Comparison

Humble Notes (No Cloud) vs Mote

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

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.

Highlights
  • Lock screen notes
  • Automatic saving
  • Scheduled reminders
  • Private mode
  • Note history
  • Note sharing
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Humble Notes (No Cloud)4 screens
Mote4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Humble Notes (No Cloud) versus Mote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHumble Notes (No Cloud)Mote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElastic Engineering LLCIvan Borisov

Customer experience

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Humble Notes (No Cloud)

One-time1
  • Unlock App$3.99
3 purchases

Mote

Subscriptions2
  • Mote Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Mote Plus Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mote Plus Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Humble Notes (No Cloud) free?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mote free?
Mote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Humble Notes (No Cloud) or Mote?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) and Mote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Humble Notes (No Cloud) or Mote have ads?
Neither Humble Notes (No Cloud) nor Mote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Humble Notes (No Cloud) or Mote?
Humble Notes (No Cloud) ships an update every 2 months, and Mote every 3 days. Most recently, Humble Notes (No Cloud) was updated on November 10, 2026 and Mote on October 31, 2026.

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