Arciva vs Notelune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Arciva
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Arciva does not organise documents. Arciva organises what happens to them. An invoice is rarely just a file. It belongs to something unfinished β an appeal, a reimbursement, a repair. So in Arciva you do not create folders. You create cases. A CASE HOLDS TOGETHER WHAT BELONGS TOGETHER Documents, notes and tasks sit in one place until the matter is settled. The status tells you at a glance what is still open. TAGS INSTEAD OF FOLDERS Instead of deciding where to file something, you assign tags. They are two levels deep β Finances, say, with Invoices, Insurance and Taxes beneath it. A case may carry tags from several branches: the dental bill belongs to Health and to Anna. You will find it from either direction. DOCUMENTS IN, WITHOUT DETOURS Drag files in or pick them. Photograph paper with the camera. Arciva reads the text and suggests names from it β the sender, the address, the subject. One tap, and the document is called what it should be called. NOTES THAT ARE EASY TO WRITE The editor marks up as you type β headings, bold, lists, tick boxes. A bar above sets the characters for you if you do not know the syntax. A selection copied from Excel or Numbers becomes a real table. On iPhone, a tap on a phone number starts the call. SEARCH WHAT IS INSIDE THE DOCUMENT Search covers titles and notes, and also words that appear in the text of a scanned document. You can narrow it down to tags when you know roughly where to look. TASKS WHERE THEY BELONG Arciva does not build its own task manager. A task on a case is a reminder in Apple Reminders β with a due date, with a notification, on all your devices and in Siri. ON MAC, IPAD AND IPHONE One app for all three, kept in step through iCloud. Start on the Mac, carry on with the iPhone. YOUR BACKUP IS YOURS You can write your whole collection into a folder of your choice β onto a drive, into a cloud. The documents sit there as ordinary files, readable without Arciva. From that same folder, Arciva reads everything back in. WITHOUT A PURCHASE: 10 CASES, 30 DOCUMENTS Every feature is there β text recognition, search, tags, tasks, backup. Only the quantity is limited, and notes are not limited at all. What you have created stays yours, even when a subscription ends. Deleted cases go to the trash and stay there for 30 days. Arciva is made for one person, not for a team. Built by a solo developer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://arciva.de/en/app-privacy/
Notelune
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YOUR DIGITAL LIFE, PRIVATE AND IN SYNC. Notelune brings together your notes, photos, videos and private documents, keeping them in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud account. No extra account required. On the surface, it is a complete notebook. Inside, any note can open its own independent private space: type its passphrase on a line and press Return. The phrase is removed before saving or syncing, and your vault appears. EVERYTHING WITH YOU, ON EVERY DEVICE β’ Full sync for notes, folders, tags, private spaces, albums, favourites, documents and originals β’ Continue on your iPhone, iPad or Mac using the same Apple Account β’ Private content is encrypted on your device before it reaches your iCloud β’ Originals not yet stored on a device download when you open them β’ A sync centre shows progress and lets you retry pending items HIDE MUCH MORE THAN PHOTOS β’ Store PDFs, contracts, receipts, IDs, scans and other private files β’ Organise documents in encrypted folders β’ Import from Files; on Mac, you can also drag files in β’ Recover or share a copy of the original whenever you need it YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, ORIGINALS INTACT β’ Photos, videos, Live Photos, animated images and RAW files β’ Manual and smart albums, favourites, map and multiple views β’ On-device search by filename, text and visual content β’ Import from Photos or Files β’ Private camera: captures are not automatically added to Photos A NOTEBOOK FOR EVERY DAY β’ Unlimited regular notes β’ Folders, tags, favourites and images β’ Rich text, checklists and fast search β’ A discreet view that shows only the regular notes you choose when lending your device PRIVACY UNDER YOUR CONTROL β’ Every space has its own passphrase and recovery key β’ No Notelune account, developer-operated file servers, advertising or tracking β’ Works offline with content available on your device β’ Create a complete encrypted backup or export originals in a password-protected ZIP Keep each recovery key outside the app: if both the passphrase and key are lost, no one can recover that space. START FREE The notebook includes unlimited regular notes. You can also try one private space with up to 50 photos or videos and 10 documents. If you later need more spaces or capacity, an optional App Store upgrade is available. Additional iCloud storage is not included. Download Notelune and keep everyday life and private content with youβwithout giving up control. https://notelune.pages.dev/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Notelune at 18.0 against Arciva's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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. Arciva sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Notelune sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Arciva ships an update every 4 days, Notelune weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arciva | Notelune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marius Kaczmarek | Daniel Ortega del Casar |
In-app purchases
Arciva
- Arciva β monthly (Founder)$0.991 Month
- Arciva β monthly$2.991 Month
- Arciva β yearly (Founder)$12.991 Year
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- Arciva β yearly$22.991 Year
- Arciva β one-time (Founder)$44.99
- Arciva β one-time$69.99
Notelune
- Notelune Monthly$3.991 Month
- Notelune Annual$24.991 Year
- Notelune Lifetime$44.99







