Comparison

Note vs Tempus Fugit

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

Head to head
About

Note

Organize your thoughts and to-dos in one app. Create rich notes with embedded media and tasks, set reminders, and manage projects with flexible layouts. Offers advanced features like AI assistance and privacy controls.

Highlights
  • Rich text editing with media embedding
  • Tasks with due dates and reminders
  • Folders, tags, and smart filters
  • Multiple view layouts (list, agenda, calendar, Kanban)
  • Focus mode for distraction-free work
  • Privacy Vault and note locking
  • AI-powered summarization and task extraction
Features
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Note-Due brings your notes and tasks together. Write a note, add tasks inside it, set due dates, and get reminded — all without switching apps. NOTES THAT DO MORE Rich text with bold, italic, highlights, checklists, and code blocks. Attach photos, scan documents, record voice memos, and embed video. Draw with Apple Pencil or your finger — handwriting can be recognised and converted to typed text. While you write or scroll, toolbars slide away so your words get the whole screen. TASKS BUILT INTO YOUR NOTES Create tasks inside any note, or add standalone tasks. Set due dates, priorities, and reminders. Quick Add understands natural language — type "call James tomorrow at 9am high priority" and Note-Due does the rest. Block tasks behind other tasks to map real dependencies. POWERFUL ORGANISATION Folders, subfolders, tags, and smart filters keep everything findable. Switch between Today, Upcoming, Overdue, All, and Inbox, and between list, agenda, calendar, and kanban layouts. Snooze tasks, pin notes, and search everything instantly. The Trash keeps deleted items until you're sure. INBOX AND FOCUS MODE Capture first, schedule later: tasks without a date land in your Inbox. When it's time to work, Focus Mode shows only today's tasks in a distraction-free view. SIRI, SHORTCUTS & SPOTLIGHT Add tasks, check what's overdue, or complete something with your voice or the Shortcuts app. Find notes and tasks from Spotlight search. BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN Designed for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. On iPad, see your notes list beside the open note, or open any note in its own window with Stage Manager. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your data lives on your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. Optional iCloud sync keeps your Apple devices up to date using your personal iCloud — we never see it. ——— UNLOCK NOTE-DUE PRO — $9.99 ONCE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Apple Intelligence Extract tasks from a note, summarise long notes, and rewrite selected text in any style — all on-device. Your previous version is saved before every AI rewrite. Privacy Vault & Note Locking Hide folders behind Face ID in the Vault, lock individual notes, or require Face ID every time you open the app. Version History Every note is versioned automatically. Browse and restore any earlier draft. Power Tasks Recurring tasks (daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly, yearly), subtasks, dependencies, and Apple Calendar sync. Advanced Notifications Morning daily digest, second reminders, quiet hours, custom lead times, lock-screen snooze, and custom sounds. Export & Import Export notes as PDF or HTML, or your whole library as a Markdown ZIP. Import Markdown and text notes from Bear, Obsidian, or Apple Notes, and tasks from Apple Reminders. Projects & Time Tracking Group notes and tasks into projects with live progress and due dates. Add time estimates to tasks and track real time with a built-in timer. PDF Annotation & Tables Draw on PDF attachments with Apple Pencil, saved per page. Insert editable grid tables into any note. Smart Scheduling Smart Schedule checks your task load and suggests the least-busy day and time. Kanban Board Manage tasks across To Do, In Progress, and Done, and drag cards between columns.

About

Tempus Fugit

A beautifully designed pendulum clock app that offers a calming visual experience. It includes a Pomodoro focus timer with gentle chimes and customizable dial skins and numeral styles. Enjoy an immersive full-screen mode for distraction-free focus.

Highlights
  • 16 hand-designed dial skins
  • Pomodoro focus timer with bell chimes
  • Six numeral styles
  • Day-date complication
  • Smooth-sweep or tick-by-second motion
  • Hourly bell chime
  • Full-screen immersive mode
Features
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A pocket of calm, all yours. Tempus Fugit is a beautifully crafted pendulum clock for your iPhone. The pendulum swings, the second hand sweeps, and the bell can chime softly on the hour. Tap once for full-screen immersive mode and let the clock take over. WHAT'S INSIDE • 16 hand-designed dial skins · Brass Classic, Midnight, Retro LCD, Marble & Steel, Rose Gold, Emerald Night, Porcelain, Noir, Art Deco, Mid-Century, Sunset, Copper Patina, Vintage Bronze, Saffron, Cinnabar, Sapphire • Pomodoro focus timer · the whole clock becomes your focus session, with a soft bell at each interval • Nine numeral styles · Roman, English, Devanagari, Arabic-Indic, Chinese, Greek, Thai, Bengali, Hebrew • Day-date complication that follows the active skin • Smooth-sweep or tick-by-second motion (with a quiet mechanical tick) • Hourly bell: every 30 minutes, on the hour, or just at midnight • Add your own signature to the dial • Subtle haptics and a calm, full-screen immersive mode TEMPUS PRO Unlock every dial skin, custom signatures, and every future skin we add. Weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase that supports Family Sharing with up to 6 people. Made with care by Sunil Targe. A small, calm thing · hope it brings you a little quiet to keep beside you. SOUND CREDITS 'Single Strike Church Bell' by Orange Free Sounds (CC BY-NC 4.0) Clock tick sample #0007 by Joseph SARDIN / bigsoundbank.com (CC0) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://suniltarge.com/pendulum/privacy.html

Screenshots

Note4 screens
Tempus Fugit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Note at 4.0 against Tempus Fugit's 3.0. Note also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). Tempus Fugit's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tempus Fugit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Note holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note ships an update every 2 days, Tempus Fugit every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Note versus Tempus Fugit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteTempus Fugit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames RocheSunil Targe

Customer experience

Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tempus Fugit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Note

One-time1
  • Note-Due Pro$9.99
4 purchases

Tempus Fugit

Subscriptions2
  • Tempus Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Tempus Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime - GET 50% OFF$14.99
  • Tempus Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Note free?
Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tempus Fugit free?
Tempus Fugit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Note or Tempus Fugit?
Note is rated higher. Note averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tempus Fugit averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Note or Tempus Fugit have ads?
Neither Note nor Tempus Fugit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note or Tempus Fugit?
Note ships an update every 2 days, and Tempus Fugit every 6 days. Most recently, Note was updated on October 14, 2026 and Tempus Fugit on October 5, 2026.

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