Comparison

zeds vs ExpandNote

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

Head to head
About

zeds

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Prerequisite: understanding how Git (the distributed version control system) works. zeds is a helper to "git commit --allow-empty --message={your note}" on a git repository, which only commits {your note} as the commit message without tree changes from it's parent's. Nothing can be modified or deleted in zeds. zeds shows your git logs in a long list. zeds do the following for you, - clones your repository from remote in the first place - pulls and pushes if necessary You can, - create a new commit log (text only) - create a new commit log (text only) referencing an existing one (as commit parent) - search Home screen quick action support: - Compose - New With Clipboard Share extension support: - Link (in Markdown link format) - Image or file (store as a file blob in an unrelated commit) - Safari selected text (in Markdown quote format) URL scheme support: - zeds:///commit/{sha} - zeds:///create?text={text}&title={title}&url={url} Solarized theme

About

ExpandNote

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ExpandNote is an AI-powered note-taking app for capturing, organizing, and transforming your notes across devices. Write notes with markdown, add tags, dictate ideas with voice-to-text, and use AI Profiles to automatically process notes based on tags. Email-to-note lets you forward information into your notebook, while offline-first sync keeps your notes available when your connection is unreliable. Create, edit, search, favorite, archive, lock, and restore notes. Organize notes with tags and smart workflows. Use your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenRouter API keys for AI-powered note workflows.

Screenshots

zeds4 screens
ExpandNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

zeds and ExpandNote are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zeds ships an update monthly, ExpandNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
zeds versus ExpandNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzedsExpandNote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.3 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ™จ ้ƒญAltitude Information Systems LLC

In-app purchases

None

zeds

No in-app purchases

None

ExpandNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is zeds free?
zeds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ExpandNote free?
ExpandNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do zeds or ExpandNote have ads?
Neither zeds nor ExpandNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zeds or ExpandNote?
zeds ships an update monthly, and ExpandNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, zeds was updated on October 14, 2026 and ExpandNote on October 8, 2026.

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