Infomaniak kDrive vs Blocknotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Infomaniak kDrive
Securely store, manage, and collaborate on your documents, photos, and files across all devices. Enjoy automatic backups, offline access, and document editing, with data exclusively stored in Switzerland.
- Secure Swiss cloud storage
- Document, photo, and file management
- Automatic photo backup
- Offline file access
- Document scanning
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint editing
- Collaboration tools
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kDrive is a secure Swiss cloud for collaborating online and accessing your documents, photos and files on all your devices. Your data is stored exclusively in Switzerland in the heart of Europe, in environmentally-friendly data centers. The free package offers 15GB of storage from the etik.com page. Paid offers start from 2 TB of data in a sovereign cloud that respects privacy. With the kDrive app, you can: - Manage, share and view your documents, photos, videos and audio files - Automatically back up your photo gallery - Add any file to your kDrive - Scan documents using the camera on your device - Store files locally for offline access - View, create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files - Manage multiple Infomaniak kDrives Infomaniak is an independent company owned exclusively by its employees. We don’t analyse or resell your data. You retain full control of your data and can work and collaborate without any limits in a secure ecosystem. The kDrive app is open source and you can consult its code on the Infomaniak github. Terms of use: https://manager.infomaniak.com/pdfcgu/en_GB/63/kDrive.pdf
Blocknotes
This app saves your notes as local HTML files, ensuring complete offline privacy. Your notes sync automatically across devices via iCloud Drive. It requires an iCloud account to function.
- Local HTML file storage
- Completely offline functionality
- No internet connection required
- Automatic iCloud Drive sync
- Cross-device synchronization
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Own your data! This app stores your notes as simple, local HTML files. Blocknotes never connects to the internet. It’s completely offline and private. Files are stored in your iCloud Drive, so it automatically syncs across devices. Requires you to be signed in with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Infomaniak kDrive at 4.6 against Blocknotes's 4.0. Infomaniak kDrive also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 25%) and ratings volume (50 vs 2). Blocknotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Infomaniak kDrive sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Blocknotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Infomaniak kDrive holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Infomaniak kDrive has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Infomaniak kDrive's written reviews are positive against 25% of Blocknotes's.
Infomaniak kDrive ships an update every 3 weeks, Blocknotes monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infomaniak kDrive | Blocknotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (50 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infomaniak Network SA | Automattic |
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Infomaniak kDrive
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In-app purchases
Infomaniak kDrive
- Solo (monthly)$7.991 Month
- Team (monthly)$14.991 Month
- Solo (yearly)$79.991 Year
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- Team (yearly)$179.991 Year
Blocknotes
No in-app purchases









