Comparison

Humble Notes (No Cloud) vs Anticio

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

Head to head
About

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

Capture your thoughts with text, photos, or voice recordings in a distraction-free environment. Organize notes with custom categories and access them offline. Export and import backups for easy data management.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free text editor
  • Add photos to notes
  • One-tap audio recording
  • Customizable categories
  • Offline functionality
  • Data backup and import
  • Share notes and recordings
Features
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Humble Notes is the calm, clutter-free place to capture what's on your mind — in your own words or your own voice. Jot a quick text note, drop in a photo, or tap once to record an audio note. Sort everything under your own labels, and keep it all private on your device. No account. No sign-up. No subscription. CAPTURE ANYTHING • Write notes in a clean, distraction-free editor • Add photos to any note • Record high-quality audio notes with a single tap • Watch a live level meter as you record, so you know it's listening LISTEN BACK, YOUR WAY • Open any recording to a full waveform of the whole clip • Tap or drag anywhere on the waveform to seek to that exact moment • Loop a recording with the repeat toggle STAY ORGANIZED • Create custom categories — Work, Ideas, Journal, anything you like • Drag to reorder categories so what matters is on top • Filter by category and browse everything neatly grouped by date PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your notes and recordings live on your device • Works completely offline • No accounts, no tracking, no cloud required NEVER LOSE A THING • Export a complete backup to a single .zip — notes as text files and audio recordings, grouped by category • Import a backup to restore your library or move to a new device • Swipe to delete, with a quick Undo if you change your mind • Share any note or recording through the standard share sheet SIMPLE, FAIR PRICING • Start with a 30-day free trial • Then unlock Humble Notes forever with a single $3.99 purchase • No subscriptions. No ads. Ever. Give your thoughts a quiet home. Download Humble Notes today.

About

Anticio

Features
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What if you no longer had to keep everything in your head? Renewing the insurance, preparing a file, following up with a client, organizing a move… It's not the task that wears you out, it's thinking about it all the time. That's what Anticio is for: you tell it what needs doing, and it reminds you at the right moment. ONE SENTENCE, AND IT'S HANDLED Just write "prepare the launch for the 15th". Anticio breaks the goal into steps, gives each one a date and schedules the reminders. Nothing to plan yourself. WHAT MATTERS TODAY, NOTHING MORE When you open the app, you see what's overdue, what's due today, and what comes next. A 14-day horizon shows the busy days before they arrive. Everything else waits quietly. YOUR PROJECTS, EACH IN ITS OWN PLACE Home, work, health, family: every project has its color and its space. Look at one without being distracted by the others. NEVER MAKE THE SAME PLAN TWICE A new client, some paperwork, a routine that keeps coming back? Save the sequence of steps once as a process. Next time, Anticio replays it with the right dates. REMINDERS WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE Anticio can add your deadlines to your phone's calendar and notify you. No need to open the app to stay on track. SHARE THE LOAD Make a project shared: shared tasks show up for the people involved, without cluttering everyone else's schedule. With Family Sharing, a single Anticio Pro subscription covers your whole family. WORKS OFFLINE TOO Your tasks live on your phone. No network? Everything keeps working. Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Anticio isn't here to make you do more. It lets you think about something else. Terms of Use: https://anticio.com/terms/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://anticio.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Humble Notes (No Cloud)4 screens
Anticio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anticio at every 9 days against Humble Notes (No Cloud)'s every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Humble Notes (No Cloud) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Anticio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Humble Notes (No Cloud) ships an update every 2 months, Anticio every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Humble Notes (No Cloud) versus Anticio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHumble Notes (No Cloud)Anticio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElastic Engineering LLCSCALE-1 PORTAL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

One-time1
  • Unlock App$3.99
2 purchases

Anticio

Subscriptions2
  • Anticio Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Anticio Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Humble Notes (No Cloud) free?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anticio free?
Anticio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Humble Notes (No Cloud) or Anticio have ads?
Neither Humble Notes (No Cloud) nor Anticio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Humble Notes (No Cloud) or Anticio?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) ships an update every 2 months, and Anticio every 9 days. Most recently, Humble Notes (No Cloud) was updated on October 31, 2026 and Anticio on October 31, 2026.

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