Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) vs BundleNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
A minimalist note-taking app with a sticky-note interface for quick organization. Use color-coding to categorize information and simple markdown editing for content. Ideal for keeping important tasks and ideas visible and accessible.
- Sticky-note interface
- Color-coded organization
- Simple markdown editing
- iCloud Syncing
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch support
- Lock screen to-do list
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Welcome to Note Box, the quick and simple way to take your notes. The sticky-note style interface is easy to understand and puts what's important right in front of your eyes. The colors let you quickly organize your information without overdoing it. NoteBox keeps it simple so you can stay focused. This app has been used to: - Write books. The color coding of notes allowed a user to mark whether or not his chapters have been completed! - Keep track of what is important to users - Put a to do list as the background of your lock screen. This feature makes your to-do list super accessible while keeping your lock screen looking gorgeous! Features: - Simple markdown editing - Beautiful, easy to use interface - iCloud Syncing - iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch support. - Supports iOS 11 and iOS 10.
BundleNote
Organize your thoughts and notes into digital binders. Easily attach images, save scrolling text as images, and customize text settings. Protect your privacy with a passcode lock and ensure your data is safe with automatic backups to Google Drive.
- Page-by-page note saving
- Combine notes into binders
- Image attachment (up to 10 per note)
- Save scrolling text as images
- Keyboard expansion buttons for editing
- Passcode lock for privacy
- Automatic backup to Google Drive
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BundleNote allows you to save text on a page-by-page basis and combine it into a binder. It provides a great feature when you want to number and keep multiple related notes. You can easily switch pages by swiping quickly. Binders can also be sorted into categories. 【Features】 ■ Image attachment You can paste up to 10 photos in one note. ■ Save notes as images Even sentences that require scrolling can be saved as a single image. ■ Keyboard expansion button The "Cursor Move" buttons, "Paste", and "Select all" buttons for editing are displayed at the top of the keyboard. (Buttons that are not displayed can be displayed by horizontal scrolling.) ■ Sorting notes and binders After tapping the "Edit" button, you can sort by long-pressing and dragging. ■ Text settings You can set the character size, character spacing, and line spacing in detail. ■ Passcode lock Protect your privacy with 4-digit numbers and biometrics. ■ Automatic backup This is a convenient backup / restore function when changing models or in case of emergency. Save the backup to Google Drive. ■ Character number display 【Billing Factor】 With a single purchase, the following benefits will be in effect forever. ・Remove Ads. # LICENSE Icons by Icons8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BundleNote at 4.6 against Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s 3.2. BundleNote also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 49%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BundleNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BundleNote holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s written reviews are positive against 80% of BundleNote's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) | BundleNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (30 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mumick Mobile LLC | Shibapp LLC |
Customer experience
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
BundleNote
Bugs and requests
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
Reported bugs
36 issues- Duplicates most recent note and overwrites second most recent
- Occasionally lose an entry or creates a second version
- Unable to open notes after an update
- Notes disappear after reaching a certain number
- Deletes information on its own
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- Changes information from the way it was set up
- Grocery list makes a double copy and erases another note
- All four notes become the same, original notes are gone
- Notes erase or display in double
- Notes disappear after saving or 2 seconds after
- Apparent complete disappearance of created notes
- Deletes and duplicates notes
- Spontaneously deletes notes
- Copies and spams one note multiple times, overwriting others
- App stopped saving new notes
- Changes disappear after closing and reopening the app
- Background color changes with phone orientation
- Deleted notes reappear
- Slow on iPad Air 2 after update
- Cannot open last notes after update
- Need iPhone present to read synced notes on Apple Watch
- Disappears when closing the app
- Cannot read or edit notes in landscape view
- Glitch enlarges notes to fit only one at a time
- Not syncing with Watch OS 3
- Syncing to iWatch appears slow or requires reboot
- Program doesn't work with iPhone off or out of range
- No iCloud safety back-up
- Lost all notes in a phone update despite prior backup
- Doesn't sync well with iWatch
- Changes to notes don't appear on watch without reinstalling watch app
- Works only in landscape on iPads
- Cannot delete a note
- Cannot mark a note as priority
- Constantly crashes when trying to delete notes
- Cannot see typed content when it exceeds one page
Requested features
15 requests- Folders for organization
- Undo functionality
- Home screen widget
- Notification widget
- Option to leave notes unsorted
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- Scroll bars or automatic stretching for blocks
- More color options
- Ability to manage multiple topics
- Ability to scroll lengthy notes
- Tutorial or help menu
- Portrait mode on iPad
- Sync directly with laptops
- Add to notes using dictation on iWatch
- Force touch to refresh watch app notes list
- Sorting by Title/Date/Color
BundleNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
- Notebox Premium$0.99
BundleNote
- BundleNote PRO$7.99
Questions
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