Playlyst vs Noted Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playlyst
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■ This is for you if you want to: ■ - Focus on what you want to do, not just what you have to. - Dive deep into work, study, reading, or creative work at your own pace. - Bring your to-do list, habit tracker, and focus timer into one beautiful space. - Practice single-tasking—one thing at a time, with full attention. - Build positive routines through habit stacking. [ Play Your Day ] Playlyst is a to-do, habit, and focus app to help you craft your day and immerse yourself in the now. Line up what you want to do today like choosing your favorite songs, then hit "PLAY." Surrounded by soothing music, you fall naturally into focus—one task at a time. From what you want to do (reading, hobbies) to what you need to do (work, chores) and your daily routines, it's a calm, positive way to manage tasks at your own pace. ■ 3 Simple Steps to Design Your Day ■ Inbox: Toss in whatever comes to mind Articles to read later, movies for the weekend, an idea on your way home, your next trip. Drop it all into your Inbox and clear your head. Today: Curate your playlist for the day Pick from your Inbox and habits based on your mood, or add something on the spot. Design your own "playlist for today." Play: Immerse yourself Tap PLAY and a beautiful full-screen player opens. It shows only "what to do right now," so a mountain of tasks never rushes or distracts you. With comforting music, your focus time begins. ■ Mindful Features that Fit Your Life ■ Now Playing: One thing at a time Instead of a rushing countdown, we chose a gentle "count-up" that quietly records your focused time. Built-in music (Jukebox) helps you concentrate, and you can take a Break anytime—like brewing a cup of tea. Loop: Your routines, at your own rhythm Morning stretches, 15 minutes of reading before bed, a weekly yoga session—put your routines into "Loop." They softly appear on your list on the days you choose. Playlog: A small sense of accomplishment What you finished and the time you focused become a single, beautiful poster (Result). Add a "Word of the Day," look back in your calendar, or share it. Reviewing your day becomes something to look forward to. Widgets: A quick tap from your home screen Complete "what's now" with one tap from your home screen widget—no need to open the app. Your day's list stays in view, so you never lose sight of what matters. ■ A Sleek, Capable To-Do App ■ Beyond "playing," it works beautifully as a standard to-do app, with all the essentials: Subtasks & Notes: Break big tasks into steps; keep text and URLs tidy in notes. Link Cards: Paste a URL and it becomes a beautiful card with a thumbnail—your "read later" list, neatly organized. Recurring Tasks: Daily, weekly, monthly, or "every X days"—at your own pace. Natural Language: Type "shopping tomorrow" to set the due date instantly. Schedule: See dated plans together, sorted by date, including past ones. Customization: Set theme colors and background photos per list. From just getting things done, to playing your day. Why not play your day with Playlyst?
Noted Note
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noted. is a little paper notebook for your iPhone. Type, and your words appear in handwriting on paper with a bit of grain. No folders to manage, no toolbars to learn. Just a page and a pen. WRITING • Four hands: scrawl, the house hand, which inks itself stroke by stroke as you type, plus marker, looseleaf and rafikki • Four pens: ballpoint, marker, fountain and pencil • Change the hand or pen for a selection, or for just what you type next; settings picks the hand new notes start in • Plain, lined, squared or dotted paper, chosen note by note CROSSING OUT • Delete more than a few letters and they are scratched out in ink instead of vanishing; a quick typo fix still simply deletes • Keep the scratch-out, or let it go DOODLES AND PHOTOS • Draw with your finger and put the doodle on the page • Add photos from your library: as the full photo, as a cutout with the background removed, as a cutout with a white border, or held on with a binder clip or a paper clip • Move doodles and photos around the page YOUR NOTES • Every note on one wall, most recently written first, grouped by day • Search what your notes say (crossed-out words are left out) • Hold a note to crumple it up PAPERS AND SOUNDS • Cream paper by day and charcoal at night, following your iPhone • Five more papers: charcoal, spring, terracotta, violet and sea • Soft pencil sounds when you cross out, crumple a note, or pick a paper, pen or hand, with a loudness control, or turn them off ON IPHONE DUO • Closed, the outside screen is your notebook's cover, with windows cut through it to your latest page • Open it, and your notes become a book: turn the pages, with a soft page-turn sound • Tap a page and write right on it with the keyboard • A handwritten index of your notes, with dates • Eight covers: bottle green, charcoal, ink navy, rust, burgundy, kraft, and two cloth covers, breakfast and horses • Lined, squared, dotted or plain pages; blue, black or sepia ink; turn the pages or scroll • Warm, faded paper after dark LANGUAGES • noted. speaks English, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese • The handwriting writes all of them. The four hands and the self-inking scrawl are for the Latin alphabet; Cyrillic, Japanese, Korean and Chinese each have a handwriting face of their own FREE, AND THE WHOLE DRAWER Free to use, with no time limit: the scrawl, the ballpoint, cream paper (charcoal at night), scratch-outs, doodles, photos, search, sounds and the whole iPhone Duo notebook. One optional purchase, the whole drawer, adds: • the five more papers • every pen: marker, fountain and pencil • every hand: marker, looseleaf and rafikki • iCloud sync, so your notes follow you to your other iPhones One payment, kept forever. No subscription. Restore it any time from the purchase page. PRIVATE Notes stay on your device or in your own iCloud. Apple handles purchases; RevenueCat receives receipts and app/device IDs for validation and purchase statistics. No advertising tracking or data sales. Privacy Policy: https://walnut-burst-160.notion.site/Noted-Note-Privacy-Policy-3a93971e7add8199a7e4d91c688d6069 Terms of Use: https://walnut-burst-160.notion.site/Noted-Note-Terms-of-Use-3a93971e7add80428a0fdaad90470a72 Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Playlyst at none against Noted Note's 1. Playlyst also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Noted Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Playlyst asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playlyst ships an update every 2 days, Noted Note every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playlyst | Noted Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Ink & Echo | Jerry Munyoka Nkongolo |
In-app purchases
Playlyst
No in-app purchases
Noted Note
- the whole drawer$9.99









