Comparison

neboola vs Notes

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

Head to head
About

neboola

Read full description

Having the idea was never the hard part. neboola is the easiest place to catch a thought — and the only one you'll actually want to look at. Catch ideas the moment they land, shape them at your own pace, and turn the ones worth keeping into a real project. CAPTURE NOW Get it down in one tap. No folder to choose, no fields to fill. Catch the thought now; make sense of it later. SHAPE IT LATER Your raw thoughts wait in your orbit — out of your head and out of your way. When you're ready, shape the ones that matter into groups and give the idea its form. Capturing and organizing are two different moments; neboola never makes you do both at once. WATCH IT BECOME A PROJECT Break an idea into notes, gather them into groups, and turn the ones you need to act on into tasks. Flag the thoughts worth remembering as highlights. A fuzzy idea becomes something with edges — something you can actually start. GIVE IT STAGES Big ideas don't finish in one list. Gather notes into a milestone and give your idea its stages: each one fills as you finish what's inside it, then moves to your Archive when it's done. What's in front of you is always what's still ahead. SEE YOUR IDEAS MOVE Open neboola and your ideas are right there. The ones you're working glow bright and sit close at hand; the ones you've drifted from dim to quiet embers. Your whole mind at a glance — what's burning, what's resting, nothing lost. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your ideas are backed up to your private iCloud account and sync across your devices. Nothing to set up. — neboola is free for 14 days, then continues as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neboola.app/en/terms/

About

Notes

Features
Read full description

Notes is a private, offline notebook for voice notes, transcripts, reminders, and sketches. Record in any language, dictate on your device, and find any word in seconds. Works fully offline. No account, no ads, no cloud sync. CAPTURE ANYTHING • Voice notes and meeting recordings, transcribed on your device in your chosen language • Dictate notes with on-device speech-to-text, with a full language picker • Scan documents and turn them into text with on-device OCR • Sketches, photos, videos, and any file, including PDFs, spreadsheets, and audio, shown like mail attachments • Rich text, checklists, and bullet or numbered lists REMEMBER TO ACT • Voice reminders, set up from a dedicated screen • Reminders and categories on every note • Turn any note into a real checklist, a clean outline, or a quick summary TALK TO YOUR NOTES Ask in plain language and get answers from what you've written: "What did I decide about the trip?" or "Show me my last 10 entries." Summaries and translations run on your device, and your note content is never sent to a third-party AI service. FIND AND STAY ORGANIZED • Find within a note with the in-editor find bar • Fast search by keyword, date, or media type • Find Duplicate Notes scans your collection and helps you merge near-identical entries • Archive volumes for notes you want out of your daily view but not gone for good MAKE IT YOURS • Backdrops and app-wide themes • Adjustable text size and archive density • Home screen widget with your recent notes • A quick tour on first launch, replayable any time from Settings PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Notes stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded, synced, or sold. • Lock individual notes with a password or Face ID • Deleted notes go to Trash first, so a stray tap never costs you a note • No account required to use the app Whether you keep a journal, a running list, meeting notes, or a place to think out loud, Notes is built to be entirely, privately yours.

Screenshots

neboola4 screens
Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notes at none against neboola's 2. Notes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. neboola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

neboola ships an update every 2 months, Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
neboola versus Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterneboolaNotes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuperPug 3000 LLCRahul pahuja

In-app purchases

2 purchases

neboola

Subscriptions2
  • Neboola Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Neboola Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is neboola free?
neboola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notes free?
Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do neboola or Notes have ads?
Neither neboola nor Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, neboola or Notes?
neboola ships an update every 2 months, and Notes every 3 days. Most recently, neboola was updated on October 16, 2026 and Notes on October 8, 2026.

Other comparisons