Comparison

Silverbook vs Blink Journal

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

Head to head
About

Silverbook

Organize recipes, gift ideas, events, and restaurants with this app. Create beautiful index cards, link contacts, and share information via QR codes or iMessage. It also automatically creates calendar entries for events.

Highlights
  • Create recipe index cards
  • Link contacts for gift ideas and allergies
  • Save and organize event details
  • Store restaurant and hotel information
  • Link index cards together
  • Share content via QR codes and iMessage
Features
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RECIPE BOOK Enter or copy a recipe to create a beautiful recipe index card. You might even want to make a link in between the recipe and the person who gave it to you, or share the recipe with your friends via auto generated QR codes …anything is possible! But that’s not all! Silverbook will help you get organised. read on to learn more. By the way: Silverbook is a FREE APP There are NO COMMERCIALS And YOUR DATA IS NOT SOLD ON TO THIRD PARTIES! More App Features: CONTACT WIZARD This feature allows you to remember gift ideas, allergies and names of the family members of the people you care about! Make links between a contact and any index card to keep track of which recipes, restaurants or events you have shared with or gotten from the contact. The contact wizard is connected, and will stay connected, to your iOS contacts. Use the contact wizard to create personal notes which are only meant for you! The information will stay in the wizard and will not be shared when you share the iOS contact. EVENTS Take a picture of an event poster -> Name it -> Pick the date -> Save it! An index card has been created for the event and you won't forget about it. Silverbook will automatically create a calendar entry in your iOS calendar. It will even create a reminder for when the ticket sales start! Should you want to share this event with someone, then go right ahead and share the index card with your friends via the QR code which automatically is created for every index card or by iMessage! The event feature can do so much more though, only your creativity sets the limits! Hosting a dinner party? This is the place to organise it. Create the event, make clever links to recipes and contacts, now you will always know what you have served, and more importantly, to whom! And there is even more… RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS This is what you do when you see that lovely little restaurant, you want to “keep in mind”! You open Silverbook -> Use the in app camera to take a picture of the restaurant -> Name the restaurant -> Save it. That’s it! Within seconds you have created an index card for the restaurant. You will soon notice, that with a little extra effort paid to the details of the restaurant, such as the phone number and website, you can make the index card even more useful! LINK MANAGER This app is even designed to let you link all your index cards together, a clever way to find your way back to a recipe or restaurant that someone has recommended to you. Silverbook is expanding as you are reading this!! So keep an eye out for new updates within the next couple of months. Future releases: • Take notes of books, movies, series or games recommended to you! We really can't wait to share Silverbook and all these new features with you. We hope you will join us! The Silverbook Team

About

Blink Journal

Features
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Blink Journal makes daily reflection effortless. Capture your thoughts in seconds with voice or text, and build a meaningful journaling habit that sticks. JOURNAL YOUR WAY Speak your thoughts or type them out. Blink Journal transcribes your voice recordings automatically, so you can reflect naturally without slowing down to write. DAILY PROMPTS Never face a blank page. Thoughtful prompts help spark reflection and guide your journaling practice. Available in 24 languages. BUILD YOUR STREAK Stay motivated with streak tracking. Watch your consistency grow as you build a daily habit of self-reflection. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your journal goes where you go. iCloud sync keeps your entries available on all your Apple devices. EDIT ANYTIME Transcription not quite right? Edit your entries anytime to capture exactly what you meant. PRIVATE & SECURE Your thoughts are yours. Entries are stored on your devices and your private iCloud – never on our servers. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS Pay once, journal forever. Blink Journal offers a 7-day free trial, then a single lifetime purchase. No recurring fees, no ads. Start your journaling journey today. It only takes 30 seconds.

Screenshots

Silverbook4 screens
Blink Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silverbook at none against Blink Journal's 1. Silverbook also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Blink Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silverbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Silverbook versus Blink Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilverbookBlink Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid HollinsworthJerry Hsu

In-app purchases

None

Silverbook

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Blink Journal

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$1.99

Questions

Is Silverbook free?
Silverbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blink Journal free?
Blink Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Silverbook or Blink Journal have ads?
Neither Silverbook nor Blink Journal shows ads.

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