Comparison

Nextcloud Notes vs Boogie Mail

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Syncs with Nextcloud server
  • Create and delete notes
  • Organize notes in categories
  • Plain text editing
  • Markdown formatting
  • Export notes
Features
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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.

About

Boogie Mail

A modern, native email, calendar, and contacts client utilizing the JMAP protocol. It offers advanced features like undo send, scheduled send, server-side filters, and real-time sync across Apple devices. An optional push notification service is available.

Highlights
  • JMAP protocol support
  • Undo Send and scheduled send
  • Server-side Sieve filters
  • Real-time sync
  • Multi-account management
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Native Mac and iPad apps
Features
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Boogie is a native mail, calendar and contacts client built on JMAP, the modern protocol that replaces IMAP. No IMAP fallback, no webmail wrapper. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Works with Stalwart, Fastmail, or any server that speaks RFC 8620 / RFC 8621 JMAP. MAIL • One-step sign-in through your provider's secure web login. Fastmail OAuth covers mail, contacts and calendars in a single grant • Choose which folders notify you. Inbox only by default; Junk and Archive stay silent until you say so • Undo Send, scheduled send, templates, HTML signatures, font picker, multi-message forward, Send Again • Fail-safe sending: if an account can't send, your draft is kept and you're told why • Server-side Sieve filters and vacation auto-reply • Multi-account with auto-discovery and clear health badges; account removal says exactly what it will do • Spotlight indexing and 41 languages, including right-to-left CALENDAR & CONTACTS • Day, week and month views that update live as invitations arrive • Accept or decline invitations from the email; organizers get exactly one reply. Canceled events offer Remove from Calendar • Contacts across all your accounts, with contact groups you create, name and delete • Apple Contacts are read locally for recipient autocomplete and never uploaded APPLE WATCH • Sign in with a short code shown on the Watch and entered on your iPhone or Mac • Read, reply to and triage mail from your wrist MAC & IPAD • Full keyboard control on iPad: ⌘N, ⌘F, ⌘A and the rest work as they do on the Mac • A native Mac app that prints cleanly and never keeps your machine awake PRIVACY & PUSH • No telemetry, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. Your mail lives on your own server, never ours • Real-time sync while the app is open • Boogie Push, an optional add-on: new mail arrives on iPhone and iPad even when Boogie is closed. Alerts show sender and subject; the message content is never sent to us. First month free, then a separate subscription. Mac notifications while running are included TRIAL AND PRICING 14-day full-feature trial. After the trial, Boogie locks until you subscribe. • Yearly: US$39.99 • Lifetime: US$99, one payment • Boogie Push: US$2.49 a month or US$19.99 a year, first month free Boogie Push is sold separately and not included in Yearly or Lifetime. Privacy: Boogie is a transport between your device and the server you choose. We collect nothing. Support: support@boogie.digital Privacy: https://boogie.digital/privacy/ Terms: https://boogie.digital/terms/

Screenshots

Nextcloud Notes4 screens
Boogie Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nextcloud Notes at none against Boogie Mail's 2. Nextcloud Notes also leads on ratings volume (93 vs 1) and rating (2.2 vs 2.0). Boogie Mail's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boogie Mail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Nextcloud Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nextcloud Notes holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextcloud Notes has 93 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextcloud Notes ships an update every 2 months, Boogie Mail every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nextcloud Notes versus Boogie Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextcloud NotesBoogie Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (93 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings93 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNextcloud GmbHKTP Digital PTY LTD

Customer experience

Nextcloud Notes

All ratings93 ratings
Positive26.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative67.7%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative63.6%

Boogie Mail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Boogie Mail

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nextcloud Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Boogie Mail

Subscriptions1
  • Boogie Yearly3 Months trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Boogie Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Nextcloud Notes free?
Nextcloud Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boogie Mail free?
Boogie Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nextcloud Notes or Boogie Mail?
Nextcloud Notes is rated higher. Nextcloud Notes averages 2.2 out of 5 from 93 ratings, while Boogie Mail averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Nextcloud Notes or Boogie Mail have ads?
Neither Nextcloud Notes nor Boogie Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nextcloud Notes or Boogie Mail?
Nextcloud Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Boogie Mail every 11 days. Most recently, Nextcloud Notes was updated on October 9, 2026 and Boogie Mail on October 6, 2026.

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