Comparison

Nuclino vs Rippin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Rippin

Capture thoughts instantly with a blank page and keyboard ready. Swipe left to turn them into urgent tasks with alarms, or swipe right to save them as notes. Organize effortlessly with colorful folders and smart lists, all synced privately via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Instant thought capture
  • Swipe to task or note
  • Urgent task alarms
  • Folder organization
  • Smart lists
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Open Rippin and a blank page is waiting, keyboard up. Write the thought that just arrived. Then: — Swipe left and it becomes a task, with a reminder when you choose. Turn on Urgent for an alarm that rings until you stop it. — Swipe right and it's kept as a note, ready whenever you are. Rather not swipe? Tap Task or Note instead. ORGANIZED WITHOUT TRYING File notes and tasks into folders in bright colors and patterns. Smart lists gather what's due today, what's overdue and what you've flagged. Drag a note onto a folder to file it, or out into Files and other apps. PREFER APPLE REMINDERS? Send your tasks there instead, and add them with Siri. MAKE IT YOURS Pick a desk color, or keep it plain white. Choose a typeface, and write on paper or glass. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything syncs across your devices through your own iCloud account, never our servers. No account to create, no analytics, no ads. BUILT FOR The mind that fills up fast. ADHD, anxiety, the 3 a.m. brain. Anyone who needs to catch a thought and decide, in one motion, where it belongs.

Screenshots

Nuclino4 screens
Rippin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rippin at 5.0 against Nuclino's 4.3. Rippin also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 14 months). Nuclino's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rippin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nuclino has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Nuclino's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rippin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nuclino ships an update every 14 months, Rippin every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nuclino versus Rippin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNuclinoRippin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (23 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuclino GmbHIdessa LLC

Customer experience

Nuclino

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative31.3%

Rippin

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nuclino

No in-app purchases

None

Rippin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nuclino free?
Nuclino is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rippin free?
Rippin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nuclino or Rippin?
Rippin is rated higher. Nuclino averages 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Rippin averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Nuclino or Rippin have ads?
Neither Nuclino nor Rippin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nuclino or Rippin?
Nuclino ships an update every 14 months, and Rippin every 6 months. Most recently, Nuclino was updated on November 2, 2026 and Rippin on October 31, 2026.

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