Birch vs Elapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birch
This app helps you organize your life using photos as notes. Simply snap a picture, add hashtags, and find it quickly later. It's ideal for visual individuals who use their photo album for reminders and references.
- Organized photo notes
- Hashtag-based organization
- Quick photo capture
- Fast search functionality
- Multiple hashtag support
- Light and Dark mode support
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Birch is a different kind of Notes app, built for photos. It's Notes, for visual individuals! Organized photo notes: Are you the type of person who's always super busy, and takes quick reminder photos of things you need to remember later? Is your photo album filled with pictures of product labels, mail, receipts, household projects, whiteboards, recipes, etc? Many of us have turned our photo album into a visual notes app, but Birch can make this "Photo Notes" part of your life much simpler and more organized! Just snap a photo, add a hashtag in a note, and that's it! Create photo notes in seconds and find them lighting fast when you need them later. Hashtags are simpler and way more convenient than creating albums and folders to organize your photos, especially these reminder note photos! Think of it like a document scanner mixed with an organized file cabinet, except it's not limited to only documents or PDFs and can be used to document and reference anything that can be captured by a photo! Multiple hashtags can be added to any photo note, so you can find these organized pics in multiple places. And the organization is managed automatically for you by simply adding hashtags to your notes! Just a few examples of where Birch really shines: • Snapping a quick photo note of something you see in the wild and want to buy later. • Labels & product numbers of household supplies you need to find at the store later. • Receipts and mail you don't want to keep physical copies of. • Organizing and saving whiteboard notes, so you can safely erase but never lose. • Or even just organizing your favorite photos from an occasion (it's built for notes... but it's still way easier than managing personal photo albums) Free with a paid Pro option: I'm a small indie developer, but I don’t think it’s right to make money unless you’re actually getting value. So you get a good amount of features and functionality for free, then have an upgrade option to access more “power user” features. If Birch is helping to make your life a bit easier, upgrading costs less than 5 coffees per year… only 3 if you drink the good stuff! Organize your life, with beautiful photo notes! A clean, simple and intuitive design that looks great in Light or Dark mode! In-App purchase disclaimer: Should you decide to upgrade to Birch Pro, a purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the time of upgrade. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our ToS EULA (http://danielmac.co/birch-eula) and Privacy Policy (http://danielmac.co/birch-privacy-policy).
Elapse
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Life is organic and few things work like clockwork, so we are grown up to be constantly told when to repeat a task, here is where this application comes in to save us and tell us how long it has been since the last time we did something, and from there, repeat it whenever we see fit. • You don't get a haircut strictly every month. • You just want to know how long ago you bought your new cell phone so you can decide to change it when you feel it's necessary. • You had important events where you would like to know how long ago you experienced them, like when: - You started meditating - You adopted a pet - You took a trip to a place you would like to go back to - Started a personal or work relationship • Or you started: - Learn something - A subscription - Quit smoking • You took a remedy that is not good to repeat doses frequently. • You changed brakes, batteries, underwear, wrinkle cream, etc. and with this calculate how much you are spending on consumables. • And whatever you can think of, the options are endless. • Elapse is a very simple application that does what it should: - You add the task - You can add notes - You repeat it from the main screen - It create a log each time you repeat it - You choose your favorites that you can organize at the top of the list for tasks that you repeat more frequently or that you simply want to monitor more often. - Organize by categories: Health and wellness, shopping, personal care, important events, etc. - You sort them as you like, by name, date, favorites first and notification. - And if you consider it necessary, add a notification reminding you how much time has passed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Birch at 3 against Elapse's 1. Birch also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Birch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Elapse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Birch | Elapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (127 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel McCarthy | Rodrigo Castillo |
In-app purchases
Birch
- Pro (Monthly)$1.491 Month
- Pro (Annual)$14.991 Year
Elapse
- Full Version$2.99









