Comparison

Don Forgetto vs Note a Mess

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

Head to head
About

Don Forgetto

Features
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Don Forgetto is a voice-first task app for people who think faster than they type. Open the app, say what you need to remember, and Don Forgetto turns it into a task with live on-device transcription. You can keep typing while you speak, edit the text freely, set a reminder, and place the task on a visual urgency Ɨ importance heatmap instead of digging through priority menus. Your task list becomes a front page. Search your notes, sort them by reminder, priority, age or name, filter by area or status, and choose your layout: the list, the full task map, or both at once. Open any task to edit its text, replay the original audio, adjust its reminder, mark it done, or move it on the heatmap. Reminders come to you. A reminder can repeat on a cadence you choose, and when one fires it appears as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — with a countdown, the tasks queued behind it, and buttons to snooze or mark it done without opening the app. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets put your priority heatmap, your next reminders, and a one-tap voice capture a glance away. The whole app speaks your language. Interface and transcription are fully localized in English and Polish. On supported devices, FORGETTO, the private on-device assistant, can help you search, summarize, create, and reprioritize tasks conversationally. Features: • Voice-first task capture with live transcription • Hybrid typing and speech in one editable note • Urgency Ɨ importance heatmap for visual prioritization • Repeating reminders with a clock-style picker • Live Activity reminders on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, with snooze and mark-done • Widgets: priority heatmap, upcoming reminders, activity, and quick voice capture • Full task map with zoom, clusters, unfiled tasks, and quick previews • List, map, or side-by-side layouts • Sorting, keyword search, and filters by area, priority, and status • Completed tasks kept out of the way until you want them • Audio playback with waveform view • iCloud sync across devices • On-device assistant on supported Apple Intelligence devices • Fully localized in English and Polish • Newspaper-inspired design with light and dark appearance Don Forgetto helps you catch the thought before it disappears, then gives it a place, a priority, and a reminder.

About

Note a Mess

Features
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Ever dump a messy stream of thoughts into your notes and wish something would just... sort it out? Note a Mess is built for exactly that. Paste in your chaotic mix of tasks, ideas, reminders, and random thoughts and let AI turn it into a clean, organized note in seconds. How it Works: Write or paste anything. Grocery list mixed with meeting notes mixed with half-formed ideas? Perfect. Tap Organize, and AI structures it into labeled sections with clear bullet points, keeping your original language (English, Turkish, or anything else). Category Colors: Tag your notes with colors for Work, Personal, Research, Ideas, or Finance. Filter by category from the sidebar in one tap. Pin & Lock: Pin important notes to the top. Lock sensitive notes behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a PIN, your content never leaves your device. Clean by Default: No ads. No accounts. No cloud. Everything stays on your phone. 14 Languages Supported: English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean.

Screenshots

Don Forgetto4 screens
Note a Mess3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Note a Mess at Free against Don Forgetto's $0.99. Note a Mess also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Note a Mess is free to download; Don Forgetto costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Don Forgetto versus Note a Mess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon ForgettoNote a Mess
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPAKUMI SP. Z O.O.ALPER OEDEN

In-app purchases

None

Don Forgetto

No in-app purchases

None

Note a Mess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Don Forgetto free?
Don Forgetto costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note a Mess free?
Note a Mess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Don Forgetto or Note a Mess have ads?
Neither Don Forgetto nor Note a Mess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don Forgetto or Note a Mess?
Don Forgetto ships an update weekly, and Note a Mess weekly. Most recently, Don Forgetto was updated on September 27, 2026 and Note a Mess on October 7, 2026.

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