Decoy vs TAMALIBA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Decoy
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The iPhone's own Notes app can't live on your Lock Screen. Decoy can, and nobody else can read it. Appointments, medication, errands you'd rather not explain. The Lock Screen is the surface you glance at most, and it's also the one other people see most. So some things never made it there. While your phone is locked, Decoy looks like a blank card, or whatever text you chose in advance. The moment Face ID passes, your real notes appear. ■ Made for ・Writing things down and then never looking at them again ・Living or working around people who glance at your screen ・Appointments and errands you'd rather keep to yourself ■ What it does ・Works as a to-do list, or as plain notes ・Reminders at the time you set ・Repeats daily, on weekdays, weekly, monthly ・Separate lists for separate parts of your life (Pro) ■ How it's built ・No ads ・Everything stays on your device by default. iCloud sync is there if you want it ・No accounts, no sign-in A note on what this is not: once Face ID or your passcode has been entered, anyone holding your phone can read your notes. Decoy hides things from the people around you, not from someone with your unlocked phone. Keep passwords and PINs in a dedicated password manager. Decoy Pro is a one-time purchase. It removes the note limit and adds per-note reminders, separate lists, and control over how things look while locked. Terms of Use: https://suzukimari.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://suzukimari.com/privacy-policy.html
TAMALIBA
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Think it, type it, done. TAMALIBA collects your notes, to-dos, and articles to read later into one timeline — as easy as messaging yourself in a chat. No folders to set up, no pages to create. Start typing the moment it opens, and find anything again with search and tags. ■ Made for people who ・scatter things across a notes app, a to-do app, and browser bookmarks ・find note-taking a chore once folders and pages get involved ・already use a chat app's message-to-self as their scratchpad ■ Nothing between you and the thought ・The input field is right there when you open it. Send, and it stacks onto your timeline ・Bold, lists, checklists, code blocks — from a toolbar, with no markup to memorize ・Add tags when you feel like it, and pull them back together later ■ Capture without opening the app ・Save an article or link straight from the Safari share sheet ・Say "Note to TAMALIBA" to Siri ・Jot a note on Apple Watch by voice — it reaches your iPhone on its own ■ Any note can become a task ・Turn any post into a task with one tap, whenever you decide it matters ・See your open tasks in a Home Screen widget and check them off there ・Set a reminder on a post, or on a single comment ■ You'll find it again ・Search across post text, tags, and comments at once ・Filter by task, completed, saved, reminder, or tag ・Reach past notes from iPhone Spotlight search ■ Your data stays on your device ・No account. No ads. No tracking ・Everything is stored on device and never sent to a server ・Export to JSON or Markdown whenever you like --- Apple, Apple Watch, and Siri are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TAMALIBA at none against Decoy's 1. Decoy's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Decoy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TAMALIBA asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Decoy | TAMALIBA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mari Suzuki | Takahiro Ito |
In-app purchases
Decoy
- Decoy Pro$4.99
TAMALIBA
No in-app purchases









