NOCOTE is a lending and reservation ledger app for individuals and small shops, positioned for rental management and sharing-economy businesses. It supports iPhone, Android, and iPad, letting users register items, create reservations, check inventory and lending status from a phone, and manage data or publish availability through NOCOTE WEB.
The product is built around “reservations, inventory, and sharing”: reservations can be entered via a calendar, and inventory is automatically calculated for specific time slots. Users can view lending status and scheduled return/end times by date or category using charts. It supports product photos, product/reservation notes, customer memos, detailed search, and registration/search via JAN/EAN barcodes and QR codes. For teams, shop members can share reservation data in real time; remote notifications can be triggered when someone modifies items or tickets; and it offers user permission settings, multi-store item management, and user ID management. NOCOTE WEB also supports bulk import of products/customers, shift schedule imports, change history checks, performance reports, and public web pages.
Pricing is very low: Free is free, Team is 300 yen/year, Pro is 1,000 yen/year, and Wide is 3,000 yen/year. Only the shop Owner pays; staff can use it for free. The free plan includes basic features but is limited to 20 items, 200 tickets, and 30 customer memos, and it displays full-screen and banner ads. Higher-tier plans increase the allowances for shared devices, users, items, public pages, and API usage. For the API, Free/Team/Pro use the Share plan, with 500 requests per month and 2 requests/second; Wide uses the Prime plan, with 50,000 requests per month and 10 requests/second.
Its advantages are a low learning curve, strong mobile usability, and suitability for fast in-store operations. The free plan is also enough to validate a business model. Automatic inventory calculation, real-time notifications, customer memos, and public availability pages are very practical for rental scenarios. The downsides are that the materials do not explain data security, privacy compliance, backups, SLA, or similar issues. Third-party integrations appear to be limited to Excel-style bulk imports, so the ecosystem is relatively weak. The free and low-cost plans also have obvious capacity/API limits, and ads may affect the user experience.
NOCOTE is suitable for small rental shops, studio costume rental, guesthouses/leisure facilities, physiotherapy/housekeeping/salon teams, and other businesses that need reservation and lending management. The source text does not specify accessibility from China, and payment methods are not clearly stated; it only mentions Apple price adjustments. Users in mainland China should verify app store availability, network access, and payment support themselves. If a Chinese interface, local payment options, and domestic service support are required, alternatives such as Youzan/Weimob booking tools, DingTalk Yida, or Jiandaoyun may be worth considering.
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nocote.com is an Japan SaaS Tools provider. TG4G tracks its product information, an overall rating of 6.0/10, and a China-accessibility score of Limited (proxy recommended). Click "Visit Official Site" to reach nocote.com directly.