Comparison

SteelNote vs Weekr

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

Head to head
About

SteelNote

This app stores your notes as plain Markdown files on your device, ensuring you always own your data. It offers seamless syncing across Apple devices, instant search, and robust import options from other note-taking applications.

Highlights
  • Plain Markdown file storage
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Local full-text search
  • Import from multiple note apps
  • Link notes and see backlinks
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Mark notes as private
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SteelNote is a notes app built on one promise: your notes are plain Markdown files that you own. Every note is a real .md file on your device, openable in the Files app or in any editor you like, today and years from now. No proprietary database. Nothing locked away. Your notes, truly yours. Because every note is plain text, you are never trapped. Read and edit them in SteelNote, in Files, or in any other Markdown app. If you ever move on, you take your files with you as they are, in an open format that lasts. Native on all your Apple devices. SteelNote is built natively for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your notes sync across all of them through iCloud, with no third party account and no extra sign in. Start a note on your phone and finish it on your Mac. Find anything, instantly. A local full text index makes search immediate, even in large libraries. Link notes together, see backlinks, organize with folders and tags, and turn any line into a task. Private when you want it. Mark a note as private and it stays out of widgets and AI features. Your most sensitive notes remain yours alone. Bring everything with you. Import from Bear, Notion, Obsidian and Evernote, or from Markdown, TextBundle, Word, RTF, PDF and CSV files. Your folders and structure come along. Apple Notes works too, one note at a time, because Apple offers no bulk export. Everything you expect. Add images, PDFs and tables inline. Use checklists, footnotes and links. Reach your notes from Spotlight, Siri and widgets, and hand off between devices. An open format, now standard. Markdown is a first class type across Apple platforms, and SteelNote is built natively around it. Your files are open, portable and yours. Membership. SteelNote comes with a 14 day free trial, then a yearly plan or a one time lifetime purchase. You can cancel during the trial and pay nothing, or skip the subscription and choose the lifetime purchase instead. Sync is always included and never restricted. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A yearly plan renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://steelnoteapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Weekr

Features
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A week doesn't fail in a day. It fails in a task moved four times, an evening lost, a habit skipped on the same day every week — and a list of today can't show you any of that. Weekr puts the whole week on one screen — tasks, habits, your calendar, and your Reminders, seven days at a time — so you can see what's coming, keep every habit on a streak, and move things as plans change. PLAN THE WEEK, NOT JUST THE DAY • See all seven days side by side on iPad and Mac, or swipe day to day on iPhone. • Drag tasks between days as priorities shift, or onto a time to block it out around your events. • Plan a task for a week, a month, or longer, and pick the day later. Included with Weekr Max. • Keep everything else in lists of your own, beside your Inbox. Included with Weekr Max. HABITS THAT STICK • Daily, weekly, monthly, on the days you choose, or on a rule like "the first Monday". • Or "three times a week", on whichever days suit you. Included with Weekr Max. • Repetitions for what you do several times a day — eight glasses of water, ticked one at a time. KEEP EVERY HABIT ON A STREAK • Every habit counts its planned times done in a row, and keeps its best. • Tick one late and the run holds. Mark a day off and it doesn't break. • Habits Performance shows each habit's streak, its calendar, and how much of the last four weeks it kept. GOALS YOU CAN SEE THE WORK BEHIND • Set a goal for a week, a month, or a year, in your own words. • Link tasks to it — a task can serve more than one goal. • Performance shows what each week actually did for each goal. VIK, YOUR PLANNING COACH • Ask about your week and get an answer that reads your own tasks, not a generic tip. • He offers a card — add this task, start this habit, set this goal — and nothing is written into your week until you tap it. • Requires Apple Intelligence on a supported device. YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS, IN CONTEXT • See your events right above each day's tasks, and plan around your meetings. • Connect your Reminders lists — tick one off in Weekr and it completes in Reminders too. FOCUS WHEN IT COUNTS • Start a focus session on any task — Pomodoro timer or stopwatch. • A Live Activity keeps it on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Time is banked per task, so you can see where your hours actually go. SEE WHAT YOU GOT DONE • Pick any week, month, or year and see what got done — tap any figure for the tasks behind it. • Past days stay as they were, and the unfinished review gathers what you didn't get to. • Mark days off so a holiday doesn't count against you. READY FOR iPHONE DUO • Today when it's closed, the whole week when you open it. SHARE TO WEEKR, OR ASK SIRI • Share text or a screenshot from any app and Weekr turns it into tasks, each showing the day it will land on before anything is saved. • Or say it out loud: "Add a task to Weekr" — "call the dentist on Thursday" lands on Thursday. EVERYTHING IN SYNC • Private iCloud sync keeps your iPhone, iPad, and Mac in step. • Widgets for today, this week's completion, your goals, and where your time went — on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and now the Mac. • Five buttons in Control Center, and the same actions in Shortcuts. DESIGNED FOR APPLE • Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Fast, clean, and private — your tasks live in your own iCloud, and we can't read them. Plan the week, not just the day. — Weekr is free to use, with no time limit. Weekr Max lifts the free limits (one calendar, one Reminders list, five habits, three goals, and the recent Performance history), adds lists and planning by the week or month, and is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase — see in-app pricing. Subscriptions renew until canceled; cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://theweekr.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://theweekr.com/privacy

Screenshots

SteelNote4 screens
Weekr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SteelNote at every 4 days against Weekr's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. SteelNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year and Weekr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SteelNote ships an update every 4 days, Weekr fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
SteelNote versus Weekr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteelNoteWeekr
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaude BezeaudKMA Tech Holding Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SteelNote

Subscriptions1
  • Annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$44.99
  • Founder$44.99
3 purchases

Weekr

Subscriptions2
  • Weekr Max (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Weekr Max (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Weekr Max Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is SteelNote free?
SteelNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weekr free?
Weekr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SteelNote or Weekr have ads?
Neither SteelNote nor Weekr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SteelNote or Weekr?
SteelNote ships an update every 4 days, and Weekr fortnightly. Most recently, SteelNote was updated on October 25, 2026 and Weekr on October 28, 2026.

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