Comparison

Takt vs Notes Index

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

Head to head
About

Takt

Features
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Takt โ€“ Encrypted Notes & Tasks A calm place to think and plan. Takt brings notes and tasks into one quiet workspace โ€“ 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 โ€“ 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 โ€“ embedded inline, synced encrypted, no separate tool required.

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

Takt3 screens
Notes Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Takt at 17.0 against Notes Index's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Takt ships an update every 2 weeks, Notes Index weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Takt versus Notes Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaktNotes Index
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size531 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Vasellanedrelow, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Takt

No in-app purchases

None

Notes Index

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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