to the note with instant preview. And when an image is too large, Notavo asks if you want to compress it: you choose how much. REMINDERS, YOUR WAY Every note can have its own due date, and for each one you decide whether to get a notification. Changed your mind? Turn it off with a tap. YOUR MEDIA LIBRARY The Media section gathers photos, drawings and documents from all your notes in a single grid. Search by file name or note title and jump straight to the right note. ALWAYS WITH YOU Notavo is native on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with widgets for your Home Screen and Desktop. Turn on iCloud sync whenever you want: your data stays in your private iCloud, and you choose whether to sync text only or attachments too. TAGS IN YOUR COLORS Rename tags, give them custom colors, or remove them from every note at once. Notavo is built for people who write a lot and want to find everything again: quick to open, a pleasure to use, made to last. Noticing takes a second. Notavo makes it last. TRIAL AND PURCHASE Notavo is complete and free for 7 days. After that a single in-app purchase unlocks it: no subscription, no renewals. The unlock covers iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account and can be brought back with "Restore purchase". Your notes stay yours: even after the trial ends, the unlock screen can export all of them. Anyone already using Notavo before this update keeps using it without buying anything.

Screenshots

GitNotēs4 screens
Notavo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GitNotēs at none against Notavo's 1. GitNotēs also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Notavo's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notavo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GitNotēs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GitNotēs ships an update every 2 days, Notavo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GitNotēs versus Notavo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGitNotēsNotavo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXaventraStudio 09 di Stefano Grieco & C. S.N.C.

In-app purchases

None

GitNotēs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notavo

One-time1
  • Notavo unlocked$6.99

Questions

Is GitNotēs free?
GitNotēs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notavo free?
Notavo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GitNotēs or Notavo have ads?
Neither GitNotēs nor Notavo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GitNotēs or Notavo?
GitNotēs ships an update every 2 days, and Notavo daily. Most recently, GitNotēs was updated on October 13, 2026 and Notavo on September 30, 2026.

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