Comparison

Transom Note vs ESCAIDE2023

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

ESCAIDE2023

Features
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Welcome to ESCAIDE 2023! This year, the conference is again in a hybrid format and the programme is packed with plenary sessions, abstract presentations and side events. This app is designed to host everything you need during ESCAIDE, whether in-person or online. You can find the programme, live-stream sessions, view the abstracts that will be presented, connect with other participants, visit info-stands and interact.

Screenshots

Transom Note4 screens
ESCAIDE20234 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ESCAIDE2023 at none against Transom Note's 1. ESCAIDE2023 also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Transom Note's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Transom Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ESCAIDE2023 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transom Note ships an update every 3 months, ESCAIDE2023 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Transom Note versus ESCAIDE2023: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransom NoteESCAIDE2023
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB178 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVoidMediaGOPA Com.

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

ESCAIDE2023

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Transom Note

One-time1
  • Prompt Credit$0.99
None

ESCAIDE2023

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transom Note free?
Transom Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ESCAIDE2023 free?
ESCAIDE2023 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Transom Note or ESCAIDE2023 have ads?
ESCAIDE2023 shows ads; Transom Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Transom Note or ESCAIDE2023?
Transom Note ships an update every 3 months, and ESCAIDE2023 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Transom Note was updated on November 1, 2026 and ESCAIDE2023 on November 3, 2026.

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