Comparison

i vs Shard

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

Head to head
About

i

This app guides users through routine operations for a specific hydroponic system. It offers growing guides, scheduling, fertilization advice, record-keeping, and troubleshooting to support daily, weekly, and periodic tasks. It's designed for owners of the TAPKIT system.

Highlights
  • Growing guides
  • Scheduling and notifications
  • Fertilization advice
  • Record keeping and analysis
  • Troubleshooting system
  • Instructional videos
  • Real-time sensor alerts
Features
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i-Droponics is your day to day escort for the routine operations in the TAPKIT. i-Droponics includes growing guides, schedule, fertilization, records and analysis and advanced trouble shooting system. i-Droponics will support your daily, weekly and periodically routine so you will never forget to seed, harvest, clean & and more. This app design for TAPKIT oweners. The i-Droponics app lets TAPKIT growers access support for their crops from their pockets 24/7.  The app provides crop advice on specific climate conditions, seeding planning, fertilizer formulae adjusted for conditions at the growing site, troubleshooting, and a library of informational FAQs.   Also included are the complete operating manual, instructional videos for each step of production, and scheduling/notifications for all daily/weekly/monthly routines. On-site sensors provide real-time alerts.

About

Shard

Features
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Capture notes to Obsidian in seconds. Open. Type. Done. Shard gives you a fast path from a thought to plain Markdown in your Obsidian vault. After setup, it opens to a focused capture field with the keyboard ready. QUICK CAPTURE • Add notes or tasks to your daily note • Use common Daily Notes and Periodic Notes folder and date settings • Write directly to vaults in iCloud Drive, Obsidian Sync, or on your device • Keep text captures queued on your device when the vault is temporarily unavailable TASKS • Manage Markdown checkboxes from your phone • Add due dates and times • Filter by Today, Overdue, Upcoming, or No Date • Create subtasks and move completed tasks under “Completed” WEB CLIPPER • Save webpage links from the Share Sheet • Open the live page in Shard • Add bullet notes to a linked Markdown note FREE • Quick capture for notes and tasks • Task management • Web link clipping • Lock Screen buttons for New Post and New Task SHARD PLUS • Local reminders for tasks with a due date and time • Home Screen task widgets for today and overdue • Custom Post templates and destinations • Post and Task actions in Shortcuts and the Share Sheet • Image attachments and custom clip destinations PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Shard account. No analytics. No tracking. Your content is written directly to the vault you choose. If a text capture cannot be written immediately, it waits locally on your device. Shard works with plain Markdown, so your notes stay portable and there is no proprietary format. Obsidian is a trademark of Dynalist Inc. Shard is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dynalist Inc. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

i4 screens
Shard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: i at none against Shard's 3. i also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Shard's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price and ads 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. Shard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. i asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i ships an update every 6 months, Shard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
i versus Shard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriShard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinnkr Inc.Daiki Yamaguchi

In-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Shard

Subscriptions2
  • Shard Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Shard Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Shard Plus (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shard free?
Shard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do i or Shard have ads?
Neither i nor Shard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i or Shard?
i ships an update every 6 months, and Shard every 5 days. Most recently, i was updated on October 7, 2026 and Shard on October 10, 2026.

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