Comparison

Upwave vs Gravity

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

Head to head
About

Upwave

A visual project management and collaboration platform designed to boost productivity and team engagement. It offers an instant overview of tasks, visual boards for workflow management, and seamless integration with cloud storage services. The app aims to reduce clutter and provide essential features without complex implementation.

Highlights
  • Instant task and deadline overview
  • Visual project boards
  • Task delegation and subtasks
  • File integration with Dropbox and Google Drive
  • Single Sign-on with G-Suite
  • Notifications and filtering
Features
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Upwave is a visual project management and collaboration platform. We believe that you get more done with the right amount of features and less clutter. Upwave increases productivity, collaboration and employee engagement - with zero implementation costs. App features: KEEP UP TO DATE ON YOUR PROJECTS - Get an instant overview of your tasks and deadlines - Navigate visual boards for your workflow and projects - Receive notifications - Filter boards and cards ORGANIZE YOUR WORKFLOWS AND COLLABORATE - Delegate tasks to yourself or team members - Set deadlines - Create subtasks - Write comments and descriptions - Add files from Dropbox and Google Drive (also Google Team Drive) HASSLE-FREE ADMINISTRATION - Single Sign-on with G-Suite - Switch between Workspaces The Upwave app is free as an add-on for existing Upwave users.

About

Gravity

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one stream, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the stream. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It matches parts of words and ignores accents. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the stream. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from three text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Upwave4 screens
Gravity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gravity at 92% against Upwave's 0%. Gravity also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Upwave's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Upwave is free to download; Gravity costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gravity has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Upwave's written reviews are positive against 92% of Gravity's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upwave ships an update every 5 months, Gravity fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Upwave versus Gravity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpwaveGravity
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpwave Technologies ASTristan Manchester

Customer experience

Upwave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Gravity

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Upwave

No in-app purchases

None

Gravity

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Upwave free?
Upwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravity free?
Gravity costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Upwave or Gravity?
Gravity is rated higher. Upwave averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Gravity averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Upwave or Gravity have ads?
Neither Upwave nor Gravity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upwave or Gravity?
Upwave ships an update every 5 months, and Gravity fortnightly. Most recently, Upwave was updated on October 5, 2026 and Gravity on October 2, 2026.

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