Comparison

TreeNote vs Dencho

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

Head to head
About

TreeNote

Organize complex ideas into clear, nested outlines. Create boards for various projects and break down thoughts into detailed subnotes. Supports rich formatting, Markdown, and local data storage with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Unlimited nesting for flexible trees
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Rich note details (tags, colors, due dates, images)
  • Markdown formatting and preview
  • Import/export JSON, Markdown, OPML
  • Local data storage with iCloud sync
Features
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Turn complex ideas into clear, nested outlines with TreeNote. Create boards for projects, study, planning, and everyday thoughts, then break each idea into focused subnotes. TreeNote keeps deep structures easy to scan while giving every note room for rich detail. FEATURES • Build flexible trees with unlimited nesting • Drag to reorder and swipe for quick actions • Add titles, details, tags, colors, due dates, and multiple images • Choose the simple text editor or TreeNote Pro's premium editor • Format visually or write directly in Markdown • Read safely in Preview mode, with tappable links and KaTeX equations • Import and export JSON, Markdown, and OPML • Keep data local by default, with optional private iCloud sync • Use TreeNote in English, Spanish, or Chinese TreeNote is free for boards with up to 10 notes. TreeNote Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited notes per board and the premium Markdown editor.

About

Dencho

Features
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The tape calculator you can edit — fix any line and everything below recomputes. Save your tape as a named sheet, with the total always in view. Every tape (ledger) row runs in full-precision Decimal. — On a normal calculator, one wrong key means starting over. Dencho keeps every calculation on a tape you can edit: tap any line — the starting value, an operator, or an operand — and every line below recomputes. Changed lines briefly highlight. Inserting, reordering, and deleting lines recompute the same way, and a one-tap Undo rolls the whole last action back at once. Name a tape and it's saved as a sheet. The list is sorted by last edited and shows each sheet's total. A running total bar always shows the sum and line count, so you never re-add just to ask "where am I now?" Rounding mode (half-up, up, or down), decimal places (0–4), and the tax rate are saved per sheet — reopen an old sheet and its results reproduce exactly, with that sheet's own settings. Percentages follow business-calculator conventions: 1000 + 8% = 1080, 1000 − 8% = 920, 1000 × 8% = 80. Add-tax and remove-tax split values to the yen. Because each line is rounded to a real amount, a division like 1000 ÷ 3 = 333, then × 3 = 999 — the ledger-correct behavior. Function-mode math runs in double precision (IEEE 754); results are finalized under the sheet's rounding settings once a ledger row references them. Dencho also includes a full scientific calculator mode: trig and inverse trig (DEG/RAD/GRAD), logarithms (log, ln, any base), powers and roots, factorial, permutations and combinations, modulo, polar⇄rectangular conversion, integer math in binary/octal/decimal/hex, display formats (Normal/Fix/Sci/Eng), memories (A–F, M), and Ans. Function calculations land on the same tape — tap to correct any row and everything below recalculates. The entire function set is free. WHAT YOU GET • Every calculation stays on the tape; tap any line to edit and everything below recomputes • Save named sheets, sorted by last edited, each with its total; duplicate and search • Note-only lines you can insert — they don't affect the math but are included in sharing and search • Rounding mode × decimal places × tax rate, saved per sheet • Three text sizes, light/dark, and one-action-per-transaction Undo/Redo • Scientific calculator mode (trig, logs, roots, factorial, binary/octal/decimal/hex, and more) — function rows edit and recompute automatically too • Runs on iPad, with a two-column layout (list + calculator) in landscape BUILT DIFFERENTLY, ON PURPOSE • No ads, no tracking. All math stays on your device and the app makes no network calls (except Apple's StoreKit for purchases) • The whole tape calculator (editing, recompute, notes, rounding, tax, totals, Undo) is free; you can save up to 2 sheets • The one-time Dencho Pro makes sheets unlimited and adds widgets and sheet sharing (text export). There is no subscription (see the App Store listing for current pricing) • If Pro ever lapses, all your saved sheets remain readable — only editing and creating beyond the third sheet pauses — and repurchasing restores everything instantly Dencho Pro is a one-time purchase (see the App Store listing for current pricing). Restore Purchases is available anytime in Settings. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are linked in-app and at the links below. Dencho is a calculation-notes tool. It does not guarantee compliance with statutory bookkeeping or Japan's Electronic Books Preservation Act. "Ledger" is used as an analogy for how the tape is kept. Always verify results yourself.

Screenshots

TreeNote4 screens
Dencho4 screens

Verdict

The call

TreeNote and Dencho are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. TreeNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dencho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TreeNote ships an update weekly, Dencho every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TreeNote versus Dencho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreeNoteDencho
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhe WuYuya Tanaka

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TreeNote

One-time1
  • TreeNote Pro$2.99
1 purchases

Dencho

One-time1
  • Pro – Unlimited (Lifetime)$4.99

Questions

Is TreeNote free?
TreeNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dencho free?
Dencho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TreeNote or Dencho have ads?
Neither TreeNote nor Dencho shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TreeNote or Dencho?
TreeNote ships an update weekly, and Dencho every 5 days. Most recently, TreeNote was updated on October 6, 2026 and Dencho on October 13, 2026.

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