Nextcloud Notes vs Deckloud
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.
Deckloud
Manage your Nextcloud Deck boards directly from your iPhone. Create, organize, and update tasks with robust offline support and private data handling. Offers Pro features for enhanced productivity.
- Create and organize boards, stacks, and cards
- Set due dates, labels, assignees, and reminders
- Add comments, Markdown descriptions, and attachments
- Search boards and cards with advanced filters
- Reliable sync with offline resilience
- Private by design with local credential storage
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Your Nextcloud Deck boards as a native iPhone and iPad app. See what is due today, drag cards between sections, and keep working offline. Changes sync as soon as you are back online. The core app is free. No Nextcloud server yet? Start a free Deckloud Cloud workspace in seconds. Two ways to start • Your own server: sign in with Nextcloud Login Flow v2 and open the boards you already have. The app connects directly to your server, with no relay backend in between. • Deckloud Cloud: tap Create a free workspace. No email, no password, and no registration form. Deckloud runs the Nextcloud server for you, and you can link up to three devices. Plan your day • Today: due, overdue, and assigned cards, plus mentions, in one list with a month calendar • A Gantt timeline where you move or resize dated cards • Search across boards with filters for labels, assignees, and due dates Work on your boards • Create and organize boards, sections, and cards • Start a board from a template, or build your own • Set due dates, labels, assignees, and a reminder • Write Markdown descriptions with a formatting bar for checklists, headings, and bold • Add comments and attachments, or link files from Nextcloud Files • Share boards with people, groups, and Teams, and choose who can edit • Import and export Deck JSON, or export a board as CSV Made for iPhone and iPad iPad layouts with a sidebar support portrait, landscape, and resizable multitasking. Send links and text from other apps with the share extension. Offline changes wait in a queue you can check in Settings. The app is available in more than 70 languages. Private by design Credentials stay in the iOS Keychain. No ad SDKs. Usage analytics create no person profiles and can be turned off in Settings. On your own server, board and card content stays on your Nextcloud. Deckloud Cloud content is stored on Nextcloud servers managed by Deckloud, with TLS and encrypted backups, but it is not end-to-end encrypted. You can delete a Cloud account and its content from Settings. Free and Pro Free: boards, cards, Today, Search, the Gantt timeline, templates, import and export, the small widget, one active reminder, one repeating card, and two accounts. Each month, every device also gets 10 Quick Captures, where one Smart Capture of up to 5 cards counts as one, and 3 Focus sessions. Deckloud Pro comes as a one-time purchase, or as a yearly or monthly subscription: • Unlimited Quick Capture, also from the share extension and Shortcuts, with saved templates and context • Reminders on up to 64 cards per account, including Apple Reminders and Apple Alarms (iOS 26+) • Repeating cards, synced through your Nextcloud • Unlimited Smart Capture, up to 20 cards at a time • The full Team view and the team's weekly report • Unlimited Focus sessions of 10, 25, or 45 minutes, with a Live Activity • Medium, large, Extra Large, and Lock Screen widgets, with a board picker • More than two accounts, and Pro in the Deckloud desktop app with a code Deckloud Cloud is a separate free plan and does not include Pro. If your organization has a Deckloud license for its Nextcloud, Pro turns on for the members it covers. Requirements • For your own server: Nextcloud with the Deck app. Deck 1.6 or later is required for full write support. • Deckloud actively verifies maintained Nextcloud releases with their matching Deck release, currently Nextcloud 33 to 35. • Nextcloud 23–32 is legacy best effort; a new Nextcloud major remains preview until verified. • Widgets need iOS 17 or later. Also available for Mac (Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux at deckloud.com. Deckloud is an independent client and is not affiliated with Nextcloud GmbH. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deckloud at 80% against Nextcloud Notes's 27%. Deckloud also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Nextcloud Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (95 vs 8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Deckloud sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Nextcloud Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deckloud holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextcloud Notes has 95 ratings behind it against 8, 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 80% of Deckloud's.
Nextcloud Notes ships an update every 2 months, Deckloud every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nextcloud Notes | Deckloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (95 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nextcloud GmbH | Hoang Pham |
Customer experience
Nextcloud Notes
Deckloud
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
Deckloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nextcloud Notes
No in-app purchases
Deckloud
- Deckloud Pro – Monthly$9.001 Month
- Deckloud Pro – Yearly$29.001 Year
- Deckloud Pro – One-Time Unlock$39.00
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