Comparison

NoteManagerPro vs NoteScreen

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

Head to head
About

NoteManagerPro

Features
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NoteManagerPro is your notes app for Mac, iPad and iPhone. Write, format, organize – calm, fast and free of distractions. WRITE WITH STYLE Headings, quotes and code, eight fonts, sizes from 8 to 72 points, bold, italic, underline and 15 text colors. Images sit right in the text: insert, move, resize. Web and email addresses become clickable on their own. MARKDOWN NOTES A separate note type for Markdown. You write in the formatted text; one click shows the plain Markdown. With tables, images, an outline for long notes, and import and export as .md files. LISTS AND TO-DOS Bullets, numbers, Roman numerals and checkboxes. Sub-lists renumber themselves. ORGANIZATION THAT GROWS WITH YOU Notebooks with their own colors, tags across all notebooks, pinned notes at the top. Advanced search filters by title, content, tags and date range. Find and replace within a note is included, of course. CALCULATE IN THE TEXT Select a calculation and insert the result with one click – with parentheses and powers. BACK UP, PRINT, SHARE Back up selected notes with their images to a folder and restore them, even from one device to another. Print and share as PDF. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES If you like, iCloud keeps your notes, notebooks and tags in sync across Mac, iPad and iPhone. Light or dark, 14 accent colors and eight soft backgrounds. In eight languages. FREE No subscription, no account, no tracking. Your notes stay with you.

About

NoteScreen

This app displays your notes directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, ensuring you never miss important reminders. It offers simple scheduling and widget support for constant visibility, all while maintaining complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Scheduled note rotation
  • Always-on note mode
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each
Features
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Write a note. It lives on your Lock Screen. That's it. NoteScreen is the simplest reminder app you'll ever use. The thing you need to remember sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — front and center every time you pick up your phone. Impossible to miss. SCHEDULE YOUR DAY • Notes rotate on your schedule — "Take out the trash" 7–8 AM, "Wind down" at 9 PM. NoteScreen swaps them automatically with a silent nudge at each change. • Recurring days — set "Trash night" for every Tuesday, "Water plants" for Sundays. • Always mode pins one note up all day. GLANCEABLE EVERYWHERE • Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Home & Lock Screen widgets — your current note is wherever you look. • Interactive widgets — check off a note right from your Home Screen without opening the app. • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each. Short enough to read at a glance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no cloud. NoteScreen never touches the network — your notes live on your iPhone and nowhere else. Good to know: iOS limits Live Activities to 8 hours, so the Lock Screen banner refreshes whenever you open the app. Add the Lock Screen widget for a note that never expires.

Screenshots

NoteManagerPro4 screens
NoteScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: NoteManagerPro at 3 against NoteScreen's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteManagerPro ships an update weekly, NoteScreen every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NoteManagerPro versus NoteScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteManagerProNoteScreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKlaus MackSameer Bhutani

In-app purchases

None

NoteManagerPro

No in-app purchases

None

NoteScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoteManagerPro free?
NoteManagerPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteScreen free?
NoteScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NoteManagerPro or NoteScreen have ads?
Neither NoteManagerPro nor NoteScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteManagerPro or NoteScreen?
NoteManagerPro ships an update weekly, and NoteScreen every 2 weeks. Most recently, NoteManagerPro was updated on October 31, 2026 and NoteScreen on October 31, 2026.

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