Comparison

Align vs 100 Notes Studio

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

Head to head
About

Align

This minimal weekly planner offers a unique, visually engaging approach to organization, inspired by 2000s aesthetics. It features quick capture, smart task rollover, and creative tools like a music player and photo strips to personalize your planning experience.

Highlights
  • Minimalist weekly layout
  • Quick capture (type or voice)
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Draggable music player
  • Photo strip creator
  • Stickers and cut-out letters
  • Smart task rollover
  • Brain dump feature
Features
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Align is a planner with personality — a minimal weekly planner that feels like decorating your desk in the 2000s. - Weekly layout for natural, visual planning - Quick capture — type it or say it, it's saved - Two-way Google Calendar sync - POD.EXE — a draggable click-wheel music player powered by Spotify - PHOTOBOOTH.EXE — snap photo strips and pin them to your week - Stickers, cut-out letters, and room to make it yours - Smart rollover — unfinished tasks follow you to today - Brain dump for racing thoughts - Syncs across all your devices Planning doesn't have to be sterile. Make your week yours.

About

100 Notes Studio

Features
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Optimized for iPhone Duo. Built with the latest SDK, the app fills the entire inner display and automatically adjusts its layout whether the device is folded or open. Handwrite notes that feel like pen on paper: 29 pens and brushes, from fountain pen and pencil to fude brush and watercolor, and your handwriting is searchable later. Mark up lecture PDFs, record audio right on the page you are writing, then review with flashcards and spaced repetition. Choose from 100 notebook styles. Core editing works offline. WRITE WITH CHARACTER 29 distinct pens and brushes — fountain pen, calligraphy, fude brush, technical pen, watercolor wash, charcoal, mechanical pencil (2B/4B/6B) and more — each with its own texture and stroke response. Pressure and tilt shape supported strokes, while palm rejection helps prevent stray marks. Pixel, whole-stroke, and precision erasers handle corrections. Use the lasso to move, scale, copy, or delete strokes, plus a ruler, eight shape tools, and a laser pointer for presentations. 100 DISTINCT NOTEBOOK STYLES Each Studio Style has its own cover, paper structure, color palette, dividers, stamps or stickers, toolbar accent, and widget appearance. The collection includes minimal, linen, Japanese grid, academic, engineering, music, meeting, research, planner, travel, wellness, recipe, creative, and dark-paper systems. Browse and preview all 100 styles before choosing one. MORE THAN A CANVAS Fixed pages or an infinite canvas, with A4, A5, Letter, screen, and custom sizes in portrait or landscape Formatted text with bold, italic, underline, fonts, colors, lists, checklists, tables, and links PDF import and markup with highlights, underlines, strike-through, text notes, handwriting, rotation, cropping, page insertion, extraction, merging, and export Audio recordings attached to the page you choose On-device handwriting and PDF text recognition, with search across titles, body text, handwriting, and attachments Study tools with linked flashcards, cloze cards, and FSRS spaced repetition Stickers, washi tape, and an auto-numbered table of contents Nested folders, tags, pins, favorites, archives, recoverable trash, and restorable page history Ink layers with opacity, visibility, and locking, plus a reference view that keeps a PDF or image beside the page Widgets and quick capture for faster access PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, ads, third-party tracking or analytics, and no external AI. Editing, search, and study work offline. Notes stay on your device unless you choose to export or back them up. Lock the workspace or an individual notebook with device authentication. FREE CORE, OPTIONAL ONE-TIME UPGRADE The free version includes the core editor, 29 writing tools, PDF markup, page audio attachments, handwriting search, and study tools, with 1 active notebook of up to 5 pages and 2 of the 100 styles. An optional one-time upgrade adds unlimited notebooks and pages, all 100 styles, vector-ink PDF export, restorable page history, and encrypted backup. A focused home for handwriting, documents, and study. Privacy Policy https://alice51849.github.io/100notes-support/privacy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Align4 screens
100 Notes Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Align at none against 100 Notes Studio's 1. Align also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. 100 Notes Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Align asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Align versus 100 Notes Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlign100 Notes Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeanna GoldbergGuan Feng Lai

In-app purchases

None

Align

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

100 Notes Studio

One-time1
  • Lifetime Studio$5.99

Questions

Is Align free?
Align is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 100 Notes Studio free?
100 Notes Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Align or 100 Notes Studio have ads?
Neither Align nor 100 Notes Studio shows ads.

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