Documents vs Stream Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Documents
Organize and secure your important papers digitally. Scan physical documents, take photos, or import images. Easily find what you need with naming and folders, and protect access with Face ID.
- Document scanning
- Photo import
- Folder organization
- Search functionality
- Face ID protection
- Offline access
- PDF export
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Documents keeps your important documents organized and close at hand. Scan a paper document, take a photo, or choose images from your photo library. Give it a name, place it in a folder, and find it whenever you need it. Capture documents • Scan paper documents with the built-in document scanner. • Take a photo or choose one or more images from your photo library. • Add or remove pages from a document. • Export all pages as a single multipage PDF. Organize and find • Keep passports, driver’s licenses, insurance cards, receipts, warranties, work documents, IDs, and other cards in folders. • Name each document and find it with search. Private and available • Keep documents stored on your device. • Use Face ID to protect access. • Open your documents without an internet connection. • Back up your documents to iCloud with Documents+. Share • Export a document as PDF. • Share it with other apps using the share sheet. Documents+ • Keep unlimited documents. • Back up your documents to iCloud. Scans and photos stored in Documents do not replace original identification documents. Documents+ requires a subscription. By using this app, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/documents-terms-of-use https://sites.google.com/view/documents-privacy-policy
Stream Note
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The simplest notes, focused on today. Stream keeps your notes not in folders, but in a stream of days. Write today, then flick back through the days that have flowed by. • Needle scrubber — one bar, one day. A single drag skims through your past days and jumps straight to any date. • Checklists & markdown — bold, bullets, and checkboxes saved as plain text. • Show on Lock Screen — pin notes and to-dos as a Live Activity and check them off right there. • Lock Screen control — open Stream instantly from a Lock Screen button. • Tags & filters — follow a single stream with one #tag. • Markdown export / import — your data is always yours, in plain text. All notes are stored on your device only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stream Note at none against Documents's 4. Stream Note also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Documents sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Stream Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Documents ships an update every 2 months, Stream Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Documents | Stream Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siarhei Bobr | Muhyun Park |
In-app purchases
Documents
- Documents+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Documents+ Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
- Documents+ Lifetime$9.99
Stream Note
No in-app purchases









