Comparison

NoteScreen vs Note Feed

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

Head to head
About

NoteScreen

This app displays your notes directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, ensuring you never miss important reminders. It offers simple scheduling and widget support for constant visibility, all while maintaining complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Scheduled note rotation
  • Always-on note mode
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each
Features
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Write a note. It lives on your Lock Screen. That's it. NoteScreen is the simplest reminder app you'll ever use. The thing you need to remember sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — front and center every time you pick up your phone. Impossible to miss. SCHEDULE YOUR DAY • Notes rotate on your schedule — "Take out the trash" 7–8 AM, "Wind down" at 9 PM. NoteScreen swaps them automatically with a silent nudge at each change. • Recurring days — set "Trash night" for every Tuesday, "Water plants" for Sundays. • Always mode pins one note up all day. GLANCEABLE EVERYWHERE • Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Home & Lock Screen widgets — your current note is wherever you look. • One-tap check-off — mark a note done right from the Lock Screen banner or a Home Screen widget, without opening the app. • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each. Short enough to read at a glance. • Made for iPhone Duo — fills the big screen in portrait or landscape, with notes on one side and quick-add starters on the other when half-folded. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no cloud. NoteScreen never touches the network — your notes live on your iPhone and nowhere else. Good to know: iOS limits Live Activities to 8 hours, so the Lock Screen banner refreshes whenever you open the app. Add the Lock Screen widget for a note that never expires.

About

Note Feed

This app provides a private, chat-like interface for saving and organizing notes, links, photos, and files. Easily save content from other apps and access it quickly through a searchable feed that groups entries by day. It's designed for all screens and offers a completely ad-free, private experience.

Highlights
  • Chat-like interface for notes
  • Save from any app
  • Organized by day
  • Searchable content
  • Private by design
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Note Feed is one simple place for everything you want to keep. It looks and works like a chat with yourself: type a thought, paste a link or add some photos, and it lands at the bottom of your feed, right where you're typing. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share to Note Feed from Safari, Photos, Files or any app with a share button, without leaving the app you're in • Add a comment as you share, or just tap Save • Type or paste into the box at the bottom of the feed, like sending a message • Attach photos and files with the + button • On iPad, drag text, links and images straight onto the feed EVERYTHING IN ONE FEED • Text, photos, links and files, on their own or together in one note • Links show a preview with the page title and image • Photos sit in a tidy grid; tap one to see it full screen • PDFs and other files open with a tap • Notes are grouped by day, so it's easy to scroll back to when you saved something GET IT BACK OUT FAST • Swipe to copy a whole note, photos and all • Share any note to another app • Edit a note after you send it, or delete it • Search everything: note text, link titles, web addresses and file names PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in, no ads and no tracking • Your notes stay on your device. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad, in any orientation, including Split View and Stage Manager • Light, dark, or match your device • With a keyboard, Return sends and Command-F searches FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL TIP JAR Note Feed is free, with no subscriptions or locked features. If you'd like to support it, the tip jar in Settings has three tips named after the developer's cats: Rey, Reggie and Connor. Any tip unlocks a supporter badge and an alternate app icon. The app never asks you to tip.

Screenshots

NoteScreen4 screens
Note Feed1 screens

Verdict

The call

NoteScreen and Note Feed are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NoteScreen against 5.0 for Note Feed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NoteScreen versus Note Feed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteScreenNote Feed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSameer BhutaniDaniel Coulter

In-app purchases

None

NoteScreen

No in-app purchases

None

Note Feed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoteScreen free?
NoteScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note Feed free?
Note Feed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NoteScreen or Note Feed?
NoteScreen and Note Feed are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NoteScreen or Note Feed have ads?
Neither NoteScreen nor Note Feed shows ads.

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