Comparison

Fobble Notes vs TAMALIBA

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

Head to head
About

Fobble Notes

Features
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Fobble Notes is a warm, focused place for thoughts, plans, and everyday ideas. WRITE YOUR WAY Create clean notes, rich text, and checklists. Format what matters and keep your writing easy to scan. STAY ORGANIZED Use folders, tags, favorites, pins, and archive tools to keep every idea in its place. FIND THINGS FAST Search across notes, folders, and tags whenever you need to return to something. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Enjoy a quick mobile workflow on iPhone and a spacious sidebar-based workspace on iPad. WIDGETS Choose a note to keep visible on your Home Screen. BACKUP AND RESTORE Export your notes, folders, and tags as a JSON backup and restore them without replacing newer notes on your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Fobble Notes works without an account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Your notes stay on your device.

About

TAMALIBA

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Fobble Notes4 screens
TAMALIBA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Fobble Notes at 17.0 against TAMALIBA's 26.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Fobble Notes versus TAMALIBA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFobble NotesTAMALIBA
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFEHMI BULDUKTakahiro Ito

In-app purchases

None

Fobble Notes

No in-app purchases

None

TAMALIBA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fobble Notes free?
Fobble Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TAMALIBA free?
TAMALIBA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fobble Notes or TAMALIBA have ads?
Neither Fobble Notes nor TAMALIBA shows ads.

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