Comparison

Notely vs Driftto

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

Head to head
About

Notely

Features
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Notely is a simple, clean, and powerful notes app for capturing your thoughts, organizing your day, and keeping important ideas close. Write quick notes, build checklists, record voice notes, set reminders, organize everything into folders, and protect private notes with PIN or Face ID. Whether you are planning your work, saving personal ideas, tracking tasks, or keeping daily notes, Notely gives you one calm place to keep everything together. CAPTURE IDEAS FAST Notely is designed for the moments when you need to save something quickly. Open the app, create a note, and get your idea down before it disappears. Create: • Text notes • Checklists • Voice notes • Reminders • Folders • Private notes Use Notely for daily thoughts, work notes, study notes, shopping lists, travel plans, personal reminders, project ideas, finance notes, and anything else you want to remember. TEXT NOTES THAT STAY ORGANIZED Write clean, focused notes with titles, folders, tags, pinned notes, and attachments. Keep short memos or longer notes in one place, then find them later with search. You can organize notes by folder, add tags for context, pin important notes, and attach images or audio when text is not enough. CHECKLISTS FOR TASKS AND PLANS Turn your tasks into simple checklists. Use them for errands, routines, study plans, packing lists, project steps, or daily goals. Checklists help you track progress at a glance and keep your next steps clear. VOICE NOTES FOR QUICK CAPTURE Sometimes speaking is faster than typing. Record voice notes when you are walking, thinking, planning, or capturing an idea on the go. Voice notes are great for: • Quick thoughts • Personal memos • Meeting takeaways • Study reminders • Creative ideas • Anything you do not want to type REMINDERS THAT HELP YOU FOLLOW THROUGH Create reminders for important tasks and upcoming plans. Add a title, details, date, time, priority, color, folder, and repeat rules. Use reminders for deadlines, habits, errands, bills, calls, appointments, and personal routines. FOLDERS FOR EVERY PART OF LIFE Keep your notes grouped by topic. Notely includes useful folders like Work, Study, Personal, Travel, Finance, and Ideas, and you can create your own folders too. Use folders to separate your work notes from personal thoughts, school notes, plans, and private information. PRIVATE NOTES WITH PIN AND FACE ID Some notes need extra protection. Notely lets you create private notes and locked folders so sensitive information stays separate from your regular notes. Protect important content with PIN and Face ID for an extra layer of privacy. SEARCH EVERYTHING QUICKLY Find notes, folders, and reminders with built-in search. Search by title, note content, folder, tags, checklist items, reminder details, and more. No more scrolling forever to find one old note. A CLEAN DESIGN FOR DAILY USE Notely is built to feel simple, calm, and easy to use. The app is focused on the things that matter most: capturing, organizing, remembering, and protecting your notes. It is useful for students, professionals, creators, parents, planners, writers, and anyone who wants a simple notes organizer on iPhone. NOTELY PRO Upgrade to Notely Pro to unlock more powerful features and remove free limits. Notely Pro includes: • Unlimited notes • Unlimited reminders • Voice notes • Image attachments • Private vault • Locked folders • Unlimited folders • Recurring reminders • Tags • Pin notes • Dark mode • Profile photo The free version is great for getting started. Pro is built for users who want more space, more organization, and more privacy. USE NOTELY FOR • Quick notes • Daily memos • To-do lists • Checklists • Voice notes • Private notes • Locked notes • Study notes • Work notes • Personal planning • Shopping lists • Travel plans • Finance notes • Project ideas • Reminders Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Driftto

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Stop emailing yourself. The thought shows up between meetings, on the way to a client, halfway through something else. It belongs on your list, in the right project. Opening the right app and finding the right list takes too long, so you email yourself. And tonight you move those emails into the right apps, one by one. Driftto is the shorter route. Type it or say it once, pick where it goes, done. It is on your list straight away. Nothing to file tonight. Where it lands Notion Asana Apple Reminders Email Todoist Google Tasks Linear Jira Trello TickTick Airtable Wrike Dart Google Sheets Missing one? Request it in the app. Pick one destination or several at once. Driftto remembers your last choice. Type it, say it, snap it One field, keyboard already up. Speak and the transcription happens on your phone. Add a photo of the whiteboard and it travels with the note to Notion, Asana or email. Your list, or someone else's Most notes are for yourself. Some belong to a colleague. Send it to their project or inbox, or to your list and theirs at once. You can see where it went Every capture shows where it landed. No signal? It waits on your phone and sends itself when you are back. Hands full Say "Hey Siri, new capture in Driftto". Siri asks what the thought is and sends it. The app never opens. Subscription Driftto is a paid app. The yearly plan starts with a free week. Choose monthly, yearly, or pay once for lifetime access. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy: driftto.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notely4 screens
Driftto4 screens

Verdict

The call

Notely and Driftto are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Notely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Driftto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Notely versus Driftto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotelyDriftto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad FaizanJafa Media B.V.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notely

Subscriptions2
  • Notely Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notely Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Driftto

Subscriptions2
  • Driftto Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Driftto Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Driftto Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Notely free?
Notely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Driftto free?
Driftto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notely or Driftto have ads?
Neither Notely nor Driftto shows ads.

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