Comparison

Typewriter Cabinet vs Type Notes

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

Head to head
About

Typewriter Cabinet

Features
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Typewriter Cabinet is a private, local-first collection and service passport for vintage typewriter owners, collectors, and restorers. Organize your machines on a visual Cabinet Worktable, grouped by real status - Ready to Type, Needs Ribbon, Needs Cleaning, Needs Repair, or Sold/Loaned - so you always know which machines need attention. For each machine, keep a complete passport: - Identity & specs - make, model, year estimate, serial number, body style, keyboard layout, color - Typeface specimen - a photo and typed sample of your machine's actual typeface, plus alignment, impression, and ribbon notes - Service timeline - a real chronological history of cleanings, ribbon changes, platen work, escapement adjustments, and repairs, each with date, category, cost, shop, and before/after photos - Acquisition & provenance - where and when you got it, what it cost, estate notes, ownership history, and any sale or loan records - entirely in your own words - Handoff completeness - a clear checklist of what's documented and what's missing, so a machine is ready to sell, loan, or pass on with full records (this is a completeness indicator only - never an appraisal, valuation, or authenticity claim) Search and filter your whole collection by make, model, serial number, typeface, condition, or service category. Clone a machine's record when you acquire a duplicate or restore a parts machine. Export a watermark-free (Pro) or watermarked (Free) PDF handoff report, or a CSV/JSON file, for insurance, sale, estate planning, or your own archive - anytime, offline. Your data stays on your device. Typewriter Cabinet works fully offline, has no account, and does not use advertising or tracking SDKs. Back up your entire collection to an encrypted-checksum JSON file and restore it anytime, with a full preview before anything changes. Import records with duplicate detection so you never end up with copies. Free tier: track up to 5 machines, with watermarked PDF export. Backup, restore, import, CSV export, and deleting your own data are always free, on every tier, forever. Typewriter Cabinet Pro (Annual or Lifetime, no monthly subscription): unlimited machines, watermark-free PDF export, unlimited presets, advanced filters, and batch handoff export. Typewriter Cabinet is not an appraisal service, does not certify authenticity, does not maintain a serial-number lookup database, and is not a marketplace. It is a private record-keeping tool built for people who actually own and maintain these machines. Supports 16 languages including full right-to-left Arabic layout, Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes, VoiceOver, and both light and dark appearance. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.estreamedia.my/en/typewritercabinet/privacy

About

Type Notes

Experience the tactile feel of a vintage typewriter for your digital notes. Enjoy realistic sounds, haptics, and a charming interface for journaling, letters, and everyday writing. Customize your writing experience with various typewriters and papers, and share your creations in unique formats.

Highlights
  • Realistic typewriter sounds and haptics
  • Customizable typewriters and papers
  • Share notes as typed sheets, envelopes, or postcards
  • Archive with folders, tags, and rubber stamps
  • Import from Apple Notes, text, and Markdown
  • Export to Markdown and share via extension
  • Private by design with no ads or tracking
Features
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A real typewriter for your notes. Every key clacks. The carriage glides across the page, the bell rings at the end of the line, and a warm desk lamp lights your words late at night. Type Notes turns your iPhone, iPad and Mac into a beautiful vintage typewriter, made for journaling, letters, poems and everyday notes. FEEL EVERY KEYSTROKE • Real typewriter sounds and crisp haptics on every key • The carriage moves, the typebars strike, the bell rings at the margin • Roll the paper up and down by hand and hear the platen click • Rip a page out with a quick swipe to send it to the Trash • The light on your desk follows the time of day, and the lamp switches on at nightfall 12 TYPEWRITERS, 16 PAPERS Pick your mood: cream, onionskin, kraft, notebook, legal pad, graph, airmail, love letter, recipe card, midnight, washi, blueprint and more, plus seasonal stationery for autumn and Christmas. Then pick the machine: Classic, Rossa, Mint, Noir, Gold, Turquoise… SEAL IT WITH WAX Share any page as a typed sheet, an envelope closed with a red wax seal, or a postcard with its own stamp. Send it as an image, a PDF, a video or a GIF. BEAUTIFULLY FILED • A classic archive with folders, #tags and recent pages • Rubber stamps: Urgent, Confidential, Draft, Sent, Done, Idea • Search across all your pages • Version history and daily backups, so nothing is ever lost BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU • Import from Apple Notes, text and Markdown files • Export to Markdown, or share pages with other Type Notes users • Save to Type Notes from any app with the share extension • Add pages with Siri and Shortcuts PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your pages stay on your devices and sync through your own private iCloud, with your text encrypted. FREE TO WRITE Type Notes is free, with three classic typewriters, six papers and three envelopes to try. Type Notes+ unlocks every typewriter, every paper and unlimited envelopes, with one payment. Yours forever. No subscription. Family Sharing included. Slow down. Hear the keys. Write something today.

Screenshots

Typewriter Cabinet4 screens
Type Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Typewriter Cabinet and Type Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Typewriter Cabinet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Type Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Typewriter Cabinet versus Type Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypewriter CabinetType Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTECK SOON NGJesus manuel Curreri

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Typewriter Cabinet

Subscriptions1
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Type Notes

One-time1
  • Type Notes+$1.99

Questions

Is Typewriter Cabinet free?
Typewriter Cabinet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Type Notes free?
Type Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Typewriter Cabinet or Type Notes have ads?
Neither Typewriter Cabinet nor Type Notes shows ads.

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