ThusNote vs Derly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ThusNote
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ThusNote is a simple, lightweight personal notebook that helps you organize moments by event and time. Key features: โข Create multiple notebooks for different topics โข Keep adding records to the same event โข Revisit past records in Calendar โข Create iCloud backups and restore them when needed โข Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese ThusNote requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you across apps. Your primary content stays on your device; backups are saved to your private iCloud container only when you choose to create one.
Derly
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Say what's on your mind. Derly writes it down. Tap the mascot and talk. When you stop, you get a clear note: a title, the gist in your own words, the points behind it, and any to-dos, with dates when you said them. Everything happens on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Your voice is never sent to us or anyone else. CHANGE IT BY SAYING SO Open a note and say "drop the part about pricing and add that I'll try it Friday." You see each change before and after, and apply them one at a time or all at once. Every recording is kept. YOURS, AS FILES Every thought is a folder in the Files app: the note as Markdown, the recording, and every edit you spoke. Open them in any app. Nothing is locked in. ALWAYS AT HAND Record from the Action button, Control Center, the Lock Screen, a widget or Siri. A Live Activity shows the time, with pause and stop. SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND SPOTLIGHT Ask Siri to make a note, add to one or read one back. Find any word you said in Spotlight. Build your own flows in Shortcuts, like turning voice memos into notes. TO-DOS WHERE YOU NEED THEM Send to-dos to Reminders with a tap, or have them go there on their own. MAKE IT YOURS Pick the app's color and your mascot's shape and glass, and put them on the app icon too. Tell it your languages, how notes should read, and the names and words it should know. MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE Talk in the languages you use, even in the same thought. PLANS Free: record as much as you like. Everyday transcripts, notes, to-dos and editing by voice. Plus: Precise transcripts, the most accurate, even with names, jargon and more than one language. Fast transcripts: an hour's meeting in a minute or two. Every color, shape and glass. Your notes on your iPhone, iPad and Mac, through iCloud. Monthly or yearly, with a free week to try it. Prices are shown in the app. Notes are written with Apple Intelligence on devices that support it. On other devices you still get the recording and the transcript. Plus renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://usefriendly.app/products/derly/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThusNote at none against Derly's 2. ThusNote also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Derly's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Derly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ThusNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
ThusNote ships an update monthly, Derly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThusNote | Derly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ็ฟ็ ๆ | Gabriel Espirito Santo |
In-app purchases
ThusNote
No in-app purchases
Derly
- Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year









