Second Notes vs Thrive | To
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Second Notes
A text editor for creating notes with live Markdown formatting. Sync notes across your iOS devices and Mac via iCloud. Export notes as text files and import from other applications.
- Live Markdown formatting
- iCloud sync
- Cross-device compatibility (iOS/Mac)
- Export to text file
- Import from other apps
- Text search
- Keyboard shortcuts
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Second Notes is an text editor for making a note with Live Markdown in your iCloud folder. You can share the note with your iOS devices via Second Notes for Mac. And Live Markdown automatically indents lists and quoted strings, and changes font to bold or italic. ## Features - Typing text with Live Markdown - iCloud and Second Notes for iOS - Exporting a note as a text file to iCloud Drive - Importing a text file from other applications - Text search in whole Notes - Keyboard shortcuts - Autosaving - Dynamic Type
Thrive | To
Organize your tasks and goals to accomplish more in less time. This free application offers daily priorities, habit tracking, and note-taking. It also automatically syncs with its web version.
- Daily Priorities & Journal
- Habit Tracking
- Goal Tracking
- Notes
- Autosync with Web Version
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With Thrive you can easily keep track of the tasks & goals that matter to you most so you can get more done in less time. Thrive is 100% free to use and automatically syncs with the web version at https://www.thriveapp.one/ Features: - Daily Priorities & Journal - Habit Tracking - Goal Tracking - Notes - Autosync with Web Version
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thrive | To at 100% against Second Notes's 0%. Thrive | To also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Thrive | To is free to download; Second Notes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Second Notes ships an update every 6 months, Thrive | To every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Second Notes | Thrive | To |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goldbug Software | NETTRACK LLC |
Customer experience
Second Notes
Thrive | To
In-app purchases
Second Notes
No in-app purchases
Thrive | To
No in-app purchases
