Comparison

My Notes & Cards vs Trayzero

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

Head to head
About

My Notes & Cards

Organize your thoughts into structured sections with self-contained cards. Add photos, sketches, and locations to your notes. Enjoy a private, local experience without AI or cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize thoughts into sections and cards
  • Add photos and sketches to cards
  • Attach locations to cards
  • Universal keyword search
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Local privacy, no cloud sync
  • Native iOS experience
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My Notes & Cards is a notes app for people overwhelmed by other notes apps. The values behind the app is simplicity and structure. The user organizes thoughts into sections, each containing bounded "cards" — discrete, self-contained notes. Section tabs at the top, swipeable cards inside. Intended audience: anyone who has tried other app notes and found the lack of structure overwhelming. The app is intentionally not AI-powered, not cloud-synced, and locally private. Features: 1. Photo on a card (resizable, tap to fullscreen). 2. Doodle on a card (finger or Apple Pencil). 3. Attach a location to a card. 4. Universal keyword search across all sections. 6. Drag to reorder for sections and cards. 7. Native iOS, no web wrapper. 8. Sections you create yourself. 9. Cards inside each section, swipe-able. https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/notecards-terms.html https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/notecards-privacy.html

About

Trayzero

Features
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Trayzero brings David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) method to your iPhone. Free, no ads, no account, no sign-up. Your data lives on your device. Always. THE FIVE GTD STEPS, BUILT IN Capture - one tap, anywhere. A floating Capture button on every screen. Share anything from any app straight into your inbox. Voice-to-text for hands-free thoughts. A Home Screen widget for the fastest possible "add to inbox." Clarify - the killer flow. Process Inbox runs you through your captures one at a time, card-stack style. Each card walks the full GTD decision tree: actionable? Two-minute rule? Delegate? Single step or a project? When? Where? You hit inbox-zero faster than you thought possible. Organize - the canonical GTD lists. Inbox, Next Actions, Projects, Waiting For, Someday/Maybe, Calendar, Reference. Plus a real Project type with outcome, next-action warning, and Active / On Hold / Someday / Done / Dropped status. Seven default @-contexts you can extend (@phone, @computer, @errands, @home, @office, @anywhere, @waiting). Areas of Responsibility for the higher altitudes. Reflect - a Weekly Review wizard. A seven-step Friday review walks you through the canonical GTD pass: clear inbox, review next actions, check waiting-for, scan calendar, review someday/maybe, look at projects, set next week's intentions. Daily review supported too. Engage - do now. The Engage tab filters Next Actions by Context, Energy (low / medium / high), and Time Available (under 5m / 15m / 30m / 1h). Pull up the actions that match the moment you're in. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY WORK Due-date, defer-until, waiting-for follow-up, and weekly-review nudges fire as system notifications with action buttons - Done, Snooze, Move to Next Actions. Calendar two-way sync mirrors dated items into your system calendar. VOICE, PHOTOS, AUDIO Capture by voice. Attach photos or voice memos to any item. PRIVACY YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT - 100% on-device. SQLite under the hood. - No account, no servers, no analytics. - Crash reporting is opt-in and off by default. - Backup/restore as plain JSON: you own your data, you can take it anywhere. WHO IT'S FOR - GTD practitioners who want a clean, focused app that respects the method. - Anyone tired of cloud-syncing personal task data through someone else's servers. - People who want their tasks where their phone is - and nowhere else. Trayzero is an independent app inspired by the Getting Things Done methodology. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by David Allen Company. "Getting Things Done" and "GTD" are trademarks of the David Allen Company. Terms of Use (EULA): https://trayzero.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://trayzero.app/privacy

Screenshots

My Notes & Cards4 screens
Trayzero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Trayzero at 13.0 against My Notes & Cards's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. My Notes & Cards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month and Trayzero sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Notes & Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, Trayzero monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
My Notes & Cards versus Trayzero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Notes & CardsTrayzero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyworkingmemory LLCFeipeng Liu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

My Notes & Cards

Subscriptions2
  • My Notes & Cards Monthly$1.291 Month
  • Pricing$6.001 Year
4 purchases

Trayzero

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Supporter (Yearly)$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is My Notes & Cards free?
My Notes & Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trayzero free?
Trayzero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Notes & Cards or Trayzero have ads?
Neither My Notes & Cards nor Trayzero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Notes & Cards or Trayzero?
My Notes & Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, and Trayzero monthly. Most recently, My Notes & Cards was updated on October 2, 2026 and Trayzero on September 30, 2026.

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