Notes

Apple Inc.

4.84star630,431 ratings

ProductivityNote-taking apps shelfNo in-app purchasesUpdated Dec 12, 2025

Biggest complaint · Sync & data

18.9%

25 of 132 negatives · store typical 2.2%

Recent reviews negative

35%

its 11 shelf rivals run 44% · 372 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Ratings.

5.0out of 5

631,389 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

5577,383

431,798

38,706

23,615

19,887

5 decisions.

Investigate sync & data first

extreme · 18.9% of this app’s 132 negative reviews, against 2.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 18.9%; 25 of 132
its shelf: 14.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.2%; typical

Watch performance

elevated · 25% of this app’s 132 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 25%; 33 of 132
its shelf: 26.6%; rivals only
store-wide: 16.9%; typical

Watch limits & caps

elevated · 3.8% of this app’s 132 negative reviews, against 2.8% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 3.8%; 5 of 132
its shelf: 8.4%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.8%; typical

Billing is at typical — skip it

1.5% of this app’s 132 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide, which is normal for the store.

n = 2. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 1.5%; 2 of 132
its shelf: 28.9%; rivals only
store-wide: 32.1%; typical

Protect ux, login & auth, accuracy and support

UX, Login & auth, Accuracy, Support all run well below the store’s typical rate.

n = 24. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

UX0.8% of 132 · shelf 3.4% · store 2.9%
Login & auth6.8% of 132 · shelf 5.4% · store 13.2%
Accuracy6.1% of 132 · shelf 7.5% · store 11.5%
Support4.5% of 132 · shelf 8.7% · store 9.2%

The shelf in numbers

All 12 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Sync & data
Notability: AI Notes & Planner	452,978	25.6%
Notes	630,431	18.9%
Notes+ : Notes for Pencil	3,071	17.1%
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF	443,545	13.2%
Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes	44,947	12.7%
SuperNotes Note Taking App	614	11.1%
Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes	6,226	10.1%
Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup	22,969	9.1%
CollaNote: Notes & PDF Markup	13,478	8.4%
QuickNotes X: Notes, AI & PDF	3,750	6.1%
Freenotes®: AI Notes Taking	57,748	6.1%
Notegpt - Note Taking AI	786	0%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across note-taking apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the note-taking apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.