Comparison

reMarkable mobile vs ICINA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

reMarkable mobile

Organize, create, and access your digital notes and documents from your paper tablet on the go. Manage content with folders and tags, and create new notebooks or add pages to existing PDFs and ebooks. Sync your work seamlessly to continue where you left off.

Highlights
  • Content overview with tags and favorites
  • Create folders for organization
  • Search functionality for documents
  • Create new notebooks and add pages
  • Edit PDFs and ebooks
  • Sync content across devices
Features
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Expand your reMarkable universe: Make sure to pair your paper tablet with an account at my.remarkable.com before logging in to the app. Find login details for both in Account settings on the paper tablet. Get organized: Use the app to get an overview of your content, with tags and favorite documents. Create folders for collecting notebooks and files by topic. Save one for each project, or separate work and personal notes. This will help you find and arrange the content stored on your paper tablet with Search. You can also remove clutter by deleting any digital paper that has piled up. Fresh paper in your pocket: Our notebooks take full advantage of the flexibility of digital paper for taking notes, typing, and sketching. All of your content is always available, and you can both make fresh notebooks, folders, and add note pages in PDFs and ebooks. Take focused notes, anywhere: Make your ideas easier to refine and share on the go. Our cloud storage allows you to sync your content and pick up right where you left off on your paper tablet. Use the app to create new notebooks or quick sheets, and add blank note pages to existing documents. Checkboxes in the formatting menu are great for to-do lists. Type pages of notes, or quickly write out shorter lists to review and annotate later on your reMarkable. 
 Download the app to your mobile to make the most of your paper tablet. Discover a new way to take notes.

About

ICINA

Securely store important personal information, legal documents, and final wishes for loved ones. Features guided entries, encrypted vaults, and a personal letter to ensure your legacy is handled with care.

Highlights
  • Guided entry for documents and wishes
  • Encrypted vault with no cloud sync
  • Personal letter to recipient
  • Printable handoff packet
  • Document scanning with autofill (Pro)
  • Expiry reminders (Pro)
Features
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Some day, someone who loves you will need to find everything you kept in your head — the will, the policy that pays the mortgage, who to call first, your final wishes. ICINA is where you put it all, safely, in advance, as an act of care. FOR THE ONE WHO LOVES Build your vault the way you'd leave notes on the fridge. Guided entries walk you through legal documents, money and banking, insurance, medical directives, IDs, property, digital accounts, the people to call, and your final wishes. Write a personal letter to the person who will open it — the app treats that letter as the most important thing in the vault, because it is. Everything you write is auto-saved as an encrypted draft, so nothing is lost mid-thought. When you're ready, seal the vault: ICINA shows you exactly what changed since you last sealed it, then exports a single encrypted file — and a printable handoff packet with their name on it. FOR THE ONE WHO IS LOVED They arrive with a passphrase on a piece of paper, on one of the hardest days of their life. ICINA knows the difference. When they open the vault, your letter comes first — before any list, before any document. Then a calm summary of what you left them, what to do now, and a gentle "start here" order for the first days: who to call, where the important papers are. No paywalls. No upsells. No clutter. Just what you prepared, the way you meant it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Encrypted on your device with strong, modern cryptography. • No cloud. No sync. No accounts. No tracking. Your data never leaves your phone unless you export it. • Export a single encrypted .icina file and share the passphrase only with the person you trust — on paper, in person, however you choose. PRO ICINA Pro unlocks document scanning with intelligent autofill — processed entirely on your device by Apple's on-device models, never sent anywhere — plus unlimited items, file attachments, expiry reminders, and the printable handoff packet. Annual or one-time lifetime purchase. ICINA. For the one who loves, and the one who is loved.

Screenshots

reMarkable mobile4 screens
ICINA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ICINA at 5.0 against reMarkable mobile's 2.8. ICINA also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). reMarkable mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (516 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ICINA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. reMarkable mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ICINA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: reMarkable mobile has 516 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

reMarkable mobile ships an update every 2 months, ICINA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
reMarkable mobile versus ICINA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterreMarkable mobileICINA
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (516 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings516 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperreMarkable ASMichael Chung

Customer experience

reMarkable mobile

All ratings516 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral14.7%
Negative49.0%
Written reviews433 reviews
Positive27.5%
Neutral17.6%
Negative55.0%

ICINA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

reMarkable mobile

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Cursor controls not working as expected
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • PDF scrolling and rendering issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit and annotate documents within the app
  • Implement a dark mode option
  • Improve file management and organization tools
  • Integrate with popular cloud storage services
  • Allow handwriting input on mobile devices

ICINA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

reMarkable mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ICINA

Subscriptions1
  • ICINA Pro14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ICINA Pro — Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is reMarkable mobile free?
reMarkable mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ICINA free?
ICINA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, reMarkable mobile or ICINA?
ICINA is rated higher. reMarkable mobile averages 2.8 out of 5 from 516 ratings, while ICINA averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do reMarkable mobile or ICINA have ads?
Neither reMarkable mobile nor ICINA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, reMarkable mobile or ICINA?
reMarkable mobile ships an update every 2 months, and ICINA every 3 weeks. Most recently, reMarkable mobile was updated on October 22, 2026 and ICINA on October 6, 2026.

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