Pendo Note vs LiveNote
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.
LiveNote
This app allows users to create handwritten journals, diaries, and notes using a stylus or finger. It features a realistic page-turning design, the ability to embed Live Photos, and customizable image cropping. Users can also utilize special stickers and import PDF templates for a personalized experience.
- Handwritten notes and journaling
- Realistic page-turning design
- Live Photo integration
- Customizable image cropping
- Special stickers
- Import PDF templates
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LiveNote 是一款专为手写设计的手账、日记、笔记类 App 您可以使用 Apple Pencil 或者手指手绘、书写记录您的想法 LiveNote 特色功能 1. 拟物翻页设计，模拟实物手账、本子感觉 2. 支持动图记录美好时刻更生动有趣 3. 异形裁剪图片和动图，可以裁剪成任意形状或者提前定义好的形状 4. 特色贴纸 5. 支持导入 PDF 手账模板
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pendo Note at 840 against LiveNote's 5. Pendo Note also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 79%). LiveNote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 LiveNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 LiveNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pendo Note has 840 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Pendo Note's written reviews are positive against 79% of LiveNote's.
Pendo Note ships an update every 11 days, LiveNote every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pendo Note | LiveNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (840 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 840 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Lychee Isle Co., Ltd. | 楠 唐 |
Customer experience
Pendo Note
LiveNote
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
LiveNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pendo Note
- A tikka$0.99
- A basket of buns$1.99
- A cup of Coffee$4.99
LiveNote
- LiveNote 付费用户$0.99
