Comparison

Triquid Notes vs Joeny Notes

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

Head to head
About

Triquid Notes

Features
Read full description

Triquid Notes is a calm, native home for your Trilium notes on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac. Connect your own TriliumNext server, or start on this device and connect a server later; your notes come along. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON YOUR DEVICE • Summarize any note, even PDFs and photos, in your own language • Find the to-dos hidden in a note and put them on top as a checklist • Suggest a title, and get label suggestions as you write • Apple's Writing Tools right in the editor • See related notes under every note • The app's own helpers run on your device: your notes are not sent anywhere for them CAPTURE ANYTHING, FAST • Quick notes from anywhere in the app • Scan documents into PDFs with searchable text • Copy a link and clip the whole article into a note • Share PDFs, images and links from any app into a notebook WORKS OFFLINE • Read and write without a connection • Changes sync with your server when you are back ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Your full note tree, with Trilium's colors, icons and clones • Drag notebooks into your own order, or drop a note on a notebook to move it • Favorites, recent notes, Today and a to-do list of notes with open checkboxes • A home screen beside the menu on iPad and Mac, in the order you choose FOUND IN A MOMENT • Full-text search across every note • Find notes from Spotlight RICH NOTES • Text, code, Markdown, images, files, canvas, mind maps, calendars, Kanban boards and more • Attachments from Photos and Files; previews for PDF, Office and EPUB files AT HOME ON IPHONE DUO • Unfolded, the menu keeps a third of the screen and the note the rest • Half open like a book, menu and note each get a page • Fold it shut and the same note carries on, on the cover display MADE TO FEEL LIKE YOURS • Accent colors, fonts and dark mode • Liquid Glass design on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac • Text that follows your system text size • Settings that sync through iCloud, multiple servers and Face ID for protected notes IN YOUR LANGUAGE • Available in all 24 official languages of the European Union • And in Simplified and Traditional Chinese Triquid Notes requires a self-hosted TriliumNext server (v0.95 or later) to sync. Triquid Notes is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Trilium or TriliumNext projects.

About

Joeny Notes

A fast, native note-taking application for Apple devices that organizes your thoughts with notebooks and tags. It supports Markdown writing, powerful search, and syncs across your devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Notebooks and stacks
  • Nested tags
  • Markdown editor with formatting bar
  • Full-text search with operators
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • End-to-end encrypted notes
  • Share notebooks for collaboration
Features
Read full description

BetterNote is a fast, native notes app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It has notebooks, tags and powerful search, and your notes are stored as plain Markdown in your own iCloud account. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Notebooks and stacks • Nested tags, such as work/clients • Favorites, saved searches and a Trash you can restore from • A Home Screen widget for your favorite notes • Recent Activity, showing which notes changed and on which device WRITE IN MARKDOWN • An editor that styles Markdown as you type, with a formatting bar • Notes open in Read mode, which renders tables, code blocks and task lists • Read a note aloud with the current word highlighted • Full-screen reading that can keep the screen on while you cook • Dark mode and Dynamic Type, with VoiceOver support • Photo and file attachments, with Quick Look previews FIND ANYTHING • Instant full-text search with ranked, highlighted results • Evernote-style operators: notebook:, tag:, intitle:, created:day-7, todo:false, resource:image and more • Text inside images and PDFs is recognized on your device and included in search SYNC AND SHARE WITH iCLOUD • Syncs across all your devices through your iCloud account • Note text is end-to-end encrypted • Share a notebook with other people to read or edit BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU • Import .enex exports from Evernote • Export everything as Markdown files at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN BetterNote has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no servers of its own. Your notes stay on your devices and in your iCloud.

Screenshots

Triquid Notes4 screens
Joeny Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joeny Notes at none against Triquid Notes's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Triquid Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Joeny Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Triquid Notes ships an update every 3 days, Joeny Notes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Triquid Notes versus Joeny Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriquid NotesJoeny Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin MeyerJoeny Bui

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Triquid Notes

One-time1
  • Triquid Notes Pro$3.99
None

Joeny Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Triquid Notes free?
Triquid Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Joeny Notes free?
Joeny Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Triquid Notes or Joeny Notes have ads?
Neither Triquid Notes nor Joeny Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Triquid Notes or Joeny Notes?
Triquid Notes ships an update every 3 days, and Joeny Notes every 5 days. Most recently, Triquid Notes was updated on November 2, 2026 and Joeny Notes on November 6, 2026.

Other comparisons