Comparison

Idea Notes vs Topmost

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

Head to head
About

Idea Notes

Features
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APP INTERFACE: English. IdeaCatch is a focused, private notebook for thoughts that arrive before you have time to organize them. CAPTURE FIRST - Save a thought in a few taps - Type @work, @app, @blog, @biz or @personal anywhere in the line to file it automatically - Edit, delete or favorite any saved idea FIND IT AGAIN - Search both idea text and tag names - Filter the notebook by tag - Group by tag or sort alphabetically - Export every saved idea as Markdown or CSV FULL ACCESS Full Access removes the saved-idea cap and unlocks custom @tags. Weekly, yearly and one-time lifetime options may be available. Prices, billing periods and availability are supplied by Apple. An introductory offer appears only when the App Store reports both an offer and eligibility for your Apple Account. Saved ideas always remain readable, editable, exportable and deletable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Ideas stay in the app's on-device database. There is no account, advertising or analytics SDK, and IdeaCatch does not collect or sell personal data. Optional daily reminders are scheduled locally by iOS, and notification permission is requested only when you enable one. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

About

Topmost

Features
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Topmost is the simplest possible to-do list. Everything goes on a single stack โ€” and you only ever see the one thing on top. Add something new and it becomes the top. Resolve the top and the next thing rises. That's the whole app: one thing at a time, and you can't hide from it. Most to-do apps let you hoard. A 40-item list isn't a plan โ€” it's a guilt museum. Topmost makes hoarding impossible by design. No backlog to scroll, no priorities to fiddle with, no "done" pile to admire. Just the thing in front of you, and the relief of an empty stack. THE REWARD IS THE EMPTY SCREEN Clear the last thing and you've earned it โ€” a calm, quiet moment that's the heart of the app. Nothing on top. That's the whole point. DESIGNED TO DISAPPEAR โ€ข Pure, typography-forward design that follows light and dark โ€ข A crisp pop when you resolve something โ€” and a warmer one for the last โ€ข Undo a pop whenever you need to โ€ข Push and resolve from widgets, the Lock Screen, Control Center, Siri, the Share sheet, your Apple Watch, and the Mac menu bar โ€ข Syncs across all your devices with iCloud TOPMOST PLUS (optional) โ€ข Contexts โ€” separate stacks for Work, Home, anything; only one active at a time, so switching stays deliberate โ€ข Themes and your own reward colour for the empty screen โ€ข Look back โ€” a quiet, read-only record of what you've cleared One purchase covers all your Apple devices, forever. Family Sharing included. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No analytics. Your stack lives in your private iCloud and nowhere else. Data Not Collected โ€” and we mean it. One thing at a time. Terms of Use: https://usetopmost.com/terms

Screenshots

Idea Notes4 screens
Topmost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idea Notes at none against Topmost's 2. Topmost's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Topmost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Idea Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idea Notes ships an update every 4 months, Topmost every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Idea Notes versus Topmost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdea NotesTopmost
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDDares Core d.o.o.

In-app purchases

None

Idea Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Topmost

Subscriptions1
  • Topmost Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Topmost Plus$8.99

Questions

Is Idea Notes free?
Idea Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Topmost free?
Topmost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idea Notes or Topmost have ads?
Neither Idea Notes nor Topmost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idea Notes or Topmost?
Idea Notes ships an update every 4 months, and Topmost every 2 days. Most recently, Idea Notes was updated on October 8, 2026 and Topmost on October 11, 2026.

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