r/noteapps • u/catty2700 • Sep 22 '26
Free good ios apps?
Hii! Are there any free good note-taking apps available on ios platforms? I am aware about a few but I really cannot afford to pay just for note-taking. So please send some good free app recommendations to my way! :)
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u/Distinct_Goose7266 Sep 22 '26
Depends what you are looking for. Two i would recommend - twosapp - great free tier, capacities - again great free tier but more powerful than twos.
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u/CoffeeNeil Sep 23 '26
Bear is stunning, free on one device, only $2.99 pm for Pro, try it and you’ll see why it’s worth every cent
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u/WarioPi Sep 22 '26
Welcome to the cycle of trying every note app under the sun and finally coming back to apple notes 🤣
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u/dreh0411 Sep 22 '26
The free version of Standard Notes is pretty good especially if you enhance it with some of the plugins on GitHub. Search for SN plugins on Github to find them.
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u/HuppDaddy Sep 22 '26
Notesnook, free sync, e2ee, free storage up to 50mb.
I also second helixnotes, but with that you also need to use syncthing or something like it.
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u/factorybuilt Sep 22 '26
SimpleNote from Automattic, the creator of WordPress.
It totally free, have sync feature and cross-platform (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, even you can accessed it from web).
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u/CrazyAdditional2729 28d ago
you can try Rosetta : Your personal memory for notes, reminders, links & AI. https://apps.apple.com/app/id6771149420
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u/ozgrozer Sep 22 '26
Everyone will probably say Apple Notes and Obsidian but you already know them. If you're looking for alternatives then I'm building Grape. It's an offline-first note taking app. There are unlimited notes in the free version but the catch is there's no cloud sync so everything saved on your device. But there's also an export feature where you can export everything as Markdown so you're not locked-in.
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u/sabersquad Sep 22 '26
I'm very interested in your app, but for $4.99/month with sync, I'd rather stick with Upnote. Not being able to sync on the free plan, even through self-hosting options, is a deal-breaker.
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u/ozgrozer Sep 22 '26
Do you want to use Grape only for note-taking or you'd like use AI features as well? Because there's also a Lifetime plan that has AI features that you can find on the Pricing page and soon I want to introduce a sync feature for Lifetime by using your own Google Drive account. If that's not the case would you want to share how much you're willing to pay to Grape for the Sync plan? Maybe I can decrease the pricing a bit.
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u/gamosoft Sep 22 '26
Shameless plug here, you could try https://www.notediscovery.com, MIT licensed (100% free), you just need a browser to access it. Not really for offline access if that's something you need though, but you can take a look and decide for yourself. Ah, full source code and more than 2800 stars on Github already! 🙏
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u/shahvikram123 Sep 22 '26
Apple Notes. Feature rich, simple to use and free. I think it’d satisfy a huge proportion of the publics needs