Comparison

Notebook vs Budget & Expense Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Notebook

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and tasks with a versatile digital notebook. Create rich notes with text, files, audio, and video. Organize content visually, collaborate in real-time, and access everything across your devices.

Highlights
  • Rich note creation with text, files, audio, and video
  • Checklist creation for task management
  • Bookmark collection and offline reading
  • Kanban-style note organization
  • Real-time collaboration and sharing
  • AI-powered journaling suggestions
  • Cross-device and cloud synchronization
Features
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Zoho Notebook is a free, ad-free note-taking app for students, teams and researchers: capture, find and reuse what you write down — typed notes, Apple Pencil handwriting, voice recordings with AI transcription, checklists, files and document scans in one note. Syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and other devices. WHAT PEOPLE USE NOTEBOOK FOR 1. MEETING AND LECTURE NOTES Record with audio or video cards; Notebook AI turns it into searchable text with timestamps, so you jump straight to the decision instead of replaying it. Structured minutes with title, participants, decisions and action points sit in the note beside your highlights. Record screen and self at once; longer videos get chapters. 2. STUDY AND RESEARCH Record lectures and search the transcript weeks later. Scan textbooks and business cards, handwrite and sketch with Apple Pencil, use OCR to find text inside photos and handwritten notes, so nothing you captured becomes unfindable. A long note becomes an AI mind map before an exam. 3. TASKS, TO-DOS AND JOURNALING A dedicated To-Do tab sits alongside your notes: break work into subtasks, assign tasks to the right people, set due dates and priorities, and get reminders at the right time. Checklist cards keep shorter lists beside the note they belong to. Journaling prompts come from your own activity, easier to keep than a blank page. 4. FILES, SCANS, AND SAVED READING Add PDFs, Word docs and spreadsheets with file cards. Articles, videos, recipes and how-tos become Smart Cards, formatted automatically, readable offline and ad-free. Group it all into nested collections. QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK Is it free? Yes, with 500MB of free storage and no ads. Notebook Pro adds more storage, longer notes, larger attachments, Email-In to save emails as notes, premium covers, and custom recurring reminders. Can I move my notes from Evernote, Google Keep, or OneNote? Yes, with dedicated migration tools; it arrives organized. Is my data private? Notes are encrypted in transit and at rest. We never sell your data and never show ads. Lock notes or notebooks with a password, Touch ID or Face ID; previews stay hidden until unlocked. Does it work offline? Yes. Create, edit and read offline, then pick up on another device once it syncs to the cloud. What can Notebook AI do? Transcribe audio and video, build mind maps, summarize and simplify, fix grammar, set tone (casual, professional, friendly, direct, or confident), translate into any language, draft notes, checklists, tables, code or a template from a prompt, and suggest tags. Notebook AI is a separate add-on. Does it use on-device AI and Siri? Yes. An on-device Knowledge Graph links ideas across notebooks and answers questions from your own notes. Siri creates and updates notes by voice with the app closed, and On-Screen Awareness summarizes what's on screen without switching apps. Can I share with non-users? Yes. @mention people to collaborate in real time, or publish a public note or video by link. MORE INSIDE - Search by title, content, tag, collaborator, or notebook; filter by any card type, contact, or link; search within one note; sort by date or relevance, with auto-suggestions and recent searches, offline and across languages - iPhone: text-search audio notes, share via iMessage, dictate with Siri, recent notes from the Notification Bar, SharePlay in calls - iPad: drag and drop, split view, slide over, multiple windows, Stage Manager - Apple Watch: record audio, scribble notes, check off lists, add photo notes, record in one tap from a watch face complication - VoiceOver and a dark interface - Roll back to any of a note's last 10 versions Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled and are charged to your Apple Account. Prices vary by location. Manage in your account settings. Privacy - https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html Terms - https://www.zoho.com/terms.html

About

Budget & Expense Tracker

Easily track your daily expenses and manage your finances with this straightforward money manager. Record transactions in one click, categorize spending for detailed insights, and visualize your financial activity with informative charts. Plan budgets, track debts, and monitor savings to achieve your financial goals.

Highlights
  • Instant transaction recording
  • Category-based expense tracking
  • Financial activity charts
  • Budget planning
  • Debt and savings tracking
  • Offline backup and restore
Features
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Manage your expenses directly on your iPhone. Easily keep track of your finances. This app allows you to record your expenses easily. Optionally you can assign a category to your expense in order to get detailed statistics and helpful insights. Budget & Expense Tracker helps you track your financial activity efficiently. Its simple design makes it lightweight, straightforward, and very easy to use. It’s done in one click because you don’t need to fill anything except the amount. You need just a few seconds daily to save the amount and each spending purpose. No matter where you are just a couple of taps will save your expense. Expense Tracker makes managing personal finances as easy as pie! Now easily record your personal and business financial transactions, generate spending reports, review your daily, weekly and monthly financial data, and manage your assets with Budget Tracker's spending tracker and budget planner. How do you manage your budget and watch every dollar? With Budget & Expense Tracker, your financial organizer, and finance tracker, it’s simple. Each time you buy a coffee, pay a bill or make a daily purchase, you only need to add each expense you have — that's it! Just add new records each time you make a purchase. It’s done in one click, so you don’t need to fill anything except the amount. Tracking daily purchases, bills, and everything else you spend money on has never been so quick and enjoyable with this money manager. • ADD TRANSACTIONS INSTANTLY Add a new transaction with a single tap. All you have to enter is the amount. • EXPENSES AT A GLANCE Log every expenditure over the course of your day, and the app will show you where your money went on an informative chart. • BUDGET You can quickly and easily plan your income and expenses, which will help you avoid making accidental purchases. • TRACK DEBTS AND SAVINGS Keep an eye on the balances of all your accounts and reach your financial goals efficiently. Features - Clean and accessible user interface - Add or remove transactions, view entire transaction history, filter based on categories - Dashboard showing category wise summary of expenses and income, and your net balance - Filter summary and net balance based on current month, last month, and all time - View your biggest expense categories in order - Add or remove categories - Change currency symbol to your preference - Backup and restore (offline only) Unnecessary spending must be limited if the budget is to be properly managed. This money manager app also provides facilities for this. If so, Daily budget Monthly budget As a group budget. Analyzing the budget using current data is very important for making future decisions and predicting the future. Dental analysis can also be done easily with this application and various charts have been used to make it easier to understand. By considering these analytical data you can manage your income and expenses properly.

Screenshots

Notebook4 screens
Budget & Expense Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notebook at 73% against Budget & Expense Tracker's 0%. Notebook also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Budget & Expense Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). 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. Notebook sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Budget & Expense Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notebook holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notebook has 24K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Notebook's written reviews are positive against 0% of Budget & Expense Tracker's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Notebook versus Budget & Expense Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebookBudget & Expense Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationReal Vision Ltd

Customer experience

Notebook

All ratings23,855 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews1,797 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative17.6%

Budget & Expense Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Notebook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing notes
  • Syncing problems across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved sorting and reordering options for notes
  • Enhanced search capabilities
  • Ability to export notes in various formats
  • More customization options for notebook covers
  • Integration with other productivity apps

Budget & Expense Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Notebook

Subscriptions7
  • Notebook Pro$2.491 Month
  • Notebook Pro Plus$3.991 Month
  • Notebook AI$4.991 Month
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  • Notebook Personal$14.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro Plus$39.991 Year
  • Notebook AI$49.991 Year
None

Budget & Expense Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget & Expense Tracker free?
Budget & Expense Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notebook or Budget & Expense Tracker?
Notebook is rated higher. Notebook averages 4.7 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Budget & Expense Tracker averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notebook or Budget & Expense Tracker have ads?
Budget & Expense Tracker shows ads; Notebook does not.

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