Comparison

Takt vs Humble Notes (No Cloud)

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

Head to head
About

Takt

Features
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Takt – Encrypted Notes & Tasks A calm place to think and plan. Takt brings notes and tasks into one quiet workspace – end-to-end encrypted, offline-first, and built for people who think in prose, lists, and everything in between. One page for thinking and doing Turn any note into a task. Add a deadline, set a reminder, break it into nested sub-tasks. The Agenda gathers everything due, grouped by day – today at the top, the rest of the week just below. Write the way you think Rich text with checklists, tables, code blocks, inline drawings, and backlinks. Reach everything through Markdown, slash commands, or the keyboard. No friction between the thought and the page. Sketch it out, right inside the note A built-in Excalidraw canvas lets you draw diagrams, wireframes, or quick sketches – embedded inline, synced encrypted, no separate tool required.

About

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

Capture your thoughts with text, photos, or voice recordings in a distraction-free environment. Organize notes with custom categories and access them offline. Export and import backups for easy data management.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free text editor
  • Add photos to notes
  • One-tap audio recording
  • Customizable categories
  • Offline functionality
  • Data backup and import
  • Share notes and recordings
Features
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Humble Notes is the calm, clutter-free place to capture what's on your mind — in your own words or your own voice. Jot a quick text note, drop in a photo, or tap once to record an audio note. Sort everything under your own labels, and keep it all private on your device. No account. No sign-up. No subscription. CAPTURE ANYTHING • Write notes in a clean, distraction-free editor • Add photos to any note • Record high-quality audio notes with a single tap • Watch a live level meter as you record, so you know it's listening LISTEN BACK, YOUR WAY • Open any recording to a full waveform of the whole clip • Tap or drag anywhere on the waveform to seek to that exact moment • Loop a recording with the repeat toggle STAY ORGANIZED • Create custom categories — Work, Ideas, Journal, anything you like • Drag to reorder categories so what matters is on top • Filter by category and browse everything neatly grouped by date PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your notes and recordings live on your device • Works completely offline • No accounts, no tracking, no cloud required NEVER LOSE A THING • Export a complete backup to a single .zip — notes as text files and audio recordings, grouped by category • Import a backup to restore your library or move to a new device • Swipe to delete, with a quick Undo if you change your mind • Share any note or recording through the standard share sheet SIMPLE, FAIR PRICING • Start with a 30-day free trial • Then unlock Humble Notes forever with a single $3.99 purchase • No subscriptions. No ads. Ever. Give your thoughts a quiet home. Download Humble Notes today.

Screenshots

Takt3 screens
Humble Notes (No Cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Takt at none against Humble Notes (No Cloud)'s 1. Takt also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Humble Notes (No Cloud) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Takt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Takt ships an update every 2 weeks, Humble Notes (No Cloud) every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Takt versus Humble Notes (No Cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaktHumble Notes (No Cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size531 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid VasellaElastic Engineering LLC

In-app purchases

None

Takt

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

One-time1
  • Unlock App$3.99

Questions

Is Takt free?
Takt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Humble Notes (No Cloud) free?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Takt or Humble Notes (No Cloud) have ads?
Neither Takt nor Humble Notes (No Cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Takt or Humble Notes (No Cloud)?
Takt ships an update every 2 weeks, and Humble Notes (No Cloud) every 2 months. Most recently, Takt was updated on October 6, 2026 and Humble Notes (No Cloud) on October 6, 2026.

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