Comparison

Trove · Visual Notes vs neboola

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

Head to head
About

Trove · Visual Notes

Features
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You see something good. You screenshot it. Then it disappears into Photos with ten thousand others — and you never find it again. Trove fixes that. Save screenshots from any app with a single tap. Add a quick note. Then browse them in a calm, two-column visual library that's built for finding things, not for scrolling. ▸ HOW IT WORKS 1. Screenshot anything, in any app 2. Tap Share → choose Trove 3. Add a note, pick a list, save 4. Find it later — searchable by note, tag, or source app ▸ DESIGNED FOR FOCUS Editorial typography. Warm paper canvas. Ink-blue accents. No feeds, no algorithm, no badges, no streaks. Just your saved things, breathing. ▸ YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU Everything is local. No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. ▸ MADE FOR APPLE Native SwiftUI. iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Reduce Motion. Available in English and 日本語. ▸ TRY FREE FOR 10 DAYS Free to download. Use everything for 10 days — no credit card, no auto-renew. Then a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited saving forever. No subscription. No ads.

About

neboola

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Having the idea was never the hard part. neboola is the easiest place to catch a thought — and the only one you'll actually want to look at. Catch ideas the moment they land, shape them at your own pace, and turn the ones worth keeping into a real project. CAPTURE NOW Get it down in one tap. No folder to choose, no fields to fill. Catch the thought now; make sense of it later. SHAPE IT LATER Your raw thoughts wait in your orbit — out of your head and out of your way. When you're ready, shape the ones that matter into groups and give the idea its form. Capturing and organizing are two different moments; neboola never makes you do both at once. WATCH IT BECOME A PROJECT Break an idea into notes, gather them into groups, and turn the ones you need to act on into tasks. Flag the thoughts worth remembering as highlights. A fuzzy idea becomes something with edges — something you can actually start. GIVE IT STAGES Big ideas don't finish in one list. Gather notes into a milestone and give your idea its stages: each one fills as you finish what's inside it, then moves to your Archive when it's done. What's in front of you is always what's still ahead. SEE YOUR IDEAS MOVE Open neboola and your ideas are right there. The ones you're working glow bright and sit close at hand; the ones you've drifted from dim to quiet embers. Your whole mind at a glance — what's burning, what's resting, nothing lost. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your ideas are backed up to your private iCloud account and sync across your devices. Nothing to set up. — neboola is free for 14 days, then continues as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neboola.app/en/terms/

Screenshots

Trove · Visual Notes4 screens
neboola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: neboola at Free against Trove · Visual Notes's $0.99. Trove · Visual Notes's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On 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

neboola is free to download; Trove · Visual Notes costs $0.99 up front. Trove · Visual Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and neboola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trove · Visual Notes ships an update fortnightly, neboola every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Trove · Visual Notes versus neboola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrove · Visual Notesneboola
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer瑾威 向SuperPug 3000 LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trove · Visual Notes

One-time1
  • Trove Premium$2.99
2 purchases

neboola

Subscriptions2
  • Neboola Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Neboola Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Trove · Visual Notes free?
Trove · Visual Notes costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is neboola free?
neboola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trove · Visual Notes or neboola have ads?
Neither Trove · Visual Notes nor neboola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trove · Visual Notes or neboola?
Trove · Visual Notes ships an update fortnightly, and neboola every 2 months. Most recently, Trove · Visual Notes was updated on November 5, 2026 and neboola on November 13, 2026.

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