Nextcloud Notes vs OX Drive by Open
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nextcloud Notes
This app allows you to create, edit, and organize notes on your mobile device. It syncs seamlessly with a Nextcloud server, ensuring your notes are accessible across all your devices and the web interface. Supports plain text and markdown formatting for versatile note-taking.
- Syncs with Nextcloud server
- Create and delete notes
- Organize notes in categories
- Plain text editing
- Markdown formatting
- Export notes
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Note: Access to a Nextcloud server with the Notes app installed is required to use this app. Visit https://nextcloud.com for more information. Nextcloud Notes is a notes editor that syncs with the Notes app (https://github.com/nextcloud/notes/releases) on your server. Once you have logged in to your server, all notes will be kept in sync between devices and also the web interface. Optionally supports sync on startup. You can create and delete notes directly on the device. Notes can be organized in categories. Edit as plain text or use markdown for rich formatting. Notes can be copied or exported to other apps or services in several formats. If you have a sync client (optional) installed on your desktop computer all notes will be there too, and can be edited with any text editor.
OX Drive by Open
Access and manage your cloud files directly from your device's native file manager. Organize, share, and edit documents, photos, and other files seamlessly. Compress files and scan documents for easy upload.
- Integrates with native Files app
- Drag and drop file transfer
- File compression
- Document scanning
- Edit and save files
- Share files via links or invitations
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OX Drive is the file storage and management part of Open-Xchange's OX App Suite and OX Cloud platforms. This new OX Drive app enhances OX Drive by making all your OX Drive content available within your Apple mobile device’s Files app. Please note that this only works in conjunction with OX App Suite or OX Cloud. You will need a valid OX App Suite (version 7.10.6 or above) or OX Cloud account to use this app. Features: - Use Apple's native Files app to browse and organize your OX Drive content - Drag and Drop files from other apps, or storage locations, into OX Drive and vice versa - Compress your files to save storage space - Scan documents and directly upload them - Edit files with other supported apps and save the new versions directly in OX Drive - Share photos, files and documents via general link or personal invitation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OX Drive by Open at 5.0 against Nextcloud Notes's 2.2. OX Drive by Open also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Nextcloud Notes's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OX Drive by Open holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextcloud Notes has 93 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Nextcloud Notes's written reviews are positive against 50% of OX Drive by Open's.
Nextcloud Notes ships an update every 2 months, OX Drive by Open every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nextcloud Notes | OX Drive by Open |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (93 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nextcloud GmbH | Open-Xchange Inc. |
Customer experience
Nextcloud Notes
OX Drive by Open
Bugs and requests
Nextcloud Notes
Reported bugs
19 issues- Notes randomly appear empty and lose content
- Empty files being saved to server
- Login resets to default server address
- 404 errors when getting settings
- Sync fails with large note collections
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- Navigation menu disappears after editing
- Keyboard covers input area
- Search field disappears after closing notes
- Cursor jumps to top of note while typing
- App disconnects during editing
- Session timeout errors with non-dismissible dialogs
- Conflict resolution interface unreadable
- Cannot switch between markdown and preview modes
- Notes don't upload from mobile to server
- Inconsistent note naming behavior
- App overwrites server files without checking versions
- Login fails with self-hosted servers
- App password authentication not supported
- Slow text input with 100ms delay per character
Requested features
17 requests- Text formatting options (bold, underline, italics)
- File and image attachment support
- Note categorization and organization
- Pin important notes to top
- Ability to rename notes easily
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- Offline mode with local caching
- Multi-account/profile switching
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Undo/redo functionality
- App-specific password support
- End-to-end encryption support
- Checkbox functionality in reading mode
- Share to Notes from other apps
- App lock with biometric authentication
- Direct note opening to preview page
- Remember app state on restart
- Mac app availability
OX Drive by Open
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nextcloud Notes
No in-app purchases
OX Drive by Open
No in-app purchases
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