Nuclino vs Capacities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nuclino
This app acts as a team's collective knowledge base, enabling real-time collaborative document creation and organization. It offers various visual views to explore information and supports file uploads for comprehensive team documentation.
- Real-time collaborative documents
- Wiki-like knowledge organization
- List, board, and graph views
- Quick note and detailed documentation
- File uploads and downloads
- Team commenting and interaction
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Nuclino serves as your team's collective brain – stay connected to it while you’re on the go! Nuclino allows you to create real-time collaborative documents and connect them instantly like a wiki. The list, board, and graph views let you explore and organize your knowledge visually. It's perfect for anything, from quick notes to detailed documentation. Use Nuclino to: • Create, edit, and share notes and documents • Collaborate with your team in real time to produce great content • Browse your team's knowledge base and quickly find the information you need • Stay up to date with your team's work and check recently edited documents • Comment on items and interact with your team • Upload and download images, videos, PDFs, spreadsheets, and other files Learn more at: https://www.nuclino.com
Capacities
This app allows you to collect, connect, and reflect on your notes and ideas. Access your existing content, quickly capture new information, and discover connections between your thoughts. An integrated AI assistant is available for enhanced productivity.
- Daily notes for planning and reflection
- Powerful search functionality
- Quick capture of photos and content
- Share sheet integration
- AI assistant for note-taking
- Browse and read notes
- Explore connections between notes
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The Capacities Mobile App for iPhone and iPad is your note-taking companion when you're on the go. Access all your notes, quickly save important info, and create new content. If you're stuck, ask our integrated AI assistant (Capacities Pro). As the mobile version of Capacities, it is adapted to mobile workflows and works great together with the desktop app. KEY FEATURES DAILY NOTES Plan your day, write down ideas, and reflect. POWERFUL SEARCH Find what you are looking for in seconds. QUICK CAPTURE Quickly add photos, use the camera, or create new content. SHARE SHEET Save content from other apps to Capacities. AI ASSISTANT A powerful assistant right and your pocket and linked to your notes. BROWSE AND READ Browse through all your notes and let them inspire you. EXPLORE CONNECTIONS Find hidden connections and supercharge your creative thinking. LEARN MORE HERE Website: capacities.io Contact: team@capacities.io Discord: https://discord.gg/3eBP9YxHgQ Twitter: @CapacitiesHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqpKLWf9hmmh07z9U1cNIg Reddit: reddit.com/r/capacitiesapp/ Terms and conditions: https://capacities.io/terms-and-conditions Privacy policy: https://capacities.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nuclino at none against Capacities's 2. Capacities's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (116 vs 23). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Capacities sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Nuclino asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Nuclino against 4.3 for Capacities. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Capacities has 116 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Nuclino's written reviews are positive against 58% of Capacities's.
Nuclino ships an update every 14 months, Capacities weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nuclino | Capacities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) — better | 4.3 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 116 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 990 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuclino GmbH | Capacities Labs GmbH |
Customer experience
Nuclino
Capacities
Bugs and requests
Nuclino
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Capacities
Reported bugs
15 issues- App freezes on splash screen (iPhone 7, iOS 15)
- Login and password reset failures
- Tagging on iPad causes app lockup
- Toggle not clickable with Magic Keyboard on iPad
- Task checkbox not working with Magic Keyboard
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- Text pasting causes freezing
- Audio upload crashes app
- Audio doesn't play on iOS
- Cover image properties not displaying
- Linking text to objects broken on desktop
- Emoji skin tones cannot be changed
- App requires frequent restarts
- Sync issues between devices
- Display glitches and UI inconsistencies
- Erratic editing and syncing behavior
Requested features
18 requests- iPad app support
- Create custom object types on mobile
- Turn Into function on mobile devices
- System-level notifications for tasks and due dates
- Footnotes support
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- Image storage without gallery saving
- Font hierarchy preservation with indentation
- Multi-block selection on mobile
- Audio note support
- Template auto-generation with dates
- Import/export tools
- Student discount pricing
- Tiered pricing options
- Right-to-left language support
- Font size customization for accessibility
- Web extension iOS compatibility
- Better text selection on mobile
- Split screen functionality on iPad
In-app purchases
Nuclino
No in-app purchases
Capacities
- Capacities Pro$17.991 Month
- Capacities Pro$199.001 Year
