Comparison

Notebook vs Belong Austria

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

Belong Austria

Features
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Austrian citizenship takes years. Belong Austria keeps the count honest, from today to the day you can apply and through the wait after. Answer a few questions and Belong Austria shows your real distance to citizenship: which route applies, what you have met and what still stands between you and the decision. YOUR ROUTE, CLEARLY The ten year standard route, the six year route for strong integration with B2 German or B1 plus sustained community work and the six year route for the spouse of an Austrian citizen Every requirement explained: lawful uninterrupted residence, a settled residence status, German at B1, the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung, a secure livelihood and an irreproachable record Each rule dated and sourced: the Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz, the BMI and your provincial citizenship office. STAGE ONE: DAUERAUFENTHALT – EU After 5 settled years, permit renewals stop. The Path tab shows its requirements, with your years counted Add the day your permit ends: a countdown, the 3 month window to extend and a reminder in time A SECOND PERSON ON THE SAME IPHONE Add your partner or another adult and they get their own count: route, years, trips. A trip you took together is logged once and counted for both. Send the app to a friend from the You tab AFTER YOU APPLY Tell the app the day you filed and it follows the wait: days since filing against the six months the law gives your provincial office to decide THE PASSPORT AT THE END The real cover, with validity, fee, where to apply and dual citizenship, linked to the source. Add your name and photo TRAIN FOR THE REAL TEST 1,003 questions for the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung in the regulation's own chapters, five a day with a reminder, a mistakes deck and a progress screen A mock at the real pace. Six of the 18 real questions are on your Bundesland, which this app does not write, so the mock asks the 12 it can and gives a score, not a verdict Written by Belong Austria from the official subject areas, not by the BMI. In German, with an English study line. Five guides on the test STAY INFORMED News from The Local Austria inside the app, with optional alerts. The stories are The Local's and some need their subscription WHAT'S COMING The dates ahead, on your dashboard: residence time complete, a trip ending, a permit ending, a document expiring. Optional alerts, a handful a year ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Four widgets: residence time so far, days abroad against your budget, today's five and the newest story from The Local YOUR DOCUMENTS, ON YOUR IPHONE Attach the evidence for each requirement and note when it expires. Documents stay on your iPhone, encrypted by iOS while it is locked and never uploaded TRACK WHAT MATTERS Log trips abroad, or plan one before you book. More than 20 percent of your required period abroad can restart your residence clock. Belong Austria says so before it surprises you Try a What if scenario and see how your finish line would move. The real rules on a copy, nothing saved THE RULES MAY MOVE Dual citizenship is generally not allowed: you give up your previous nationality before the award. A reform is announced, B2 German and a citizenship course, but none of it is law yet HONEST BY DESIGN No fake finish dates. Belong Austria tells you what is in your hands, what is not and what the next step is. An independent app by Belong Europe ApS, not a government service. A tracker, not legal advice: verify your case with your provincial citizenship office or a lawyer. Questions: hello@belongeurope.com Belong Austria Pro is an auto-renewable yearly subscription (€34.99/year) with a 7 day free trial, charged to your Apple Account. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and conditions: https://terms.belongaustria.app Privacy policy: https://privacy.belongaustria.app

Screenshots

Notebook4 screens
Belong Austria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Notebook at 3 against Belong Austria's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Belong Austria sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook ships an update every 6 days, Belong Austria every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notebook versus Belong Austria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebookBelong Austria
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings24K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationBelong Europe ApS

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

Belong Austria

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
Show 4 more
  • Notebook Personal$14.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro Plus1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • Notebook AI$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Belong Austria

Subscriptions1
  • Belong Austria Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Belong Austria free?
Belong Austria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebook or Belong Austria have ads?
Neither Notebook nor Belong Austria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook or Belong Austria?
Notebook ships an update every 6 days, and Belong Austria every 4 days. Most recently, Notebook was updated on November 5, 2026 and Belong Austria on October 31, 2026.

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