footnotes vs Aside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
footnotes
Capture the full texture of everyday moments with words, photos, video, and voice. Organize these memories into notebooks and create a timeline of your life. Share your moments as little stories.
- Capture moments with text, photos, video, and voice
- Organize notes into different notebooks
- Build a timeline of life's moments
- Create shareable stories from moments
- Edit and add to old notes
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footnotes is a quiet notebook for the photographs, voices, passing thoughts, ideas, and ordinary moments that make up a life. you can: - capture the full texture of a moment: in words, photos, video, and voice, all together. - return to old notes, add new moments, and watch a timeline of your life slowly take shape. - make notebooks for different parts of your life, and - turn moments into little stories to share. slices of light sizzling on a wall. laughter of friends sloppy and gold. the loosey goosey fragments. all of which you look back on with tenderness, kept whole. footnotes makes space for the footnotes of a life. the little things that become the story of who you are.
Aside
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Aside is a journal built around how you actually think, not a blank page waiting for a perfect first sentence. Speak an entry, or type it if you'd prefer. Attach a photo to hold onto a moment, tag it so it's easy to find later. Once a day settles, Aside writes a short reflection noticing what actually stood out, plainly and without ever rewriting your words. Once a week, a longer one — a mood that shifted, a person who came up more than once, a contrast worth sitting with, written like a thoughtful note. Everything is organized by day and by week, always there to look back on. Export your full journal, entries and photos, whenever you want it. Aside. Capture life, notice patterns. Terms of Use (EULA): https://useaside.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://useaside.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: footnotes at none against Aside's 2. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Aside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. footnotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
footnotes ships an update every 2 days, Aside every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | footnotes | Aside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (158 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doppler HQ, Inc | JASMINE NICOLE WRIGHT |
In-app purchases
footnotes
No in-app purchases
Aside
- Monthly$7.991 Month
- Annual$59.991 Year









