Comparison

WhenNote vs Marked

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

Head to head
About

WhenNote

Features
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WhenNote keeps important dates clear and easy to revisit. Organize meaningful events in flexible notebooks, understand how much time has passed or remains, and handle everyday date calculations in one focused app. Features: - Organize dates into separate notebooks - Record names, descriptions, start dates, and end dates - See elapsed, upcoming, and remaining time at a glance - Calculate and total date intervals - Add or subtract days, hours, and minutes - Reorder notebooks and entries to match your workflow - Optionally back up and restore through your private Google Drive app-data area - Use the app in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese Your notes are stored on your device by default. When Google Drive backup is enabled, WhenNote requests access only to its own hidden app-data area—not your other Drive files. No ads. No tracking. No unnecessary account required.

About

Marked

Features
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Marked helps you save the words worth remembering, and brings them back into your life through daily reminders and home screen widgets. Save quotes, highlights, and passages from the books and things you read. Instead of letting them disappear into screenshots, notes, or forgotten highlights, Marked gives them a place to come back to. REDISCOVER WHAT YOU’VE READ Your favorite quotes shouldn’t disappear after you save them. Marked resurfaces your saved highlights so you can revisit ideas, sentences, and passages you once found meaningful. SAVE QUOTES AS YOU READ Found something worth keeping? Capture quotes from physical books with your camera, or import highlights from your favorite e-readers and reading apps, including Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Readmoo, WeRead, and HyRead. DAILY QUOTE REMINDERS Receive a daily reminder with something you’ve saved before. A small moment to revisit an idea, remember a book, or rediscover a sentence you had almost forgotten. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your favorite highlights where you’ll actually see them. Add Marked widgets to your Home Screen and let saved quotes naturally reappear throughout your day. ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS Reading the same sentence months later can mean something completely different. Add notes and reflections to your saved highlights and keep track of what they mean to you over time. MADE FOR READERS WHO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING Marked is for anyone who saves passages from books, articles, essays, and other things they read, but rarely goes back to them. Instead of building another archive you never open, Marked helps the ideas you care about find their way back to you. Save what matters. Rediscover it later. Remember more of what you read. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clementineflow.github.io/marked/privacy/

Screenshots

WhenNote4 screens
Marked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhenNote at none against Marked's 3. WhenNote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Marked's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Marked sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. WhenNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WhenNote ships an update fortnightly, Marked every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
WhenNote versus Marked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhenNoteMarked
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHank WangTingan Cho

In-app purchases

None

WhenNote

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Marked

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is WhenNote free?
WhenNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marked free?
Marked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WhenNote or Marked have ads?
Neither WhenNote nor Marked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WhenNote or Marked?
WhenNote ships an update fortnightly, and Marked every 4 days. Most recently, WhenNote was updated on October 19, 2026 and Marked on October 24, 2026.

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