Humble Notes (No Cloud) vs Mote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Distraction-free text editor
- Add photos to notes
- One-tap audio recording
- Customizable categories
- Offline functionality
- Data backup and import
- Share notes and recordings
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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.
Mote
Quickly capture and access essential notes directly from your device's lock screen. Organize thoughts, set reminders, and keep your mind clear with automatic saving and optional private mode.
- Lock screen notes
- Automatic saving
- Scheduled reminders
- Private mode
- Note history
- Note sharing
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Mote keeps the note you need right now close at hand. Capture a thought in seconds, edit it anytime, and move finished notes to History. Notes save automatically on your device. Mote Plus adds more contexts for different parts of life, Scheduled Notes, and Private Mode. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock Plus with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Schedule a note for later with an optional reminder. On supported iPhones, you can choose to show it on the Lock Screen. Private Mode requires Face ID or your device passcode to open Mote. Mote needs no account and has no note sync. Device backups may include your notes. Share a note whenever you choose. Terms of Use (Mote): https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/privacy.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mote at every 3 days against Humble Notes (No Cloud)'s every 2 months. Mote also leads on monetization model (freemium vs paid). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Humble Notes (No Cloud) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Humble Notes (No Cloud) against 5.0 for Mote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Humble Notes (No Cloud) ships an update every 2 months, Mote every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Humble Notes (No Cloud) | Mote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elastic Engineering LLC | Ivan Borisov |
Customer experience
Humble Notes (No Cloud)
Mote
In-app purchases
Humble Notes (No Cloud)
- Unlock App$3.99
Mote
- Mote Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- Mote Plus Yearly$6.991 Year
- Mote Plus Lifetime$9.99
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