Nimbus Note vs Nuclino
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nimbus Note
This app helps you gather and organize all your information in one place. Create text notes, scan documents, and manage to-do lists. Synchronize your data across devices for easy access and editing.
- Create formatted text notes
- Attach various file types
- Scan and digitize documents with OCR
- Organize with workspaces, folders, and tags
- Collaborate on notes with others
- Create to-do lists with reminders
- Cross-device synchronization
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Powerful notes app and organizer that helps you gather and organize your information — all in one place. There’s no need to spend time searching for your notes anymore. Create text notes, scan documents and make to-do lists. Synchronize it all with Nimbus Note for future viewing and editing on other devices. Conveniently manage your notes - Create notes in the editor with formatting support — bold, strike, underline, etc. - Add pictures, audio, video, documents, and other types of files. - Scan and digitise any paper documents and pictures using the camera device. The text recognition feature will let you work with scanned files as well as regular notes. Organize your notes - Workspaces - separate personal information from the work-related kind. Create separate databases of notes (with own folders and tags) for different purposes within a single account; - Create folders and subfolders; - Add context to notes using tags; - Use special color labels to make most relevant notes and folders stand out from the list; - Add most important notes to Favorites; Group collaboration on notes - Invite other people to collaborate on notes; - Assign editing rights to each participant (admin, can edit, or reading only); Get complete control over your workflow and daily errands - Add to-do lists to your notes; - Set time reminders for your tasks; Your notes available anywhere, anytime - All of your notes are available on any of your devices — anytime, anywhere; - Create a note on your iPhone, add to that note on your Mac, and finish it later in a browser; - Offline access to your notes. Document scanner in your phone - Scan documents, pictures, handwritten notes; - Auto-define document borders; - Special filters allow making the document black and white or enhance the colors; Security - Nimbus Note is optionally protected with an additional passcode; Powerful search - Nimbus Note can search through not only text but also images; - Search for text in docs/xls/html/ppt and pdf files; - The unique search snippets will let you see the required text fragment without opening the note itself; - You can find entire words as well as word fragments (for example, the search will find "conscious" in "consciousness"); Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Also Available Nimbus Pro: - 1 GB of new uploads each month; - Large attached files; - Premium support; - More information in every note; - Searching for text in images; - More workspaces; - Advanced encryption; - OCR - getting text from images; - Search in images and documents; $3.99 monthly, $39.99 annually Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy - https://nimbus.everhelper.me/privacy.php Terms and Conditions - https://nimbus.everhelper.me/terms-and-conditions.php
Nuclino
This app acts as a team's collective knowledge base, enabling real-time collaborative document creation and organization. It offers various visual views to explore information and supports file uploads for comprehensive team documentation.
- Real-time collaborative documents
- Wiki-like knowledge organization
- List, board, and graph views
- Quick note and detailed documentation
- File uploads and downloads
- Team commenting and interaction
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Nuclino serves as your team's collective brain – stay connected to it while you’re on the go! Nuclino allows you to create real-time collaborative documents and connect them instantly like a wiki. The list, board, and graph views let you explore and organize your knowledge visually. It's perfect for anything, from quick notes to detailed documentation. Use Nuclino to: • Create, edit, and share notes and documents • Collaborate with your team in real time to produce great content • Browse your team's knowledge base and quickly find the information you need • Stay up to date with your team's work and check recently edited documents • Comment on items and interact with your team • Upload and download images, videos, PDFs, spreadsheets, and other files Learn more at: https://www.nuclino.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nuclino at none against Nimbus Note's 2. Nimbus Note's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 63%). 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. Nimbus Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Nuclino asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nimbus Note holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nimbus Note has 400 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Nimbus Note's written reviews are positive against 63% of Nuclino's.
Nimbus Note ships an update fortnightly, Nuclino every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nimbus Note | Nuclino |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (400 ratings) — better | 4.3 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 400 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nimbus Web Inc | Nuclino GmbH |
Customer experience
Nimbus Note
Nuclino
Bugs and requests
Nimbus Note
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sync issues, different device counts
- Notes disappearing or getting corrupted
- Crashes when editing notes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes on opening the app
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to scribble/write using pen
- Offline access
- Fujitsu scanner integration
- Ability to change default font colors
- Search in current folder
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- Search folders instead of notes
- Sort option per folder
- Pin note
- Search preset or smart folders
- Centralized note with block alias from other notes
Nuclino
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nimbus Note
- Nimbus Pro$7.991 Month
- Nimbus Pro$71.991 Year
Nuclino
No in-app purchases









