Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch vs Nano Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
Instantly access your iPhone notes on your Apple Watch. Add notes on your phone and find them immediately on your wrist. A simple utility for quick note retrieval.
- Sync notes between iPhone and Apple Watch
- Instant note access on Apple Watch
- Simple note creation on iPhone
- View notes on your wrist
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Want to check your notes on Apple Watch? With this My Watch Notes app, you can check your notes on Apple Watch. After dropping notes on iPhone My Watch Notes app, you can find the notes on your Apple Watch instantly. Try it! How to use this app: 1. Add notes in iPhone app. 2. Open Watch App on Apple Watch. 3. You will see your notes instantly.
Nano Notes
Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple note-taking tool. Access and review your notes conveniently on your Apple Watch.
- Quick note creation
- Apple Watch access
- Simple interface
- Instant synchronization
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Take quick notes, and read them on your Apple Watch!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nano Notes at 83% against Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch's 0%. Nano Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nano Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nano Notes has 150 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch's written reviews are positive against 83% of Nano Notes's.
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch ships an update every 2 weeks, Nano Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch | Nano Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sing Fu Chan | Vincent Tourraine |
Customer experience
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
Nano Notes
Bugs and requests
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Nano Notes
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes
- Notes disappear after watch restart
- Notes not syncing between iPhone and iPad
- Blank screen when opening notes on phone app
- Cannot delete a note from the Apple Watch without phone interaction and watch restart
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- Notes deleted when Apple Watch turned off and on
- Notes not showing on Apple Watch
Requested features
10 requests- Add more object types (tables, drawings)
- Add complication shortcut to watch face
- Enable typing on the Watch
- Add iCloud syncing
- Add ability to edit/delete/add notes from Apple Watch
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- Add spell check
- Enable microphone dictation on Apple Watch
- Support for shortcuts (share notes to app)
- Pin notes to avoid reordering
- Automatic iCloud synchronization
In-app purchases
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
No in-app purchases
Nano Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch free?
Is Nano Notes free?
Which has better reviews, Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch or Nano Notes?
Do Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch or Nano Notes have ads?
Which is updated more often, Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch or Nano Notes?
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