Comparison

Transom Note vs Danger Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Danger Notes

This app is designed to combat writer's block by requiring continuous typing to save your work. If you stop typing, all unsaved progress is permanently deleted, encouraging a consistent writing flow.

Highlights
  • Continuous typing required to save
  • Work deleted if typing stops
  • Fights writer's block
  • Encourages writing flow
  • Suitable for essays, books, and lyrics
Features
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Don’t stop typing. If you do, all your work will disappear and be gone forever. Danger Notes is the ultimate writing tool to help fight writer’s block. Whether you are writing a term paper, an essay, a book, your best-man speech, promising rap lyrics or just free writing, Danger Notes will help you fight writer’s block by forcing you to keep writing in order to save your progress from being deleted. The theory behind this wonderful writing tool, is that by pressuring you to keep writing, you will be forced to formulate an actual flow of written work instead of just staring at a blank document for 2 hours with no progress to show for. The more words you type the easier it will be to break past your writer's block and keep typing. Break writer's block with Danger Notes.

Screenshots

Transom Note4 screens
Danger Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Transom Note at none against Danger Notes's shown. Transom Note also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). Danger Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 84). On price, rating, 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. Transom Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Danger Notes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Danger Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Danger Notes has 2.3K ratings behind it against 84, 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 84% of Danger Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transom Note ships an update every 3 months, Danger Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Transom Note versus Danger Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransom NoteDanger Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (84 ratings)4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews83.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings842.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoidMediaVillegas Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Transom Note

All ratings82 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative28.3%

Danger Notes

All ratings2,294 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative8.5%

User reviews

Transom Note

From 84 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Beautifully simple interface
  • ✍️ Indispensable for writers
  • 💡 Great for organizing thoughts
  • 🚀 Easy to use and capture ideas
  • ✅ Helpful for multiple projects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 📉 Data loss after updates
  • 🔒 Login required for data access
  • 🗄️ Older versions preferred by some
  • 🚫 Lacks export options

Danger Notes

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Motivates writing
  • 👍 Helps with writer's block
  • 🚀 Boosts creativity
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Encourages writing without overthinking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Accidental deletion of work
  • 🔍 Inability to pause or resume writing sessions
  • 💡 Lack of formatting options (bold, italics, etc.)
  • 🐛 Overlapping text when reaching page limit
  • 💡 Inability to set word count goal instead of time

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

Danger Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Accidental deletion of work
  • Overlapping text when reaching page limit
  • Glitches after updating to iOS 16

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add writing prompts
  • Implement a pause/resume function
  • Provide formatting options
  • Allow setting word count goals
  • Add a way to export or share written work
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  • Offer a desktop version
  • Implement a daily writing reminder

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Transom Note

One-time1
  • Prompt Credit$0.99
5 purchases

Danger Notes

One-time5
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$0.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$1.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$2.99
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  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$3.99
  • Buy Me Coffee$4.99

Questions

Is Transom Note free?
Transom Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Danger Notes free?
Danger Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Transom Note or Danger Notes?
Danger Notes is rated higher. Transom Note averages 4.6 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Danger Notes averages 4.8 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Transom Note or Danger Notes have ads?
Danger Notes shows ads; Transom Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Transom Note or Danger Notes?
Transom Note ships an update every 3 months, and Danger Notes every 10 days. Most recently, Transom Note was updated on October 24, 2026 and Danger Notes on October 26, 2026.

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