Comparison

TEL++ vs noglow

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

Head to head
About

TEL++

This app organizes your contacts by automatically grouping them based on company name. It offers easy creation, deletion, and sorting of groups, with a clean interface for viewing company and personal details.

Highlights
  • Automatic grouping by company
  • Create, delete, and sort groups
  • Company/person display switching
  • New contact creation
  • Archive group functionality
  • 100% share with standard Contacts
Features
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I will provide a new representation of the useful address book. You enter the company name of the contact the customer shops. App realize the group by the company on its own. When displayed separately in the "company / people", It is the address book that is easy to use easy to see very simple. - Can create, delete or sort groups of  - 100% share on standard Contacts [How to use] Company / Name: display switching +: New contact creation Tap:Details display Long press: New creation (Already entered the company name) slide to the left: The moved to the archive group Contacts: Display the same as the standard Contacts app Archive: The listed by Archive Group

About

noglow

This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.

Highlights
  • Titleless scratchpad
  • Eight color slots
  • Searchable archive
  • Cross-device sync
  • Plain text notes
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noglow is a titleless scratchpad for iPhone and Mac. No titles to invent, no folders, no tags, no markdown. Just a blank line and eight fixed slots you switch between with a keystroke. When a note is done, peel it off the corner. It drops into a searchable archive that never fills up, and the eight slots stay clear for what you are working on now. - Eight color slots, one keystroke apart - Peel finished notes into a permanent, searchable archive - Works across your devices - Optional cloud sync. Free, no account needed to start. - Plain text only. No formatting to fuss with. Free, and that includes sync.

Screenshots

TEL++4 screens
noglow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: noglow at 100% against TEL++'s 50%. noglow also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). TEL++'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEL++ ships an update every 6 weeks, noglow every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TEL++ versus noglow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEL++noglow
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShinichi AokawaGRABA

Customer experience

TEL++

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

noglow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TEL++

No in-app purchases

None

noglow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEL++ free?
TEL++ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is noglow free?
noglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TEL++ or noglow have ads?
Neither TEL++ nor noglow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEL++ or noglow?
TEL++ ships an update every 6 weeks, and noglow every 5 days. Most recently, TEL++ was updated on October 3, 2026 and noglow on October 4, 2026.

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