Comparison

Designs+ for UI Design vs Anecnote

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

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About

Designs+ for UI Design

Create two-dimensional skeletal outlines for webpages and apps. Design layouts, menu logic, and user interactions before final development. Share navigable versions or present them on an external screen.

Highlights
  • Create 2D skeletal outlines
  • Design layouts and menu logic
  • Publish navigable versions
  • 200+ customizable symbols
  • Add comments and reports
  • Share and import projects
  • Automatic pagination
Features
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A fast and versatile tool to create two-dimensional skeletal outlines of a webpage or an app. Design wireframes to describe layouts, the arrangement of the content, the logic of the menus...anything. Publish and share navigable versions of your schema or start a slideshow on the external screen. We designed this app to reduce drastically the space used on your device (less than 50 Mbytes), so you can work seamlessly on your device anywhere! Purpose: Describe the user interface's elements (e.g., how they interact) before developing the final version. This app is a powerful tool to enhance the potential of developers, UI designers, visual designers, business analysts. Key features: - Symbols and built-in mockups: more than 200 items (iPhone, iPad, basic websites, etc.) can be customized (font, size, color, text). - Comments: you can add notes to projects, pages, elements and include them in a report. - Reader Mode: presents on external screen while reading the contents of the storyboard. - Sharing: Share or import projects with other people using this app. - Publication: print or publish a navigable version of the project as a PDF or HTML file. - Storyboard: add comments to describe the screens and pages. - Automatic pagination: all elements in the page will resize and position automatically depending on the orientation of the iPad. - Links map: automatically generates reports to describe the relationship between the schemas (pages, user interfaces, etc.), the user navigation's logic. Provide clear guidelines. - Project management: organize your projects into groups, and share them. - Versioning: projects can be examined and stored between team members. Take a snapshot of a page, add a comment and share it with your colleagues. - Add external content: images and text can be inserted from the Clipboard as new elements on the page. - Safe: use this app on any network, even when you're not at your desk. All sharing features support encryption with passwords. Contact us directly for feedback, additional functionality, support, and refer to our website for more information and examples. Thank you.

About

Anecnote

Capture and organize your thoughts, memories, and important information with a powerful note-taking app. Utilize custom categories, tags, and smart views to easily filter and retrieve your notes when you need them most. Offers flexible in-app purchase options to unlock full potential.

Highlights
  • Flexible note creation with custom metadata
  • Smart views for advanced note filtering
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Custom URL scheme for external note creation
  • Categorization, tagging, and starring options
  • Actionable notes for to-do lists
Features
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Anecnote: Your Personal Note-Taking Companion and Memory Manager Unlock the power of Anecnote, the ultimate note-taking and management app designed for anyone who wants to capture their memories, quotes, advice, reviews, anecdotes, and more. Whether you’re journaling your travels, documenting personal experiences, storing interesting trivia or simply keeping track of important notes, Anecnote provides the flexibility and features you need. Its real superpower is being able to 'surface' your notes when you need them via the use of our powerful filtering system (called Smart views). It is the ultimate aide-memoire! FLEXIBLE NOTE MANAGEMENT Create notes for any and every purpose — memories, reviews, travelogues, journal entries, facts and more. Customise each note with relevant metadata to suit your needs: • Categories: Classify your notes by type (e.g., review, memory, anecdote, fact, trivia, journal).
 • Area: Contextualise your notes by assigning it an area (e.g. home, work, family, personal).
 • People: Tag individuals related to your notes for easy reference.
 • Source: If the content of the note is from a particular person (or website) then you can add that info in too • Tags: Add unlimited tags to describe your notes' content and subject matter.
 • Starred: Mark any note with a star to quickly add to a favourites list • Action required: Mark any note as needing some kind of action and it will show up in a Todo list of notes You can use as many or as few of these as you want/need to describe your notes. And if these default labels don't suit you can even change them to words that better relate to your use cases / language. SMART VIEWS Effortlessly filter your notes using built-in smart views (All Notes, Starred Items, Todos) or create Custom views tailored exactly to your needs. All of your added metadata is available for filtering purposes so you can create advanced filters to show just what you need. For example, view all Reviews for Movies with a 5-star rating or list all memories that involve your daughter etc. The options are endless! STREAMLINED READING Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience in any Smart View with the ability to view all note content at once, hiding metadata all metadata for a clean look.
 CUSTOM URL SCHEME Add notes from anywhere using the custom url scheme. For example you could use Shortcuts app to build prompts that ask you about your day that will create the all of the required content for a daily journal entry that gets automatically added to Anecnote. There are urls to create and open notes. IN-APP PURCHASING OPTIONS Unlock the full potential of Anecnote with our flexible in-app purchasing options: • Free Tier: Create up to 10 notes and 1 custom smart view.
 • Monthly Subscription: Enjoy unlimited notes and smart views, plus the ability to duplicate notes and smart views.
 • Annual Subscription: Get all the benefits of the monthly plan at a discounted rate.
 • Lifetime One-Off Payment: Make a single payment to unlock unlimited notes, smart views, and duplication features forever. Any of the above payment options unlocks UNLIMITED notes and smart views! They also enable the ability to duplicate notes and saved views as well as allowing importing of notes via a CSV file. WHY CHOOSE ANECNOTE? With a beautiful interface and extensive customisation options, Anecnote takes note-taking and memory management to a whole new level. Organise your thoughts, preserve your memories, and access your notes with ease. Start your journey of capturing life’s moments today! TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY: https://anecnote.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Designs+ for UI Design4 screens
Anecnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Anecnote at 100% against Designs+ for UI Design's 13%. Anecnote also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Designs+ for UI Design's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support 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

Anecnote is free to download; Designs+ for UI Design costs $8.99 up front. Anecnote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Designs+ for UI Design asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Designs+ for UI Design ships an update every 5 months, Anecnote monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Designs+ for UI Design versus Anecnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesigns+ for UI DesignAnecnote
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermorePaths.comStuart Marshall

Customer experience

Designs+ for UI Design

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

Anecnote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Designs+ for UI Design

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Anecnote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime purchase$24.99

Questions

Is Designs+ for UI Design free?
Designs+ for UI Design costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anecnote free?
Anecnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Designs+ for UI Design or Anecnote have ads?
Neither Designs+ for UI Design nor Anecnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Designs+ for UI Design or Anecnote?
Designs+ for UI Design ships an update every 5 months, and Anecnote monthly. Most recently, Designs+ for UI Design was updated on October 24, 2026 and Anecnote on October 24, 2026.

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