Legend (Moo.do) vs Metanote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legend (Moo.do)
Consolidate all your productivity tools into a single, integrated workspace. Manage notes, tasks, and emails seamlessly, with automatic syncing to cloud storage. Streamline your workflow and focus on what truly matters.
- Unified workspace for all productivity needs
- Integrates notes, tasks, and emails
- Automatic file uploads to Google Drive
- Tasks automatically appear on calendar with deadlines
- Drag and drop emails into notes
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Legend is the one place for all your productivity needs, designed keep you in the flow - to work the way you do across apps. Legend brings your tools together into one screen — giving you more power and flexibility to manage everything in a fraction of the time and the headache. Legend gives you the power to write and view your notes and tasks in the way that works best for you. Take back your time to do the work that really matters. Legend doesn't just pull your tools into one spot, it makes them work beautifully together. Set a deadline for a to-do, and watch it automatically appear on your calendar. Drag an email from your inbox into your notes, and never lose it again. Attach a file and it automatically uploads to Google Drive. Terms of Service: https://legendapp.com/terms/
Metanote
A privacy-focused offline editor that supports Org mode for writing, task management, and knowledge wikis. It offers real-time editing of rich content and seamless synchronization across devices.
- Privacy-first offline editor
- Full Org mode support
- Real-time rich content editing
- Seamless synchronization
- Integrated task management
- Full-text search
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Metanote is a privacy-first offline editor that supports org mode. In Metanote, everything is text, everything is editable. Supports real-time editing and rendering of images, hyperlinks, tables, Latex mathematical formulas, source code blocks, attachments and other rich content with the text markup language 'org mode'. Literary creation, academic papers, literary programming, task management, knowledge wiki and other usage scenarios can be easily handled. *** Freedom & Private 100% work offline, no account required, no network required, no private document formats, no data collection, your data and privacy are completely under your control. *** Writing every where Whether on the go or in your bedroom, you can create, view and edit your documents anytime, anywhere, and with built-in synchronization, everything will be there when you return to your desk. *** A silky-smooth editing experience Pure native development, lightweight and smooth, rejecting any lag, even for large files! *** Thinking better Through the structured editing function, ideas come to life on screen. It is not only a beautiful outline, but also efficient thinking. *** Never miss a thing There is no more free task management system than this. Notes are to-dos, and to-dos are notes. Everything is plain-text and everything can be edited. Capture inspiration on the go with 'capture' and keep everything in sight with 'agenda view's. *** Org mode Metanote fully supports org mode 9.3.6 syntax, including features like Capture and Agenda View, allowing for a perfect and even enhanced org mode experience on smartphones. - An incredibly smooth editing experience. - Sync using WebDAV(Apache WebDAV Server, ownCloud, Yandex.disk, etc.), Dropbox, OneDrive, Git, iCloud. - Support for adding Obsidian and Logseq working directories, integrating and managing them in a unified manner - Supports full-text search. - Support images, tables and LaTeX. - Support hyperlinks and attachments. 1. Supports internal links and external links. 2. Click on the attachment link to preview and edit, the following types are supported: 1. iWork and Microsoft Office documents 2. Images 3. Live Photos 4. Text files 5. PDFs 6. Audio and video files - Supports multi-window editing. - Customizable startup page - Supports mini buffer. - Compatible with org mode version 9.3.6 - Todo notifications support - View agenda views by year, month, and day - Customizable workflows - Support for custom capture, custom agenda view, refile, log note, and other features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Legend (Moo.do) at 5.0 against Metanote's 4.3. Metanote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and review sentiment (73% vs 60%). 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
Both are free to download. Legend (Moo.do) sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Metanote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Legend (Moo.do) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Legend (Moo.do)'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Metanote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Legend (Moo.do) ships an update monthly, Metanote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Legend (Moo.do) | Metanote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moo.do LLC | 雪双 陈 |
Customer experience
Legend (Moo.do)
Metanote
In-app purchases
Legend (Moo.do)
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Pro Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$48.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly Subscription$107.991 Year
Metanote
- Metanote Premium$12.991 Year
- One-time purchase$19.99









