Comparison

Notopod vs Branchnote

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

Head to head
About

Notopod

Features
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Notopod is a fast, beautiful home for your notes, tasks, and ideas. Capture what matters, organize it your way, and keep your knowledge connected. Write with a rich text editor that supports tables, math, and code. Organize your work with notebooks and tags, then turn notes into tasks with due dates and recurring schedules. Plan each day with a calendar and daily notes, and explore the relationships between your ideas in a linked-note knowledge graph. Keep sensitive notes private with note password protection and protect the app with Face ID. Bring your existing work with imports from Evernote, Notion, Google Keep, and Markdown. Create backups whenever you need them and export your notes so your information stays yours. Notopod respects your privacy: your notes and personal information are handled according to our Privacy Policy.

About

Branchnote

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a hierarchical note-taking system. Create branches for topics, add sub-branches, and write notes using Markdown formatting. Secure your notes with a passcode and biometrics.

Highlights
  • Branch-based organization
  • Nested sub-branches
  • Markdown writing
  • Checkbox lists
  • Full-text search
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Local backup and restore
Features
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Branchnote is a notes app organized around branches — named containers, one per topic, with every note living in exactly one of them. Branches can hold sub-branches, as many levels deep as you like. Every branch is its own feed. Type at the top to add a note, and pin one to keep it at the top of the branch. No account needed. Open the app and start writing. ORGANIZE BY TOPIC Make a branch for work, recipes, reading, half-formed ideas — whatever you actually keep notes about. Add sub-branches to any branch, like Recipes/Desserts/Cookies. Move a note, or a whole branch with everything in it, whenever something ends up in the wrong place. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Headings, bold, italics, and links that render as cards. Bullet, numbered, and checkbox lists, nested up to four levels, with checkboxes you can tick right in the note. Formatting renders as you type, and a toolbar above the keyboard applies any of it without having to remember the syntax. FIND ANYTHING Full-text search across every note, ranked by relevance, with matching excerpts pulled out and your search terms highlighted in the results. LOCK IT Set a passcode and Branchnote locks every time you return to it. Unlock with your passcode, or with biometrics if your device supports it. Your notes stay covered in the app switcher. BACK IT UP Copy your notes into a single file and save it wherever you like, then restore it whenever you need to.

Screenshots

Notopod4 screens
Branchnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Branchnote at weekly against Notopod's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notopod ships an update every 6 weeks, Branchnote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Notopod versus Branchnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotopodBranchnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTREE OF EVOLUTION LLCBranchnote LLC

In-app purchases

None

Notopod

No in-app purchases

None

Branchnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notopod free?
Notopod is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Branchnote free?
Branchnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notopod or Branchnote have ads?
Neither Notopod nor Branchnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notopod or Branchnote?
Notopod ships an update every 6 weeks, and Branchnote weekly. Most recently, Notopod was updated on October 31, 2026 and Branchnote on November 6, 2026.

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