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title: "Apple Notes vs Google Keep: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Apple Notes or Google Keep more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note-taking apps set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/apple-notes-vs-google-keep"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Apple Notes vs Google Keep: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Apple Notes or Google Keep more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note-taking apps set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Apple Notes and Google Keep
- **Competitive set**: Note-taking apps
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Apple Notes Share of Search**: 0.98%
- **Google Keep Share of Search**: 15.2%

## Is Apple Notes or Google Keep more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Google Keep had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note-taking apps in New Zealand. Google Keep had about 6,050 branded searches, while Apple Notes had 390. Google Keep made up 15.2% of all note-taking app searches we track, and Apple Notes accounted for 0.98%.
- Google Keep was ahead of Apple Notes in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apple Notes’ share of searches among note-taking apps in New Zealand moved from 1% to 0.98%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 480 to 390.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Google Keep’s share of searches among note-taking apps in New Zealand moved from 13.3% to 15.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.4K to 6K.

## Top note-taking apps in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Apple Notes appeared in all five answers. Google Keep was mentioned in three out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Apple Notes was listed before Google Keep in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OneNote | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Apple Notes | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Notion | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Obsidian | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Google Keep | 5th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Goodnotes | 6th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Evernote | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about note-taking apps

- Asked ChatGPT "Which note-taking app should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Apple Notes, 2. OneNote, 3. Notion, 4. Google Keep, 5. Obsidian
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best note-taking apps in New Zealand?": 1. Apple Notes, 2. OneNote, 3. Notion, 4. Obsidian, 5. Google Keep, 6. Goodnotes
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best note-taking app in New Zealand for organised notes?": 1. Notion, 2. OneNote, 3. Obsidian, 4. Apple Notes
- Searched Google, AI Overview "note taking apps": 1. OneNote, 2. Apple Notes, 3. Notion, 4. Obsidian, 5. Goodnotes, 6. Google Keep, 7. Evernote
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best note app": 1. OneNote, 2. Apple Notes, 3. Obsidian, 4. Notion, 5. Goodnotes

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand note-taking apps in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Google Keep lost share of searches among note-taking apps in New Zealand, from 16.1% to 15.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Apple Notes in New Zealand fell 18.8% over 12 measured months, from 480 to 390 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Apple Notes estimated searches | Apple Notes Share of Search | Apple Notes rank | Google Keep estimated searches | Google Keep Share of Search | Google Keep rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 480 | 1% | 7 | 6.4K | 13.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 320 | 0.91% | 7 | 6.1K | 17.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 390 | 1.6% | 7 | 5.2K | 20.9% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 390 | 1.1% | 7 | 6.2K | 17.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 480 | 0.77% | 7 | 6.4K | 10.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 590 | 0.84% | 7 | 7.7K | 11% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 390 | 0.89% | 7 | 6.1K | 13.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 480 | 1% | 7 | 6.3K | 13.3% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 480 | 1.1% | 7 | 6.5K | 14.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 390 | 0.81% | 7 | 6.9K | 14.3% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 480 | 0.98% | 7 | 7.9K | 16.1% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 390 | 0.98% | 7 | 6K | 15.2% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apple Notes’ and Google Keep’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Apple Notes**: Measured on the search term “apple notes”.
- **Google Keep**: Measured on the search terms “google keep”, “google keep app”, “google keep it”, “google keep notes”, “google keep software”, “google keep template”, “google keep web”, “googlekeep”, “googlekeep app” and “googlekeep notes”, summed into one figure.

- [Apple Notes profile](/demand/nz/brands/apple-notes)
- [Google Keep profile](/demand/nz/brands/google-keep)
- [All note-taking apps in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-note-taking-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Apple Notes or Google Keep more popular in search?

In September 2026, Google Keep had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note-taking apps in New Zealand. Google Keep had about 6,050 branded searches, while Apple Notes had 390. Google Keep made up 15.2% of all note-taking app searches we track, and Apple Notes accounted for 0.98%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Apple Notes vs Google Keep: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/apple-notes-vs-google-keep

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