Comparison

FluidNotes vs EduFiche

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

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About

FluidNotes

Features
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FluidNotes is a notebook for iPad and iPhone that feels like paper: write with Apple Pencil on iPad or with your finger on iPhone – and find everything again with search that reads your handwriting. WRITING THAT FEELS RIGHT • Ballpoint, fineliner, fountain pen, pencil, felt-tip, watercolour, highlighter and more, all pressure-sensitive • Ruler, colour picker and custom colours on all your devices • Hand-drawn shapes become clean circles, rectangles, lines and arrows • Convert handwriting to typed text, with word suggestions as you write – on the device • Cross out typed words to delete them • Lasso: cut out exactly, colour, move, duplicate • Zoom window: write large at the bottom, and it appears small on the page ORGANISATION THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Folders and subfolders, tags, favourites and bookmarks • Headings automatically build an outline; links connect pages and notebooks, and a knowledge network shows topics and connections – in 3D too • Search handwriting, typed text, PDFs, photos and recordings – through Spotlight too • Collect the highlights of a PDF into an excerpt, with links back to the passage • Lock notebooks with Face ID or a passcode THE PAPER YOU WANT • Lined, squared, dotted, planners, sheet music and more – in colour too; plus a whiteboard that grows • Save your own pages as templates; import PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Goodnotes • Photos, document scans, GIFs, tables, mind maps and reusable building blocks STUDY • Flashcards with spaced repetition and a study plan across all notebooks, with a daily reminder if you like • An exam date per deck, also as a proposal to the group; import and export decks as Anki packages or text files • Flashcards from your handwriting: circle a question or sketch and turn it into a card • Apple Watch: review due flashcards on your wrist, with a complication for the watch face • Study time with breaks, on iPhone also on the Lock Screen • Study tape: cover passages and test yourself • With Apple Intelligence: flashcards, cloze exercises from A1 to C2, summaries and mind maps from your notes – and answers to questions about them • The AI runs on the device only – no internet, no third-party AI service STUDY GROUPS AND SHARING • Study groups: join once and get every notebook of the group, including later ones • Invite others to a notebook with a link or QR code – to write along or just to view • Colour each person’s contributions and see what others have changed since your last visit • Send a copy of a notebook or of single pages, with the recordings if you like – through a link that expires by itself • Comments with replies; everyone shares the flashcards, each person keeps their own progress RECORD AND PRESENT • Record sound while you write; on playback, your note reappears stroke by stroke • Transcripts on the device: search finds spoken words too • Present on a projector or TV: only the current page, with a laser pointer HANDY • Quick Note from the app icon, as a widget, in Control Centre, with Siri or Shortcuts • Widgets for recently opened notebooks and cards due • Sync through your own iCloud and Handoff between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Automatic backups to iCloud Drive; export as PDF, Markdown or FlexiNote package • Select text in a PDF and translate it • Optional: Zotero for PDFs, citations and the bibliography • Getting started in five short exercises; help mode explains every button YOUR NOTES BELONG TO YOU FluidNotes has no server of its own and no account. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no in-app purchases. Your notebooks live on your device and, if you like, in your own iCloud. FluidNotes is a personal project, built with care. Questions and ideas: j.gomez@web.de

About

EduFiche

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Your classes take hours. Studying them should not. EduFiche turns documents, photos, PDFs and topics into clear, personalized study notes. Ginko, your study companion, then helps you remember what matters with flashcards, quizzes and a study plan tailored to your progress. CREATE CLEAR STUDY NOTES • Import a PDF, image or document • Generate structured notes with AI • Edit and organize every section • Keep all your classes in one place STUDY ACTIVELY • Turn your notes into flashcards • Test yourself with focused quizzes • Spot the concepts you have not mastered yet • Continue exactly where you left off BUILD A CONSISTENT ROUTINE • Track your progress and streaks • Focus on the concepts that matter most • Study on iPhone or the web with the same account Start for free and create your first study note with EduFiche. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FluidNotes4 screens
EduFiche4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FluidNotes at none against EduFiche's 2. FluidNotes also leads on device support (4 vs 1). EduFiche's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. EduFiche sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. FluidNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FluidNotes versus EduFiche: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluidNotesEduFiche
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB103 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJuan Gomez FernandezRobin Pluviaux

In-app purchases

None

FluidNotes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

EduFiche

Subscriptions2
  • EduFiche Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • EduFiche Premium Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is FluidNotes free?
FluidNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EduFiche free?
EduFiche is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FluidNotes or EduFiche have ads?
Neither FluidNotes nor EduFiche shows ads.

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