Comparison

Northly App vs Notice

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

Head to head
About

Northly App

Features
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Stop overthinking. Start understanding how you think. This app isn’t here to tell you what to do—it helps you see why you’re thinking the way you are. Enter any decision on your mind, and the app will guide you through a short, intelligent conversation. Based on your responses, it reveals the hidden patterns behind your thinking—whether you’re being impulsive, cautious, emotional, or purely logical. But this isn’t just a one-time answer. Over time, the app learns how you make decisions. Track how your thinking evolves. Discover your decision-making personality. Explore different outcomes before you commit. Reflect on past choices and see what changed.

About

Notice

This app helps you journal your thoughts with minimal effort through voice or text prompts. It tracks your mood, energy, and habits, providing insights and weekly reports. Your data is kept private on your device and can be secured with Face ID.

Highlights
  • Voice and text journaling prompts
  • Mood, energy, and habit tracking
  • Personalized morning rituals
  • Notes to Future You
  • Weekly reflection reports
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Face ID lock
Features
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Too much on your mind? Just talk. Notice turns scattered thoughts into calm and shows you how your life is really going. Journaling is one of the best things you can do for your mind. It's also the easiest to quit. The blank page is too much, and the habit never sticks. Notice fixes that. You speak (or type) one small prompt at a time, and it handles the rest. The goal: journaling with as little friction as possible and the biggest return on that small effort. Notice isn't only a tool to track your mind and learn from it. It's built to strengthen it, with simple daily practices that add up. YOUR MORNING RITUAL Start grounded: gratitude, a stream-of-consciousness brain dump, a 45-second "set the tone," and affirmations. Turn on what you want, skip what you don't. SEE HOW YOU'RE REALLY DOING Track mood, energy, productivity, and habits with a tap. Notice turns them into clear trends, so you can spot what lifts you up and what wears you down. IT TALKS BACK OVER TIME Save realizations as Notes to Future You, revisit past entries that resurface when you need them, and unlock weekly reports that reflect your week back to you. BUILT FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Your entries stay on your device, sync privately through iCloud, and can be locked behind Face ID. Export to PDF anytime. No accounts, no data mining. A NOTE FROM ME I'm building Notice because I wanted a journaling app I'd actually use: fast, warm, and genuinely good for my mind. I use it every single day, and I'm pouring everything into making it one of the best journaling apps out there. If you have an idea or some feedback, I'd truly love to hear it. -Reece

Screenshots

Northly App4 screens
Notice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Northly App at 15.1 against Notice's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Northly App versus Notice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthly AppNotice
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHallam Ward-smithReece Simon

In-app purchases

None

Northly App

No in-app purchases

None

Notice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Northly App free?
Northly App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notice free?
Notice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Northly App or Notice have ads?
Neither Northly App nor Notice shows ads.

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