Comparison

Monthly vs Stubnote

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

Head to head
About

Monthly

This app transforms your monthly schedule into a personalized canvas. Organize appointments, tasks, and notes, then decorate each day with photos, emojis, and stickers to create a visual diary of your month.

Highlights
  • Monthly calendar view
  • Organize schedules, tasks, notes
  • Decorate with stickers and photos
  • Categorize records with tags and colors
  • Home screen widgets
  • Export as PDF
Features
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Monthly is a custom monthly calendar with the feel of a paper calendar — photos pasted on, plans written in by hand. It turns your month into a canvas: not just a schedule, but a record of your days and your taste. Jot down appointments, to-dos, memos and repeating events in seconds, then place photos, emoji and stickers anywhere on the date. Little moments add up until the whole month looks like a diary you made yourself. ■ Built around the month view See the whole month at a glance, with no screen switching. Add events, write notes and decorate — all from the same view. ■ Paste, write, decorate Drop stickers, emoji and photos exactly where you want them. Curated sticker packs are built in, and you can turn stickers you make yourself into packs of your own. ■ Make it yours Combine types, tags, accent colors, fonts and layout to build a calendar that fits how you live. Start simple, then go as detailed as you like. ■ Widgets that look like your calendar Home screen widgets show today, this week and this month exactly as you decorated them. Your calendar is always in front of you, even without opening the app. ■ Works with your existing calendars See events from iOS Calendar, Google Calendar and other external calendars, plus public holidays, right inside Monthly. Keep your schedule where it is — just add the decoration. ■ iPhone, iPad and Mac Jot things down on your phone, then decorate on the bigger screen of your iPad or Mac. Monthly runs on all three. ■ More - Tags and colors to group and color-code your records - Collections to view only work, personal, family or hobby entries - Search to find past entries fast - Export a finished month as a PDF Monthly isn't about cramming in more events. It's built so you can look back and see what color your days were, what filled this month, and which moments you wanted to keep. Don't let this month slip by. Record it, decorate it, and revisit it in Monthly. Some features require Monthly Premium (monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase). Contact: contact@lmnop.im

About

Stubnote

Features
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Stubnote is a cozy journal for the small stuff you'd otherwise forget, and a few friends who write back. KEEP A NOTE Snap a photo or a video, record a voice note, write a few words. Every note is stamped with the time and the place, and lives in a notebook on your shelf. SHARE A NOTEBOOK, OR DON'T Keep notebooks just for you, or share one with a few people. Each invite link lets one person in and lasts 7 days. Choose whether they scribble on your notes or add notes too. FRIENDS SCRIBBLE BACK Everyone in a notebook can leave a scribble beside any note, or select a few words and pin one right next to them. Everyone gets their own Stub, a little pencil in their own colour, so one glance tells you who wrote what. SCRIBBLES FOR YOU See everything your people wrote back in one place, with a dot until you've read it. A NOTE FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the Stubnote widget to start a new photo, text or voice note in one tap (iOS 17 and up). NO LIKES, NO STREAKS, NO PRESSURE No followers, no feed and no ads. Notebooks are private by default, and only people you invite can read a shared one. Remove a scribble, report one, or leave a notebook at any time. Sign in with Apple, Google or email.

Screenshots

Monthly4 screens
Stubnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stubnote at none against Monthly's 3. Stubnote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Monthly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Stubnote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Monthly versus Stubnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonthlyStubnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperlmnopYusuf Suhair

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Monthly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly 월간 프리미엄 구독7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Monthly 연간 프리미엄 구독7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Monthly 프리미엄 평생 이용권$17.99
None

Stubnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monthly free?
Monthly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stubnote free?
Stubnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monthly or Stubnote have ads?
Neither Monthly nor Stubnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monthly or Stubnote?
Monthly ships an update every 5 days, and Stubnote every 5 days. Most recently, Monthly was updated on October 29, 2026 and Stubnote on October 24, 2026.

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