Cheetah Note vs BasicNotesApp
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
BasicNotesApp
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a simple note-taking application. Create individual notes and group them into custom folders for easy retrieval. Streamline your workflow and keep your information tidy.
- Create notes
- Create folders
- Organize notes
- Simple interface
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Create notes and folders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BasicNotesApp at 100% against Cheetah Note's 63%. BasicNotesApp also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). Cheetah Note's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BasicNotesApp holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cheetah Note has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Cheetah Note's written reviews are positive against 100% of BasicNotesApp's.
Cheetah Note ships an update fortnightly, BasicNotesApp every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheetah Note | BasicNotesApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seokhyeon Nam | Peter Roach |
Customer experience
Cheetah Note
BasicNotesApp
In-app purchases
Cheetah Note
No in-app purchases
BasicNotesApp
No in-app purchases
