Comparison

Subnotes vs Atelier Libretto

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

Head to head
About

Subnotes

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Subnotes is a plain-text notes and to-do list app for iPhone, iPad & Mac. Any line you write can become a task. โ€ข Thoughts and tasks, side by side โ€” jot things down like a paper notebook, then switch views to see everything organized by priority, automatically. โ€ข Editing a task is just editing text โ€ข Recurring tasks and due dates โ€ข Link notes together to connect related thinking โ€ข Templates for weekly reviews, meeting notes, habit tracking, trip planning, and more. Note-taking and task planning are deeply personal โ€” so Subnotes stores everything as plain text, not a proprietary format. Copy, paste, or export anytime. It also syncs privately over your own iCloud account: no signup, no account creation, no servers but Apple's. For iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Atelier Libretto

Features
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Word processing for your Word documents, Markdown, and source code. Libretto opens Word documents (.docx and .docm), Markdown, plain text, and source code, and saves them back in the format they came from. Write, review, and export on iPhone and iPad. Documents - Open and save .docx, .docm, Markdown, plain text, and source code files in place - Export as .docx or PDF - Source code is set in a code font and colored by its syntax - Find text, and undo or redo any change - Read on a phone-sized reflow of the page, with text set at your Dynamic Type size Text and Layout - Styles, and list styles with bullets, numbers, and outlines - Tables, with header rows that repeat at the top of each page they run across - Pictures, symbols, and special characters - Sections, headers, and footers, with page numbers and other fields - Cross-references to headings and bookmarks, and a table of contents - Office Math equations, written and edited on one line - Footnotes and endnotes, numbered as they appear in the text - Links Review - Record tracked changes, step through them, and accept or reject them one at a time or all at once - Comments in threads, with replies and resolving

Screenshots

Subnotes4 screens
Atelier Libretto4 screens

Verdict

The call

Subnotes and Atelier Libretto are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Subnotes versus Atelier Libretto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubnotesAtelier Libretto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin RamsinJustin Xin

In-app purchases

None

Subnotes

No in-app purchases

None

Atelier Libretto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subnotes free?
Subnotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Atelier Libretto free?
Atelier Libretto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Subnotes or Atelier Libretto have ads?
Neither Subnotes nor Atelier Libretto shows ads.

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