Comparison

Sobani vs echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

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

Head to head
About

Sobani

Features
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A gentle record-keeping notebook for caring for an aging parent. Caring for an elderly parent often means scattered notes, a bulging medication book, and a stack of hospital receipts. Sobani brings it all into one quiet, dignified place — designed for people in their 40s and 50s who care for a parent. A friendly turtle mascot named Kameji watches over your records, reminding you that you don't have to carry it all alone. KEY FEATURES Hospital Visits Log doctor visits with one tap — clinic, department, symptoms, prescriptions, and the doctor's notes. Attach a photo of the prescription or chart. Schedule the next appointment so it doesn't slip your mind. Visit Prep Checklist Choose from 20 general prompts covering changes, medications, daily life, family sharing, and next steps. Add selected prompts directly to a visit note to reduce forgotten questions. Five prompts are free; Sobani Pro unlocks all 20. Medication Reminders Add medications with multiple daily times. Sobani sends gentle reminders so doses aren't missed. Track end dates for time-limited prescriptions. Vitals Log Record blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight, plus daily appetite, sleep quality, and bowel status. A simple, comprehensive record you can flip back to any time. 7-Day Care Summary See recent visit, vitals, and diary activity on the home screen, with gentle prompts for what to record next. Caregiver's Diary Write a single sentence about today, attach a photo, and choose a mood (heavy, fair, warm, or glad). It's a gentle space for your own feelings, not just your parent's record. Parent Profile One page for your parent's name, age, conditions, primary doctor, and clinic contact — useful for sharing with a sibling, a care manager, or in an emergency. SOBANI PRO (one-time purchase) All 20 Visit Prep Prompts — Add useful question templates directly to your visit notes before an appointment. PDF Export — Export visits, vitals, diary entries, and photo-backed notes as a clean PDF to share with care managers or doctors. Sobani Pro is a one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions and no auto-renewal — buy it once and it's yours. WHO IT'S FOR - Adults whose elderly parent's care has just begun - Family members worried about missed medications - Siblings who want to share information - Anyone preparing notes for a doctor or care manager - Caregivers who want a space for their own daily feelings Today, you've done enough. ---- - Privacy Policy: https://starcrown.co.jp/privacy - Terms of Service: https://starcrown.co.jp/legal - Support: https://starcrown.co.jp/support - Contact: info@starcrown.co.jp

About

echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

This app provides a quiet space to capture fleeting thoughts, memorable quotes, and creative seeds without the pressure of organization. It allows you to revisit your saved entries unexpectedly, fostering new connections and rediscovering forgotten ideas. The app also supports longer notes and offers backup and sharing functionalities.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts instantly
  • No folders or categories required
  • Rediscover saved entries unexpectedly
  • Support for longer notes
  • Copy and share entries
  • Backup and restore functionality
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echor is a quiet note-taking app for saving ideas that come to you and lines that stay with you—without organizing them, so you can encounter them again someday. Folders aren’t your thing. Keeping notes neatly organized never lasts. Still, when a phrase comes to mind or a sentence feels worth remembering, you want somewhere to leave it without letting it disappear. That’s what echor is for. Most note apps are designed to organize information or help you work more efficiently. But not every thought can be categorized right away. An idea before it becomes a story. A line that lingers after a book or film. Something someone said that you can’t quite forget. A feeling you don’t yet have a name for. A seed of an idea that may become something someday. echor is a place to quietly leave those small fragments, without deciding where they belong. ■ Capture a thought as soon as it appears Save short lines and ideas the moment they come to you. ・Seeds for stories and creative work ・Lines from books and novels ・Dialogue from films and comics ・Fragments of conversation ・Late-night thoughts, unease, and realizations ・Quotes and phrases you want to revisit No folders or categories required. Leave a thought just as it is, before you organize it. ■ Rediscover words from your past Three of your saved entries appear unexpectedly in speech bubbles. Something your past self wrote may reach you differently now. New ideas may emerge from the unexpected combination of words shown together. Notifications can also bring back something you saved before. Not to remind you of a task, but to help you encounter a forgotten thought again. ■ Look back on what you’ve collected All the words you’ve saved are always available in one list. Even without careful organization, they gradually accumulate over time. When something no longer needs to stay, you can let it go. ■ Keep longer thoughts in Notes When an idea or piece of writing is too long for a short entry, you can keep it in Notes. A place for fragments, and a place to think a little longer. Both can live in the same app. ■ Copy, share, back up, and restore Copy saved words as text or turn them into an image to share. Backup and restore are supported, so your words can move with you when you change devices. You don’t have to write every day like a diary. You don’t have to organize everything neatly like a notebook. It doesn’t have to be productive like a work memo. The words you keep may one day trace the outline of who you are. echor is for people who want a quiet place to keep ideas, reading notes, film notes, quotes, and fragments of conversation together. Available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

Screenshots

Sobani4 screens
echor|Idea Notes & Quotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: echor|Idea Notes & Quotes at none against Sobani's 4. echor|Idea Notes & Quotes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Sobani's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads and device support 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. Sobani sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. echor|Idea Notes & Quotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sobani ships an update every 4 days, echor|Idea Notes & Quotes every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sobani versus echor|Idea Notes & Quotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSobaniechor|Idea Notes & Quotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarcrown Incdannpen

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sobani

One-time4
  • Sobani Tea Tip$0.99
  • Sobani Bento Tip$1.99
  • Sobani Pro$3.99
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  • Sobani Flowers Tip$5.99
None

echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sobani free?
Sobani is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is echor|Idea Notes & Quotes free?
echor|Idea Notes & Quotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sobani or echor|Idea Notes & Quotes have ads?
Neither Sobani nor echor|Idea Notes & Quotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sobani or echor|Idea Notes & Quotes?
Sobani ships an update every 4 days, and echor|Idea Notes & Quotes every 8 days. Most recently, Sobani was updated on November 5, 2026 and echor|Idea Notes & Quotes on November 5, 2026.

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