Comparison

ThusNote vs Derly

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

Head to head
About

ThusNote

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ThusNote is a simple, lightweight personal notebook that helps you organize moments by event and time. Key features: โ€ข Create multiple notebooks for different topics โ€ข Keep adding records to the same event โ€ข Revisit past records in Calendar โ€ข Create iCloud backups and restore them when needed โ€ข 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.

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Derly

Features
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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/

Screenshots

ThusNote4 screens
Derly4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

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. Derly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ThusNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThusNote ships an update monthly, Derly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
ThusNote versus Derly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThusNoteDerly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB223 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer็ฟ็‚Ž ๆž—Gabriel Espirito Santo

In-app purchases

None

ThusNote

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Derly

Subscriptions2
  • Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ThusNote free?
ThusNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Derly free?
Derly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThusNote or Derly have ads?
Neither ThusNote nor Derly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThusNote or Derly?
ThusNote ships an update monthly, and Derly daily. Most recently, ThusNote was updated on October 31, 2026 and Derly on October 29, 2026.

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