Transom Note vs Wavelets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transom Note
Capture, tag, and organize your writing ideas effortlessly. This app helps writers keep track of every thought, project, and tag, making it easy to retrieve them when inspiration strikes. Export your notes in various formats for seamless integration into your writing workflow.
- Capture and tag ideas
- Organize thoughts by project
- Search by tag or project
- Archive or delete notes
- Export notes as PDF, CSV, or rich-text
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Made for writers, by writers, Transom lets you capture and tag every little scrap of an idea so that you can easily find it whenever you're ready to write — without having to fumble through emails-to-self, messy notebooks, and clunky multi-purpose apps. How it works: create a Thought to add it to your Transom notes. Easily add Tags and file it under a Project. When it's time to sit down and write, all those brilliant little gems will be right at your fingertips (and not buried in that old notebook — no, the other one. Or was it in an email?). Search by Tag, Project name, or use simple keyword search. Once you've used a Thought, archive or delete it to declutter your list. And if you want to copy your Thoughts to something long-form, export a custom list of Thoughts as PDF, CSV, rich-text file. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: help@wearetransom.com.
Wavelets
Capture fleeting thoughts, ideas, and reminders with a beautifully designed note-taking application. Seamlessly sync your notes across devices and access them quickly through integrated search and widgets.
- Spontaneous idea capture
- Short note storage
- Small reminder management
- Spotlight Search integration
- Today Widget support
- Apple Watch compatibility
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Wavelets stores your spontaneous ideas, short notes, small reminders or thoughts in a simple and very beautiful way! Of course with support for - the Spotlight Search - the Today Widget - AND (not quite so obvious) the Apple Watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Transom Note at 70% against Wavelets's 0%. Transom Note also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (82 vs 3). Wavelets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). 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. Transom Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wavelets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transom Note holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transom Note has 82 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Transom Note's written reviews are positive against 0% of Wavelets's.
Transom Note ships an update every 3 months, Wavelets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transom Note | Wavelets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (82 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VoidMedia | Hartmut Albers |
Customer experience
Transom Note
Wavelets
Bugs and requests
Transom Note
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes while writing
- App crashes when holding on a tag
- App crashes when adding emojis
- App crashes upon opening after updates
- Notes doubled up after login
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- Unable to change associated email/password
- Notes not saving
- App crashes immediately on startup
- All notes disappeared
- New update made app inaccessible
- App crashes on 9.3.2
- App won't open, flashes back to home screen
Requested features
16 requests- Add image support
- Word count per day display
- More font choices
- Emoji support
- Assign tags to projects
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- Set category for tags
- Dark mode
- Filter by multiple tags
- Export in text/document format
- Add photos to places and pin to map
- Change work title
- Group notes/books
- Add 'Idea' section within projects
- Add new categories of notes to a project
- Settings menu functionality
- Working feedback link
Wavelets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Transom Note
- Prompt Credit$0.99
Wavelets
No in-app purchases
