Antinote vs Numi

Antinote

• Mac users who want a throwaway pad beside their main notes app
• Quick sums, conversions and what-if calculations written in words
• Keyboard-driven users of Raycast or Alfred

Numi

• Mac users doing quick sums with currencies, units or percentages
• Keeping a running calculation with labels and comments beside the numbers
• Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription

Antinote

• It runs on macOS 14 or later only. The vendor plans no Windows or Linux version; an iOS app is in development with an October 2026 release date.
• Notes are plain text with no fonts, colors or styles, and the vendor says very long notes get laggy.
• There are no folders or tags: it is built for short-lived notes that get exported elsewhere when worth keeping.
• iCloud sync, added in version 2.0, is optional and off until switched on; notes otherwise stay in a local SQLite database.

Numi

• The Windows build is labelled a preview and the Linux desktop app is listed as coming soon; on Linux only the terminal version is available.
• The terminal version does not yet support dates, time zone conversion, variables, plugins or the sum, prev and avg tokens.
• Unlimited notes and iCloud sync need the paid license, and the changelog says creating a new note requires activation.
• The buy page shows no price before checkout; $29.99 is the US price from the Paddle checkout that the Buy button opens.

Antinote

Swipe-through temporary notes

A two-finger swipe moves between notes, and swiping past the newest one starts another. Notes can delete themselves, and there are no folders or tags to manage.

Plain text with paste cleanup

Notes are plain text with simple Markdown. Pasting strips formatting, bullets and indentation, pasted links are shortened, and a dropped image becomes text through macOS OCR.

Inline math and conversions

With math on the first line, calculations are worked out as you type beside your own wording. Named variables recalculate, and currencies, crypto, distances and weights convert inline.

Checklists, timers and AutoPaste

Other first-line keywords change what a note does: list makes a checklist, timer runs a stopwatch, countdown or pomodoro, and paste collects everything copied afterwards.

Global hotkey and display modes

Option-A brings the app up from inside any other app. It can live in the Dock, the menu bar or a dropdown, show over full-screen apps and be pinned on top.

Export and automation

A note can be sent to Apple Notes, Obsidian or Bear, or exported as txt, Markdown or PDF. URL schemes, Shortcuts, Raycast, Alfred and JavaScript extensions can drive the app.

Numi

Calculations written as text

Type an expression in words or symbols, such as a dollar amount in euros minus a percentage discount, and Numi answers it. Word operators such as plus, times and divide by work alongside signs.

Currency and unit conversion

Converts currencies by ISO code, name or sign, with rates updated several times a day, plus cryptocurrencies and units of length, area, volume, weight, temperature, data and CSS.

Time zones and dates

Shows the current time for a city or time zone, converts a given time from one zone to another, and handles date arithmetic such as today plus two weeks.

Variables, sums and averages

Values can be assigned to variables and reused on later lines. The prev token refers to the previous line's result, and sum and average work on the lines above.

JavaScript plugins

Extensions written in JavaScript add global variables, custom units and custom functions. The documentation says only a limited part of the API is exposed so far.

Terminal version and Alfred workflow

A command-line version, numi-cli, installs on macOS and Linux, and an Alfred workflow built on it answers expressions typed into the launcher.

Antinote

• Antinote$5

  one-time purchase

  A license for the Mac app with lifetime updates and no subscription. Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.

Numi

• Free download$0

  Numi without activation. The changelog says creating a new note requires a license.

• Numi License$29.99

  one-time purchase (US price at the Paddle checkout)

  Activates unlimited notes and iCloud sync. Sold through Paddle, which the buy page names as reseller and merchant of record.

• Setapp$14.99

  per month, through a Setapp membership

  The Mac app as part of the Setapp catalog. Setapp's Numi listing prices membership from $14.99 a month, free for 7 days.

Antinote

• Other savings

  Free license for charity donors and volunteers

  The FAQ says that describing a donation you made or volunteer work you did in the #charity-offer channel on the Antinote Discord earns a free lifetime license.

Numi

No public discounts listed.