One ladder, transparent at every rung
Reading, commenting, booking a session, unlocking a locked journal, and buying merch are always free to do. Publishing your own journal opens the ladder below — the more you commit to the platform, the less commission NotesApp takes on what you earn through it.
Pay without entering your card each time: top up your NotesApp Credit wallet from ₦1,000 (₦5,000 and more adds Bonus Credits), by card or with a tap of your card through Paylony CardTap (its 1% fee, at most ₦1,000, at cost), and use it for boosts, the verification badge, adverts, gifts, shop items and sessions. Credit can't be cashed out.
Publishers set their own prices — sessions from ₦5,000 to ₦500,000, monthly journal subscriptions from ₦1,000 to ₦100,000. The commission below comes out of each paid session or subscription; you're paid to your verified bank account after the session (subscriptions after a 7-day dispute window). Nana AI helps with drafts, posts for LinkedIn and X, and messages on every plan: each plan has a free Nana allowance that refreshes every week, bigger on higher plans, with Pearl on every plan, Emerald on Business and Enterprise and Ruby on Enterprise. Nana credit, bought on the Nana page by card or from your wallet, is used after the allowance and never expires, and questions asked before are answered free. You can also connect your own AI account (about Nana).
Free Standard
₦0
free forever
Read, comment, book sessions and buy.
Compare this planFree Basic
₦0
free forever
Sessions and subscriptions: 35% commission.
Compare this planPro
₦5,000/month
or ₦50,000/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime
Sessions and subscriptions: 25% commission · 25% ad share.
Compare this planBusiness
₦25,000/month
or ₦250,000/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime
Sessions and subscriptions: 15% commission · 45% ad share.
Compare this planEnterprise
Starting from ₦55,000+/month
or ₦550,000+/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime · rates and seats agreed with us
Sessions and subscriptions: Custom (from 10%+) commission · 65% ad share.
Compare this plan
| Feature | Free Standard ₦0 free forever | Free Basic ₦0 free forever | Pro ₦5,000/month or ₦50,000/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime | Business ₦25,000/month or ₦250,000/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime | Enterprise Starting from ₦55,000+/month or ₦550,000+/year (2 months free) · cancel anytime · rates and seats agreed with us |
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| Can publish? | No — read & engage only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can co-author? | Accept an invite once you have Free Basic | Join as a co-author when invited | Yes — lead posts with up to 4 co-authors (view or edit the draft), or join one | Yes — lead posts with up to 4 co-authors (view or edit the draft), or join one | Yes — lead posts with up to 4 co-authors (view or edit the draft), or join one |
| Ad revenue share | — | 0% (ads run, no share) | 25% of the ad revenue on your pages if you opt in — paid monthly after review | 45% of the ad revenue on your pages if you opt in — paid monthly after review | 65% of the ad revenue on your pages if you opt in — paid monthly after review |
| Commission on sessions, subscriptions & gifts | — | NotesApp takes 35% | NotesApp takes 25% | NotesApp takes 15% | NotesApp takes Custom (from 10%+) |
| Verified badge ✔ | Add-on: ₦999/month | Add-on: ₦999/month | Add-on: ₦999/month | Included free | Included free |
| Paid 1:1 sessions | Book & pay only | You set the price: ₦5,000 – ₦500,000 | You set the price: ₦5,000 – ₦500,000 | You set the price: ₦5,000 – ₦500,000 | You set the price: ₦5,000 – ₦500,000 |
| Monthly journal subscriptions | Subscribe & unlock only | You set the price: ₦1,000 – ₦100,000/month | You set the price: ₦1,000 – ₦100,000/month | You set the price: ₦1,000 – ₦100,000/month | You set the price: ₦1,000 – ₦100,000/month |
| Gifts from readers | Send gifts | Receive gifts of ₦200 – ₦500,000 with Gift me on your profile and on every post | Receive gifts of ₦200 – ₦500,000 with Gift me on your profile and on every post | Receive gifts of ₦200 – ₦500,000 with Gift me on your profile and on every post | Receive gifts of ₦200 – ₦500,000 with Gift me on your profile and on every post |
| Post boosts | — | From ₦3,000 · no commission · undelivered impressions refunded | From ₦3,000 · no commission · undelivered impressions refunded | From ₦3,000 · no commission · undelivered impressions refunded | From ₦3,000 · no commission · undelivered impressions refunded |
| Discount codes & coupons | Use codes and save coupons; Nana applies the best one at checkout | Make codes for your products, show them as coupons and share them as cards · commission on what the buyer paid | Make codes for your products, show them as coupons and share them as cards · commission on what the buyer paid | Make codes for your products, show them as coupons and share them as cards · commission on what the buyer paid | Make codes for your products, show them as coupons and share them as cards · commission on what the buyer paid |
| Referrals | A friend's first month of a plan free; you earn 20% of their plan payments for 12 months | A friend's first month of a plan free; you earn 20% of their plan payments for 12 months | A friend's first month of a plan free; you earn 20% of their plan payments for 12 months | A friend's first month of a plan free; you earn 20% of their plan payments for 12 months | A friend's first month of a plan free; you earn 20% of their plan payments for 12 months |
| Affiliate marketplace | Promote products for a share of each sale · cash from ₦2,000, or Credit with 10% more | Promote products for a share of each sale; set your own share (up to 50%) on yours · cash from ₦2,000, or Credit with 10% more | Promote products for a share of each sale; set your own share (up to 50%) on yours · cash from ₦2,000, or Credit with 10% more | Promote products for a share of each sale; set your own share (up to 50%) on yours · cash from ₦2,000, or Credit with 10% more | Promote products for a share of each sale; set your own share (up to 50%) on yours · cash from ₦2,000, or Credit with 10% more |
| Payouts to your bank | — | Sessions after they happen · subscriptions & gifts after 7 days · event tickets after the event | Sessions after they happen · subscriptions & gifts after 7 days · event tickets after the event | Sessions after they happen · subscriptions & gifts after 7 days · event tickets after the event | Sessions after they happen · subscriptions & gifts after 7 days · event tickets after the event |
| Physical goods sold in your store | — | NotesApp takes 6% of the item price (delivery fee is yours) — buyer's money is held until delivery is confirmed | NotesApp takes 4% of the item price (delivery fee is yours) — buyer's money is held until delivery is confirmed | NotesApp takes 2.5% of the item price (delivery fee is yours) — buyer's money is held until delivery is confirmed | NotesApp takes Custom (from 1%+) of the item price (delivery fee is yours) — buyer's money is held until delivery is confirmed |
| Digital downloads sold in your store | — | NotesApp takes 9% of the price — instant download after payment, final once downloaded (no refunds) | NotesApp takes 6% of the price — instant download after payment, final once downloaded (no refunds) | NotesApp takes 4% of the price — instant download after payment, final once downloaded (no refunds) | NotesApp takes Custom (from 1.5%+) of the price — instant download after payment, final once downloaded (no refunds) |
| View-only files & video courses | — | Upgrade to Pro — downloads only | Yes — sell PDFs and video lessons that buyers watch or read here, with no download, on up to 2 devices | Yes — sell PDFs and video lessons that buyers watch or read here, with no download, on up to 2 devices | Yes — sell PDFs and video lessons that buyers watch or read here, with no download, on up to 2 devices |
| Courses in Notes Academy | Take free courses, or buy paid ones by card, bank transfer or wallet; a certificate on a free course costs from ₦999 | Free courses, free to publish, with lessons from your own YouTube. Learners pay from ₦999 plus your margin for the certificate | Free courses, and paid courses with text lessons, PDFs and YouTube, for the same fee as your digital items (6%) | Free and paid courses, including your own uploaded videos, for the same fee as your digital items (4%); teach as your organisation, with co-tutors | Free and paid courses, and two packages on top of Enterprise: Enterprise Courses (₦100,000/month) and the Enterprise Academy API (from ₦250,000/month plus usage) |
| Quizzes on courses | Take quizzes, marked straight away; try again as often as you like | Add quizzes with a pass mark to any course, free or paid; marked straight away | Add quizzes with a pass mark to any course, free or paid; marked straight away | Add quizzes with a pass mark to any course, free or paid; marked straight away | Add quizzes with a pass mark to any course, free or paid; marked straight away |
| Links out to other shops | — | Only your one profile link and links inside your posts — stores sell through #NotesApp checkout | Only your one profile link and links inside your posts — stores sell through #NotesApp checkout | Only your one profile link and links inside your posts — stores sell through #NotesApp checkout | Only your one profile link and links inside your posts — stores sell through #NotesApp checkout |
| Video on posts | Watch videos on any post | One video per post (MP4 or WebM, up to 3 minutes and 100 MB), played in our own player · 2 uploads a week | One video per post (MP4 or WebM, up to 3 minutes and 100 MB), played in our own player · 7 uploads a week | One video per post (MP4 or WebM, up to 3 minutes and 100 MB), played in our own player · 14 uploads a week | One video per post (MP4 or WebM, up to 3 minutes and 100 MB), played in our own player · 30 uploads a week |
| Team seats | — | 1 — the owner | 1 — the owner | 4 — the owner plus 3 team members (clerk, rider, supervisor). The Team hub and team messages are coming as a paid add-on for Business and Enterprise after our internal testing | As many as you need, agreed with us. The Team hub and team messages are coming as a paid add-on for Business and Enterprise after our internal testing |
| Parcel tracking & escrow | — | Buyer's money held until delivery · parcel ID · no-login hand-over links for riders and drivers | Buyer's money held until delivery · parcel ID · no-login hand-over links for riders and drivers | Buyer's money held until delivery · parcel ID · no-login hand-over links for riders and drivers | Buyer's money held until delivery · parcel ID · no-login hand-over links for riders and drivers |
| Paid event tickets | Buy tickets, each with its own QR code | From ₦100, a QR code each, check-in at the door · NotesApp takes 35% | From ₦100, a QR code each, check-in at the door · NotesApp takes 25% | From ₦100, a QR code each, check-in at the door · NotesApp takes 15% | From ₦100, a QR code each, check-in at the door · NotesApp takes Custom (from 10%+) |
| Giving in communities | No commission: a charge like a bank transfer (₦10 up to ₦5,000, ₦25 up to ₦50,000, ₦50 above), plus the card charge at cost by card · up to ₦20,000 a gift until verified | No commission: a charge like a bank transfer (₦10 up to ₦5,000, ₦25 up to ₦50,000, ₦50 above), plus the card charge at cost by card · up to ₦20,000 a gift until verified | No commission: a charge like a bank transfer (₦10 up to ₦5,000, ₦25 up to ₦50,000, ₦50 above), plus the card charge at cost by card · up to ₦20,000 a gift until verified | No commission: a charge like a bank transfer (₦10 up to ₦5,000, ₦25 up to ₦50,000, ₦50 above), plus the card charge at cost by card · up to ₦20,000 a gift until verified | No commission: a charge like a bank transfer (₦10 up to ₦5,000, ₦25 up to ₦50,000, ₦50 above), plus the card charge at cost by card · up to ₦20,000 a gift until verified |
| Inventory | — | Add-on: ₦1,500/month after a free 15-day trial | Add-on: ₦1,500/month after a free 15-day trial | Included: stock per item and option, SKUs, cost prices, low-stock alerts, the history of every change, spreadsheet in and out | Included: stock per item and option, SKUs, cost prices, low-stock alerts, the history of every change, spreadsheet in and out |
| Shipments for logistics businesses | — | The logistics add-on: ₦4,500/month, with a 15-day free trial and no card · shipments, rider hand-off links and a listing in the logistics network | The logistics add-on: ₦4,500/month, with a 15-day free trial and no card · shipments, rider hand-off links and a listing in the logistics network | Book shipments for your customers, rider hand-off links, and a Track page on your own site · list your business in the logistics network so stores can choose you · deliveries are paid by the customer | Book shipments for your customers, rider hand-off links, and a Track page on your own site · list your business in the logistics network so stores can choose you · deliveries are paid by the customer |
| Your own site | — | At naapp.tech/s/username: the Personal and Academics kits, the Clean, Scholar and Legacy looks with colour sets, a banner with buttons, hours, prices, gallery, testimonials, team, answers, publications, awards, talks and news, Journals, Shop and Courses | Also the 12 business kits (Fashion, Food & baking, Services, Healthcare, Beauty and wellness (spa, massage, hair, nails), Fitness, Events, Electronics, Motor parts, Solar, Real estate), the Aurora and Maroon looks, and your own brand colour | Every kit, including Schools and Churches/NGOs, and Track, on your own domain too | Every kit, including Schools and Churches/NGOs, and Track, on your own domain too |
| Your own domain | — | With Business and Enterprise; until then your site is at /s/username | With Business and Enterprise; until then your site is at /s/username | Serve your page, journals and store on notes.yourbrand.com or yourbrand.com — your /u/username page stays the default home, and you can switch back any time. Your site: every kit, the Clean, Legacy, Aurora or Maroon look with your colours, your sections, Journals, Shop, Courses and Track, and About and Contact pages. Semi white-label: the footer reads “Your name is powered by #NotesApp” and emails go out under #NotesApp's name on your behalf | Serve your page, journals and store on notes.yourbrand.com or yourbrand.com — your /u/username page stays the default home, and you can switch back any time. Your site: every kit, the Clean, Legacy, Aurora or Maroon look with your colours, your sections, Journals, Shop, Courses and Track, and About and Contact pages. Full white label: visitors sign in and sign up in a window in your name and logo (still clearly a NotesApp account), and their password and confirmation emails come in your name. Checkout and bookings still open on #NotesApp for now |
| Files in messages | Send pictures, videos and documents: 1 file per message, up to 5 MB each | Send pictures, videos and documents: 3 files per message, up to 10 MB each | Send pictures, videos and documents: 5 files per message, up to 25 MB each | Send pictures, videos and documents: 8 files per message, up to 50 MB each | Send pictures, videos and documents: 10 files per message, up to 100 MB each |
| Voice notes | Record and send voice notes of up to 5 minutes | Record and send voice notes of up to 5 minutes | Record and send voice notes of up to 5 minutes | Record and send voice notes of up to 5 minutes | Record and send voice notes of up to 5 minutes |
| Voice and video calls | Free, with no minute limit, to anyone you follow who follows you back | Free, with no minute limit, to anyone you follow who follows you back | Free, with no minute limit, to anyone you follow who follows you back | Free, with no minute limit, to anyone you follow who follows you back | Free, with no minute limit, to anyone you follow who follows you back |
| Moments | Pictures and text, up to 1 a day, for 24, 48 or 72 hours · video moments come with a paid plan | Pictures and text, up to 3 a day, for 24, 48 or 72 hours · 2 video moments a week (each 90-second part of a longer video counts as one) | Pictures and text, up to 6 a day, for 24, 48 or 72 hours · 7 video moments a week (each 90-second part of a longer video counts as one) | Pictures and text, up to 12 a day, for 24, 48 or 72 hours · 14 video moments a week (each 90-second part of a longer video counts as one) | Pictures and text, up to 24 a day, for 24, 48 or 72 hours · 30 video moments a week (each 90-second part of a longer video counts as one) |
| Email for new messages | Bell, plus notifications on your device if you turn them on | Bell, plus notifications on your device if you turn them on | Bell, plus notifications on your device if you turn them on | Yes: off until you switch it on, at most one email an hour | Yes: off until you switch it on, at most one email an hour |
| API & Console | — | — | — | Console for connecting your own domain only — no API | Server-to-server API, keys and webhooks — enabled per account by our team |
What #NotesApp takes
Each rung takes a smaller cut of what you earn.
Free Basic
35%
on sessions and subscriptions
Physical goods 6% · Digital 9%
Pro
25%
on sessions and subscriptions
Physical goods 4% · Digital 6% · 25% ad share
Business
15%
on sessions and subscriptions
Physical goods 2.5% · Digital 4% · 45% ad share
Enterprise
Custom (from 10%+)
on sessions and subscriptions
Physical goods Custom (from 1%+) · Digital Custom (from 1.5%+) · 65% ad share
How to move up the ladder
Free Standard → Free Basic is a self-serve application from your own profile (Rates & payouts), reviewed by an admin — no payment involved. Pro (₦5,000/month) and Business (₦25,000/month) are paid plans you can start right from this table — monthly or yearly (two months free), renewing automatically through Paystack. Cancel any time under Rates & payouts: you keep the plan until the period you paid for ends, with no partial refunds. Have a code? Choose “Have a discount code?” under Pro or Business: a #NotesApp plan code comes off your first payment (a month or a year), and a member's referral code gives you the first month free (a month off a yearly plan); the plan then renews at its usual price (how codes work). Enterprise starts at ₦55,000/month with rates agreed with us — contact us. As a rule of thumb, Pro pays for itself once you earn about ₦50,000 a month through sessions, subscriptions and gifts (its commission is 10 points lower than Free Basic's); Business does at about ₦125,000 a month. On store sales the gap is wider still: Free Basic takes 6% of physical items and 9% of downloads, Pro 4% and 6%, Business 2.5% and 4%, Enterprise from 1% and 1.5%.
Why stores don't link out
A store item is a physical good sold through #NotesApp checkout: the buyer's money is held until delivery is confirmed, every parcel gets a tracking ID, and disputes go through us. A link to someone else's checkout can't offer any of that, so the only links out are your profile link and the links you put in your posts. How selling works.
Gold badge: the same on every plan
The gold ✔ is not part of the ladder: it costs the same whether you are on Free Basic or Enterprise, and you apply for it from your profile. Endorsed gold means we reviewed your public work and back you. Identity-checked gold means you passed an ID check (identity checks are open now). Either way it is ₦1,999 a month for a person or ₦2,999 a month for an organisation, and you can cancel any time and keep it until the period you paid for ends. See the gold badge.
Courses in Notes Academy
- Free courses are free to publish on every publishing plan, with lessons from your own YouTube that play inside #NotesApp, and free for learners to take.
- Certificates on free courses are paid: the learner pays from ₦999, plus the margin you set. We keep ₦999 and our usual commission on your margin; the rest of the margin is yours.
- Paid courses, with the same fee as your digital items: on Pro (6%) with text lessons, PDFs and YouTube; on Business (4%) and Enterprise with your own uploaded videos too. Lessons stay private and play only for learners who paid, on up to two devices, with each viewer's details drifting across the video. Learners can get a refund within 7 days if they haven't started.
- Co-tutors and organisations: teach alone, invite co-tutors who can view or also edit the course, with their share of each sale (each paid at their own plan's fee, agreed by them before they're listed), or teach as your organisation with your team.
On top of Enterprise
Enterprise Courses
₦100,000/month
Courses hosted on #NotesApp under your brand: your logo on certificates, cohorts and bulk invites, set amounts of learners, storage and video hours, and your own tutors added as team members. No API needed.
On top of Enterprise
Enterprise Academy API
From ₦250,000/month + usage
Your own white-label academy built on our API and webhooks: your tutors, enrolment, and progress and certificate webhooks, billed partly by learners and video hours.
The regular Enterprise plan stays at ₦55,000/month for anyone who takes neither package. Talk to us about courses for your team or customers.
Coming as paid add-ons for Business and Enterprise after internal testing
Our own team is using these now. Once our internal testing is done, Business and Enterprise accounts can add them for a fee. No prices yet.
- Team hub: a work board, meetings, a money ledger, payroll, a staff library and team messages.
- Company finance tools: a runway calculator, acquisition cost, burn and revenue analytics, and a cap table with vesting.
- Investor and partner data room: private, watermarked documents and live figures for the people you let in.
- Advertise on LinkedIn from #NotesApp: boost a post on LinkedIn from your own ad account, with the campaign stats here.
Learn more about each product
- Paid sessions & bookings →
- Gifts →
- Boost a post (packages and prices) →
- Co-authoring and earnings splits →
- Discount codes and coupons — for your products, and #NotesApp's own →
- The affiliate marketplace — promote products for a share of each sale →
- Community — giving with named funds and receipts →
- Events — paid tickets with QR check-in →
- Verification badges — verified and gold, with prices →
- Notes Market — every #NotesApp store in one place →
- Notes Academy — free and paid courses, and certificates anyone can verify →
- Official #NotesApp merch →
- Advertise — banner campaigns and ad share →
- Sell physical goods & digital downloads — checkout, delivery hold, parcel tracking, instant downloads →
- Domains — search, register and manage, with DNS (coming soon, Business and Enterprise) →
- Team hub (a paid add-on for Business and Enterprise after internal testing) →
- Help centre — answers about everything above, and Nana AI →
- Organisations — free 15-day Business trial, CAC verification →