Comparison

Ikes vs Archives

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

Head to head
About

Ikes

Capture and organize text or image ideas with a dynamic feed. Intelligent search and discovery help you find inspiration and make unexpected connections. Syncs seamlessly across devices and prioritizes your privacy.

Highlights
  • Quick capture for text and images
  • Dynamic Idea Feed for discovery
  • Tag, source, and color organization
  • Intelligent search by meaning
  • Automatic idea discovery
  • Shuffle for serendipity
  • iCloud sync across devices
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Ikes is not your ordinary note app. It's built for capturing ideas and finding them again — fast. Got an idea? Read a great quote? Snapped a page from a book? Just throw it all into Ikes. Text, images, and links drop into a single feed, and you add tags, sources, and sparkles to whatever matters. Later, filters and search bring anything back in seconds. Now with a new unified export: send your whole library — or just the ideas matching your current filter — out as TXT, CSV, TSV, JSON, or YAML. JSON and YAML are designed for AI and RAG workflows, ready to drop straight into your pipeline. - Save text, images, and links instantly, with tags, sources, and sparkles. - Works inside Safari, X/Twitter, book readers, and other apps via the share extension. - Filter bar, tag/source browsers, and full-text search surface what you need. - Shuffle and random idea views bring forgotten ideas back to the top. - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — included for free. - Place your favorite quotes on your Home Screen with widgets. [ Premium features ] - Intelligent Search — semantic search across your entire idea feed. - Intelligent Discovery — surface related ideas you had forgotten. - Unified Export to TXT / CSV / TSV / JSON / YAML (Export All or Export Filtered). - Text recognition (OCR) on captured images — perfect for reading physical books. - Filter which ideas appear in widgets. - Custom color schemes and app icons. [ Ikes at a glance ] - Free iCloud sync - Text, images, and links with tags, sources, and sparkles - Share extension for 3rd-party apps - Filter bar + tag cloud - Shuffle / random view - Home Screen widgets - Dark mode - Universal: iPhone, iPad, and Mac

About

Archives

Create a personalized database to track anything you can imagine, from daily habits to important links. Customize fields for text, photos, and more. Set reminders to stay on track and sync your data across all your iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable fields (time, links, text, photos)
  • Explore tab for tracking inspiration
  • Reminders for daily/weekly tracking
  • iCloud sync across iOS devices
Features
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Fields - Customize how your record data with fields, which can represent time, links, text, photos and more. Explore - Use the explore tab for inspiration on what to track. Reminders - Have something you want to track daily or weekly? Add a reminder so you don't forget. iCloud Sync - Access your data across all your iOS devices.

Screenshots

Ikes4 screens
Archives4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Archives at none against Ikes's 1. Archives also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Ikes's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Ikes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Archives asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ikes against 4.8 for Archives. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Ikes's written reviews are positive against 88% of Archives's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ikes ships an update every 2 weeks, Archives every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ikes versus Archives: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIkesArchives
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperINCREDIBLE FOX, Inc.Aaron Williams

Customer experience

Ikes

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Archives

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ikes

One-time1
  • Ikes PREMIUM$9.99
None

Archives

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ikes free?
Ikes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Archives free?
Archives is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ikes or Archives?
Archives is rated higher. Ikes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Archives averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Ikes or Archives have ads?
Neither Ikes nor Archives shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ikes or Archives?
Ikes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Archives every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ikes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Archives on October 7, 2026.

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