Cheetah Note vs Shortnotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cheetah Note
A straightforward yet capable application for capturing and organizing your thoughts. It offers features like note archiving, editing history, and seamless cloud synchronization. Access your notes across multiple Apple devices and integrate with system-wide search and shortcuts.
- Note archiving
- Editing history
- iCloud sync
- Backup functionality
- Widget support
- Apple Watch app
- Shortcuts integration
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Cheetah Note is a simple yet powerful note app. - Archive notes - Editing history - iCloud sync - Backup - Widget - Apple Watch app - iMessage app - Actions for Shortcuts - Spotlight search - Custom keyboard
Shortnotes
Capture and organize small pieces of information like codes, names, or license plates. Access your quick references across all your Apple devices, with options to add tags, photos, and even import notes from your desktop.
- Simple note adding and deleting
- Attach images to notes
- Speech input for notes
- Organize notes in folders
- Filter notes by tags
- iCloud synchronization
- Today Widget and Apple Watch support
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Shortnotes is perfect for all the little stuff that is not a "real" note. Your colleague's name, license plate, codes, room numbers, medicine names etc. Just put them down in one place and access them on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Organize your notes in folders, attach tags and photos. View your favorite notes in the Today Widget. For pupils and students: now it's possible to prepare also large notes on your desktop computer and import them later in Shortnotes! Good luck ;-) Features: - Simple adding and deleting notes - Attaching images to the notes - Text formatting options - Create notes using speech input - Export as text file (.rtf) - Organize your short notes in folders - Changing the sort order of the notes - Favorites view - Filter notes by tags - Favorite notes are displayed in the App Widget (Today Extension) - iCloud-synchronisation. All of your notes are automatically synchronised between your devices like iPhone, iPad or Mac using iCLoud. Shortnotes Pro: - Import of the text files (.txt .rtf) - Favorite notes are displayed on your Apple Watch - Your purchase will help support the ongoing development of Shortnotes!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cheetah Note at none against Shortnotes's 1. Cheetah Note also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (63% vs 46%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Shortnotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cheetah Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cheetah Note holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Cheetah Note's written reviews are positive against 46% of Shortnotes's.
Cheetah Note ships an update fortnightly, Shortnotes monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheetah Note | Shortnotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better | 4.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 46.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seokhyeon Nam | Ilya Gorodnyanskiy |
Customer experience
Cheetah Note
Shortnotes
In-app purchases
Cheetah Note
No in-app purchases
Shortnotes
- Shortnotes Pro$3.99
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