Seen vs Stream Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Seen
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What gets seen gets done. You glance at your phone over a hundred times a day. Seen turns every one of those glances into a tiny moment of focus. Your goals, your streaks, and your one thing for today sit right on your lock screen, full screen and impossible to miss. This isn't a tiny widget hiding in a corner. It's a bold, full-screen wallpaper that shows what actually matters today. SEE WHAT MATTERS, EVERY DAY β’ Your one thing for today, front and center β’ Goal countdowns, so you always know how many days are left β’ Streaks that keep your momentum alive β’ Today's schedule at a glance WHY IT WORKS Reminders you have to open get ignored. Seen lives where you already look. Your goals re-focus you all day long, without you opening a thing. FREE, PRIVATE, NO CATCH β’ No paywall, no subscriptions, no ads β’ No account, no sign-up β’ Everything stays on your device, nothing is uploaded β’ Reads your calendar only to show your day, on-device and read-only Set it up once and let your phone keep you on track. What gets seen gets done.
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. β’ Needle scrubber β one bar, one day. A single drag skims through your past days and jumps straight to any date. β’ Checklists & markdown β bold, bullets, and checkboxes saved as plain text. β’ Show on Lock Screen β pin notes and to-dos as a Live Activity and check them off right there. β’ Lock Screen control β open Stream instantly from a Lock Screen button. β’ Tags & filters β follow a single stream with one #tag. β’ Markdown export / import β your data is always yours, in plain text. All notes are stored on your device only.
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Verdict
Seen and Stream Note are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Seen ships an update weekly, Stream Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seen | Stream Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATTIS GUSTAV OSCAR ABRAHAMSSON | Muhyun Park |
In-app purchases
Seen
No in-app purchases
Stream Note
No in-app purchases









