Pendo Note vs iNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pendo Note
This app helps you capture ideas, manage tasks, and organize events with smart features. It offers AI assistance for writing, learning, and translation, and syncs your data across devices using iCloud.
- AI writing and learning assistant
- Smart calendar event creation
- Recurring to-do list management
- Unified timeline for all entries
- Customizable tags for organization
- Contact info parsing for new contacts
- iCloud sync across devices
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Pendo brings your notes and calendar together in one place. Write notes, plan your day, and keep everything organized with a clean, intuitive timeline. Whether you're jotting down ideas, planning meetings, or keeping a journal — Pendo keeps it all in sync across your devices. Your data stays yours: export every note with its photos, location and weather into a single file, and import it back anytime — perfect for backups or moving to a new device.
iNote
Capture inspiration and organize your thoughts with a robust note-taking app. Features include cloud sync, a notebook system for organization, and rich text formatting. Protect your ideas with passcode and backup options.
- Cloud Sync
- Notebook System
- Rich Text Formatting
- Checklists
- Passcode Protection
- Picture Export
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"iNote · ideas Note" is a powerful note-taking application with excellent experience, allowing you to record inspiration ideas at any time. The "Cloud Sync" let you write notes across multiple devices. There are not only a "notebook system" specially designed for organizing and controlling, but also a "picture layout" full of details. “Passcode” and “backup” allow you to control all your important notes. =Powerful Features= 1. Infinite Expansion: Each note can be continuously expanded at any time 2. Powerful checklist: Easily create various to-do items and plans 3. Rich text: Highlight, bold, focus, notes are more organized 4. Notebook system: Arrange and manage all your notes 5. Cloud Sync: Sync your notes across multiple devices 6. Picture Export: Beautiful picture template, share to SNS and friends 7. Eye protection mode: make your eyes more comfortable! 8. Passcode + backup: Gesture password, iCloud backup 9. More: card color, home screen icon, waiting for you to discover~ ------------------------- = About the In-App Subscription = The app includes following subscriptions: - iNote Pro · Monthly Membership - iNote Cloud 10 GB Yearly - iNote Cloud 100 GB Yearly Your subscription will be billed through your Apple ID account after purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of your billing cycle. Renewal cannot be cancelled. Privacy Policy: https://clover.ly/privacy Terms: https://m.icity.ly/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pendo Note at every 11 days against iNote's every 6 weeks. iNote's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Pendo Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and iNote sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Pendo Note against 4.8 for iNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 844 and 297 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 90% and 91% positive.
Pendo Note ships an update every 11 days, iNote every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pendo Note | iNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (844 ratings) | 4.8 (297 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 844 — better | 297 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Lychee Isle Co., Ltd. | iDaily Corp. |
Customer experience
Pendo Note
iNote
User reviews
Pendo Note
From 844 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices
- 💡 Unique timeline view for organizing thoughts
- 🎨 Cute and visually appealing design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🔌 Syncing issues between devices
- 🗓️ Difficulty managing recurring tasks
iNote
From 297 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Helpful organization features
- 🚀 Efficient note-taking
- 🎨 Visually appealing design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔒 Limited sync/backup options
- 🔍 Searching could be improved
- 💰 Subscription model for some features
Bugs and requests
Pendo Note
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes and to-do items disappearing after updates
- Calendar events not syncing correctly
- Widget not displaying all information as expected
- Inability to add more than 3 images to a note
Requested features
4 requests- Add password protection or biometric lock
- Improve note-taking capabilities with more formatting options
- Integrate with more calendar/productivity apps
- Introduce a web/desktop version for better cross-platform experience
iNote
Reported bugs
3 issues- Backup failures
- Rotated photos after insertion
- Lack of auto-capitalization
Requested features
7 requests- Markdown support
- Ability to reorder notebooks
- Improved photo/image handling
- Sync across devices
- Voice recording option
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- Nested checklists
- Mac app version
In-app purchases
Pendo Note
- A tikka$0.99
- A basket of buns$1.99
- A cup of Coffee$4.99
iNote
- iNote Pro · Monthly Membership7 Days trial$0.491 Month
- iNote Cloud 10 GB Special7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- iNote Cloud 10 GB Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- iNote Cloud 10 GB Special7 Days trial$13.991 Year
- iNote Cloud 10 GB Yearly Plan7 Days trial$18.491 Year
- iNote Cloud 50 GB Special Plan$59.991 Year
- iNote Cloud 50 GB Yearly Plan$69.991 Year
- iNote Reset Passcode$0.99
- Coffee for Developer$2.99
- iNote Pro$3.99
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- Coffee for Designer$4.99
