Comparison

My Notes & Cards vs Notes Index

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

Notes Index

Features
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Notes Index turns your handwritten notes into a library you can search. Scan a notebook page or loose sheet with the built-in document scanner, or bring in a photo you already took. Notes Index cleans up the page, recognizes your handwriting on the device, and files it by date. FIND ANY PAGE Search for a word you wrote and Notes Index highlights exactly where it appears on the page. BROWSE LIKE PAPER Pinch through your library from a full-width page down to a dense grid. On iPad, open two pages side by side, like an open notebook. MARK IT UP Write on your pages with Apple Pencil or your finger, and recrop a page any time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no ads. Text recognition happens on your device. Turn on iCloud sync to keep your library on all your devices, stored in your own iCloud account. Export your images and text whenever you like.

Screenshots

My Notes & Cards4 screens
Notes Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notes Index at none against My Notes & Cards's 2. Notes Index also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). My Notes & Cards's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price 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. My Notes & Cards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Notes Index asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Notes & Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, Notes Index weekly. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Notes & Cards versus Notes Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Notes & CardsNotes Index
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyworkingmemory LLCnedrelow, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

My Notes & Cards

Subscriptions2
  • My Notes & Cards Monthly$1.291 Month
  • Pricing$6.001 Year
None

Notes Index

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Notes & Cards free?
My Notes & Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notes Index free?
Notes Index is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Notes & Cards or Notes Index have ads?
Neither My Notes & Cards nor Notes Index shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Notes & Cards or Notes Index?
My Notes & Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, and Notes Index weekly. Most recently, My Notes & Cards was updated on October 2, 2026 and Notes Index on October 2, 2026.

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