Cue vs Subnotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Cue
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Cue is a cozy corner for the internet you mean to come back to. No feeds, no noise, no account โ just your queue, waiting for the right moment. SAVE WITHOUT LEAVING Tap Share in any app and pick Cue. Tag it and add a note right there in the share sheet โ Cue never opens, and you stay exactly where you were reading. The preview catches up on its own, title and image and all. Copied a link? Cue offers it when you open the app. Beautiful previews work across the sites that usually resist them: YouTube, X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, TikTok, Hacker News, GitHub, Wikipedia, arXiv and more. TAGS THAT ALMOST TAG THEMSELVES When you save, Cue suggests the tags you'd probably pick for that link โ one tap files it. Tags sort themselves alphabetically, wear their own colors, and the tag box doubles as a live filter. Housekeeping is built in: merge duplicates, recolor, and see which tags have gone quiet. EVERY TAG BECOMES A SHELF Your Library keeps a shelf for each tag, so you can find things by how you filed them โ and your archive is a shelf too. Search everything, or narrow by tag and by what kind of thing it is: Video, Post, Thread, Paper, Repo, Audio, Article, detected automatically. In the mood to watch something? Two taps. A QUEUE THAT ENDS Swipe a card to archive it when you're done, pin what matters, and enjoy the calm of an empty queue. Cue is designed to feel finished, not infinite. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE - No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. - Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud โ we run no servers and cannot see your data. - Your library is yours: export it as JSON or CSV anytime, or erase everything with one tap. OPENS THE APPS YOU LOVE Optionally open saved links directly in their native apps โ YouTube, X, Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, GitHub and more. Cue is lovingly small: fast to open, quick to save, calm to browse. Give your someday-links a home.
Subnotes
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Subnotes is a plain-text notes and to-do list app for iPhone, iPad & Mac. Any line you write can become a task. โข Thoughts and tasks, side by side โ jot things down like a paper notebook, then switch views to see everything organized by priority, automatically. โข Editing a task is just editing text โข Recurring tasks and due dates โข Link notes together to connect related thinking โข Templates for weekly reviews, meeting notes, habit tracking, trip planning, and more. Note-taking and task planning are deeply personal โ so Subnotes stores everything as plain text, not a proprietary format. Copy, paste, or export anytime. It also syncs privately over your own iCloud account: no signup, no account creation, no servers but Apple's. For iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cue at 15.1 against Subnotes's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cue ships an update every 6 days, Subnotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cue | Subnotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days โ better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Di Filippo | Martin Ramsin |
In-app purchases
Cue
No in-app purchases
Subnotes
No in-app purchases








