Notes for Watch vs Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes for Watch
Access and manage your notes directly from your wrist. This app allows you to import existing notes or create new ones by dictation, making them available offline on your Apple Watch. It integrates with Siri for quick access and supports various languages.
- Import notes from iOS
- Create and delete notes on Apple Watch
- Offline note access
- Dictate note content
- Optional note titles
- Siri integration
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How many times did you have to take out your iPhone from your pocket only to check a simple note? This will never be a problem again with Notes for Watch. - Import notes from the official Notes app or just paste them in the app. - Immediately transfer notes to your Apple Watch app. Read them even offline. - Create and delete notes from your Apple Watch by dictating the content. - No need to always come up with a note's title, it's optional so you can create notes as quickly as possible on the go. - Uses your device default font size preference for an optimal reading experience. - Ask Siri to show, create or append your NotesWatch notes. - Localized in 8 languages. - Supports iOS 11 and watchOS 4. We're always listening to your feedback. Just get in touch with us from the settings section of the app and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!
Hero
This app helps you save, organize, and search your web links. It offers smart link previews and allows you to categorize bookmarks with tags. Easily save links from other applications using the share extension.
- Save and organize bookmarks
- Smart link previews
- Search and filter bookmarks
- Organize with tags
- Share extension for saving links
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Save, organize and search your bookmarks with Hero. View your bookmarks as a grid of beautiful, smart link previews - Link previews that adjust to the content of the bookmark. Search and filter your bookmarks - Easily find what you're looking for by searching all of your bookmarks. - Sift through your tagged bookmarks using the filter feature. Organize your bookmarks using tags - Keep all your bookmarks categorized by creating and applying tags. Easily save links from other apps to Hero using the built in share extension - Never lose a link by sharing it to Hero without leaving the app you're using.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hero at 100% against Notes for Watch's 23%. Hero also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Notes for Watch's advantage is ratings volume (523 vs 3) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Hero is free to download; Notes for Watch costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes for Watch has 523 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Notes for Watch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hero's.
Notes for Watch ships an update every 2 months, Hero every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes for Watch | Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (523 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 523 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Patrick Balestra | Corner Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Notes for Watch
Hero
Bugs and requests
Notes for Watch
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes not syncing between devices
- Dictation not working on Apple Watch
- App crashing or freezing
- Inconsistent behavior when adding or editing notes
Requested features
4 requests- Improved sync between iPhone and Apple Watch
- More customization options
- Support for checklists and advanced note-taking features
- Better interface and controls on Apple Watch
Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notes for Watch
No in-app purchases
Hero
No in-app purchases
